His brethren's distress. GENESIS, XLV. with whom it is found shall be my B. C. 1705. servant; f and ye shall be blaineless. 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 g clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. f Ex.22.3. g ch.37.29, 34. Num. 14.6. 3 or, make i Ezra 9.10. 14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he wask Nu.32.23. yet there and they fell before him h on the ground. Jos.7.IS. Pr.28.17. 15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have Pr.17.15. done? Wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly 3 divine? m ch, 18.30, 32. n ch.37.3. 16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall wei och.42.15,20. speak? or how shall we clear our-p ch.43.2. selves? God hath found out the kq Luke 11.7. miquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup r ch.30.23. is found. 17 And he said, God forbid that I should do I 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. 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 m burn against thy servant : for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19 My lord asked his servants, t 35.18. 46.19. 25.29. thers, Have ye a father, or a brox 20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a Ro.5.7-10. Judah's intercession with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us. 27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare nie twor sons: 28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely, he is s toru in pieces; and I saw him not since: 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. 30 Now, therefore, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life ist 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 servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. 32 For thy servant became surety u for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. 33 Now, therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad, v a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. 34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil w that shall 4 come on z my father. CHAPTER XLV. 2Ch.34.28. 1 Joseph maketh himself known to his brethren: 9 he sendeth for his father. find my Job 31.29. Ps. 116.3. 119.143. THEN Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while child of his old age, a little one: (CHAP. 45.) Joseph mads himself known unto and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father n loveth him. 1 gave forth his voice in a Num. 14.1. 21 And thou saidst unto thy ser- Mat. 14.26. 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, p and buy us a little foo his brethren. 2 And he 1 wept aloud: a and the Egyptians and the house of Pha raoh heard. 3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph: doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were 2 troubled b at his presence. 4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom 3 neither let ye sold c into Egypt. there be anger in Ps. 105. 16, 26 And we said, We cannot go fch.47.18. down if our youngest brother be 5 Now therefore be not d grieved, 3 nor angry with yourselves, that ye soid me hither; for God did send me e before you, to preserve life. 6 For these two yearsf hath ine famine been in the land, and yet there are five years, in the which Joseph discloseth himself. GENESIS, XLVL there shall neither be earingg nor B. C. 1705. g Ex.34.21. 7 And God sent me before you, to preserve you a posterity in the to put for earth, and to save your lives by agreat h deliverance. you a rem- 1Chr.11.14. Ps. 18.50. 8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but i God: and he hath made me a fatherk to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ai Jno. 19.11. ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. 9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: 10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, I and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast : 11 And there will I nourish thee, (for yet there are five years of famine,) lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. 12 And, behold, your eyes see.m and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. k ch.41.43. 47.1-6. m ch.42.23. n Acts 7.14. 46.29. Nu. 18.29. 6 let not your eye spare, &c. 1 mouth. 13 And ye shall tell my father of Benjamin's neck, o and wept; and 15 Moreover, he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them; and after that, his brethren talked with him. His brothers tell their faster g of Pharaoh, and gave them provi sion for the way. 22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and fiver changes of raiment. 23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses 8 laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. 21 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. 25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father. 26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed s them not. 27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:t 28 And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die. CHAPTER XLVI. 1 Jacob is comforted by God at Beersheba: 5 he goeth into Egypt: 28 Joseph meeteth him. 8 carrying.AND Israel took his journey with 9 his. Job 9.16. 29.24. Ps. 120.1. Lu.24.11, 41. t Ps.85.6. that he had, and came to a Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God b of his father Isaac. 2 And God spake unto Israel c in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob!d And he said, Here am I. 16 T And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and 3 And he said, I am God, the God it 5 pleased Pharaoh well, and his (CHAP. 46.) of thy father: fear not to go down servants. a ch.21.33. Job 33.14. 17 And Pharaoh, said unto Joseph, 28.10. Say unto thy brethren, This do yeb ch.31.42,53. lade your beasts, and go, get you e ch.15.1. unto the land of Canaan; 18 And take your father, and your d 1 Sa.3.4,10. households, and come unto me; and I will give you the good of the Deut.26.5. land of Egypt, and ye shall eat pfch.15.16. the fat of the land. 19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Also 6 regard not your stuff: for the good of all the land of Egypt is your's. 21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the conimandment i e ch. 12.2. 50.13,25. Ex.3.8. ch.50.1. Acts 7.15. h ch.45.19, 27. i Nu.20. 15. into Egypt; for I will there e make of thee a great nation. 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring fthee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand g upon thine eyes. 5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent h to carry him. 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which 'hey had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, i Jacob, and all his seed with him; 7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brough le with him into Egypt. Genealogies of Israel. Jaco settleth in Egypt. of his 14 loins, besides Jacob's song wives, all the souls were three score and six. GENESIS, XLVII. 8 And these are the names of B C. 1705. the children of Israel k which came into Egypt: Jacob and his sons: k Ex.1.1. Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. 9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 10 T And the sons of Simeon: 'Jemuel, and Jamin. and Ohad, and Jachin, and 3 Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanitish woman. 6.14. or, Nemuel, 2 or, Jarib 3 or, Zerah, or, Gershom. ch.38.3.7, 10. 11 And the sons of Levi; 4 Ger-or, Puah, & shon. Kohath, and Merari. 12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died l in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 And the sons of Issachar Tola, and 5 Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. 14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. 8 Jashub. Zephon. Nu.26.15. or, Ozni. or, Arod. m ch.29.24. ch.41.50. CT, prince. 10 Ahiram, Nu.26.38. 11 Shupham, Nu.26.39. 15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. 16 And the sons of Gad; 6 Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and 7 Ez-13 or Shubon. Eri, and 8 Arodi, and Areli. hrm. 12 Hupham. Nu.26.39. 17 And the sons of Asher; Jim- Nu.25.42. nah. and Ishuah, and Isui, and jo ch.29.29. Beriah, and Serah their sister: and 14 thigh. the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. 27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten. p 28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face q unto Goshen; and they came into the land of r Goshen. chariot, and went up to meet Is29 And Joseph made ready his rael his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him: and he fell on his neck, s and wept on his neck a good while. 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, t 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 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 15 trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, u What is your occupation? 34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' 18 These are the sons of Zilpah,p Deut. 10.22. trade hath been about cattle v from whom Laban gavem to Leal his daughter: and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. A cts 7.14. q ch.31.21. 19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's r ch.47.1. wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. 8 ch.45.14. 20 And unto Joseph, in the landt Luke 2.29, of Egypt, were born n Manasseh 30. and Ephraim, which Asenath the 1s they are daughter of Poti-pherah 9 priest of On, bare unto him. men of cattle. 21 And the sons of Benjamin tre Belah, and Becher, and Ash-u ch.47.3. bel. Gera, and Naaman, 10 Ehi, and v ch.30.35. Rosh, 11 Muppim, and 12 Huppim, 37.12. and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. w ch.43.32. Ex.8.26. (CHAP. 47.) 23 And the sons of Dan; 13 Hu-a ch.46.31. shim b ch.46.28. 24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and c Acts 7.13. Shillem 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, d Jonah 1.8. which Laban gave o unto Rachele Am.7.14. his daughter; and she bare these f ch.15.13. unto Jacob: all the souls were Deut.26.5. Ps. 105.23. Is.52.4. 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out! Pharaoh, and said, My father, and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the b land of Goshen. 2 And he took some of his bre thren, even five men, c and presented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto his bre thren What is your occupation? d And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, e both we, and also our fathers. 4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojournƒ in the land are we come for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Ca Joseph discloseth himself. GENESIS, XLVI there shall neither be earing g nor B. C. 1705. narvest. 7 And God sent me before you, 4 to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great h deliverance. 8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but i God: and he hath made me a fatherk to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. 9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: 10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, I and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast : 11 And there will I nourish thee, (for yet there are five years of famine,) lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. g Ex.34.21. to put for you a rem nani. h 1Chr. 11.14. Ps. 18.50. Jno. 19.11. k ch.41.43. 47.1--6. Ex.8.22. 9.26. m ch.42.23. Lu.24.39. n Acts 7.14. 0 ch.33.4. 46.29. 5 was good p His brothers tell their fasher g of Pharaoh, and gave them provi sion for the way. 22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and fiver changes of raiment. 23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses 8 laden with the good things of Egypt, an! ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. 21 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. 25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, 26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And 9 Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed s them in the eyes not. of Pharaoh. ch.27.28. 47.6. Nu. 18.29. De.32.14. 12 And, behold, your eyes see, m and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speak-6 let not eth unto you. 13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste, and bring down n my father hither. 14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, o and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. your eye spare, &c. 7 mouth. q Num.3.16. ch.43.34. 27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:t 28 And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die. CHAPTER XLVI. 1 Jacob is comforted by God at Beersheba: 5 he goeth into Egypt: 28 Joseph meeteth him. 8 carrying.AND Israel took his journey with 9 his. 15 Moreover, he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them; and Job 9.16. after that, his brethren talked with him. 16 T And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying Joseph's brethren are come: and it 5 pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. 29.24. Ps. 120.1. Lu.24.11, 41. Ps.85.6. (CHAP. 46.) a ch.21.33. 17 And Pharaoh, said unto Joseph, 28.10. Say unto thy brethren, This do yeb ch.31.42,53. lade your beasts, and go, get youc ch. 15.1. unto the land of Canaan; Job 33.14. e ch.12.2. 18 And take your father, and your d 1 Sa.3.4,10. households, and come unto me; and I will give you the good of the Deut.26.5. land of Egypt, and ye shall eat pfch.15.16. 50. 13,25. the fat of the land. 19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Also 6 regard not your stuff: for the good of all the land of Egypt is your's. 21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment Ex.3.8. g ch.50.1. Acts 7.15. h ch.45. 19, 27. i Nu.20. 15. Deut.26.5. Jos.24.4. Ps. 105.23. Is.52.4. all that he had, and came to a Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God b of his father Isaac. 2 And God spake unto Israel c in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob!d And he said, Here am I. 3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there e make of thee a great nation. 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring fthee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand g upon thine eyes. 5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent h to carry him. 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, i Jacob, and all his seed with him; 7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brough le with him into Egypt. Genealogies of Israel. Jacot settleth in Egypt. of his 14 loins, besides Jacob's sons wives, all the souls were three score and six. GENESIS, XLVII. 8 And these are the names of | B C. 1705. the children of Israel k which came into Egypt: Jacob and his sons: k Ex.1.1. Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. 6.14. 9 And the sons of Reuben; Ha-1 or, Nemuel, 10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin. and Ohad, and 2 Jachin, and 3 Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanitish woman. 2 or, Jarib 3 or, Zerah. 10. 11 And the sons of Levi; 4 Ger-or, Puah, shon. Kohath, and Merari. 12 And the sons of Judah; Er. and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died l in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 And the sons of Issachar ; Tola, and 5 Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. 14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. Jashub. Zephon, 7 or, Ozni. 8 or, Arod. m ch.29.24. In ch.41.50. 9 cr, prince. 10 Ahiram, Nu.26.38. & 11 Shupham, Nu.26.39. 15 These be the sons of Leah, 12 Hupham. hrm. 17 And the sons of Asher; Jim- Nu.25.42. nah. and ishuah, and Isui, and jo ch.29.29. Beriah, and Serah their sister: and 14 thigh. the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. 27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls. all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten. p 28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face q unto Goshen: and they came into the land of r Goshen. chariot, and went up to meet Is29 And Joseph made ready his rael his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him: and he fell on his neck.s and wept on his neck a good while. 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, t 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 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 15 trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, u What is your occupation? 34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle v from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen: for every shepherd is an abomination w unto the Egyptians. CHAPTER XLVII. 30.1 Joseph presenteth five of his brethren, 7 and his father, before Pharaoh: 11 he giveth them habitation and maintenance. THEN Joseph came and told a Pharaoh, and said, My father, and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the b land of Goshen. 21 And the sons of Benjamin and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. 37.12. w ch.43.32. 23 And the sons of Dan; 13 Hu-a ch.46.31. shim. T 2 And he took some of his bre thren, even five men, c and pre sented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto his bre thren What is your occupation? d And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, e both we, and also our fathers. 4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn ƒ in the land are we come for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Ca |