his b in their hand, and Benjamin; and I saw his brother Benjamin rose up, and went down to Egypt, ther's son, and said, Is th and stood before Joseph. 16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay,, and make ready: for these men shall dine with me unto me? And he said, gracious unto thee, my son younger brother, of whom y his bowels did yearn upon ther: and he sought w 30 And Joseph made ha chamber, and wept there. weep; and he entered in 31 And he washed his fa and said, Set on bread. went out, and refrained b 18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Be- himself, and for them by 32 And they set on for b cause of the money that was re-selves, and for the Egyptians turned in our sacks at the first did eat with him, by thems time, are we brought in; that he because the Egyptians migh may seek occasion against us, and eat bread with the Hebrew fall upon us, and take us for bond- that is an abomination unt men, and our asses. Egyptians. first-born according to his b right, and the youngest accor 33 And they sat before him in-led one at another. to his youth: and the men ma 34 And he took and sent me Benjamin's mess was five times unto them from before him: much as any of theirs. And t drank, and were merry with him Joseph's Policy to his Brethre CHAP. XLIV. AND he commanded the sto the men's sacks with food, much as they can carry, and p ard of his house, saying, R every man's money in his sac mouth. cup, in the sack's mouth of t 2 And put my cup, the silv youngest, and his corn-money and he did according to the wor that Joseph had spoken. light, the men were sent away 3 As soon as the morning wa they, and their asses. of the city, and not yet far off, Jo4 And when they were gone out follow after the men; and when seph said unto his steward, Up, thou dost ove them, Whe hem, say unto ye reward land of Canaan: how then should ther come down with you, ye shall 9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bond-men. 10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: hef with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless. 11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the hi ground, and opened every man his sack. Joseph's de and he fed them with bread, their cattle, for that year. Jacob before Pharaoh. GENESIS, 5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, 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 brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell; and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. 7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 18 When that year was they came unto him the year, and said unto him, W not hide it from my lord, ho our money is spent; my lor hath our herds of cattle th not aught left in the sight lord, but our bodies and lands: 19 Wherefore shall we die 1 thine eyes, both we and our buy us and our land for bread we and our land will be ser unto Pharaoh: and give us that we may live, and not die the land be not desolate. 20 And Joseph bought all land of Egypt for Pharaoh; fo Egyptians sold every man field, because the famine pre ed over them: so the land bec Pharaoh's. 21 And as for the people, he moved them to cities from one of the borders of Egypt even to other end thereof. 22 Only the land of the pri bought he not; for the priests. 10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, a portion assigned them of 1 and went out from before Pha-raoh, and did eat their por raoh. which Pharaoh gave them; whe fore they sold not their lands. 11 T And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them 23 Then Joseph said unto a possession in the land of Egypt, people, Behold, I have bought y in the best of the land, in the land this day and your land for P of Rameses, as Pharaoh had com-raoh: lo, here is seed for you, a manded. ye shall sow the land. 12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread according to their families. 13 1 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt, and all the land of Canaan, fainted by reason of the famine. 14 And Joseph 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 Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. 24 And it shall come to pass the increase, that ye shall give t fifth part unto Pharaoh, and fo parts shall be your own, for seed the field, and for your food, and t them of your households, and food for your little ones. 25 And they said, Thou hast s ved our lives: let us find grace the sight of my lord, and we will b Pharaoh's servants. 26 And Joseph made it a lay over the land of Egypt unto th day, that Pharaoh should have th fifth part; except the land of th 15 And when money failed in the priests only, which became no land of Egypt, and in the land of Pharaoh's.. Canaan, all the Egyptians came 27 T And Israel dwelt in the land unto Joseph, and said, Give us of Egypt, in the country of Goshen bread: for why should we die in and they had possessions therein thy presence for the money and grew, and multiplied exceed faileth. ingly. 16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt soventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was a hundred forty and seven years. 17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave 29 And the time drew nigh that them bread in exchange for horses, Israel must die: and he called his and for the flocks, and for the cat-son Joseph, and said unto him, If tre of the herds, and for the asses; now I have found grace in thy Joseph visits his father. CHAP. XLIX. He blesseth Joseph's sons. sight, put, I pray thee, thy, hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: 30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying-place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. 31 And he said, Swear unto me: and be sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head. A CHAP. XLVIII. Joseph visits his sick Father. ND it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee, for an everlasting possession. 5 And now, thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt, before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine: as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. 6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. and lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. 12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him. 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born. 15 T And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, 16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac: and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. 17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head. 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. 7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, 20 And he blessed them that day, when yet there was but a little way saying, In thee shall Israel bless, to come unto Ephrath: and I saying, God make thee as Ephraim buried her there in the way of and as Manasseh: and he set Ephrath, the same is Beth-le- Ephraim before Manasseh. hem. 8 And Israel beheld Joseph's Bons, and said, Who are these? 9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die; but God shall 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 sword and with my bow. CHAP. XLIX. 10 (Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not Jacob blesseth his Sons. see:) And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and AND Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the la days. embraced them. 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: 51 Jacob's prophetic blessing GENESIS, 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. on his twelv 19 T Gad, a troop shall come him: but he shall ove at the last. 20 Out of Asher his bread be fat, and he shall yield 3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dainties. dignity, and the excellency of power: the excellency of 21 Naphtali is a hir loose: he giveth goodly wor 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt 22 ¶ Joseph is a fruitful b not excel; because thou wentest even a fruitful bough by a up to thy father's bed; then de- whose branches filedst thou it: he went up to my wall: couch. 51 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 60 my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce: and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them In Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 81 Judah,, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise; thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enenies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. 9 Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion: who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come: and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. 11 Binding his, foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: 12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. 13 T Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for a haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. ove 23 The archers have sorely gr him, and shot at him, and him: 24 But his bow abode in stre and the arms of his hands made strong by the hands of mighty God of Jacob: ( thence is the Shepherd, the S of Israel:) 25 Even by the God of thy ther, who shall help thee, an the Almighty, who shall bless with blessings of heaven ab blessings of the deep that lieth der, blessings of the breasts an the womb: 26 The blessings of thy fa have prevailed above the blessi of my progenitors unto the utm bound of the everlasting hi they shall be on the head of Jose and on the crown of the head him that was separate from brethren. 27 1 Benjamin shall raven a wolf; in the morning he shall vour the prey, and at night he sh divide the spoil. 28 All these are the twelve tril of Israel: and this is it that th father spake unto them, and bless them: every one according to blessing he blessed them. 29 And he charged them, a said unto them, I am to be gather unto my people bury me with m fathers in the cave that is in th field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 In the cave that is in the fiel of Machpelah, which is befor Mamre, in the land of Canaan which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite, for a bur-possession of a burying-place. 14 1 Issachar is a strong ass, couching down between two dens: 15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. 16 1 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse-heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. 18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD! 31 (There they buried Abrahan and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac 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 sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. |