Chap. 31.32.

5 Is not this it, in which my lord drinketh? and whereby indeed he divineth?" ye have done evil in || fo doing.

6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these fame words.

7

And they faid unto him, Wherefore faith lord these words? God forbid that thy fervants fhould do according to this thing.

my

8 Behold, the money which we found in our facks mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lords houfe filver or gold?

9

With whom foever of thy fervants it be found, both a let him die, and we will allo be my lords bond-men.

10 And he faid, Now alfo let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found fhall be my fervant; and ye fhall be blameless.

11 Then they fpeedily took down every man his fack to the ground, and opened every man his fack.

12 And he searched, and began at the eldeft, and left at the youngeft: and the cup was found in Benjamins fack.

13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his afs, and returned to the city.

14 And Judah and his brethren came to Jofephs house (for he was yet there) and they fell before him on the ground.

15 And Jofeph faid unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not, that fuch a Or, make man as I can certainly divine?

trial.

Chap. 42. 15.

16 And Judah faid, What fhall we fay unto my lord? what fhall we speak? or how fhall we clear our felves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy fervants: behold, we are my lords fervants, both we, and be alfo with whom the cup is found.

17 And he said, God forbid that I should do fo: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he fhall be my fervant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.

18 Then Judah came near unto him,and faid, Oh my lord, let thy fervant, I pray thee, fpeak word in my lords ears, and let not thine anger burn 2gainst thy fervant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19 My lord asked his fervants, faying, Have ye a father or a brother?

e Chapo' 28 And the one went out from me, and I faid, 46.19. f Surely he is torn in pieces; and I faw him not ƒChap. fince.

g

37.33.

29 And if ye take this alfo from me, and Chap. 42.38 8 mischief befall 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; (seeing that h his life is bound up in the lads life)

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

i

hi Sam

18.1.

32 For thy fervant became furety for the lad unto my father, faying, If I bring him not unto i Chap thee, then I fhall bear the blame to my father for 43.9• ever.

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

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

CHAP. XLV.

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 loveth him.

21 And thou faidft unto thy fervants, Bring him down unto me, that I may fet mine eyes upon him.

+Heb.find my father

2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians + Heb. and the house of Pharaoh heard.

gave forth

his voice in

3 And Jofeph faid unto his brethren, a I am weeping. a Acts 7. Jofeph; Doth my father yet live? and his brethren 13. || terri could not anfwer him: for they were troubled at or, fied. his prefence. C 5. 4 And.

Before 4 And Jofeph faid unto his brethren, Come Chrift near to me, I pray you; and they came near: and 1707. he faid, I am Jofeph your brother, b whom ye fold into Egypt.

Chap.

37.28.

+ Heb. neither let

ye

5 Now therefore be not grieved, † nor angry there be an- with your felves, that fold me hither: © for God ger in your did fend me before you, to preserve life. 6 For these two years bath the famine been in 1706. the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there jhall neither be earing nor harvest.

eyes.

с

c Chap. 50.

20.

Pfal. 105.

16, 17. See

2 Sam. 16. 10.

A&s 4. 24.

+ Heb.

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

8 So now it was not you that fent me hither, to pat for but God: and he hath made me da father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughOut all the land of Egypt.

you a remnant.

d Chap.41.

43.

e Chap.47.

I,

9 Hafte you, 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.

10 And thou shalt 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 And there will I nourish thee (for yet there are five years of famine;) left thou, and thy houshold, and all that thou haft, come to poverty.

of

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

.

Jacob goeth into Egypt. mandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provifion Before for the way.

Chrift

22 To all of them he gave each man changes of 1706. raiment but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of filver, and five changes of raiment.

23 And to his father he fent after this manner, ten affes laden with the good things of Egypt, +Heb. and ten fhe-affes laden with corn and bread and carrying. 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

27 And they told him all the words of Jofeph 1. which he had faid unto them: and when he faw Luke 24 the wagons which Jofeph had fent to carry him, +Heb. the fpirit of Jacob their father revived.

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

1 Jacob is comforted by God at Beer beba. 5 Thence be with his company goeth into Egypt. 8 The number of his family that went into Egypt. 28 Joseph meetetb Facob: 31 He inftructeth his brethren how to anfwer to Pharaoh.

Nd Ifrael took his journey with all that he

14.

+ Heb.

was good in the eyes of

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

16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaohs houfe, faying, Jofephs brethren are come : and it pleafed Pharaoh well, and his fervants.

17 And Pharaoh faid unto Jofeph, Say unto Pharaoh, thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beafts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan,

18 And take your father, and your houfholds, and come unto me: and I will give you the good Chap.27. of the land of Egypt, and ye fhall cat & the fat of the land.

facrifices a unto the God of his father Ifaac.

41.

his.

28. 10.

a Chap.26 2 And God fpake unto Ifracl in the vifions of 24.25. & the night, and faid, Jacob, Jacob: And he faid, 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 b Jofeph Chap.50% fhall fhall put his hand upon thine eyes.

I.

I

5 And Jacob rofe up from Beer-fheba: and A&7. 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 cattle, and their goods which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his feed with Jofh. 24. him:

a

4.

Pfal. 105.

7 His fons, and his fons fons with him, his 23. daughters, and his fons daughters, and all his feed Ifai. 52.4. brought he with him into Egypt.

e Exod. 1.

8 And thefe are the names of the children 1.& 6. 14. f Numb. of Ifrael, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his 26. 5. fons: Reuben Jacobs firstborn.

I Chron.

5. I.

Chap. 30.

10.

9Chap. 29.

24.

▾ Chap.44.

27.

17

• And the fons of Afher; Jimnah, and Ifhuah, and Ifui, and Beriah, and Serah their fifter: And the fons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

18 P Thefe are the fons of Zilpah, 9 whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter: and these she bare unto Jacob, even fixteen fouls.

19 The fons of Rachel Jacobs wife; Jofeph, and Benjamin.

S

20 And unto Jofeph in the land of Egypt were Chap.41. born Manaffeh and Ephraim, which Afenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.

50.

Or, prince.

#1 Chr.7. 6. & 8. 1.

21 ¶ And the fons of Benjamin were Belah,

t

and Becher, and Afhbel, Gera, and Naaman, ▾ Ehi, and Rofh, Muppim, and Huppim, 26.38, 39 and Ard.

Numb.

Ahiram.

* Numb.

X

22 Thefe are the fons of Rachel, which were 26.39. born to Jacob: all the fouls were fourteen. 23 Y And the fons of Dan; Hufhim.

Shupham.

1 Chron.7.

1 Jofeph prefenteth five of his brethren, 7 and his father before Pharaoh: 11 He giveth them habitation and maintenance: 13 He getteth all the Egyptians money, 16 their cattle, 18 their lands to Pharaoh. 22 The priest land was not bought. 23 He letteth the land to them for a fifth part. 28 Facobs age: 29 He fweareth Jofeph to bury him with his fathers.

Then Jofeph came and told Pharaoh, and faid,

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 a the land of Goshen.

1,3.

g Chap.43.

32. Exod. 8. 26.

aChap.45%

2 And he took fome of his brethren, even five 10. 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 bChap.46 our fathers.

b

4 They faid moreover unto Pharaoh, For to fojourn in the land are we come: for the famine is fore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy fervants dwell in the land of Golhen.

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 best of the land make thy father and bre thren to dwell, in the land of Gofhen let them dwell: and if thou knoweft any man of activity amongst them, then make them rulers over my cattle..

34.

+ Heb. led them.

1701.

14 And Jofeph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Jofeph brought the money into Pharaohs house.

15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Jofeph, and faid, Give us bread: for why fhould we die in thy prefence? for the money

faileth.

16 And Jofeph faid, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money

fail.

17 And they brought their cattle unto Jofeph: and Jofeph gave them bread in exchange for horfes, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the affes; and he fed them with bread, for all their cattle, for that year.

18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second 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 cattle; there is not ought left in the fight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands.

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.

in the famine.

cities from one end of the borders of Egypt, even Before to the other end thereof.

Chrift

e Ezra 7. 24.

22 Only the land of the priests bought he not: 1701. for the priests had a portion affigned 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, here is feed for fow the land.

you, and

ye

fhall

24 And it shall come to pafs in the increase, that you ihall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh,and four fhall be your own, for feed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your housholds, and for food for your little ones.

parts

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.

Or,

princes

26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the || priefts only, Or which became not Pharaohs.

27 And Ifrael dwelt in the land of Egypt in the country of Gofhen; and they had pollesfions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

princes

28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt fe- 1689. venteen years: fo + the whole age of Jacob was + Heb. an hundred forty and feven years.

the days of the years of

f Chap.24

2.

29 And the time drew nigh that Ifrael muft his life. die: and he called his fon Jofeph, and faid unto him, If now I have found grace in thy fight, fput, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; 8 bury me not, I pray Chap. 5. thee, in Egypt.

& So

25.

30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou fhalt carry me out of Egypt, and hbury me in Chap.49, their burying-place. And he faid, I will do as thou 29. haft faid.

i Chap. 48.

I.

31 And he faid, Swear unto me: And he fware 2. unto him. And Ifrael bowed himself upon the 1 Kings 1. beds head.

CHAP. XLVIII.

1 Jofeph with his fons vifiteth his fick father. 2 Facob ftrengthneth himself to bless them: 3 He repeateth the promise: 5 He taketh Ephraim and Manaffeh as his own: 7 He telleth Jofeph of his mothers grave: 9 He bleffeth Ephraim, and Manaffeh: 17 He preferreth the younger before the elder: 21 He prophefieth their return to Canaan.

47. Hebr. 11.

21.

for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians fold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: fo the land became Pharaohs.

21 And as for the people, he removed them to

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 cometh unto thee: and Ifrael

ftrengthned

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, Chap. 35. Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan, in the 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.

1.

Chap.27.

+ Heb. beavy.

21.

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

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.

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

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

12 And Jofeph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

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

14 And Ifrael stretched 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 Manaffeh was the firit-born.

.Hebr.11. 15 And he bleffed Jofeph, and faid, God, f before whom my fathers Abraham and Ifaac did 1.&24.40. Walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

fChap. 17.

Chap. 28. 15. & 31

11, 13. + Heb.

as filhes do

increase.

See

Num. 26. 34:37.

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 into a multitude in

the midst of the earth.

17 And when Jofeph faw that his father laid his

right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it difpleafed Before him: and he held up his fathers hand, to remove it from Ephraims head unto Manaffehs head.

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

Chrift 1689.

19 And his father refufed, and faid, I know it my fon,. I know it; he alfo fhall become a people, and he also fhall be great: but truly h his younger Numb.r. brother fhall be greater than he, and his feed fhall 33:35. 8 become a + multitude of nations.

2 19,21. Deut. 33. i 17. Rev.7.6,8.

20 And he blessed them that day, faying, In v thee fhall Ifrael blefs, faying, God, make thee as + Heb. Ephraim, and as Manaffeh; and he set Ephraim before Manaffeh.

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

k

fulness. Ruth 4

II, 12.

32.

22 Moreover, I have given to thee one pork Josh. 24. tion above thy brethren, which I took out of the John 4. 5. hand1 of the Amorite with my fword and with my chap. 15. 16. & 34,

bow.

CHAP. XLIX.

I Jacob calleth his fons to bless them: 3 Their blessing in particular: 29 He chargeth them about his burial: 33 He dieth.

22.

30.

ther your felves together, that I may tell Numb.24. ANd Jacob called unto his fons, and faid, Ga- «Deut.4, you that which fhall befall you a in the last days. 14.2.2.& 2 Gather your felves together, and hear, ye 38.8, 16. fons of Jacob; and hearken unto Ifrael your fa- fer.23.20. ther. 3 Reuben, thou art b my firft-born, my Chap.29. might, and the beginning of my strength, the ex- 32. cellency of dignity, and the excellency of power.