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Fofeph is known to his brethren.

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down: for we may not fee the mans face,except our youngest brother be with us.

27 And thy fervant my father faid unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two fons.

28 And the one went out from me, and I faid, Surely he is torn in pieces: and I faw him not fince.

29 And if ye take this alfo from me, and mifchiefbefal him, ye fhall bring down my gray hairs with forrow to the grave.

30 Now therefore when I come to thy fervant my father, and the lad be not with us, (feeing that his life is bound up in the lads life)

31 It fhall come to pats when he feeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die, and thy fervant fhall bring down the gray hairs of thy fervant our father with forrow to the grave.

32 For thy fervant became furety for the lad unto my father, faying,* If I bring him not unto thee, then I fhall bear the blame to my father for ever.

33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy fervant abide in ftead of the lad, a bond-man to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brethren.

34 For how fhall I go up to my father, and the +Heb. lad be not with me? left peradventure I fee the fine my evil that fhall come on my father? CHAP. XLV.

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14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamins
neck and wept: and Benjamin wept upon his
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15 Moreover, he kiffed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

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16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaohs houfe, faying, Jofephs brethren are come : and it pleafed Pharaoh well, and his fervants. was go 17 And Pharaoh faid unto Jofeph, Say unto in the thy brethren, This do ye, lade your beafts, and eyes of go, get ye unto the land of Canaan. Pharao

18 And take your father, and your houfholds, and come unto me and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye fhall eat the fat of the land.

19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye, take ye wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

20 Alfo + regard not your ftuff: for the good+ Hebr of all the land of Egypt is yours.

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21 And the children of Ifrael did fo: and Jo- your eve Spare,& feph gave them wagons according to the † commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them proviti-mouth.

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5 He comforteth them in Gods providence. Hefendeth for his father: 16 Pharaoh confirmeth it. 21 Joseph furnisheth them for their journey, and exhorteth them to concord. 25 Ja could not refrain himself before all then that food by him: and he cryed, Cause every man to go out from me: and there food no man with him, while Jofeph made himself known unto his brethren.

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2 And he wept aloud; and the Egyptians, and the houfe of Pharaoh heard.

3 And Jofeph faid unto his brethren, I am Jofeph: doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not anfwer him: for they were Il troubled at his prefence.

4. And Jofeph faid unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you and they came near, and he laid, I am Jofeph your brother whom ye ld into Egypt.

5. Now therefore be not grieved, † nor angry ier there with your felves, that ye fold me hither: for God did fend me before you to preferve life.

be anger in your eyes.

6 For thefe two years bath the famine been in the land and yet there are five years, in the Chap. which there fhall neither be earing nor harvest.

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7 And God fent me before you to preferve you a pofterity in the earth, and to fave your lives by a great deliverance.

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a father Pharaoh, and lord of all his houfe, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

9 Hafte ye, and go up to my father, and fay unto him, Thus faith thy fon Jofeph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt, come down unto me, tarry not.

To And thou fhalt dwell in the land of Gofhen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy childrens children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou haft:

11 Aud there will I nourish thee, (for yet there are five years of famine) left thou and thy houfhold, and all that thou haft come to poverty.

12 And behold, your eyes fee, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that peaketh unto you.

22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment : but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of filver,and five changes of raiment.

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23 And to his father he tent after this man= ner; ten affest laden with the good things of Hebr Egypt, and ten the alles laden with corn, and carrying bread,and meat for his father by the way.

24 So he fent his brethren away, and they departed; and he faid 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, faying, Jofephis yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacobs heart fainted, for he believed † Ha them not.

27 And they told him all the words of Jofeph which he had laid unto them: and when he faw the wagons which Jofeph had fent to carry him, the fpirit of Jacob their father revived.

23 And Ifrael faid,It is enough; Jofeph my fon is yet alive: I will go and fee him before I die. CHAP. XLVI.

Jacob is comforted by God at Beer-Sheba: 5 Thence he with his company goeth into Egypt: 8 The number of bis family that went into E= gyrt. 28 Joseph meetech Jacob. 31 He inftru Eteth his brethren how to anfixer to Pharaoh. Ahad, rael tool his journey with all that the

and came to Beer-fheba,and offered facrifices unto the God of his father Ifaac.

2 And God fpake unto Ifrael in the vifions of the night, and faid, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

3 And he faid, I am God the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt: for I will there make of thee a great nation.

4. I will go down with thee into Egypt, and I will alfo furely bring thee up again, and Jofeph fhall put his hand upon thine eyes.

5 And Jacob rofe up from Beer-fheba: and the fons of Ifrael carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives in the wagons which Pharaoh had fent to carry him.

6 And they took their cattel, and their goods which they had gotten in the land of Canaan,

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12 And the fons of Judah : Er,and Onan. and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the fons Chro. of Pharez, were Hezron and Hamul.

13 And the fons of Ifachar: Tola, and Numb Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

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hath been to feed cattel: and they have brought their flocks and their herds, and all that they have.

33 And it fhall come to pafs, when Pharaoh fhall call you, and fhall fay, What is your occupation? 34 That ye fhall fay, Thy fervants trade hath been about cattel from our youth, even until now, both we, and alfo our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Gofhen. For every fhepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

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Joseph prefenteth five of his brethren, 7 and bis father before Pharaob. 11 He giveth them habis tation and maintenance. 13 He getteth all the E gyytians money, 15 Their cattel, 18 their lands to Pharaoh. 22 The priests land was not bought. 23 He letteth the land to them for a fift part. 29 Jacobs age: 29 HeSweareth Joseph to bury bim with bis fathers.

14 And the fons of Zebulun: Sered,and E-Tiaid, My father, and my brethren, and their Jofeph came and told Pharaoh, and flocks, and their herds, and all that they have are come out of the land of Canaan, and behold, they are in the land of Gofhen.

15 Thefe be the fons of Leah, which the bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the fouls of his fons and his daughters were thirty and three.

161 And the fons of Gad: Ziphion,and HagNumb gi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi,and Areli. 17. And the fons of Afher: Jimnah, and ICaro fhuah, and Ifui, and Beriah, and Serah their fifter: and the fons of Beriah, Heber,and Malchiel. 18 Thefe are the fons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter: and thefe fhe bare unto Jacob, even fixteen fouls.

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19 The fons of Rachel Jacobs wife: Jofeph and Benjamin.

20 And unto Jofeph in the land of Egypt were born Manaffeh and Ephraim, which Afenath the daughter of Potipherah | prieft of On, Chrobare unto him.

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21 And the fons of Benjamin were: Belah, and Becher, and Afhbel, Gera, and Naaman,Ehi, and Rofh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

22 Thefe are the fons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the fouls were fourteen. 23 And the fons of Dan: * Hufhim. Numb. 24 And the fons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, 12. Chro and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

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25 Thefe are the fons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and the bare thefe unto Jacob: all the fouls were feven.

26 All the fouls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his + loins, befides Jacobs fons wives, all the fouls were threeicore and fix.

27 And the fons of Jofeph which were born him in Egypt were two fouls: all the fouls of the houfe of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

28 And he fent Judah before him unto Jofeph to direct his face unto Gofhen, and they came into the land of Gofhen.

29 And Jofeph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Ifrael his father, to Gofhen, and prefented himself unto him: and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. 30 And Ifrael faid unto Jofeph, Now let me die, fince I have feen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

31 And Jofeph faid unto his brethren, and unto his fathers houfe, I will go up, and fhew Pharaoh and fay unto him, My brethren, and my fathers houfe which were in the land of Ca

naan, are come unto me.

32 And the men are shepherds: for † their trade

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

3 And Pharaoh faid unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they faid unto Pharaoh, Thy fervants are fhepherds, both we, and alfo our fathers.

4 They faid moreover unto Pharaoh, For to fojourn in the land are we come: for thy fervants have no pafture for their flocks, for the famine is fore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy fervants dwell in the land of Gofhen.

5 And Pharaoh fpake unto Jofeph, faying, Thy father, and thy brethren are come unto thee.

6 The land of Egypt is before thee: in the beft of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell,in the land of Gofhen let them dwell: and if thou knoweft any man of activity cattel. amongst them, then make them rulers over my

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9. And Jacob faid unto Pharaoh, The days dayes of of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred the yearn of thy and thirty years: few and evil have the days of life? the years of my life been, and have not attain-Hebr. ed unto the days of the years of the life of my 11.9.13. fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage.

To And Jacob bleffed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

11 And Jofeph placed his father and his bre thren, and gave them a poffeffion in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameles, as Pharaoh had commanded.

12 And Jofeph nourished his father and his brethren, and all his fathers hourhold with bread, according to their families.

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bread: for why fhould we die in thy pretence? for the money faileth.

16 And Jofeph faid, Give your cattel, and I will give you for your cattel, if money fail.

And they brought their cattel unto Jofeph and Jofeph gave them bread in exchange for horles, and for the flocks, and for the cat Hebr. tel of the herds, and for the affes, and he fed led them them with bread for all their cattel, for that year. 18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the fecond year, and faid unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is fpent, my lord alfo hath our herds of cattel; there is not ought left in the fight of my lord, but our bodies and our lands.

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19 Wherefore fhall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be fervants unto Pharaoh and give us feed, that we may live and not die, that the land be not defolate.

20 And Jofeph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh: for the Egyptians fold every man his field, becaufe the famine prevailed over them: fo the land became Pharaohs.

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 Onely the land of the priests bought he not: for the priests had a portion afligned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them; wherefore they fold not their lands.

23 Then Jofeph faid unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day, and your land, for Pharaoh: lo, bere is feed for you, and ye fhall fow the land.

24 And it fhall come to pafs in the increafe, that ус fhall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts fhall be your own, for feed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your houfholds, and for food for your little ones.

25 And they faid, Thou haft faved our lives: let us find grace in the fight of my lord, and we will be Pharaohs fervants.

26 And Jofeph made it a law over the land of Egypt, unto this day, that Pharaoh fhould have the fifth part except the land of the priests onely, which became not Pharaohs.

27 And Ifrael dwelt in the land of Egypt in the country of Goshen, and they had poffeflions therein, grew, and multiplied exceedingly, 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt feHebr. venteen years: fot the whole age of Jacob the dayes was an hundred fourty and feven years.

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29 And the time drew nigh that Ifrael muft die, and he called his fon Jofeph, and faid unto Chap. him, If now I have found grace in thy fight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt;

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30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou halt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place: and he faid, I will do as thou haft faid.

31 And he faid, Swear unto me: and he fware unto him. And Ifrael bowed himfelf upon the beds head.

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Nd it came to pals after these things, that one told Jofeph, Behold, thy father is fick: and he took with him his two fons, Manaffeh and Ephraim.

2 And one told Jacob, and faid, Behold, thy fon Jofeph comer unto thee: and Ifrael ftrengthened himfelf, and fat upon the bed.

3 And Jacob faid unto Jofeph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of c Canaan, and bleffed me.

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4 And faid unto me, Behold, I will make and thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will H make of the a multitude of people, and will 3221 give this land to thy feed after thee, for an e- tude verlafting poffeffion.

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5 And now thy two fons, Ephraim and C Manafich, which were born unto thee in the fem land of Egypt, before I came unto thee into Egypt, are inine: as Reuben and Simeon, they fhall be mine.

6 And thy iffue which thou begetteft after them fhall be thine, and fhall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

7 And as for me, when I came from Padan,C Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan, in the 35.1 way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath: the fame is Beth-lehem.

8 And Ifrael beheld Jofephs fons, and faid, Who are thele?

9 And Jofeph faid unto his father, They are my fons, whom God hath given me in this Place: and he faid, Bring them, I pray thee unto me, and I will blefs them.

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10 (Now the eyes of Ifrael were + dim for H age, fo that he could not fee) and he brought them near unto him; and he killed them, and embraced them.

II And Ifrael faid unto Jofeph, I had not thought to fee thy face: and lo, God hath fhewed me alfo thy feed.

12 And Jofeph brought them out from be- H tween his knees, and he bowed himself with word his face to the earth. ped.

13 And Jofeph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand towards Ifraels left hand, and Manalleh in his left hand towards Ifraels right hand, and brought them near unto him.

14. And Ifrael ftretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraims head who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manaffehs head, guiding his hands wittingly: for Mana! feh was the firft-born.

15 And he bleffed Jofeph, and faid, God, before whom my fathers, Abraham and Ilaad did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

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16 The angel which redeemed me from all evil, blefs the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Ifaac, and let them grow tinto a mult He titude in the midft of the earth.

17 And when Jofeph faw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it difplealed him and he held up his fathers hand, to remove it from Ephraims head, unto Manal fehs head.

18 And Jofeph faid unto his father, Not fo my father for this is the firft-born, put thy right hand upon his head.

19 And his father refufed, and faid, I know it, my fon, I know it: he alfo fhail become people, and he alfo fhall be great; but truly his younger brother fhall be greater then he, and his feed fhall become a multitude of nations.

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21 And Ifrael laid unto Jofeph, Behold, I die:
but God fhall be with you, and bring you again
unto the land of your fathers.

22 Moreover, I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my fword, and with my bowe

CHAP. XLIX.

1 Facob calleth his fons to bleß them. 3 Their
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bout bis burial: 33 He dieth.

He dieth. 23 The archers have forely grieved him, and hot at him, and hated him.

24 But his bowe abode in ftrength, and the arms of his hands were made ftrong, by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob: from thence is the fhepherd, the ftone of Ifrael.

25 Even by the God of thy father, who fhall help thee, and by the Almighty, who fhall blets thee with bleffings of heaven above, bleflings of the deep that lieth under, bleffings of the brefts and of the womb.

26 The bleflings of thy father, have prevailed above the bleffings of my progenitors: unto the utmoft bound of the everlafling hills, they

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2 Gather your felves together, and hear, ye
fons of Jacob, and hearken unto Ifrael your fa-
ther.

3 Reuben, thou art my firft-born, my
might,and the beginning of my ftrength,the ex-
cellency of dignity, and the exellency of power:
4 Unftable as water, t thou shalt not excell:
because thou wentelt up to thy fathers bed:
then defiledit thou it: he went up to my couch.
5 Simeon and Levi are brethren, inftru-
ments of cruelty are in their habitations.
6 O my foul, come not thou into their fecret:
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my couch united: for in their anger they flew a man, and
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7 Curfed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and fcatter them in Ifrael.

8 Judah, thou art be whom thy brethrent fhall praife; thy hand fhall be in the neck of Covenants thine enemies; thy fathers children fhall bow Hebr. down before thee.

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

13 Zebulun fhall dwell at the haven of the fea, and he shall be for an haven of fhips: and his border fhall be unto Zidon.

14 Ifachar is a strong afs, couching down between two burdens.

15 And he faw that reft was good, and the land that it was pleafant: and bowed his fhoulder to bear, and became a fervant unto tribute. 16 Dan fhall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Ifrael.

17 Dan fhall be a ferpent by the way, † an adan arrow der in the path, that biteth the horfe heels, fo that his rider fhall fall backward.

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30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Manure, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought,with the field of Chap. Ephron the Hittite, for a pofleffion of a burying 23.10. place,

31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife, there they buried Ifaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah)

32 The purchase of the field, and of the cave, that is therein, was from the children of Heth. 33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his fons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghoft, and was ga thered unto his people.

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The mourning for Jacob. 4 Fofeph getteth Leave of Pharaob to go to bury kim: 7 The fu neral. 15 Joseph comforteth bis brethren, who craved bis pardon: 22 His age: 23 He Seeth the third generation of his fons: 24 He propbe fieth unto his brethren of their return: 25 He taketh an oath of them for his bones: 26 He dieth, and is chefted.

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2 And Jofeph commanded his fervants the phyficians to embalm his father: and the phyfi cians embalmed Ifrael.

3. And forty days were fulfilled for him, (for fo are fulfilled the days of thofe which are em balmed) and the Egyptians mourned for him + Habr threefcore and ten days.

4 And when the days of his mourning were paft, Jofeph fpake unto the houfe of Pharaoh laying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, fpeak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, faying,

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5 My father made me fwear, laying, Lo, die; in my grave which I have digged for me 47-19. in the land of Canaan, there fhalt thou bury me Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

6 And Pharaoh faid, Go up, and bury thy fa ther, according as he made thee fwear.

7 And Jofeph went up to bury his father
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raoh, the elders of his houfe, and all the elders
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Genefis. thren, and his fathers houfe: onely their little ones, and their flocks, and their heards they left in the land of Gothen.

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to And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very fore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father feven dayes.

II And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, faw the mourning in the floor of Atad,they faid, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan. 12. And his fons did unto him according as he had commanded them.

13 For his fons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a poffeffion of a burying place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

14. And Jofeph returned into Egypt, he and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

15 And when Jofephs brethren faw that their father was dead, they faid, Jofeph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

16 And they fent a meffenger unto Jofeph, charged. faying, Thy father did command before he died, faying,

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17 So fhall ye fay unto Jofeph,Forgive, I pray thee now, the treipals of thy brethren, and their fin: for they did unto thee evil and now, we pray thee, forgive the trefpafs of the fervants of the God of thy father. And Jofeph wept when they fpake unto him.

18 And his brethren alfo went, and fell down before his face, and they faid, Behold, we be thy fervants. Fear not, Chap 45.5.

19 And Jofeph faid unto them, for am I in the place of God?

20 But as for you,ye thought evil against me, but God meant it unto good, to bring topafs as it is this day, to fave much people alive.

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21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and fpaket kindly unto them. 22 And Jofeph dwelt in Egypt, he and his heart fathers houfe: and Jofeph lived an hundred and ten years.

Numb. 23 And Jofeph faw Ephraims children, of 32.39the third generation, the children alfo of Ma-Heb. chir the fon of Manaffeh, were + brought up born. upon Jofephs knees.

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24 And Jofeph faid unto his brethren, I die : and God will furely vifit you, and bring you 11.22. out of this land, unto the land which he Tware to Abraham, to Ifaac, and to Jacob.

25 And Jofeph took an oath of the children of Ifrael, faying; God will furely vifit you, and ye fhall carry up my bones from hence.

26 So Jofeph died, being an hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES
called EXODUS

CHAP. I.
The children of Ifrael after Jofephs death do
multiply. 8 The more they are oppreffed by a
new king, the more they multiply. 15 The godli-
nefs of the midwives in faving the men-children
alive. 22 Pharaob commandeth the male-chil=
dren to be caft into the river...

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Ow thefe are the names of the children of Ifrael which came into Egypt, every man and his houfhold came with Jacob:

2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Iffachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Afher.

5 And all the fouls that came out of the Heb. tloins of Jacob, were feventy fouls: for Jothigh. Genef.feph was in Egypt already. 46.27. 6 And Jofeph died, and all his brethren, and Beut.io. all that generation.

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7 And the children of Ifrael were fruitful, and increafed abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty, and the land was filled with them.

8 Now there arofe up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Jofeph.

9 And he faid unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Ifrael are moe and mightier then we.

To Come on, let us deal wifely with them, left they multiply, and it come to pafs, that when there falleth out any war, they joyn alfo unto our enemies, and fight against us, and fo get them up out of the land. oftri- 1 Therefore they did fet over them † task Exations. mafters to afflict them with their burdens: and

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they built for Pharaoh treasure-cities, Pithom and Raamfes.

12 t But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew: and they were grieved, becaufe of the children of Ifrael. 13 And the Egyptians made the children of Ifrael to ferve with rigor.

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14 And they made their lives bitter with hard tiplied, bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all &c. manner of fervice in the field: all their fervice wherein they made them ferve, was with rigor.

15 And the king of Egypt (pake to the Hebrew midwives, (of which the name of one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah)

16 And he faid. When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and fee them upon the ftools, if it be a fon, then ye fhall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then the fhall live.

17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but faved the men-children alive.

18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and faid unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have faved the men-children alive?

19 And the midwives faid unto Pharaoh, Becaufe the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they are lively, and are deliver ed, ere the midwives come in unto them.

20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

21 And it came to pafs, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houfès.

22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, fay-
ing,

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