Jacob's charge to Joseph CHAP XLVIII, XLIX. Blesseth Ephraim and Manassch teen years: so the whole age of Jacob was a it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head hundred forty and seven years. 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my 29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: father: for this is the first-born; put thy right and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, hand upon his head. If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal my son, I know it: he also shall become a peokindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray ple, and he also shall be great: but truly his thee, in Egypt: younger brother shall be greater than he, and 30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt his seed shall become a multitude of nations. carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their bury- 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee ing-place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as 31 And he said, Swear unto me: and he sware Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the before Manasseh. bed's head. CHAP. XLVIII: Joseph visits his sick father. A ne told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick ND it came to pass after these things, that and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die; but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. above thy brethren, which I took out ont of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow. 21 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel AND Jacob called unto his sons, and said, strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. Gather yourselves together, that I may tell 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty you that which shall befall you in the last days. appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons and blessed me, of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. 4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee 3 Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee and the beginning of my strength, the excellency a multitude of people; and will give this land to of dignity, and the excellency of power: thy seed after thee, for an everlasting possession. 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; be5 And now, thy two sons, Ephraim and Ma-cause thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then nasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. Egypt, before I came unto thee into Egypt, are 5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments mine: as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. of cruelty are in their habitations. 6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after 6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou name of their brethren in their inheritance. united for in their anger they slew a man, and 7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, in their self-will they digged down a wall. Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan, in the 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce: and way, when yet there was but a little way to come their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. of Ephrath, the same is Beth-lehem. 8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren 8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, shall praise; thy hand shall be in the neck of Who are these? thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow 9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are down before thee. my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. 9 Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto mic, son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he and I will bless them. couched as a lion, and as an old lion: who shall rouse him up? 10 (Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see:) And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and lo, God hath shewed ine also thy seed 12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come: and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. 11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes 12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. 13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his 13 TT Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manas-sea; and he shall be for a haven of ships; and seh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, his border shall be unto Zidon. and brought them near unto him. 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manassch was the first-born. 15 ¶ And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, 14 ¶ Issachar is a strong ass, couching down between two burdens: 15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. 16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse-heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. 16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, 181 have waited for thy salvation, O LORD! bless the lads; and let my name be named on 19 T Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and shall overcome at the last. Isaac: and let them grow into a multitude in 20 1 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and the midst of the earth. he shall yield royal dainties. 17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his 21 1 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased goodly words. him: and he held up his father's hand to remove 22 Joseph is a fruitful tough, even a fruitful Jacob's charge and death. EXODUS. Joseph's age and death. bough by a well, whose branches run over the the elders of his house, and all the elders of the wall: land of Egypt, 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and 8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, shot at him, and hated him: and his father's house: only their little ones, and 24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of his hands were made strong by the hands of of Goshen. the mighty God of Jacob: (from thence is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel :) 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company. 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall 10 And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings with a great and very sore lamentation: and he of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the made a mourning for his father seven days. breasts and of the womb: 11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the 26. The blessings of thy father have prevailed Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of above the blessings of my progenitors unto the Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan. head of him that was separate from his brethren. 12 And his sons did unto him according as he 27 1 Benjamin shall raven as a wolf; in the commanded them: morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. 13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of 28 T All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the and this is it that their father spake unto them, field for a possession of a burying-place of Ephand blessed them: every one according to his ron the Hittite, before Mamre. blessing he blessed them. 14 1 And Joseph returned into Egypt, lie and 29 And he charged them, and said unto them, his brethren, and all that went up with him to I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me bury his father, after he had buried his father. with my fathers in the cave that is in the field 15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that of Ephron the Hittite, their father was dead, they said, Joseph will 30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, us all the evil which we did unto him. which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron 16 And they sent a messenger untoJoseph,saying, the Hittite, for a possession of a burying-place. Thy father did command before he died, saying, 31 (There they buried Abraham and Sarah his 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their wife; and there I buried Leah.) sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we 32 The purchase of the field and of the cave pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of that is therein, was from the children of Heth. the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when 33 And when Jacob had made an end of com- they spake unto him. manding his sons, he gathered up his feet into 18 And his brethren also went and fell down bethe bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gath-fore his face: and they said, Behold, we be thy ered unto his people. servants. CHAP. L. The mourning for Jacob. AND Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. 19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? 20 but as for you, ye thought evil against me: but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the it is this day, to save much people alive. physicians to embalm his father: and the phy- 21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish sicians embalmed Israel. you, and your little ones. And he comforted 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so them, and spake kindly unto them. are fulfilled the days of those which are embalm-22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he,and his father's ed: and the Egyptians mourned for him three-house: and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years. score and ten days. 23 And Josephi saw Ephraim's children of the 4 And when the days of his mourning were past, third generation: the children also of Machir, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh saying, the son of Manasseh, were brought up upon JoIf now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, Iseph's knees. pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die; 5 My father made me swear saying, Lo, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out in my grave which I have digged for me in the of this land, unto the land which he sware to land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. 6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. 71 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, 25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. 26 1 So Joseph died. being a hundred and ten The Second Book of Moses, called EXODUS. The children of Israel increase. 6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. NIsrael, which came into Egypt, every man increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed OW these are the names of the children of 7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and and his t.ousehold came with Jacob. 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt alreaay. exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. 8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and might ier than we. Muses is born. CHAP. II, III. He fleeth into Midian. 10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren. they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when 12 And he looked this way and that way, and there falleth out any war, they join also unto when he saw that there was no man, he slew the our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. up out of the land. 13 And when he went out the second day, be11 Therefore they did set over them taskmas-hold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: ters, to afflict them with their burdens. And they and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherebuilt for Pharaoh treasure-cities, Pithom, and fore smitest thou thy fellow? 14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a 12 But the more they afflicted them, the more judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou they multiplied and grew. And they were killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and grieved because of the children of Israel. said, Surely this thing is known. Raamses. 13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour. 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service wherein they made them serve was with rigour. 15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives (of which the name of one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah ;) 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and 16 And he said, When ye do the office of a mid-watered their flock. wife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon 18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day? but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. 19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew as the king of Egypt commanded tliem, but saved water enough for us, and watered the flock. the men-children alive. 20 And he said unto his daughters, And where 18 And the king of Egypt called for the mid- is he? why is it that ye have left the man ? call wives, and said unto them, Why have ye done him, that he may eat bread. this thing, and have saved the men-children alive? 21 And Moses was content to dwell with the 19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Be- man: and he gave Moses, Zipporah his daughter. cause the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian 22 And she bare him a son, and he called his women; for they are lively, and are delivered name Gershom; for he said, I have been a stranere the midwives come in unto them. ger in a strange land. 20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: 23 And it came to pass, in process of time, and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they feared God, that he made them houses. cried; and their cry came up unto God, by reason 22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, of the bondage. Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. CHAP. II. Moses hid among the flags. ND there went a man of the house of Levi, A and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God re- 25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, God appeareth to Moses. NOW Moses kept the flock of Jethro his fatherin-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she flock to the back side of the desert, and came to took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it the mountain of God, even to Horeb. with slime and with pitch, and put the child there- 2 And the Angel of the LORD appeared unto him In; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and 4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what he looked, and behold, the bush burned with would be done to him. fire, and the bush was not consumed. 5¶ And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and wash herself at the river; and her maidens walk- see this great sight, why the bush is not burned. ed along by the river's side: and when she saw the 4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside. ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the 6 And when she had opened it, she saw the bush, and said, Moses, Moses! And he said, Here child: and behold, the babe wept. And she had am I. compassion on him, and said, This is one of the 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off Hebrews' children. thy shoes from off thy feet; for the place where7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, on thou standest is holy ground. Shall I go, and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, women, that she may nurse the child for thee? the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother. 9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away and nurse it for me and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child and nursed it. God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows: 10 And the child grew, and she brought him 8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out And she called his name Moses: and she said, of that land, unto a good land, and a large, unto Because I drew him out of the water. a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the 11 ¶ And it came to pass in those days, when place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Moses was grown, that he went out unto his breth-Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, ren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied and the Jebusites. Moses is sent to deliver Israel. EXODUS. Aaron is appointed to assist him 8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the child-Put now thy hand into thy bosom. And he put ren of Israel is come unto me: and I have also his hand into his bosom: and when he took it seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. 7 And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom oppress them. 10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee again. And he put his hand into his bosom again, unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my and plucked it out of his bosom, and behold, it people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt. was turned again as his other flesh. 11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have 9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not besent thee: When thou hast brought forth the lieve also these two signs, neither hearken unto people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of this mountain. the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and 13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I the water which thou takest out of the river come unto the children of Israel, and shall say shall become blood upon the dry land. unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent 10 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my me unto you; and they shall say to me, What Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor is his name? What shall I say unto them? since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. AM: And he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the 11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The the LORD? LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, and this is my memorial unto all generations. by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, 14 1 And the anger of the LORD was kindled and say unto them, The LORD God of your fa- against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Lethers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Ja-vite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. cob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visit- And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: ed you,and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. 17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of 15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the affliction of Egypt, unto the land of the Ca-words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, naanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye the Perizzites, and the Ilivites, and the Jebu- shall do. sites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. 16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the peo18 And they shall hearken to thy voice; and ple: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee inthou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, stead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him in. unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto stead of God. him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us; and now let us go (we beseech thee) three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. 19 ¶ And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. 20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the inidst thereof. and after that he will let you go. 21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty : 17 And thou shalt take this rod in thy hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. I 18 And Moses went, and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. 19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life. 20 And Moses took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land 22 But every woman shall borrow of her neigh- of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in bour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, his hand. jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: 21 1 And the LORD said unto Moses, When and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do your daughters: and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in thy hand: but I will harden his heart, ikat he shall not let the people go. CHAP. IV. Moses' rod changed. AND Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee. 2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod. 3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent: and Moses fled from before it. 2 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my first-born. 23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy first-born. 24 And it canie to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. 25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. 26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision. 27 11 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the 5 That they may believe that the LORD God of wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and their fathers, the God of Abrahamn, the God of met him in the mount of God, and kissed him. Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which 4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thy hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: thee. 6 1 And the LORD said furthermore unto him, he had commanded him. The Israelites' task increased. CHAP. V, VI. The genealogy of Moses and Aaron. 29 T And Moses and Aaron went, and gathered our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Phatogether all the elders of the children of Israel. raoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a 30 And Aaron spake all the words which the sword in their hand to slay us. LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 T And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. CHAP. V. Pharaoh chides Moses. 22 1 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil-entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me 1 23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people: neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. CHAP. VI. God reneweth his promise. A and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God ND afterward Moses and Aaron went in,THEN the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. 3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. 5¶ And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. a thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. 2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was not known to them. 4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. 5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage: and I have remembered my covenant. 6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you 6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with taskmasters of the people, and their officers, a stretched-out arin, and with great judgments: saying, 7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 And the tale of the bricks which they did 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, conmake heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye cerning the which I did swear to give it to shall not diminish aught thereof: for they be idle; Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacri- it you for a heritage: I am the LORD. fice to our God. 7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather - straw for themselves. 9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein: and let them not regard vain words. 9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. 10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, 11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that and their officers, and they spake to the people,say- he let the children of Israel go out of his land. ing, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. 12 And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, 11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened yet not aught of your work shall be diminished. unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who 12 So the people were scattered abroad through- am of uncircumcised lips? out all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble in- 13 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, and unto stead of straw. Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children 13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Ful- of Israel, and unto Pharaoli king of Egypt, to bring fil your works, your daily tasks, as when there the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. 14 These be the heads of their fathers' houses: was straw. 14 And the officers of the children of Israel, The sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel; which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have be the families of Reuben. ye not fulfilled your task in making brick, both 15 T And the sons of Simcon; Jemuel, and yesterday and to-day, as heretofore? Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and 15 Then the officers of the children of Israel Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore are the families of Simeon. dealest thou thus with thy servants? 16 And these are the names of the sons of 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, Levi, according to their generations; Gershon, and they say to us, Make brick: and behold, thy and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own life of Levi were a hundred thirty and seven years. people. 17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, 17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore according to their families. ye say, Let us go, and do sacrifice to the LORD. 18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, 18 Go therefore now, and work for there shall and Hebron, and Uzztel and the years of the life no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three years. tale of bricks. 19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: 19 ¶ And the officers of the children of Israel these are the families of Levi, according to their did see that they were in evil case, after it was generations. said, Ye shall not minish aught from your bricks 20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's of your daily task. sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and 20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: a hundred and thirty and seven years. 21 And they said unto them, The LORD look 21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, upon you, and judge; because ye have made and Zichri |