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of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this || spake roughly to us, and took us fo day with our father, and one is not.

14. And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies. 15. Hereby ye shall be proved; by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

16. Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely ye are spies.

17. And he put them altogether into ward three days.

18. And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

19. If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison; go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

20. But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

21. And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

22. And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? Therefore, behold, also his blood is required. 23. And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

24. And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.

25. Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way; and thus did he unto them.

26. And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

27. And as one of them opened his sack, 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 failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us ?

31. And we said unto him, We men; we are no spies:

32. We be twelve brethren, so father: one is not, and the younge day with our father in the land of

33. And the man, the lord of the said unto us, Hereby shall I kno are true men: leave one of your here with me, and take food for th of your households, and be gone;

34. And bring your youngest bre me; then shall I know that you are but that you are true men: so will I de your brother, and ye shall traffic in

35. And it came to pass, as they their sacks, that, behold, every ma dle of money was in his sack: a both they and their father saw the of money, they were afraid.

36. And Jacob their father sa them, Me have ye bereaved of my Joseph is not, and Simeon is not. will take Benjamin away: all thes are against me.

37. And Reuben spake unto hi saying, Slay my two sons if I bring to thee: deliver him into my han will bring him to thee again.

38. And he said, My son shall down with you; for his brother is de he is left alone: if mischief befall the way in the which ye go, then bring down my gray hairs with sorro grave.

1 Jacob is hardly persuaded to send Benjamin. entertaineth his brethren. 31 He maketh then

1. AND the famine was sore in th

2. And it came to pass, wh had eaten up the corn which th brought out of Egypt, their father sa them, Go again, buy us a little food.

3. And Judah spake unto him, The man did solemnly protest u saying, Ye shall not see my face, your brother be with you.

4. If thou wilt send our brother w we will go down and buy thee food 5. But if thou wilt not send he will not go down: for the man said u Ye shall not see my face, except yo ther be with you.

6. And Israel said, Wherefore de so ill with me, as to tell the man w

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another brother? And we told him according to the tenor of these words. 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. 1 will be surety 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 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, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds:

12. And take double money in your hand: and the money that was brought again 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 the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereavod of my children, I am bereaved.

15. 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 of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.

17. And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. 18. And the men were afraid, 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 seek 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.

20. And said, O sir, we came indeed 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.

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23. And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: 1 had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.

24. And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.

25. And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.

26. And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.

27. And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well? the old man of whom ye spake, is he yet alive?

28. And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive: And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.

29. And he lift up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

30. And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.

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 Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

33. And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birth-right, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.

34. And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drunk, and were merry with him, CHAP. XLIV.

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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; and when thou dost overtake thenı, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

5. Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? Ye have done evil in so doing.

6. 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 that thy servants should do according to this thing.

8. Behold, the money which we found in our sacks' mouths we brought again unto 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 die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.

10. And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he 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 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 clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

14. And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there; and they fell before him 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 divine? 16. And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? What shall we speak? Or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.

17. And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. 18. Then Judah came near unto him,

20. And we said unto my lord, V a father, an old man, and a child o age, a little one: and his brother and he alone is left of his mother, father loveth him.

21. And thou saidst unto thy s Bring him down unto me, that I mine eyes upon him.

22. And we said unto my lord, cannot leave his father: for if he leave his father, his father would

23. And thou saidst unto thy s Except your youngest brother comm with you, you shall see my face no

24. And it came to pass, when v up unto thy servant my father, we t the words of my lord.

25. And our father said, Go ag buy us a little food.

26. And we said, We cannot go if our youngest brother be with us, t we go down: for we may not see th face, except our youngest brother be

27. And thy servant my father sa us, Ye know that my wife bare me tv

28. And the one went out from I said, Surely he is torn in pieces saw him not since:

29. And if ye take this also from mischief befall him, ye shall bring de gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

30. Now, therefore, when I come to vant my father, and the lad be not v seeing that his life is bound up in the la

31. It shall come to pass, when h that the lad is not with us, that he v and thy servants shall bring down t hairs of thy servant our father with to the grave.

32. For thy servant became sur the lad unto my father, saying, If him not unto thee, then I shall be blame to my father for ever.

33. Now therefore, I pray thee, servant abide instead of the lad a bo to my lord; and let the lad go up v brethren.

34. For how shall I go up to my and the lad be not with me? lest venture I see the evil that shall come father.

CHAP. XLV.

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CHAP. XLVI.

2. And he wept aloud : 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 troubled 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 ye sold into Egypt.

5. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither; for God did send me before you to preserve life.

6. For these two years hath the famine been in the land; and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

7. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

8. So now, it

was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

9. Haste you, 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, 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, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

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

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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 regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

21. And the children of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision 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 five changes of raiment.

23. And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses 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. 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 Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them 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:

28. And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

CHAP. XLVI.

13. And you shall tell my father of all my 1 Jacob is comforted by God at Beer-sheba: 5 Thence he glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen;

and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

14. And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

15. Moreover, he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

16. And the fame thereof was heard in

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with his company goeth into Egypt.

ND Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.

2. And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

3. And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for

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father, and their little ones, and their wives, || she bare these unto Jacob: all th in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent 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 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.

8. And these are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt: Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's first-born. 9. And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

10. And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar; and Shaul, the son of a Canaanitish woman. 11. And the sons of Levi; Gershon, 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 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; Ziphion, and Haggai, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

17. And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

18. These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah 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 land of Egypt, were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On, bare unto him.

21. And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

22. These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

23. And the sons of Dan; Hushim. 24. And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

were seven.

into Egypt, which came out of his lo sides Jacob's sons' wives, all the sou 26. All the souls that came with threescore and six:

born him in Egypt, were two souls: souls of the house of Jacob, whic 27. And the sons of Joseph, whi into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

Joseph, to direct his face unto Gosh they came into the land of Goshen. 28. And he sent Judah before h

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30. And Israel said unto Joseph
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have brought their flocks, and their
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trade hath been about cattle from our
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Goshen; for every shepherd is an abo
tion unto the Egyptians.

CHAP. XLVII.

1 Joseph presenteth five of his brethren, 7 and his
before Pharaoh. 28 Jacob's age:
seph to bury him with his fathers.

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brethren, and their flocks, and their
THEN Joseph
and all that they have, are come out
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land of Canaan; and, behold, they
the land of Goshen.

five men, and presented them unto Pha
2. And he took some of his brethren

unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepl
3. And Pharaoh said unto his bre
both we, and also our fathers.
What is your occupation? And the

thy servants have no pasture for their fle 4. They said moreover unto Pha For to sojourn in the land are we com 25. These are the sons of Bilhah, which now therefore, we pray thon for the famine is sore in the land of Can Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter; and un

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