Joseph interpreteth dreams. GENESIS, XLI. and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's B. C. 178. hand. k ch.41.25. 2 or, reckon. 12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: k The three branches are three days: 13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh 2 lift up thine head, land restore thee unto thy place: and) thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former man-m ner when thou wast his butler. 14 But 3 think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, m I pray thee, unto me; and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: 15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews; and here also have I done nothing n that they should put me into the dungeon. 16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Josephi, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three 4 white baskets on my head: 17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of 5 bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. Pharaoh's dream. stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. 4 And the ill-favoured and leanfleshed 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 1Sa.20.14, stalk, 1 rank and good. me with thee. 15. IKI.2.7. n 1S3.24.11. 6 And, behold, seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. 7 And the seven thin ears devourPs.59.3,4.ed the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. Dan.6.22. 4 or, full of 5 meat of of a baker, or, cook. thee and thee. q ISa. 17.44. Mark 6.21. 18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets o are three days: 19 Yet within three p days shalls Ne.2.1. Pharaoh 6 lift up thy head from offt thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh q from off thee. u ver. 19. Dau.2.1. 20 T And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birth-a day,r that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. 21 And he restored the chief but-b Da.4.5, 19. ler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cups into Pharaoh's! hand: 22 But he hanged the chief baker; as Joseph had interpreted t to them. 23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but u forgat him. CHAPTER XLI. 1 Pharaoh's two dreams: 25 Joseph interpreteth them: 33 he giveth Pharaoh counsel. 38 Joseph is advanced. AND it came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh a dreamed; and, behold, he stood by the river fat. 7.28. c Ex.7.11. g run. 1Sam.2 8. Ps. 105.20. h Ps.25.14. 3 8 And it came to pass in the morning, that his spirit b was troubled, and he sent and called for all c the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none that could interpret d them unto Pharaoh. 9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do rememher my faults this day. 10 Pharaoh was wreth e with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker. 11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he;f we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. 12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. 13 And it came to pass, as he inter proted to us, so it was; me he re stored unto mine office, and him he hanged. 14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they 2 brought him hastily out of g the dungeon: And he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. 15 And Pharaoh said unto h Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it and I have heard say of thee, that 3 thou canst understand a i dream to interpret it. 16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, Dan.5.16.saying, It is not in me: God shall or, when give Pharaoh an answer of peace. thou hear- 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, est a dream In my dream, behold, I stood upon thou canst the bank of the river: k interpret CENESIS, XLL -favored and lean-fleshed, such] B. C. 1718. I never saw in all the land of Expt for bass: 20 And the lean and the ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven 21 And when they had eaten them as could not be known inward come to the parts of them. 5 or, small. 1 ver.8. Dan.4.7. of famine, which shall be in the 37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, u and in the eyes of all his servants. 38 And Pharaoh said unto his servents, Can we find such a one as this thal thead eaten them; but they m Dan.2.29. is, a man in whom the Spint of were stall-froured, as at the be Slawoke. And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one Rev.4.1. n2 Ki.8.1. o ver.47. p ver.54. q ch.47.13. 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: ch.37.7,9.and according unto thy word stall 40 Thou shalt be over my house, t all my people 10 be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. 23 Aad, behold, seven ears, swith-heavy. ere, this, and blasted with the east winding up after them: 24 And the thin ears devoured the 1 or, pre pared of God. seven good ears. And I told this Num.23. 19. 41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, unto the magicians; but there was Done that could declare it to me. 25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about m to do. Is.46.10. 8 or, over Pr.6.6-8. seers. 22.3. Job 32.8. See, I have set thee z over all the land of Egypt. 42 And Pharaoh took off his ring y from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of 11 fine linen, and put a gold chainz about his neck: 25 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are 9 be not cut seven years: the dream is one. And the seven thin and ill-Acts 7.10. off. favoured kine, that came up after Nu.27.18. them, are seven years; and the seren empty ears, blasted with the east wind, shall be seven years offe 28 is w This as the thing which I have to Ps. 105.21, poken unto Pharaoh: what God 10 be armed, is about to do, he sheweth unto Pharaoh Da.4.8.18. 43 And he made him to ride in the they cried before him, 13 13 Bow the second chariot which he had: and knee: and he made him ruler over all the landa of Egypt. 44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh. and without thee in all the land of Egypt. shall no man lift up his hand or foot 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; 14 and he gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-pherah, 15 priest b of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. 46 T And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before c Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went of Egypt; and the famine shall con-a ch.45.8,25. out from the presence of Pharaoh, sume the land: 14 31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land, by reason of that fanine following; for it shall le very grievous. 32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; r it is pecanse the thing is 7 established by God, and God will shortly bring which in Acts.7.10. the Coptic signifies, a revealer of secrets, or, the man revealed. to whom secrets are Sow, therefore, let Pharaoh Ex.2.16. look out a man discreet and wise, 15 or, prince. it to pass.s 7 and went throughout all the land of Egypt. 47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. 48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field which was round about every city laid he up in the same. 25am.8.18. the sand of the sea,d very much, 49 And Joseph gathered corn as until he left numbering; for it was without number. and set him over the land of Egypt. 15a.16.21. 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him pwat officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.t And let them gather all the food Dan.1.19. Lu.21.36. d ch.22.17. 50 And unto Joseph were born two sons e before the years of famine 1Sam. 13.5. came; which Asenath, the daughPs.78.27. ter of Poti-pherah, 16 priest of On, bare unto him. Jude 7.12. of those good years that come, ande ch.46.20. ay up com under the hand of Pha 48.5. 51 And Joseph called the name. ah, and let them keep food in the 16 nr, prince. of the firstborn 17 Manasseh: For eities. 36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years C 1 i. e. for God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. 52 And the name of the second GENESIS, XLII. He supplieth his brethren. B. C. 1715. | 10 And they said unto him, Na my lord, but to buy food are th servants come. Joseph's providence. called he 18 Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful f in the land of my affliction. 53 T And the seven years of plenteousness that was in the land of Egypt were ended. 18 i.e. fruitful. fch.49.22. h Jer. 14. 1,2. Lam.4.4. 54 And the seven years of dearth g ver.30. began to come, according as Joseph had said: g and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, h the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. 56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth. And Joseph opened 19 all the store-houses, and soldi unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. 57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands. CHAPTER XLII. 1 Jacob sendeth his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt: 17 they are imprisoned by Joseph as spies. Nther was corn in Egypt, Jacob OW when a Jacob saw that said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? 2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may b live, and not die. 3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. 4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren: for he said, Lest peradventure mischiefc befall him. 19 all where in was. i ch.42.6. 47.14,24. (CHAP. 42.) a Acts 7.12. b ch.43.8. c ver.38. d ch.41.41. hard things with them. e ch.37.5-9. f ch.37.30. Jer.31.15. Lam.5.7. 2 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came:k for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 6 And Joseph was the governor d over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake 1 roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. Deut.6.13. 1Sam. 1.26. 17.55. Jam.5.12. bound. gathered. h ch.20.11. Iev.25.43. Ne.5.15. Lu. 18.2,4. i ver.34. Nu.32.23. Job 36.8,9. Hos.5.15. Pr.21.13. m ch.37.21. 3 IKI.2.32. 2 Ch.24.22. Ps.9.12. an interpreter was between them. 9 And Joseph remembered the o Mat.5.44. dreams which he dreamed e of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the nd ye are come. Ro. 12. 17, 20. Eph.4.2. 11 We are all one man's sons: v. are true men; thy servants are 1 spies. 12 And he said unto them, Na but to see the nakedness of the lar ye are come. 13 And they said, Thy servants a twelve brethren, the sons of or man in the land of Canaan; an behold, the youngest is this da with our father, and one f is not. That is it that I spake unto you 14 And Joseph said unto then saying, Ye are spies: 15 Hereby ye shall be proved; B the life of Pharaoh g ye shall not g forth hence, except your younge brother come hither. 16 Send one of you, and let hi fetch your brother, and ye shall b 1 kept in prison, that your word maye proved, whether there t any truth in you: or else, by th life of Pharaoh, surely ye are spie 17 And he 2 put them all to gether into ward three days. 18 And Joseph said unto them th third day, This do, and live; for fear God. 19 If ye be true men, let one o your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses 20 But bring i your youngest bro ther unto me; so shall your word; be verified, and ye shall not die And they did so. 21 T And they said one to another We are verily guilty k concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child: and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is n required. 23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for 3 he spake unto them by an interpreter. 21 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. 25 T Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he Jacob's distrust. GENESIS, XLIII. He sendeth Benjamin. 77 And as one of them opened B. C. 1706. fither said unto them, Go again, his sack, p to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. 28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart 4 failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us? 29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them, saying, 30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake 5 roughly q to us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: 32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father: one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. p ch.43.21. went forth. with us hard things. 9 ver.7, 12. r ch.34.10. sch.43.21. t ch.43.14. u 1Sam.27.1. Job 7.7. Ec.7.8. Rom.8.28. ch.37.33. w ch.44.29. 33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave (CHAP. 43.) one of your brethren here with me, 'a ch.41.54. Lam.5.10. and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone; 34 And bring your youngest bro ther unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic r in the land. buy us a little food. 3 And Judah spake unto him, say. ing, The man 1 did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall rot 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: 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. 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 2 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 3 tenor of these words: 4 could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down? 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 b for him; of my protesting, hand shalt thou require him: if 1 protested. bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: 2 asking 3 mouth. 35 And it came to pass, as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sacks and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved tb ch.44.32. of my children: Joseph is not, and Benjamin away: all these things u are against me. knowing could we know? 10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned 5 this second time. 11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, c a little balm, d and a little honey, spices, and Phile. 18, 19. myrrh, nuts, and almonds: Ps. 119.122. 5 or, tunice c Pr. 18.16. 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 d ch.37.25. him to thee again. 38 And he said, My son shall note ch.42.25. E down with you; for his brother Ps.37.5. is dead, and he is left alone: if ƒ Ne.1.11. sorrow to the grave. CHAPTER XLIII. 1 Jacob is hardly persuaded to send Benjamin 15 Joseph entertains has brethren. ND the famine was sore a in the Aland 6 or, and I, as I have g Est.4.16, h 2Sam. 11.8. i ch.44.1. 2 And it came to pass, when they eat. had brought out of Egypt, their 12 And take double money in your hand and the money that was brought againe in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight. 13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: 14 And God Almighty give you mercy before f the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. 6 If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. / 15 T And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler h of his house, Bring these men home, and i slay, and make ready; for these men shall 7 dine 17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. 18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought mto 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 k occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. Joseph's affectionate conduct B. C. 1705.weep; and he entered into has chamber, and wept there. 8 roll himself upon. k Job 30.14. 9 coming down, we came down. I Ju.6.23. 19.20. 1Sam.25.6. Lu.24.36. 19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they 10 your mo communed with him at the door of the house, ney came to me. 24.32. 20 And said, O sir, 9 we came in-m ch.18.4. deed 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, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in 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 money in our sacks. n ver. 11. 0 ch.37.7,10. 11 peace. 12 Is there peace to your father? p ch.42.11, 13. q ch.35.17. 18. 2 Ch.29.11. Mat.9.2. 23 And he said, Peace, I be to you; fear not your God, and the Godr Jos.7.19. of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: 10 I had your. money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. 24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them m water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender. 1Ki.3.26. Jer.31.20. Ph.1.8. 2.1. Col.3.12. 25 And they made ready the n pre-t ch.46.34. sent against Joseph came at noon: Ex.8.26. for they heard that they should eat u 2Sam. 11.8. bread there. 13 drank 26 T And when Joseph came home, they brought him the prelargely. sent which was in their hand into v Pr.31.6. the house, and o bowed themselves to him to the earth. 27 And he asked them of their 11 welfare, and said, 12 Is your father well, the old man of whom ye p 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 obei 31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. 32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians which did eat with him by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrew; for that is an t abomination unto the Egyptians. 33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another. 34 And he took and sent messes & unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And they drank, and 13 were merry v with him. CHAPTER XLIV. Joseph's policy to stay his brethren. AND he commanded the stew. ard of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks 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 corn-money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. 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; a and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil b for good? 5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he 2 divineth? Ye have done evil in so doing. 6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. 7 And they said unto him, Where(CHAP. 44.) fore saith my lord these words! God forbid c that thy servants should do according to this thing. 8 Behold, the money which we found in our sacks' mouths we brought again unto d thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold? a Deut.2.13. b Pr. 17.13. 2 or, maketh trial. 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his q mother's son, and said, Is this yo younger brother, of whom ye spane unto me? And he said, God be 2Ki.8.13. gracious unto thee, my son. r c Jos.22.22. 30 And Joseph made haste; for d ch.43.22. his bowels did yearns upon his e ch.31.32. brother. and he sought where to 9 With whomsoever of thy ser vants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen. 10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: |