CHRIST

1706.

Before CHRIST

1706

ch. 24, .

och 42,23

Acts

Josh: 4.

Ps 77, 5

k verses 15,

12

17, 23.

I Ex. 6, 14.
Num. 20.3.

m Num. 2, 13 13

m

nch. 28, 1.

a

01 Chr. 1

р

Joseph sendeth for his father.

CHAPTER XLVÍ. Jacob and his family go into Egypi. Before dren, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and 45 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I thy herds, and all that thou hast :

will also surely " bring thee up again : and Joseph !1 And there will I nourish thee, (for yet there are shall put his hand upon thine eyes. five years of famine,) lest thou, and thy household, 5 1 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba : and the E. 19, 27. and all that thou hast, come to poverty:

sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their h ch. 50, is 12 And, behold your eyes see, and the eyes of my little ones, and their wives, in the waggons which 13. brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh Pharaoh had sent to carry him. unto you.

6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, 13 Ana you shall tell my father of all my glory in which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and ips.107.23.

Egypt, and of all that you have seen ; and ye shall came into 'Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him : a. 37,.. p ch. 29, 13. haste, and bring down my father hither.

7 His sons, and his sons sons with him, his daugh- kuhi 14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, ters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought and P wept ; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. he with him into Egypt.

15 Moreover, he kissed all his brethren, and wept 81 And these are the names of the children of Isupon them : and after that his brethren 9 talked with rael which came into Egypt ; Jacob and his sons : him.

Reuben, Jacob's first-born. 16 1 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's 9 And the sons of Reuben ; 'Hanoch, and Phallu, i Chr. 5, s. house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: And it and Hezron, and Carmi. pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

.

10 And the sons of Simeon ; " Jemuel, and Jamin, 12., 24. 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar; and Shaul, the brethren, This do ye ; lade your beasts, and go, get son of a Canaanitish woman. you unto the land of Canaan;

11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, P Kohath, 16. 18 And take your father, and your households, and and Merari. De come unto me : and I will give you the good of the 12 And the sons of Judah ; Er, and Onan, and Chr. 6, bis,

land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the ' fat of the land. Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan Nums, s.

19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; Take died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Phayou waggons out of the land of Egypt for your little rez were 'Hezron and Hamul.

} ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and 13 And the sons of * Issachar ; · Tola, and “ Phu- r Mat. 1, %.

vah, and Job, and Shimron. 20 Also + regard not your stuff: for the good of all 14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Ezek. 7,4,9. the land of Egypt is yours.

Jahleel, 21 And the children of Israel did so : And Joseph 15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Ecosis2 gave them waggons, according to the † command-} Jacob in * Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah : all 11 Chr. 7, 1.

ment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the the souls of his sons and his daughters were " thirty 1 ch. 26, 2).
way.

and three.
22 To all of them he gave each man changes of 16 And the sons of Gad ; ? Ziphion, and Haggi,
raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli

.
pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, 23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister : And

asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. 1 Hebo bez she-asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave chap. 57, 22 father by the way.

to Leah his daughter: and these she bare unto Jacob,
24 So he sent his brethren away, and they depart- even sixteen souls.
Sam 18. ed : and he said unto them, See that ye † fall not out 19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's & wife; Joseph and

by the
way.

Benjamin.
25 1 And they went up out of Egypt, and came 20 And unte Joseph, in the land of Egypt, were
into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath, the

26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and daughter of Poti-pherah || priest of On, bare unto him. I Or, prince. ; Rom.419. he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Ja- 21 And the sons of Benjamin were "Belah, and 6 ch. 11,45. Luke 21, 4. cob's heart fainted, for he believed them not. Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and c1 Chr. 8,1.

, es 1 27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. which he had said unto them: and when he saw the 22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born

waggons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the to Jacob : all the souls were fourteen. Luke spirit of Jacob their father revived :

23 And the sons of Dan ; Hushim. 20,

28 And Israel said, " It is enough : Joseph my son 24. And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni,
is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die. and Jezer, and' Shillem.
CHAPTER XLVI.

25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban ! 1 Chr. 7,
1 Jacob is comforted by God at Beer-sheba....5 Thence he with gave unto Rachel his daughter ; and she bare these
his company goeth into Egypt.

unto Jacob: all the souls were seven. ch. 21, 14. and came to · Beer-sheba, and offered sacri- } which came out of his † loins, besides Jacob's sons' tish;

b och 26, 12 fices unto the God of his father Isaac.

wives, all the souls were threescore and six: cch. 31,42 2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the 27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in g Deut. 19% a ch. 15, 1. night, and said, * Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here Egypt, were two souls: All the souls of the house of Ja- che tourisme ech 22, 11.

cob, which came into Egypt, wereóthreescore and ten. Zo bien 3 And he said, I am'God, the God of thy father : 28 1 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, aber sche 12, 12 fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make to direct his face unto Goshen ; and they came into se

; of thee a great nation:

Before CHRIST

1706.

Before CHRIST

1702

h

b ch. 33, 4.

45, 14. Luke 15, 20.

k ch47, .

m Philip. 4

m

Rom. 12,17. Col. 4, 5. i 32

Heb. they
are muen of
cattle,
chap, 20.

Heb. norks.

n Ps. 32, 5.

.

1701,

.

46, 31

Jolin 3, 31.

# Or, prin
ces,
ch. 41, 45. &

с

Joseph presenteth his brethren before Pharaoh. GENESIS.

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 found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Ca-

।
himself unto him: and he "sell 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 i let me die, · 15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt,
i Luke 2,29. since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alire. and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came

31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his unto Joseph, and said, Give us'bread: for why should I Mat. 6, 11 father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and we die in thy presence?

for the money faileth. heb. 2, 17: say unto him, " My brethren, and my father's house, 16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle ; and l will !

which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; give you for your cattle, if money fail.

32 And the men are shepherds, for † their trade 17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and 5.Cor. 10

hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and 1 Kings 2 flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for

33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall the asses ; and he fed them with bread for all their call you, and shall say, What is your f occupation ? cattle for that year.

, 31 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been 18 When that year was ended, they came unto him Prov. 23,13

about cattle from our youth even until now, both we the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide | cb. 49, 22. and also our fathers ; that ye may dwell in the land it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord

of Goshen : for every shepherd is an abomination also hath our herds of cattle: there is not aught left
unto the Egyptians.

in the sight of my lord, but our bodies and our lands :
CHAPTER XLVII.

19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both
1 Joseph presenteth five of his brethren, and his father, before we and our land ? buy us and our land for bread, and

Pharaoh.....28 Jacob's age....29 He sweareth Joseph to bury Śwe and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh ; and
him with his fathers.

give us seed, that we may live and not die, that the
THEN Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, sland be not desolate.

My father, and my brethren, and their flocks, 20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for
Heb. 2, 11. and their herds, and all that they have, are come out Pharaoh ; for the Egyptians sold every man his field,

of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the because the famine prevailed over them: so the land
land of Goshen.

became Pharaoh's.
2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, 21 And as for the people, he removed them to
and presented them unto Pharaoh.

cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the
3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, • What other end thereof.

28 your occupation ? And they said unto Pharaoh, 22 Only the land of the || priests bought he not ; 11, 18 ch. 42. Thy servants are "shepherds, both we, and also our for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, fathers.

and did eat their o portion which Pharaoh gave them; 1 Cor. 9, 13 4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to so-wherefore they sold not their lands. journ in the land are we come: for thy servants have 23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I Gal: 6, & no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in have bought you this day, and your land, for Pharaoh: Deut. 12,19. the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, letlo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. 10.

" thy servants riwell in the land of Goshen.

24 And it shall come to pass, in the increase, that isa. 56, 10, 5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy you shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh ; and four father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

parts shall be your own, forseed of the field, and for kat. 24, 25 6 The land of Egypt is d before thee : in the best your food, and for them of your households, and for £11, 28.

of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; } food for your little ones. 1.18,21. in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou 25 And they said, Thou hast + saved our lives ; let ! Heb

knowest any men of e activity among them, then uso find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be chap 43, 54, make them rulers over my cattle.

Phưraoh's servants. 711 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set 26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of shar: €, 12 dams 23 him before Pharaoh : and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the

8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, tHow old art thou? fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which 18,32

9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the became not Pharaoh's.

years of my & pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty 27 I And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the the means of years: “ few and evil have the days of the years of my country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, , Heb. the ety life? life been, and have' not attained unto the days of the and grew, and multiplied ' exceedingly, 11,9 years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pil- 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seven- life. grimage.

teen years : sot the whole age of Jacob was a hun- s cb. 23, 2. 10 And Jacob "blessed Pharaoh, and went out dred forty and seven years. I ch. 35, 28. from before Pharaoh.

29 And the time drew nigh that Israel & must die : 11 1 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If and

gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, ch. 24, 2

the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pha-{thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly Bielec Milliy raoh had commanded.

with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt :: 12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his breth- 30 But I will lie with my fathers; and thou shall u leb. 11, baltech to the ren, and ail his father's household, with bread, || ac- carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their bury ma tittle one. cording t to their families.

ing-place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. 25. 13 1 And there was no bread in all the land ; for the 31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware Heb. 11,

x . famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt, and all unto him. And Israel - bowed himself upon the 7"Kingo 1, the land of Canaan, † fainted by reason of the famine bed's head.

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

Psal. 41, 1.

hands,

Heb. made us lire,

12 Kings 4, 29.

& 45, 7.

Betore CHRIST

1689.

Before CHRIST

1699

. ch17, 1.

u Deut. 21, 17

a

b

b ch. 28, 19 & 35, 6

14

Х

rch. 35, 11.

a Ps. 133,1

k 17, 13.
1 Pet. 1, 4.

c Xain. 24,

Chr. 51, 2.

Rev. 7, 6, 7. clL 49, 3, 4 (Asts 10, SA

Amos %, 12

Deut. 33, 6.

Jucob blesseth Joseph's sons,
CHAPTER XLVIII....XLIX.

and his own in particular. CHAPTER XLVIII.

he also shall be great; but truly his younger brother
1 Joseph with his sons visiteth his sick father....2 Jacob shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become

strengtheneth himself to bless them....3 He repeateth the a multitude of nations.
promise....21 He prophesieth their return to Canann.

20 And he blessed them that day, saying, " In thee 3 1. & 2. 17. told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick : and he and as Manasseh. And he set Ephraim before Ma- truths . took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.nasseh.

2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son 21 And Israel said into Joseph, Behold, I die ; Joseph cometh unto thee; And Israel strengthened but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto himself, and sat upon the bed.

the land of your fathers. 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, a God Almighty 22 Moreover, “I have given to the one portion appeared unto me at ”Luz in the land of Canaan, and } above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of Josh. 17, blessed me,

the Amorite with my sword and with my bow. 4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee

CHAPTER XLIX.
fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a { 1 Jacob calleth his sons to bless them....? Their blessings in par-
a ch. 13, 15. multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed ticular....29 He chargeth them about his burial....33 He dieth.

after thee, for an everlasting possession.
5 5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manassch, AND Jacob called unto his sons, and suid, Gather as

yourselves together, that I may "tell you that v Amos 5, 7.

b i el 13, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt, be- which shall befall you in the last days.

fore I came unto thee into Egypt, eure mine :'' as 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Num. 1, 33. Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

d 6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, S 1 Reuben, thou art my e first-born, my might chap, 25, shall be thine, and shall be called 6 after the name of and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of $2. their brethren in their inheritance.

dignity, and the excellency of power : 7 And as for me, when I came from - Padan, 4 Unstable as water, fthou shalt not excel; be- not the Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan, in the cause thou 'wentest up to thy father's bed, then

way, when yet there was but a little way to come defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. ich. 35 , 12 unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of 5 1 Simeon and Levi are brethren; "instruments Prox. 18, Ephrath ; the same is Beth-lehem.

of cruelty are in their habitations.
8 1 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, 60 my soul, come not thou into their 's secret ;
Who are these ? ,

unto their assembly, minek honour, be not thou uni- i Jelena 15, 9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my {ted : for in their anger they slew a man, and in their

sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And self-will they digged down a wall. 1 ch. 27, 4. he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will 7 Cursed be their'anger, for it was fierce; and their 'bless them.

wrath, for it was cruel : I will divide them in Jacob, 10 (Now the eyes of Israel were + dim for age, so and "scatter them in Israel. les.O that he could not see.) And he brought them near 8 1 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall chap. 27, 1. unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. praise ; thy hand shall be in the neck of thine ene- 1.

11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought { mies:thy father's children shall bow down before thee. to see thy face; and, lo, God hath shewed me also 9 Judah is P a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thy seed.

thou art gone up: he stouped down, he couched as p Rev. 5, 5. 12 And Joseph brought them out from between his a lion, and as an old lion ; who shall rouse him up ? q Num. 21, knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor

13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his 'a lawgiver from between bis feet, until Shiloh come; r Mar. 17,
right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh and unto him shall the gathering of the people be:
in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought 11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's Isa. 11,19
them, near unto him.

colt unto the choice vine ; he washed his garments in ilag. 2, 7 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and wine, and his clothes in the ' blood of grapes : 18. d'119, laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, 12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth Isa. 63. 1. chap. 19,26. and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, f guiding white with milk.

his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born. 131 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea;

15 And he blessed ” Joseph, and said, God, before and he shall be for an haven of ships: and his border
whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac ° did walk, the shall be unto Zidon.
God which Pfed me all my life long unto this day, 14 1 Issachar is ' a strong ass, couching down be-

16 The angel which redeemed me from all evil, tween two burdens:
bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, 15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land veut. 33,1 8.
and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear,

let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the and became a servant unto tribute. ÉL. 23, 20. earth.

16 1 Dan shall "judge his people, as one of the Judges 15 17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his tribes of Israel. right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it' displeased 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder, Deut. 93,

him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it in the path, that biteth the horse-heels, so that his 1 Sam. 16,7 from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. rider shall fall backward.

18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my 18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD! clap: 592. father : for this is the first-born ; put thy right hand 191 Gad, a iroop shall overcome him: but he chosh. 18.8. upon his head.

shall overcome at the last. 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it my 20 1 Out of Ashei "his bread shall be fat, and he % son, I know it : he also shall become a people, and shall yield royal dainties.

e

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1689.

CHRIST

1685.

I cb. 47,51

e . r Deut. 33, 10.

g ch. 39, 7.

I Acts &, 21.

A thorn

13

o Num. 19,

•k Deut. 33,

17. Tiosen 3, 14. i Mat. 11, 10, 11.

1

m

I is

, 36

ing of the

m Deut. 30,

Egyptians.

1}, 15.

Jacob's charge concerning his burial.

GENESIS.

Joseph's age and death. 21 1 Naphtali is e a hind let loose: he giveth good- 6 And Pharaoh said, Goup and bury thy father, Before ly words.

according as he made thee swear.
22 1 Joseph is a srụitful bough, even a fruitful. 7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with
• Ps
. 18,53. bough by a well
, whose branches run over the wall. him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders

.
23 .'I'he archers have sorely grieved him, and shot of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
at him, and hated him:

8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, 24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of and his father's house: only their little ones, and their li Ps. 44 7. his hands were made strong by the hands of the flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the Shep-. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and
herd, the stone of Israel:)

horsemen; and it was a very great company:
25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help 10 And they came to the threshing-floor of || Atad, 4 That is,

thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with which is beyond Jordan; and there they mourned bramble. Deut. 35, blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that with a great and very sore lamentation : and he made m Deut. 1,1

lieth under, blessings of the breasts and of the wonib: a mourning for his father "seven days.

26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed 11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Ca- 11. 'above the blessings of my progenitors, unto the" ut- naanives, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, o ch. 10, 18

most bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyp1998., 15, on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head tians: wherefore the name of it was called || Abel- The moun.

of him that was separate from his brethren. mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
27 1 Benjamin shall Pravin as a wolf; in the morn- 12 And his sons did unto him Paccording as he

p ch.47, 223, : Ezek. s, ing he shall devour the prey, and a at night lie shall commanded them: divide the spoil.

13 For his sons carried him into the land of Ca28 All these are the 'twelve tribes of Israel: and naan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Tech. 23,1%, Psal. 89, 40. this is it that their father spake unto them, and bless- Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field,

ed them: every one according to his blessing he bless- for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the
ed them.

Hittite, before Mamre.
29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am 14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his

to be 'gathered unto my people: bury me with my brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his Gal.?, iš" fathers in the care that is in the field of Ephron the father, after he had buried his father.

15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their fa30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, Šther was dead, they said, Joseph will" peradventure secev. 33,

which is before Mamre. in the land of Canaan, which hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil Heb. 12 23. Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hit- which we did unto him. ech. 23, 8. tite for a possession of a burying-place.

16 And they tsent a messenger unto Joseph, say- Heb. 3! There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; ing, Thy father did command before he died, saying, Prov. 29, 25 there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, * Forgive, I pray ( Mat

. 6, 12 there I buried Leah.

thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their Eph. 4, s.

u 32 The purchase of the field, and of the cave that sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray u Luke 17, is therein, was from the children of Heth.

thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God 3, 4. 33 And when Jacob had made an end of command- of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake ch. 28, 24, u Pk. 37, 23. ing his sons, he gathered up his "feet into the bed, } unto him. 1 isa.5, 1, 2 and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto 18 And his brethren also went and fell down be- y eb. 37, 7. his people.

fore his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants. CHAPTER L.

19 And Joseph said unto them, ? Fear not; for am 1 The mourning for Jacob....4 Joseph getteth leave of Pha-I in the place of God?

raoh to go to bury him.... 24 He prophesieth unto his bre- 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me ; Deut.32,85. thren of their return....25 He taketh an oath of them for his " but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it Heb. 10:58 bones....26 He diech.

as this day, to save much people alive. AND Joseph, fill upon his father's face, and 21 Now, therefore, fear ye not: "I will nourish Acts 3, iz wept upon him, and

you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, Ps. 119, 71 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physi- and spake ţ kindly unto them. Kings is cians to embalın his father: and the physicians "em- 22 I And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's ech. 46, 4. balmed Israel.

house: and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years :
3 And forty days were fulfilled for him ; (for so 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the
are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed;) third generation: the children also of Machir, the son & 4, 13
and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and of Manasseh, were brought up upon Joseph's knees,
ten days.

24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and
4 And when the days of his mourning were past, God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this
Joseph 'spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, Iffland unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to
now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray} Isaac, and to Jacob.
you, in the cars of Pharaoh, saying,

25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Is-
5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, : [ die:frael, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall
ke Mat. 27, in my grave which I have digged for me in the land carry up my bones from hence.
Isa. 22, 16. of Canaan, there shalt thou 'bury me. Now, there- 26 So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years

fore, let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a chap. 3, 19. and I will come again.

coffin in Egypt

44

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d

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1571.

e

4.

a Gen. 46, 8. ch. 6, 14

cGen. 3

e Ps. S7, & 112 5.

d

Heb. 11, 23

d Gen. 35,

25.

f ch. 1, 22,

Deut. 10,22. Acts 7, 14.

h Jonah 1,

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2), 27.

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T The SECOND Book of Moses, called EXODUS.

, CHAPTER I.

3 2 And the woman conceived and bare a 'son: and Before 22 Pharaoh commandeth the male children to be cast into when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she the river.

e hid him three months.

3 And when she could no longer hide him, she chap 1, 7. TOW these are the names of the children of ΝΟΣ

Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with a Heb. 11, b. Gen. 35, his household came with Jacob.

slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and 23. 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. 3 · Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

4 And & his sister stood afar off, to wit what would Acts 2, 20. 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Åsher.

be done to him. - 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of 5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to Gen. 48, Jacob were seventy souls:' for Joseph was in Egypt wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked & 3, 22. c. 12,3%, already.

along by the river's side: and when she saw the ark g ch. 15, 202 6 And Joseph died, and all & his brethren, and all {among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. (Gen. 46, that generation.

6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child : 17. & 2, 10. 7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and "in- and, behold, the bale wept. . And she had compas- i Prov. 21, 1.

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' 8 Acts 7,15 creased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed ex-sion on him, and said, This is one of tne "Hebrews' k Acts 7, 20 & Gen 48, ceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. children.

8 I Now there arose up a 'new king over Egypt, 7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall
1 Prov. 23.2 which knew not Joseph.
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and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women,
9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of that she may nurse the child for thee?
the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And

10 Come on, let us o deal wisely with them ; lest the maid went and called the child's mother.

they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there 9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take mm. Prov. 1, falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give

and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and

11 Therefore they did set over them task-masters, }nursed it.

to afflict them with their burdens. And they built 10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Healing and for Pharaoh treasure-cities, Pithom and Raamses. Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And 21.

12 † But the more they afflicted them the more she called his name || Moses: and she said, Because * they mui tiplied. they multiplied and grew. And they were P grieved I drew him out of the water. Prov. 27, because of the children of Israel.

111 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses 13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and HacT, q Lev. 25, to serve with a rigour:

looked on their burdens: and he espied an Egyptian 25, 26. 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bon-smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren. dage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of 12 And he looked this way and that way, and, service in the field: all their service, wherein they when he saw that there was no man, he 'slew the Acts 7, 24 made them serve, was with rigour.

Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. 15 1 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew 13 And when he went out 'the second day, behold, p Acts 7, 25 midwives ; (of which the name of one was Shiphrah, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said and the name of the other Puah ;)

to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou q Acts 7, 2. 16 And he said, When ye do the office of a mid-thy fellow? Rev. 12, 4 wife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the 14 And he said, who made thee "a prince and a r Gen. 19,

stools, if it be a son, then ye shall 'kill him: but if judge over us? intendest thou to kill ine, as thou • Prov. 16,6. it be a daughter, then she shall live.

killedst the Egyptian? And Moses S feared, and said,
17 But the midwives • feared God, and did not as Surely this thing is known.

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the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought
men-children alive.

to slay Moses. But Moses 'fled from the face of Heb. 11, 2 n 28am. 19, 18 And the king of Egypit called for the midwives, Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: And he Excl . 8, 4 and said unto them, "Why have ye done this thing, sat down by a *well. and have saved the men-children alive?

16 Now the || priest of Midian had seven daugh- 1Gen. 21, 19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because ters: and they came and drew water, and filled the Josh 25, the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women;{troughs to waier their father's flock. 1Sam. 21, 2 for they are lively, and are delivered *ere the mid- 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: v Ps. 11, 1. wives come in unto thein.

but Moses stood up and " helped them, and watered Gen. 23, 11 20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: their flock. and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. 18 And when they came to? Reuel their father, he he

Num10, 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives said, How is it that you are come so soon to-day? 2 Sam.7, 11. feared God, that he ? made them houses.

19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out 22 And Pharaoh . charged all his people, saying, of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water Acts 1,19. Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and enough for us, and watered the flock. every daughter ye shall save alive.

20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is Nun. CHAPTER JI.

he? why is it that ye have left the man ? call him, och 5, 18, 2 Moses is born, 3 and in an ark cast into the flags....11 He that he may eat "bread. slayeth an Egyptian....21 He marrieth Zipporah.

21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: Dut? ND there went • a man of the house of Levi, and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name i