Jacob sendeth Benjamin into Egypt.

Joseph entertaineth his brethren. and † slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noonì.

CHAPTER XLIII....XLIV. Before 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.

CHRIST 1707.

36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and SimPs. 34,19. eon is not, and "ye will take Benjamin away: All these things are against me.

Jeb 1, 14,

15.

Psalm 49, 7.

28.

13.

a

37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay a Rom. 3, "my two sons if I bring him not to thee: deliver him 1 Cor. 10, into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. b ch. 46, 9. 38 And he said, My son shall not go down with eRom-1,13. you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: Acts 5, 39. if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, d ch. 37,33. then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

⚫ ch. 44,27.

1 ch. 37, 35.

a ch. 42, 1.

& 28, 13.

Eccles. 9, 1,

2.

f

17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.

Before CHRIST cir. 1707.

↑ Heb. kill a killing, 1 Samuel

13, 22.

18 And the men were afraid, because they were 25,11 brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because chap. 31,54 of the money that was returned in our sacks at the pJudges first time are we brought in, that he may † seek occa- Mat. 14, 26. sion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bond- Heb. to men, and our asses.

roll himself upon us,

19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's Job 30, 14. house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,

20 And said, † O sir, we came indeed down at Heb. Oh, the first time to buy food:

t my lord,

Job 6, 28. q ch. 42, 3.

27.

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 cap. 42, 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 monaey in our sacks.

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 chap. 41,56 little food.

↑ Heb. break, verses 4, 20.

1 Tim, 5, 8. Prov.$1,16.

16. & 16, 8.

C

d

b

3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man Prov. 15, did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not 1 Tim. 6, 6, see my face, except your brother be with you. 4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will ech. 42, 33. go down and buy thee food⚫

7.

& 44, 23.

d2Sam. 14,

24, 28.
Acts 20, 25.

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.

:

$ Job 21, 9.

23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your t ch. 13, 19 God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.

24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's u chi. 18, 4 house, and gave them" water, and they washed their 24, 2 & 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.

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 cer-† tainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. 27 And he asked them of their † welfare, and said, Hels Is your father well? the old man of whom ye spake, chap. 37, 14. is he yet alive?

peace,

& 41, 16.

Exod. 18, 7.

15.

28 And they answered, Thy servant our father is Jg. 1, in good health, he is yet alive: And they bowed iSam. 25,5 down their heads, and made obeisance.

† Heb. Is there peace father?

29 And he lift up his eyes, and saw his brother to your 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.

y ch. 45, 8.

26.

30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did 21 Kings 3 yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to Philip. 2, 5 weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept Jer. 31, 20 there.

11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must my of be so now, do this; Take of the † best fruits in the 31 And he washed his face, and went out, and Deut. 53,14, land in your vessels, and carry down the man a pre-refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. ch. 32. 20. sent, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and Psalm 72, 9. myrrh, nuts and almonds:

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 12 Cor. 1, mouth of the youngest, and his corn-money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. 31 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

Heb.

would
searching
search.
1 Kings 20,
33.

ch. 30, 27.
Lev. 19, 26.
2 Kings 21,

5.

Joseph made known to his brethren. youngest brother come down with you, you 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.

26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our

4 And when they were gone out of the city, and
not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, fol-youngest brother be with us, then will we go down:
low after the men; and when thou dost overtake for we may not see the man's face, except our young-
them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded est brother be with us.
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.

27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

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, 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 silver or gold?

9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, sch 31, 32 both let him die, and we also will be my 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 Ex.20. 17. servant; and ye shall be blameless.

& 31, 7

ech. 37, 29. Num. 14, 6.

d

Before CHRIST

1707.

q ch. 43. S.

r ch. 46, 19

28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: s ch. 37, 93 29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my † gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

t

30 Now, therefore, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;

31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die; and thy servant shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

I

32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

† Heb. graynese, chap. 42, 38

Heb † coil, Deut. 31,17.

Psalm 88, +

33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide Heb. 7, 2 "instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

that

11 Then they speedily took down every man his έ
sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. { 34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad
12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil
left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Ben-shall † come on my father.
jamin's sack.

e

13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every 2. Sam. 1.2 man his ass, and returned to the city.

11. & 13, 19.

i fleb. searching

search diligently.

14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's

CHAPTER XLV.

1 Joseph maketh himself known to his brethren....9 He sendeth
for his father....25 Jacob is revived with the news.

THEN Joseph could not refrain himself before all
him

house ; for he was yet there; and they fell before's

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 Psal. 31, 6. servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we and he also with whom the cup is found.

Deut. 25, 1.

Prov. 17, 15. 15, 23.

g Isa. 27, 9. Dan. 9. 7. chap. 43, 9.

la ch. 97,26,

27.

Fiat. 7, 2.

Judges 1,7. ich. 26, 29. } ch 43, 20. 4 ch.50, 17.

12.

h

17 And he said, God forbid that 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.

i

18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's 'ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a Prov. 19, father, or a brother?

n

20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, a ch. 37, 30. 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.

» ch. 46, 21. & 43, 7.

1 John 3, 16. + Heb. find my father, 1 Chr. 10, 3

Psal. 116, 3
Ex. 18, 8.

Esth. 8, 6.
Job 31, 28
Ps. 119, 14

a cb. 43, 31

Judg. 10,

them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause Isa. 42, 14. every man to go out from me. And there stood no 16. man with him, while Joseph made himself known b 1 Cor. 13, unto his brethren.

5.
Mat. 18, 15

2 And he † wept aloud: and the Egyptians and 2 Sam. 1,20. the house of Pharaoh heard.

+ Heb. gave forth his

weeping,

2 9

3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph: voice in doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not Numi, answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. Chr. 24, 4 And Joseph said unto his brethern, Come.near to c Act 7, 13. me, I pray you: And they came near. And he said, d Zec. 12, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Rev. 1, 7. 5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with e Mat. 14, yourselves, that ye sold me hither; " for God did send 27. me before you to preserve life.

8 So now, it was not you that sent me hither," but & 17, 10. God: and he hath made me "a father to Pharaoh, and ch. 47, 23. lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the Ich. 15, 13, land of Egypt.

14.

m verse 5. 8.

9 Haste you, and go up to my father, and say unto 2 Cor. 4, him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me nJudges 17, lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not.

10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy chil

10.

21 And the children of Israel did so: And Joseph 15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto gave them waggons, according to the † command-Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all ut Chr. 7, 1. ment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirtyx ch. 26, 2). and three.

Joseph presenteth his brethren before Pharaoh. GENESIS.

Before CHRIST 1706.

là ch. 3. 4. a 45, 14. Luke 15,20.

k ch. 47, 7.

Before

Joseph's dealings in the famine. 29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went } 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented έ found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Cahimself unto him: and he "fell on his neck, and wept naan, for the corn which they bought; and Joseph on his neck a good while. brought the money into Pharaoh's house

30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, i Luke 2,29. since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. 31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and Heb. 2, 11. say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; 32 And the men are shepherds, for † their trade cattle, hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their 1 Kings 3, flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

Heb. they are men of

chap. 9, 20.

27.

↑ Heb. works.

m

CHRIST 1702

m Philip. 4,

Rom. 12, 17.
Col. 4, 5.

$2.

15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should 1 Mat. 6, 11 we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. 16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will g give you for your cattle, if money fail. 17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Cor. 10, Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses; and he fed them with bread for all their 18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle: there is not aught left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies and our lands:

33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your † occupation?cattle for that year. 34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we 1 ch. 15, 32. and also our fathers; that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

a ch. 46, 31.

CHAPTER XLVII.

1

1 Joseph presenteth five of his brethren, and his father, before
Pharaoh....28 Jacob's age....29 He sweareth Joseph to bury

him with his fathers.

T HEN Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father, and my brethren, and their flocks, Heb. 2, 11. and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

b John 3,

31.

2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.

b

3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What Is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, tch. 4, 2. Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

d ch. 19, 9. Prov. 21, 1.

4 They said moreover ùnto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come : for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

6 The land of Egypt is before thee: in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; e Ex. 18,21. in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

Ezek. 34,

31.
Ezra 4. 23.

12 Kings 4,

29.

Mat.
with Luke
22, 13.

7¶ And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set Num. 623 him before Pharaoh and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, †How old art thou? 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty the ef years: few and evil have the days of the years of my thy life life been, and have not attained unto the days of the ellet 11,9 years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilPs. 39, 12. grimage.

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 servants unto Pharaoh ; and give us seed, that we may live and not die, that the land be not desolate.

20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.

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 priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them; wherefore they sold not their lands.

I

23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, have bought you this day, and your land, for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. 24 And it shall come to pass, in the increase, that you shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh; and four † parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

q

25 And they said, Thou hast † saved our lives; let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which & 18, 3. became not Pharaoh's.

27 1 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied 'exceedingly.

q ch. 33, 15. Ruth 2, 15. r cu. 46, 3

† Heb. the

days of the years of his

28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seven- life. teen years: so † the whole age of Jacob was a hun- s ch. 23, 8. dred forty and seven years.

29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, t cb. 24, 2 thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

t

chap. 50, 24,

30 But I will lie with my fathers; and thou shalt u Heb. 11, carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their " bury- 2 ing-place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. 25. 31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware x Heb. 11, unto him. And Israel bowed himself And Israel bowed himself upon the Kings 1, bed's head.

21.

1

47.

Jacob blesseth Joseph's sons,

Betore CHRIST

1689.

sch. 17, 1.

CHAPTER XLVIIÌ....XLIX.

CHAPTER XLVIII.

1 Joseph with his sons visiteth his sick father....2 Jacob strengtheneth himself to bless them....3 He repeateth the promise....21 He prophesieth their return to Canann.

and his own in particular.

CHRIST

he also shall be great; but truly his younger brother Before
shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become
a multitude of nations.

t

1629

3 Num. 1,82,

20.

20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee 31 & 2 18, AND it came to pass, after these things, that one shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick and he and as Manasseh. And he set Ephraim before Ma- Ruth-4 11. took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. nasseh. 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die ; 2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: And Israel strengthened but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. himself, and sat upon the bed.

b

3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, a God Almighty b ch. 28, 19. appeared unto me at " Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

& 35, 6. , ch. 35, 11.

4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a 4 ch. 15, 15. multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed Pet, after thee, for an everlasting possession.

& 17, 13.

1 Chr. 5, 1,

2

5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,

ch. 45, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt, before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine: as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

Num. 1, 33, $4.

Rev. 7, 6, 7. cl. 49, 3, 4.

f Acts 10, $4.

6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall 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 1 ch. 35, 19. unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth-lehem.

h ch. 25, 20. & 35, 9.

k ch. 35, 5. Ps. 127, 1.

8 ¶ And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these ?.

9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my whom God hath given me in this place. And sons, 1 ch. 27,4 he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will ' bless them.

& 28, S.

↑ Heb. heavy,

& 59, 1.

10 (Now the eyes of Israel were † dim for age, so Ist. 6, 10. that he could not see.) And he brought them near chap. 27, 1. 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 me also thy, seed.

in Ex. 15, 6. Ps. 110, 12.

16.

2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of 14 Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. 31 Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might e chap. 25, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

31. & 2.

32.

↑ Heb. ezel Deut.

4 Unstable as water, † thou shalt not excel; be- ., 6. cause thou wentest up to thy father's bed, then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

51 Simeon and Levi are brethren; "instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

k

i

f ch. 35, 22.

Prov. 18,

h chap. 31.

17.

60 my soul, come not thou into their secret; 30. unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou uni- i Jerem 15, ted: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall.

k Psalm 16,

9.

7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their 28m. 15, wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, 13. and "scatter them in Israel.

m Hosea 6,

5.

n Joshua 19

o Ps. 73, 68.

q Num. 21,

8 I Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise; thy hand shall be in the neck of thine ene- n mies: thy father's children shall bow down before thee. 9 Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as p Rev. 5, 5. 12 And Joseph brought them out from between hisa lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his 'a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; Mat. 17, right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manassehand unto him shall the gathering of the people be : 11 Binding his foa! unto the vine, and his ass's in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in grapes: them near unto him. wine, and his clothes in the " blood of

14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and 16113, laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, chap. 49,26. and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, † guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born. 15 And he blessed" Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the n chap. 49. God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

↑ Heb. he made his hands wise.

25.

1 Chr 5,2 verse 16.

S

12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

131 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships: and his border shall be unto Zidon.

141 Issachar is a strong ass, couching down be16 The angel which redeemed me from all evil,tween two burdens: bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them † grow into a multitude in the midst of the EL. 23, 20 earth.

lag. 2,7. u

Isa. 63. 1.

t John 15, 1.

x Josh. 19,

10.

y Judges 5, 15, 16.

15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land Deut. 33,18. that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

20.

161 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the Judges 15 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.

b

Num. 1,4,6.

a Deut. 93,

22.

b Ps. 25, 5. Isa. 8, 17. & 25, 3.

18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD! 191 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he Josh. 15.8. shall overcome at the last.

d

201 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he 43 shall yield royal dainties.

Deut. 33, 2

d Deut. 23

24