Jacob's distrust. GENESIS, XLIII. He sendeth Benjamin. buy us a little food. 27 And as one of them opened | B. C. 1706. | father said unto them, Go again, his sack, p to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. 28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart 4 failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us? 29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them, saying, 30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake 5 roughly a to us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: 32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father: one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. 33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone; 34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic r in the land. p ch.43.21. 4 went forth. 5 with us hard things. q ver.7,12. protesting, protested. 2 asking asked us. 3 mouth. 35 And it came to pass, as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sacks and when both they knowing and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved tb of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things u are against me. 37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. could we ch.44.32. Ps. 119.122. Phile. 18, 19. 5 or, twice by this. C Pr.18.16. d ch.37.25. Ps.37.5. 38 And he said, My son shall not e ch.42.25. go down with you; for his brother is v dead, and he is left alone: if ƒ Ne. 1.11. mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs w with sorrow to the grave. CHAPTER XLIII. 1 Jacob is hardly persuaded to send Benjamin. 15 Joseph entertains his brethren. AND the famine was sore a in the land. 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their 6 or, and I, as I have g Est.4.16, h 2Sam.11.8. i ch.44.1. cat. 3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man 1 did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: 5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? 7 And they said, The man 2 asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the 3 tenor of these words: 4 could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down? 8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. 9 I will be surety b for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: 10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned 5 this second time. 11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, c a little balm, d and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds: 12 And take double money in your hand: and the money that was brought againe in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight. 13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: 14 And God Almighty give you mercy before f the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. 6 If I be bereaved g of my children, I am bereaved. 15 T And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler h of his house, Bring these men home, and i slay, and make ready; for these men shall 7 dine Joseph and Benjamin meet. with me at noon. GENESIS, XLIV. Joseph's affectionate conduct. 17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. B. C. 1705. | weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. 9 coming down, we 8 roll himself upon. 18 And the men were afraid,k Job 30.14. because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in, that he may 8 seek k occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. 19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house, came down. l Ju.6.23. 10 19.20. 1Sam.25.6. Lu.24.36. your money came to me. 24.32. 20 And said, O sir, 9 we came in- m ch.18.4. deed down at the first time to buy food: 21 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. 22 And other money have we brought down in our hands, to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. n ver. 11. o ch.37.7,10. 11 peace. 12 Is there peace to your father? p ch.42.11, 13. q ch.35.17. 18. 2 Ch.29.11. Mat.9.2. 23 And he said, Peace, I be to you; fear not your God, and the Godr Jos.7.19. of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: 10 I had your money. And he brought Simeons 1Ki.3.26. out unto them. 24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them m water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender. Jer.31.20. Ph.1.8. 2.1. Col.3. 12. 31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. 32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians which did eat with him by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrew; for that is an t abomination unto the Egyptians. 33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another. 34 And he took and sent messes u unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And they drank, and 13 were merry with him. CHAPTER XLIV. Joseph's policy to stay his brethren. AND he commanded 1 the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth: 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn-money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. 3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. 4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; a and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil b for good? 5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he 2 divineth? Ye have done evil in so doing. 6 T And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. 7 And they said unto him. Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid c that thy servants should do according to this thing. 8 Behold, the money which we found in our sacks' mouths we brought again unto d thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold? 9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him e die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen. 10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he GENESIS, XLV. His brethren's distress. with whom it is found shall be my servant; f and ye shall be blameless. 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. 34. h ch.37.7. i Ezra 9.10. 14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; (for he wask yet there :) and they fell before him h on the ground. 15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? Wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly 3 divine? Pr.17.15. m ch.18.30, 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 kg Luke 11.7. iniquity 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. 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 me twor sons: 28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely, he is s torn 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 is t 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, wwww If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. 35.18. 42.36. 17 And he said, God forbid that I should do I so: but the man in s ch.37.33. whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. 18 T 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. t 1Sam. 18.1. 25.29. u ch.43.9. 9.3. w 2Ch.34.28. 4 find my 19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a bror ther? 20 And we said 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 n loveth him. Job 31.29. Ps. 116.3. 119.143. (CHAP. 45.) 1 gave forth a Num. 14.1. 21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, o that I may set mine eyes upon him. 22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for b Job 4.5. if he should leave his father, his father would die. 23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. 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 food. 23.15. Mat.14.26. c ch.37.28. 33 Now, therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad, va 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 a my father. CHAPTER XLV. 1 Joseph maketh himself known to his brethren: 9 he sendeth for his father. 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 Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. 2 And he 1 wept aloud: a and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh 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. d 2Cor.2.7. there be anger in your eyes. e ch.50.20. 26 And we said, We cannot go fch.47.18, down: q if our youngest brother be 5 Now therefore be not d grieved, 3 nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither; for God did send me e before you, to preserve life. 6 For these two years f hath the famine been in the land; and yet there are five years, in the which Joseph discloseth himself. GENESIS, XLVI. His brothers tell their father. there shall neither be earing g nor| B. C. 1705. | of Pharaoh, and gave them proviharvest. h 1Chr.11.14. Ps. 18.50. 44.4. 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 k ch.41.43. Egypt. Ju. 17.10. Job 29.16. Z ch.46.29. 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. 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 in the eyes of Pharaoh. p ch.27.28. 47.6. Nu. 18.29. De.32.14. 6 let not your eye spare, &c. 7 mouth. 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. q Num.3. 16. 14 And he fell upon his brotherr ch.43.34. Benjamin's neck, o and wept; and 8 carrying. Benjamin wept upon his neck. 9 his. 15 Moreover, he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them; and s Job 9.16. after that, his brethren talked with him. 29.24. Ps. 120.1. Lu.24.11, t Ps.85.6. 41. 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. 24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. 25 T 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 sthem 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. A all that he had, and came to a Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the Godb 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. ND Israel took his journey with 16 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 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 land of Egypt, and ye shall eat p 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 7 commandment Deut.26.5. fch.15.16. 50.13,25. Ex.3.8. ch.50.1. ch.45.19, Acts 7.15. 27. i Nu.20.15. Deut.26.5. Jos.24.4. Ps. 105.23. Is.52.4. 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 brought he with him into Egypt. Genealogies of Israel. 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, Nemue!. noch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 2 or, Jarib. 3 or, Zerah. or, Gershom. 10 And the sons of Simeon; 1 Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and 2 Jachin, and 3 Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanitish 1 ch.38.3.7, woman. 10. 11 And the sons of Levi; 4 Ger-sor, 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 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. 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 Ezbon, Eri, and 8 Arodi, and Areli. Jashub. 6 Zephon. Nu.26.15. or, Czni. 8 or, Arod. n ch.41.50. m ch.29.24. 9 or. prince. 10 Ahiram, Nu.26.38. 11 Shupham, Nu.26.39. 12 Hunham. 13 or Shuham. Nu.26.42. 17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and o ch.29.29. Beriah, and Serah their sister: and 14 thigh. the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. A cts 7.14. q ch.31.21. ch.47.1. Jacob settleth in Egypt. of his 14 loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six. 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' 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. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, p Deut. 10.22. trade hath been about cattle v from whom Laban gave m to Leal his daughter: and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. 20 And unto Joseph, in the landt of Egypt, were bornn Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah 9 priest of On, bare unto him. s ch.45.14. Luke 2.29, 30. 15 they are men of cattle. 21 And the sons of Benjamin bere 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. w ch.43.32. Ex.8.26. (CHAP. 47.) a ch.46.31. b ch.46.28. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. 23 And the sons of Dan; 13 Hushim. 24 And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and c Acts 7.13. Shillem. 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave o unto Rachel his daughter; and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven. 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out d Jonah 1.8. e Am.7.14. ch, 15. 13. CHAPTER XLVII 1 Joseph presenteth five of his brethren, 7 and his father, before Pharaoh: 11 he giveth them habitation and maintenance. TH HEN 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. 2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men,c and presented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, 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 f 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 |