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not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

33 And they fat before him, the firftborn according to his birth-right, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.

34 And he took and fent meffes unto them from before him: but Benjamins mefs was five times fo much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him. CHAP. XLIV.

And he commanded the fteward of his

houfe, faying, Fill the mens facks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every mans money in his facks mouth. 2 And put my cup, the filver cup, in the facks mouth of the youngeft, and his corn money: and he did according to the word that Jofeph had spoken.

3 As foon as the morning was light, the men were fent away, they and their affes. 4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Jofeph faid unto his fteward, Up, follow after the men, and when thou doft overtake them, fay 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 fo doing.

6And he overtook them, and he fpake unto them thefe fame words.

7 And they faid unto him, Wherefore faith my lord thefe words? God forbid that thy fervants fhould do according to this thing.

8 Behold, the money which we found in our facks mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we fteal out of thy lords houte filver or gold?

9 With whom foever of thy fervants it be found, both let them die, and we alfo will be my lords bond-men."

Io And he faid, Now alfo let it be according unto your words: he with whom found fhall be my fervant, and ye fhall be blameless.

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11 Then they speedily took down every man his fack to the ground,and opened every man his fack.

12 And he fearched, and began at the eldeft, and left at the youngeft: and the cup was found in Benjamins fack.

13 Then they rent their cloaths, and laded every man his afs, and returned to the city.

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16 And Judah faid, What fhall we unto my lord? what fhall we fpeak? how fhall we clear our felves? God found out the iniquity of thy fervants: hold, we are my lords fervants, both and he alfo with whom the cup is four

14 And Judah and his brethren came to Jofephs houfe (for he was yet there) and they fell before him on the ground. Is And Jofeph faid unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that fuch a man as I can certainly divine?

17 And he faid, God forbid th fhould do fo: but the man in whofe H the cup is found, he fhall be my ferva and as for you, get you up in peace your father.

18 Then Judah came near unto and faid, O my lord, let thy fervan pray thee, fpeak a word in my lords and let not thine anger burn againft fervant: for thou art even as Pharaoh 19 My lord asked his fervants, fay Have ye a father, or a brother?

20 And we faid unto my lord,Web a father an old man, and a child of his age, a little one: and his brother is d and he alone is left of his mother, and father loveth him.

21 And thou faidft unto thy ferv Bring him down unto me, that I may mine eyes upon him.

22 And we faid unto my lord, The cannot leave his father: for if he th leave his father, his father would die.

23 And thou faidft unto thy ferv Except your youngest brother come d with you, you fhall fee my face no mo

24 And it came to pafs when we up unto thy fervant my father, we him the words of my lord.

25 And our father faid, Go again, buy us a little food.

26 And we faid, We cannot go do if our youngeft brother be with us, will we go down; for we may not the man face, except our youngeft ther be with us.

27 And thy fervant my father faid us, Ye know that my wife bare me two 28 And the one went out from me faid, Surely he is torn in pieces; a faw him not fince.

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29 And if ye take this alfo from me mifchief befall him, ye fhall bring d my gray hairs with forrow to the gra

30 Now therefore when I come t fervant my father, and the lad be not us; (feeing that his life is bound the lads life)

31 It shall come to pass, when he that the lad is not with us, that he die and thy fervants fhall bring the gray hairs of thy fervant our with forrow to the grave.

32 For thy fervant became fureu the lad unto my father, faying, If I him not unto thee, then I shall be blame to my father for ever.

Chap. xlv, xlvj.

Teph maketh him felf known to his brethren. 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy 15 Moreover he kiffed all his brethren, rvant abide in ftead of the lad, a bond- and wept upon them: and after that, his Ban to my lord, and let the lad go up brethren talked with him. with his brethren.

34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? left peradVenture I fee the evil that fhall come on my father.

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CHAP. XLV.

Hen Jofeph could not refrain himfelf before all them that ftood by bim, and he cried, Caufe every man to go out from me: and there ftood no man with him, while Jofeph made himself known unto his brethren.

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

And Jofeph faid unto his brethren, I am Jofeph, Doth my father yet live? and his brethren could not anfwer him: for they were troubled at his prefence.

4 And Jofeph faid unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you, and they came near: and he faid, I am Jofeph your brother, whom ye fold into Egypt.

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with your felves, that ye fold me Baher: for God did fend me before you, to preferve life.

6 For thefe two years hath the famine keen in the land: and yet there are five Jean, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harveft.

7 And God fent me before you, to pre(erve you a pofterity in the earth, and to fave your lives by a great deliverance.

So now it was not you that fent me hither, but God: and he hath made me father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his houfe, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

Hafte you, and go up to my father, and fay unto him, Thus faith thy fon Joph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt; come down unto me, tarry not.

10 And thou fhalt dwell in the land of Gouen, and thou shalt be near unto me, th, and thy children, and thy childrens thildren, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou haft.

And there will I nourish thee (for yet there are five years of famine,) left o, and thy houthold, and all that baft, come to poverty.

ou band behold, your eyes fee, and the

e of my brother Benjamin, that it is mouth that fpeaketh unto you. 13 And you fhall tell my father of all dry in Egypt, and of all that you ve feen, and ye fhall hafte, and bring Soup my father hither.

14 And he fell upon his brother Bena neck, and wept, and Benjamin upon his neck,

16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaohs house, saying Joseph brethren are come: and it pleafed Pharaoh well, and his fervants.

17 And Pharaoh faid unto Jofeph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye, lade your beafts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan,

18 And take your father, and your houtholds, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye fhall eat the fat of the land.

19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye, take you wagons out of the land of Egypt, for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

20 Alfo regard not your ftuff: for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

21 And the children of Ifrael did fo: and Jofeph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provifion for the way.

22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment: but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of filver, and five changes of raiment.

23 And to his father he fent after this manner; ten affes laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten fhe-affes laden with corn, and bread and meat for his fafather by the way.

24 So he fent his brethren away, and they departed: and he faid unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,

26 And told him, faying, Jofeph is yet alive, and he is governour over all the land of Egypt. And Jacobs heart fainted, for he believed them not.

27 And they told him all the words of Jofeph which he had faid unto them; and when he faw the wagons which Jofeph had fent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived."

28 And Ifrael faid, It is enough; Jofeph my fon is yet alive: I will go and fee him before I die.

CHAP. XLVI.
Nd Ifrael

Adel took his journey with all

theba, and offered facrifices unto the God of his father Ifaac.

2 And God fpake unto Ifrael in the vifions of the night, and faid, Jacob, Jacob: and he faid, Here am I.

3 And he faid,I am God,the God of thy father: Fear not to go down into Egyp I will there make of thee a great nat

Jacob goeth to Egypt.

Genefis.

Jofeph mette'h hin 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; were born to Jacob: all the fouls z and I will alfo furely bring thee up again: fourteen. and Jofeph fhall put his hand upon thine eyes.

5 And Jacob rofe up from Beer-fheba: and the fons of Ifrael carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had fent to carry him.

6 And they took their cattel, and their goods which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his feed with him:

7 His fons, and his fons fons with him, Fis daughters, and his fons daughters, and all his feed brought he with him into Egypt.

8 And thefe are the names of the children of Ifrael, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his fons: Reuben Jacobs firftborn.

9 And the fons of Reuben, Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

10 And the fons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul, the fon of a Canaaniush woman.

And the fons of Levi; Gerfhon, Kohath, and Merari.

12 And the fons of Judah, Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: But Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the fons of Pharez, were Hezron, and Hamul.

13 And the fons of Iffachar, Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. 14 And the tons of Zebulun, Sered, and Elon, and Jahlcel.

Is Thefe be the fons of Leah, which the bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the fouls of his fons and his daughters, were thirry and three. 16 And the fons of Gad; Ziphion and Haggai, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

17 And the fons of Afher; Jimnah, and Ihuah, and Ifui, and Beriah, and Serah their fifter; and the fons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

18 Thefe are the fons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter: and thefe the bare unto Jacob, even fix:een fouls. 19 The fons of Rachel, Jacobs wife; Jofeph and Benjamin.

20 And unto Jofeph in the land of Egypt were born Manaffeh, and Ephraim, which Afenath the daughter of Poti- pherah priest of On bare unto him.

21 And the fons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Afhbel, Gera, and Naaman, Eni, and Roh, Muppim, and ppim, and Ard.

Thefe are the fons of Rache!, which

23 And the fons of Dan; Hufhin 24 And the fons of Naphtali;] zeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillen 25 Thefe are the fons of Bilhah, wh Laban gave unto Rachel his daugh and the bare thefe unto Jacob: all fouls were feven.

26 All the fouls that came with Ja into Egypt, which came out of his lo befides Jacobs fons wives, all the i were threescore and fix;

27 And the fons of Jofeph which w born him in Egypt, were two fouls: the fouls of the house of Jacob,which ca into Egypt, were threefcore and ten.

28 And he fent Judah before him u Jofeph, to direct his face unto Goth and they came into the land of Gother

29 And Jofeph made ready his char and went up to meet Ifrael his fat to Gohen; and prefented himfelt u him: and he fell on his neck, and w on his neck a good while.

30 And Ifrael faid unto Jofeph, N let me die, fince I have feen thy face, caufe thou art yet alive.

31 And Jofeph faid unto his breth and unto his fathers houfe,I will go up. fhew Pharach, and fay unto him, My thren, and my fathers houfe, which in the land of Canaan, are come unro

32 And the men are thepherds, their trade hath been to feed cattel; they have brought their flocks and t herds, and all that they have.

33 And it hall come to pafs when 1 raoh fhall call you, and fhall fay, Wh your occupation?

34 That ye fhall fay, Thy fervants t hath been about cattel, from our even until now, both we and alfo fathers: that ye may dwell in the lar Gofhen; for every thepherd is an abs nation unto the Egyptians.

CHAP. XLVII.

Hen lofeph came and told Phar

and faid,My father and my breth and their flocks, and their herds, and that they have, are come out of the of Canaan; and behold, they are in land of Gothen.

2 And he took fome of his brethren five men,and prefented them unto Phar

3 And Pharaoh faid unto his breth What is your occupation? And they unto Pharaoh, Thy fervants are theph both we and alfo our fathers.

4 They faid moreover unto Phar For to fojourn in the land are we co for thy fervants have no pafture for flocks, for the famine is fore in the lar

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Acar pegeneth his father Chap. xlvi.
Canan: now therefore, we pray thee, let
hy fervants dwell in the land of Gothen.
s And Pharaoh spake unto Jofeph, fay-
hg, Thy father and thy brethren are come
anto thee:

6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in he beft of the land make thy father and wethren to dwell, in the land of Gothen et them dwell: and if thou knoweft any tan of activity amongst them, then make hem rulers over my cattel.

7 And Jofeph brought in Jacob his faFer, and let him before Pharach: and Jabbleffed Pharaoh.

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8 And Pharaoh faid unto Jacob, How thou?

and brethren to Pharaoh.

19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be fervants unto Pharaoh: and give us feed, that we may live and not die, that the land be not defolate.

20 And Jofeph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians fold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: fo the land became Pharaohs.

21 And as for the people he removed them to cities, from one end of the borders of Egypt, even to the other end thereof.

22 Only the land of the priests bought he not for the pries had a portion af9 And Jacob faid unto Pharaoh, The figned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their lays of the years of my pilgrimage are an portion which Pharaoh gave them; whereLundred and thirty years: few and evil fore they fold not their lands. tavethe days of the years of my life been," and have not attained unto the days of he years of the life of my fathers in the lays of their pilgrimage.

And Jacob bleffed Pharaoh, and went from before Pharaoh.

And Jofeph placed his father and 1's brethren, and gave them a poffeffion he land of Egypt, in the beft of the and, in the land of Ramefes, as Pharaoh 1-d commanded.

12 And Jofeph nourished his father, and brethren, and all his fathers houshold th bread, according to their families. 13 And there was no bread in all the and: for the famine was very fore, fo that he land of Egypt, and all the land of Ca

fainted by reafon of the famine.

14 And Jofeph gathered up all the motry that was found in the land of Egypt, ind in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought and Jofeph brought he money into Pharaohs houfe.

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15 And when money failed in the land Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Jofeph, and said, Gres bread: for why thou'd we die in y prefence for the money faileth. 26 And Jofeph faid, Give your cattel; I will give you for your cattel if moBy fail. 17 And they brought their cattel unto ph: and Jofeph gave them bread in age for horfes,and for the flocks, and the cattel of the herds, and for the des, and he fed them with bread for all Air cattel, for that year.

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23 Then Jofeph faid unto the people, Behold, I have bought you th's day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is feed for you, and ye hall fow the land.

24 And it fhall come to pafs in the increafe, that you shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts fhall be your own, for feed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your housholds, and for food for your little ones.

25 And they faid, Thou haft faved our. lives: let us find grace in the fight of my lord, and we will be Pharaohs fervants.

26 And Jofeph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh fhould have the fifth part, except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaohs.

27 And Ifrael dwelt in the land of Egypt in the country of Gothen; and they had poffeffion therein, and grew,and multiplied exceedingly.

28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt feventeen years:fo the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and feven years.

29 And the time drew nigh that Ifrael muft die: and he called his fon Joseph, and faid unto him, If now I have found grace in thy fight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt.

30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place. And he faid, I will do as thou haft faid.

31 And he faid, Swear unto me: And When that year was ended, they he fware unto him. And Ifrael bɔwed e unto him the fecond year, and faid himself upon the beds head.

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how that our money is fpent, my

CHAP. XLVIII.

d alfa hath our herds of cattel, there ANd it came to pass after these things, that one told Jofeph, Behold, thy fatought left in the fight of my lord, ther is fick and he took with him his to bodies, and our lands. two fons, Manaffeh and Ephraim.

Jacob bleffeth Josephs

Genefis.

2 And one cold Jacob,and faid, Behold,thy fon Jofeph cometh unto thee: and Ifrael ftrengthned himself, and fat upon the bed. 3 And Jacob faid umo Jofeph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

4 And faid unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people, and will give this land to thy feed after thee, for an everlafting poffeffion.

And now thy two fons Ephraim and Manaffeh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt, before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine: as Reuben and Simeon, they fhall be mine.

6 And thy iffue which thou begetteft after them, fhall be thine, and fhall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath, the fame is Beth-lehem.

8 And Ifrael beheld Jofephs fons, and faid, Who are these?

9 And Jofeph faid unto his father, They

are my font, whom God hath given me in this place And he faid, Bring them I pray thee, unto me, and I will blefs them.

IO (Now the eyes of Ifrael were dim for age, fo that he could not fee:) And he brought them near unto him, and he kiffed them, and embraced them.

II And Ifrael faid unto Jofeph, I had not thought to fee thy face: and lo, God hath fhewed me alfo thy feed.

12 And Jofeph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himfelf with his face to the earth.

13 And Jofeph took them both, Ephraim in his right hard toward Ifraels left hand, and Manaffeh in his left hand towards Ifraels right hand, and brought them near unto him.

14 And Ifrael Atretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraims head,who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manaffchs head: guiding his hands wittingly, for Maneffeh was the firft-born.

15 And he bleffed Jofeph, and faid, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Ifaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, blefs the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Ifaac: and let em grow into a multitude in the midft he earth.

Jons, and his O'TO 17 And when Jofeph faw that his ther laid his right hand upon the head Ephraim, it difpleafed him and he hel up his fathers hand, to remove it fro Ephraims head unto Manaffehs head.

18 And Jofeph faid unto his father, N fo, my father: for this is the firft-born put thy right hand upon his head.

19 And his father refufed, and faid, know it my fon, I know it; he alfo fhal become a people,and he also shall be great but truly his younger brother fhall b greater than he, and his feed fhall becom a multitude of nations.

20 And he bleffed them that day, fay ing, In thee fhall Ifrael blefs, faying, Go make thee as Ephraim, and as Manaffeh and he fet Ephraim before Manaffeh.

21 And Ifrael faid unto Jofeph, Behold I die; but God fhall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fa thers.

22 Moreover, I have given to thee on portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my fword and with my bow.

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CHAP. XLIX.

Jacob called unto his fons, and

faid, Gather your felves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the laft days.

2 Gather your felves together, and hear, ye fons of Jacob, and hearken unto Ifrael your father.

3 Reuben, thou art my fiift-born, my might, and the beginning of my ftrength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power.

4 Unftable as water, thou shalt not excel, because thou wenteft up to thy fathers bed: then defiledft thou it; he went up to my couch.

s Simeon and Levi are brethren: inftruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

6 O my foul, come not thou into their fecret; unto their affembly, mine honour, be not thou united for in their anger they flew a man, and in their felt-will they digged down a wall.

7 Curfed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Ifrael.

8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren fhall praife; thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies: thy fathers chil dren fhall bow down before thee.

9 Judah is a lions whelp, from the prey my fon, thou art gone up: he ftooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion, who fhall roufe him up?

10 The fceptre fhail not depart from Judah,

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