The butler and baker imprisoned. CHAP. XL, XLI. shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.

Pharaoh's two dreams.

have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and behold, I had three white baskets on my head.

23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him: and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper. basket upon my head.

17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bake-meats for Pharaoh: and the birds did eat them out of the

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CHAP. XL.

18 And Joseph answered and said, This ND it came to pass after these things, is the interpretation thereof: The three that the butler of the king of Egypt baskets are three days: and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

20 And it came to pass the third day, 3 And he put them in ward in the house which was Pharaoh's birth-day, that he of the captain of the guard, into the prison, made a feast unto all his servants: and he the place where Joseph was bound.

4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them; and they continued a season in ward.

5¶ And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream; the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and behold, they were sad.

lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them. 23 ¶ Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. CHAP. XLI.

AND it cars, that Pharaoh dreamed : and behold, he stood by the river.

came to pass at the end of two

7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that 2 And behold, there came up out of the were with him in the ward of his lord's river seven well-favoured kine and fat-fleshhouse, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly ed; and they fed in a meadow.

to-day!

3 And behold, seven other kine came

8 And they said unto him, We have up after them out of the river, ill-favoured dreamed a dream, and there is no interpre- and lean-fleshed; and stood by the other ter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do kine upon the brink of the river. not interpretations belong to God? Tell me them, I pray you.

9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said unto him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

4 And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her 6 And behold, seven thin ears and blastblossoms shot forth; and the clusters there-ed with the east wind sprang up after them. of brought forth ripe grapes: 7 And the seven thin ears devoured the 11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh and I took the grapes, and pressed them awoke, and behold, it was a dream. into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into 8 And it came to pass in the morning, Pharaoh's hand. that his spirit was troubled; and he sent 12 And Joseph said unto him, This is and called for all the magicians of Egypt, the interpretation of it: The three branches and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh are three days: told them his dreams; but there was none

13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy 9 ¶ Then spake the chief butler unto place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults cup into his hand, after the former manner this day: when thou wast his butler.

10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, 14 But think on me when it shall be well and put me in ward in the captain of the with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, guard's house, both me, and the chief unto me, and make mention of me unto baker: Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

11 And we dreamed a dream in one 15 For indeed I was stolen away out of night, I and he: we dreamed each man acthe land of the Hebrews; and here also cording to the interpretation of his dream.

Joseph interprets the dreams:

GENESIS.

He coninsels Pharaoh. 12 And there was there with us a young] 31 And the plenty shall not be known in man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the land by reason of that famine following: the guard; and we told him, and he inter- for it shall be very grievous.

preted to us our dreams; to each man ac- 32 And for that the dream was doubled cording to his dream he did interpret. unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing 13 And it came to pass, as he interpret- is established by God, and God will shortly ed to us, so it was: me he restored unto bring it to pass. mine office, and him he hanged.

33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a 14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Jo-man discreet and wise, and set him over the seph, and they brought him hastily out of land of Egypt. the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

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 thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.

16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:

18 And behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-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:

21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

22 And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:

23 And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprang up after them:

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.

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 perish not through the famine.

37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. 38 ¶ And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in 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 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled only in the throne will 1 be greater than thou.

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41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, have set thee over all the land of Egypt. 42 And Pharaoh took 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: and they cried 1 24 And the thin ears devoured the seven before him, Bow the knee: and he made good ears and I told this unto the magi- him ruler over all the land of Egypt, cians; but there was none that could declare 44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am it unto me. Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man 25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, lift up his hand or foot in all the land of The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath Egypt.

shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name 26 The seven good kine are seven Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to years; and the seven good ears are seven wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah years: the dream is one. priest of On: and Joseph went out over all

27 And the seven thin and ill-favoured the land of Egypt. kine that came up after them are seven 46 And Joseph was thirty years old years: and the seven empty ears blasted when he stood before Pharaoh king of with the east wind shall be seven years of Egypt: and Joseph went out from the famine. presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

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

47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

29 Behold, there come seven years of great 48 And he gathered up all the food of plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: the seven years which were in the land of 30 And there shall arise after them seven Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: years of famine; and all the plenty shall the food of the field which was round about be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the every city, laid he up in the same. famine shall consume the land: 49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand

CHAP. XLII. of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.

50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came: which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.

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 51 And Joseph called the name of the land of Canaan: and behold, the youngest first-born Manasseh; For God, said he, hath is this day with our father, and one is not. made me forget all my toil, and all my fa- 14 And Joseph said unto them, That is ther's house. it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their 6 And Joseph was the governor over sacks with corn, and to restore every man's the land, and he it was that sold to all the money into his sack, and to give them propeople of the land: and Joseph's brethren vision for the way and thus did he unto came, and bowed down themselves before them.

7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he corn, and departed thence. knew them, but made himself strange unto 27 And as one of them opened his sack them, and spake roughly unto them; and to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied he said unto them, Whence come ye? And his money: for behold, it was in his sack's they said, From the land of Canaan to buy mouth. food.

8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but money is restored; and lo, it is even in my they knew not him.

Jacob refuses to send Benjamin.

GENESIS.

Jacob lets Benjamin go.

spake roughly to us, and took us for spies shalt thou require him: if I bring him not

of the country.

31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

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.

32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father: one is not, and the youngest is this 11 And their father Israel said unto them, day with our father in the land of Canaan. If it must be so now, do this; take of the 33 And the man, the lord of the country, best fruits in the land in your vessels, and said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye carry down the man a present, a little balm, are true men: leave one of your brethren and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, here with me, and take food for the famine and almonds: of your households, and be gone:

12 And take double money in your hand;

13 Take also your brother, and arise, go

34 And bring your youngest brother unto and the money that was brought again in me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in but that ye are true men: so will I deliver your hand; peradventure it was an overyou your brother, and ye shall traffic in the sight: land. 35 And it came to pass as they emptied again unto the man: their sacks, that behold, every man's bundle 14 And God Almighty give you mercy of money was in his sack; and when both before the man, that he may send away they and their father saw the bundles of mo- your other brother, and Benjamin: If I be ney, they were afraid. bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. 36 And Jacob their father said unto them, 15¶ And the men took that present, and Me have ye bereaved of my children: Jo- they took double money in their hand, and seph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to take Benjamin away: all these things are Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 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.

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.

38 And he said, My son shall not go down 17 And the man did as Joseph bade: and with you; for his brother is dead, and he is the man brought the men into Joseph's left alone: if mischief befall him by the way house. in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. CHAP. XLIII.

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ND the famine was sore in 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 brother be with you.

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

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, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

21 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and be5 But if thou wilt not send him we will hold, every man's money was in the mouth not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye of his sack, our money in full weight: and shall not see my face, except your brother we have brought it again in our hand. be with you. 22 And other money have we brought 6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so down in our hands to buy food: we cannot ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye tell who put our money in our sacks. had yet a brother? 23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear

7 And they said, The man asked us straitly not: your God, and the God of your father, of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is hath given you treasure in your sacks: 1 your father yet alive? have ye another bro- had your money. And he brought Simeon ther? and we told him according to the out unto them. tenor of these words: Could we certainly 24 And the man brought the men into know that he would say, Bring your brother Joseph's house, and gave them water, and down ! they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.

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

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

Jacob entertains his brethren: CHAP. XLIV. He accuses them of theft. brought him the present which was in their 9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be hand into the house, and bowed themselves found, both let him die, and we also will be to him to the earth. my lord's bond-men.

27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? is he yet alive?

28 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive: and they bowed down their heads, and made

obeisance.

29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his 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.

30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.

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.

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 clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

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

31 And he washed his face, and went out, 15 And Joseph said unto them, What and refrained himself, and said, Set on deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not bread. that such a man as I can certainly divine? 32 And they set on for him by himself, 16 And Judah said, What shall we say and for them by themselves, and for the unto my lord? what shall we speak? or Egyptians which did eat with him, by them- how shall we clear ourselves? God Lath selves: because the Egyptians might not found out the iniquity of thy servants: beeat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an hold we are my lord's servants, both we, and abomination unto the Egyptians. he also with whom the cup is found.

33 And they sat before him, the first-born 17 And he said, God forbid that I should according to his birth-right, and the young- do so: but the man in whose hand the cup est according to his youth: and the men is found, he shall be my servant; and as marvelled one at another. for you, get you up in peace unto your fa

34 And he took and sent messes unto ther. them from before him: but Benjamin's 18 Then Judah came near unto him, mess was five times so much as any of theirs. and said, O my lord, let thy servant, I pray And they drank, and were merry with him. thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.

CHAP. XLIV.

AND be commanded the steward of his 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 cornmoney: and he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

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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.

6 ¶ And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.

19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?

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20 And we said unto my lord, We have 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 loveth him.

21 And thou saidst unto thy_servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.

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 servants, 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, and buy us a little food.

7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that 26 And we said, We cannot go down: if thy servants should do according to this our youngest brother be with us, then will thing: we go down; for we may not see the man's 8 Behold the money which we found in face, except our youngest brother be with our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto us. thee out of the land of Canaan: how then 27 And thy servant my father said unto should we steal out of thy lord's house silus, Ye know that my wife bare me two ver or gold?

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