houfe, and gave them wa. ter, and they wished their fees, and he gave their 25 And they made ready the prefent againft Jofeph came at noon: for they heard that they fhould eat bread there.. And they drank, and were A CHA P. XLIV. 2 And put my cup, the filver cup, In the facks mouth of the youngeft, and his corn-money: and, he did according to the word thar Jofeph had fpoken, 26 And when Jofeph came home, they brought him the prefent which was in their hand into the houfe, and bowed them felves to him to the earth. 27 And he asked them of their welfare, and fald, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye fpake? tr he yet alive? 3 Affoon as the morning was light, the men were fent away, they and their affes. it we Ball we God behold fervants 28 And they answered, Thy fervant our father is 4 And when they were in good health, he fs yet gone out of the city, and alive: and they bowed not yet far off, Jofeph faid down their heads, & made unto his fteward, Up, fol. obeyfance, toreslow after the men; and inquity 29 And he lift up his eyes, when thou doft overtake and faw his brother Bend them, fay unto them, jamin, his mother fon,and Wherefore have ye refaid, Is this your younger warded evil for good? brother, of whom ye fpakes 5 Is not this it, in which unto me? And he fald,God my lord drinketh? and be gracious unto thee my whereby indeed he divin." fon. Peth? ye have done evil in fo doing. 30 And Jofeph made hafte; Set on bread. 8 Behold, the money which we found in our facks month, we brought again unto thee ont of the land of Canaan: how then should we fteal out of thy lords houfe filver or gold'? 32 And they fet on for him by himfelf, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him by them felves: because the Egyp. tians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abominations unro the Egyptians. 9 With whom foerder of 10 And he fald, Now al 33 And they fat before him, the firft-born accors ding to his birth-right, & the youngeft according to his youth,and the men marvelled one at another. 34 And he took and fent meffes unto them from be fore him: But Benjamins mes was five times fo much as any of theirs. 11 Then they speedily took down every man his fack to the ground, and o Pened 7 even CHAP. XLIV every his pened rack. 12 And he fearched, and thy fervants, Except your began at the eldest and left, at the youngest and the cup was found in Benja. mins fack. yfgeft brother come down with you, you hall fee my face no more, when we cam up unto thy young 24. And it came to pass. fervant my father, we told him the words of my lord.. 45 And our father faid Go again, and buy us little food. 13 Then they rent their clothes, and faded every, man his afs, and returned to the city. 14 And Judah and his brethren came to Jofephs houfe (for, he was yes there)and they fell before him on the ground 15 And Jofeph faid unto them, Waar deed is this tha ye have done? wotye not, that fuch a man as I gas certainly divine? bus 16 And Indafaid, What fhall we fay unto my lord? what thall we peak of how fhall we clear our elves God hath found out the iniquity of thy fet 26 And we fald, We.cans, not go downor if our youngest bother be with us, then will we go downs for we may not fee: the mans face except our youngest brother be with biftotal bud A 137 And thy feryant my her faid unto us, Yo Ye know that my wife bare me two fons. the twofons. me bik 28 And the one went out from me, and Ifaid, Sures vants: behold, we are myne is gorn in pieces and lords fervants, both law him not aceas and be alfo with whom the 22 And ifye take this al cap is found. fo from me, and mifchief him, we fince .bid that I should do for but down mye fhall bring the man in whofe hand the cup is found, he had be my lervance and as for you, get vou ugin peace unto your father 15 Then Judah came near unto him, and faid, Oh my lord, let thy fervant, I pray thee, fpeak a word in my lords cars, and let not thine anger burn a gainst thy fervant for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19 My lord äsked his fere yants, faying, Have yo a facher, of a brother? 20 And we faid unto my lord, we have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one: and his brother is dead,and he alone is left of his mother, and his father lovech him. 21 And thou faideft un to thy fervants, Bring him down unto me, that I may fet mine eyes upon him, 22 And we faid unro my lord,The lad cannot leave his father: for If he thould leave his father, his father - would die. forrow to the grave. Now therefore. when 30 Lcome to thy fervant my father, and the lad be not with us; feing that bis life is bound up in the lads life.) has bee Ithai come pafs, when he feeth that the lad is nog with us, that he will die and thy fervants that bring down the gray hairs of thy fervant our facher with forrow to the grave, 32 For thy fervant be came furety for the lad un to my father, faying, t bring him not unto thee. then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. 33 Now therefore I pray thee. let thy feryant abide In ftead of the lad, a bond man to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brei thren. 34 For how fhall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me left perade venture I fee the evil that hall come on my father CHAP CHAP. XLV. THen Jofeph could not refrain himfelf before alf them that foodby him, and he cried, Caufe every man to go out from me; and their food no man with him, while Jofeph made himself known unto his brethren, b And he wept aloud and the Egyptians & the house of Pharaoh heard. And Jofeph faid unto Kis brethren, I am Jofeph Doth my father yet live? and his brethren could nor anfwer him; for they were troubled at his prefence, 4 And Jofeph faid unto Jils Brethren, Come near To me pray you; and they came near and he fald, I am Jofeph your Brother, whom ye fold in to Egypt. Now therefore be no grleyed, nor angry with your felves, that ye fold me hither for God did end me before you, to pre ferve life. Var 6 For thefe two years bath the famine been in the land and yet there are five years, in the which there A neither be earing nor harveft: 4 pon 7 And God fent me be fore voti, to preferve you a pofterity in the earth, and to fave your lives by a great deliverance. S So now it was not you that fent, me hither, but God and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his houfe, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. 9 Hafte you, and go up to my father, and fay unto him, Thus faith the fon Jofeph.God hath made me of Egypt; come down unto me, arry not. 10 And thou halt dwell in the land of Gothen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy childrens chil dren, and thy flocks, and rhy herds, and all that thou haft. And there will I nourif fin thee (for yer there are five fent years of famine;) left thou and thy houthold, and all that thou. haft, come to poverty.t 12 And behold,your eyes t fees and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it t is my mouth that speaketh bi unto you. 13 And yon half tell my father. of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that yon hav feen and ye thall häfte, and bring down my s father bither. 14 And he fell upon his th brother Benjamins neck, and wept and Benjamin wept upon his neck. gover 5 Moreover he kiffed all of his brethren, and wept up on them: and after that his brethren talked with A 16 And the fame there of was heard in Pharaohs houfe, faying.Jofephs bre thren. are come and it pleafed Pharaoh well, and e his fervants.rs fo 17 And Pharaoh faid unun-g to Jofeph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade! your beafts, and go, get You unto the land of Ca naan. M 18 And take your father, and your houtholds, and come unto me and I will give you the good of the Jand of Egypt, and ye thall eat the far of the land. 19 Now thou art com. marded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your fa ther, and come. o Alfo regard not your ftuff: for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. 21 And the children of Ifracl did to: and Joseph gave them wagons, accor ding to the commandmene of Pharaoh,and gave them provifion for the way.. 21 To all of them he gave each man changes of raimente but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of wit bre of filver, and five changes oh had fent to carry him: fent after this manner: ten, way. 25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came in. to the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father. 26 And told him, faying, Jofeph is yet alive, and he is governour over all the land of Egypt And Jacobs heart fainted, for he beHeved them not 27 And they told him alf the words of jofeph,which he had laid unto them and when he faw the wa gons which Jofeph had Tent to carry him, the fpi anrit of Jacob their father revived.or! 1903 ans 18 And Ifael faid, It is enough: Jofeph my font yet alive will go-and fee him before I die. ad CHAP. XLVI. Nd Ifrael took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer the bay and offered facrifices unto the God of his father Ifaac. 2 And God fpake unto If. rael in the vifions of the night, and faid, Jacob,7a. cob: And he faid, Here am I. 3 And he fald, I am God, the God of thy father fear not to go down Into@gypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation. 41 will go down with thee into Egypt,and Twill alfo furely bring thee up again: andJofeph fhall put his hand upon thine eyes. And Jacob rofe up from Beer theba: and the fons of Ifrael carried Jacob their father, & their little ones, and their wives, In the wagons which Phara which they had gotten in. fons with him is fons the children of Ifrael, which came into E gypt, Jacob and his fons: Reuben Jacobs firft-born. 9 And the fons of Renben; Hanoch, and Phalitt, and Hezron, and Carmi... 10 And the fons of Stmeon, Jemuel,and Jamin, and ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the fon of a Canaanitish woman And the fons of Levi; Gerthon, Kohath. Merari. Merari. and 12 T And the fons of Ju dah, Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: But Er and Onan afed in the land of Cana an. And the fons of Pha, rez, were Hezron, and Hamil. 13 And the Tons of Tachar; Tola, and Phu vah and Job,and Shimron. 14 And the fons of Ze. bulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahieel. 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 16 And the fons ofGad; Ziphlon, and Haggai, shunt, and Ezbon, Eti,and Arodi, and Arell 17 And the fons of her; Jimnah, and Ihuali, and Iffui, and Beriah, and Se rah their fifter; and the fons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, IS Thefe are the fons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter and there the bare unto Jacob, even fixteen fouls. 19 The 19 The fons of Rachel fay unto him, My bre Jacobs wife; Jofeph, and thren, and my fathers Benjamin, houfe, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me.. 30 And unto Jofeph in the land of Egypt were born Manaffeh and Epbra. im, which Afenath the daughter of Potipherah prieft of On bare unto him, 21 And the fops of Ben jamin were Belah, and Be Ard. 32 And the men are thep., herds, for their trade hath been to feed cartel: and they have brought their flocks, and their herds,and all that they have. y cher, and Abel, Gera, 33 And it fhall come to 22 Thefe are the fons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the fouls were fourteen, 237 And the fons of Dans Humhim. 24 And the fons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shil Iem. 25 There are the fons of Bilhah, which Laban gave into Rachel his da ghter and the bare thefe unto Jacob: all the fouls were feven. 26 All the fouls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came our of his loins, befides Jacobs fons wives, all the fouls were threefcore and fix; CHAP. XLVII THen Jofeph came and told-Pharaoh,andfaid, My father and my bre thren; and their Rocks and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and helaold, they are in the land of Gothen. 27 And the fons of Jo, feph which were born him in Egypt, were two fouls: all the fouls of the houfe of Jacob, which came into Egypt were threefcore and 2 And he took fome of his brethren, even five toen, and prefented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh faid unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they.. faid unto Pharaoh, Thyfere vants are fhepherds, both we and alfo our fathers. 4 They faid moreover unto Pharaoh, For to fo journ in the land are we come for thy fervants. have no pafture for their flocks, for the famine ta fore in the land ofCanaan now therefore, we pray thee,let thy feryants dwell in the land of Gothen. 29 And Jofeph made ready his charlot, and went up to meet Ifrael his father to Gothen and prefented himfelfunto 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 Jofepb fald unto his brethren, and unto his fathers houfe, I will go up, and thew Pharaob, and 5 And Pharaoh fpake um to Jofeph, faying, Thy fa ther 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 Gothen let them |