Jacob's Prophecy concerning his Sons 9 Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stoop. ed down, he couched as a lion, a and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? GENESIS, XLIX. 13 And Joseph took them both, Ephra- B. C. 1689. im in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand to-a Nu.23.24. ward Israel's right hand, and brought Re.5.5. them near unto him. b Nu.24.17. 14 And Israel stretched out his right c Ps.60.7. hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, Is.33.22. who was the younger, and his left hand d De.28.57. upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands e Is. 11 1-5. wittingly; g for Manasseh was the first- Eze.21.27. f Jno. 12.32. born. 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, g ver. 19. before whom k my fathers Abraham and h Mat.21.2. Isaac did walk, the God which m fed me i 18.63.1-3. all my life long, unto this day, ke.17.1.24.40. 16 The angel o which redeemed p mel Ca.5.10-16. from all evil, bless the lads; and let my m Ps. 103.4,5. name be named on them, and the name of n Jos. 19.10. my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let o c.31.11. them grow into a multitude q in the midst of the earth. Is.63.9. p Ps.34.22. as fishes do increase. 7 Ju. 13.2,&c. Is.25.9. 26.8. 17 And when Joseph saw that his father 1 laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; and he held ? Nu.26.34,37 up his father's hand, to remove it from 2arrow-snake Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. s Ps.40.1. 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the first-born;t 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 u brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude 3 of nations. nasseh. Nu.1.33,35. De.33.17. u c.25.23. v ICh.5.13. 10 The sceptre b shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver c from d between his feet, until Shiloh e come; and unto him f shall the gathering of the people be: 11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt h unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, i and his clothes in the blood of grapes: 12 His leyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. 13 Zebulun n shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships: and his border shall be unto Zidon. 14 Issachar is a strong ass, couching down between two burdens: 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. of the tribes of Israel. 16 Dan r shall judge his people, as one 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, horse-heels, so that his rider shall fall an 2 adder in the path, that biteth the backward. 18 Is have waited for thy salvation, O LORD! fulness. wo Ru.4.11,12. x c.37.4,&c. y 39.20. c.50.24. Jos.23.14. 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee w shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim, and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Ma-z Job 29.20. Ps.37.14,15 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I a Ps. 18.32,34. die; but y God shall be with you, and bring b Jos.17.14. you again unto the land of your fathers. c c.45.10,11. 22 Moreover, I have given to thee one 50.21. portion above b thy brethren, which Id Is.28.16. took out of the hand of the Amorite withe De.33.27. my sword and with my bow. f De.33.1,&c. g Nu.24.14. CHAP. XLIX. And, Jacob called ves together, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that g which shall befall you in the last days. h 22 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. 3 Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might,and the beginning k of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excel-6 lency of power. 4 Unstable as water, 5 thou shalt not excel; because n thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it; 6 he went up to my couch. 5 Simeon q and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty r are in their habitations. 60s my soul, come not thou into theirs secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. 8 Judah, thou x art he whom thy brethren shall praise; thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies: thy father's y Ch.5.2. children shall bow down y before thee. Re.3.9. 20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. 21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giv. eth goodly words. 22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well, whose branches run over the wall. 23 The x archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 24 But his bow z abode in strength, and the arms a of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the Shepherd, c the stone d of Israel :) 25 Even by the God of thy father, e who stall help thee; and by the Almighty who bless thee blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts and of the womb: 26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors, unto i the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: 7 they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate m from his brethren. 27 Benjamin shall ravin o as a wolf; in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.p 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their fathers spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according t to his blessing he blessed them. 29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers win the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite: 30 In the cave v that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place. 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac & Jacob's death and funeral. Leah. 32 The purchase of the field and of the a c.23.16. Le.26.36. e ver.26.2Ch. AND Joseph fell upon his father's face, 16.14. Mat. and wept upon him, and kissed him. 26.12. Mar. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants 14.8. 16.1. the physicians to e embalm his father: Jno. 12.7. and the physicians embalmed Israel. 1 charged. 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; 2 wept. for so are fulfilled the days of those which f Nu.20.29. are embalmed; and the 2 Egyptians De.84.8. mourned for him f threescore and teng Pr.28.13. days. 4 And when the days of his mourning! were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found! grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, Death of Joseph. 13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought a with the field for a possession of a burying-place of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre, 14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. 15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father d was dead, they said, Joseph will peralventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. 16 And they sent a messenger untc Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, Mat.6.12.14 I pray thee g now, the trespass of thy bre18.35. thren, and their sin; for they did unto Lu.17.3,4. thee evil: and now, we pray thee, for Ep.4.32. give the trespass of the servants of the Col.3.13. God of thy father. And Joseph wept Ja.5.16. when they spake unto him. 5 My father made me swear, h saying, h c.47.29. Lo, I die: in my grave which i have i Is.22.16. digged for me in the land of Canaan, there Mat.27.60. shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let k De.32.35. me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. 2Ki.5.7. Job.34.29. 6 And Pharaoh said, Go up and bury thy Ro.12.19. father, according as he made thee swear. He 10.30. 7 And Joseph went up to bury his fa- Ps.56.5. ther: and with him went up all the ser- m c.45.5,7. vants of Pharach, the elders of his house, in Mat.5.44. and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 2 to their S And all the house of Joseph, and his hearts. brethren, and his father's house only o Ex.10.9,26. their little ones, o and their flocks,and their p Job 42.16. herds, they left in the land of Goshen. 9 Nu.32.39. 9 And there went up with him both borne. chariots and horsemen; and it was a very r Ex.3.16. great company. 10 And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and] there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning s for his father seven days. s De.34.8. 1S3.31.13. t Ex.13.19. 11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: 5 i. e. the wherefore the name of it was called $ mourning Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan. 12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded u them: of the Egyptians. Ju c.49.29. 18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants. 19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am in the place k of God? 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant m it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. 21 Now therefore fear ye not I will nourish you, n and your little cues. And he comforted them, and spake 3 kindly unto them. 22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, had his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's p chil dren of the third generation: the children also of Machir q the son of Manasseh were 4 brought up upon Joseph's knees. 25 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, r and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 25 And Joseph took an oath t of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. 26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. 39 The Second Book of MOSES, called EXODUS. CHAP. I. TOW these are the names of the chil B. C. 1705. Now are the namch came into ba c.6.20. Egypt; every man and his household b Ge.46.8. came with Jacob. 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, c Ac.7.20. He.11.23. 8 Now there arose up a new king over h Ps. 106.43. Egypt, which knew g not Joseph. i Ps.83.3,4. Pr.1.11. 21.30. Ac.23.12. 1Co.3.19. Ja.3.15. 9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: 10 Come on, let us deal wisely i with them lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. k c.3.7. Ge.15.13. De.26.6. Ps.81.6. 11 Therefore they did set over them Ge.47.11. task-masters, to afflict them k with theirm Ps.27.10. burdens. And they built for Pharaoh 2 and as they treasure-cities, Pithom and 7 Raamses. 12 2 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. 13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: 14 And they made their lives n bitter' with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, o and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour. q 15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives; of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah; afflicted them, so they multiplied. 3 that is, drawn out. n c.2.23. 6.9. Nu.20.15. Ru.1.20. Ac.7.19,34. o Na.3.14. p c.1.11. Ac.7.23,24. He.11.24-26. q Le.25.43. Is.58.6. Je.50.33. 16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools, if it be a son,r Ne.5.15. then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. 17 But the midwives feared r God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive. 18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive? Pr.16.6. Da.3.18. 6.13. Ac.5.29. 4 a man, a prince. Jos.2.4. 2Sa.17.19. s 5 or, prince. Ge.24.11. 29.10. 18a.9.11. 19 And the midwives said unto s Pha-t raoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the mid- u Pr.11.18. wives come in unto them. 20 Therefore God dealt well u with the midwives and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he v made them houses. Ec.8.12. 6 Nu.10.29. called also Jethro, or, Jether. CHAP. II. AND there went a man of the house of Levi,&tookto wife a daughterof Levi. 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid e him three months. 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. 4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. 5 And the daughter of Pharach came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. 6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion h on him, and said.This is one of the Hebrew's children. 7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother. 9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away,and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: 3 and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. 11 And it came to pass, in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out Junto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: p and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 12 And he looked this way and that way, and, when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian,&hid him inthe sand. 13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said unto him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? 14 And he said, Who made thee a prince 4 and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. Eut Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. 16 Now the priest of 5 Midian had seven daughters: and they came and t drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up ar heiped them, and watered their flock. 18 And when they came to 6 Reue their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day? 19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water czough for us, and watered the flock. Moses sent to deliver Israe'. EXODUS, IV. 20 And he said unto his daughters, And B. C. 1533. where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he maya eat bread. a Ge.31.54. 21 And Moses was content & to dwell b Ph.4.11. with the man: and he gave Moses c Zip-c c.18.2. porah his daughter. 22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: 1 for he said, have been a stranger in a strange land. 23 And it came to pass, in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel e sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried; their cry came up unto God, fby reason of the bondage. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant h with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And Gol looked upon the children of Israel, and God 2 had respect unto them. CHAP. III. N e d c.6.3. Jno.8. ƒ Ge.18.20. 22.23.27. TOW Moses kept the flock of Jethro h Ge.15.14. an: and he led the flock to the back side] 2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire, out of the midst of a bush: m and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. i Ge. 50.24. c.18.5. 4 And when the LORD saw that he nNu.23.3,&c. turned aside to see, God called unto him o Ge.22.1,11 out of the midst of the bush, and said, o 46.2. Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. p c.5.2. 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: 3 or, but by put off thy shoes q from off thy feet, for strong hand. the place whereon thou standest is holy q c.19.12. ground. Jos.5.15. 6 Moreover he said, t I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the Godr c.7.3. 11.9. of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And De.6.22. Moses hid his face; for he was afraid v to Ne.9.10. Ps. look upon God. 105.27.Je.32. 20. Ac.7.36. c.12.31. 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people x which ares in Egypt, and have heard their y cry byt Ge.23.13. reason of their taskmasters; for I know IKI.18.36. z their sorrows; God's Message to them. fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shail I say unto them? 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: d and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. 15 And Gol said, moreover, unte Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaic, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial g unto all generations. 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jac b, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visitedi you, and sein that which is done to you in Egypt: 17 And I have said, I will bring k you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. 18 And they shall hearken to thy voica: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt; and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath 7 met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, tha' we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. 19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you p go, 3 no not by Ja mighty hand. 20 And I will stretch out my hand, anl smite Egypt with all my r wonders which I will do in the midst thereof and after that s he will let you go. 21 And I will give this people u favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty; 22 But every woman shall borrow w of her neighbour, and of her that sojourn eth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your Mat.22.32.aughters; and ye shall a spoil the 4 Egyptians. 8 And I am come down to deliver them u c.11.3. out of the hand of the Egyptians. b and v Ju.13.22. to bring them up out of that land unto a Is.6.5. good land cand a large, unto a land d flow-w c.12.36. ing with milk and honey; unto a place x Ne.9.9. of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Ps. 106.44. y Ex.22.23. Ps. 145.19. z Ps.142.3. 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the 10 Come now therefore, and I will Is.33.1. 11 And Moses said unto God, Who am! De.1.25. 12 And he said, Certainly I will bec Ps. 105.26. tain. 13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your CHAP. IV. ND Moses answered and said, But, A behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, 5 That they may f believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abra ham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. 6 And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous i as snow. 7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand in to his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was kn again as his other flesh. Moses returns into Egypt. 8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will be lieve the voice of the latter sign. a c.3.1. 9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt 1 shall be take of the water of the river, and pour and shall be. t upon the dry land: and the water b ver. 16. which thou takest out of the river 1 shall c c.7.20. become c blood upon the dry land. 2 a man of 10 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my words. Lord, I am not 2 eloquent, neither heretofore, 3 nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? for who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what g thou shalt say. 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou 4 wilt send. 3 d c.3.18. ver.8,9. since yesterday, nor since the third day. e Ge.17.3. 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him. 29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: 30 And Aaron spake b all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 And the people believed; d and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads e and worshipped. CHAP. V. AND afterward Moses & Aaron went in, 24.26. and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD c.12.27. God of Israel, Let my people go, that they 1Ch.29.20. may hold a feast h unto me in the wil2Ch.20.18.derness. f Ps.94.9. Je.1.6,9. g Is.50.4. 2 And Pharaoh said, i Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will 14 And the anger of the LORD was Mat.10.19.I let Israel go. 15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words n in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. Job 21.15. Ps. 12.4. 4or, shouldest. k c.3.18. De.28.21. Eze.6.11. m ver.27. n Nu.22.38. 23.5,&c. De.18.18. Is.51.16. 18.19. 16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou halt be to him instead o of God. 17 And thou shalt take this rod p in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. o c.7.1. 18 And Moses went, and returned to 5 Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, p ver.2. Let me go, I pray thee, and return untos my brethren which are in Egypt, and Ps. 106.41. see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. 19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead, which sought thy life. Jether. let the work be heavy upon the men. rc.2.15,23. Mat.2.20. 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he return-s 2K1.18.20. ed to the land of Egypt: and Moses took t c.17.9. the rod t of God in his hand. Nu.20.8,9. 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, u c.3.20. When thou goest to return into Egypt, v c.7.3, &c. see that thou do all those u wonders be- De.2.30. fore Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden v his heart, that he shall not let the people go. 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, w even my first-born: 23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay x thy son, even thy first-born. 24 And it came to pass, by the way in the inn, that the LORD y met him, and sought to z kill him. Jos.11.20. Ro.9.18. 2Th.2.10-12. w De.14.1. Je.31.9. Ho.11.1. Ro.9.4. a matter of 25 Then Zipporah took a sharp 8 stone, x c.11.5. and a cut of the foreskin of her son, and 12.29. cast it at his feet, and said, Surely ay Nu.22.22. bloody husband art thou to me. z Ge. 17.14. 26 So he let him go: then she said, A8 or, knife. bloody husband thou art, because of the Jos. 5.2,3. ircumcision. 9 made it 27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go touch. a 3 And they said, The God of the k Hebrews bath inet with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert,& sacrifice unto the LORD ourGod;lest he fall upon uswith pestilence,lorwith the sword. 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. 5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the task-masters of the people, and their officers, saying, 7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay q upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. 9 Let 6 there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain 8 words. 10 And the task-masters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. 11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: vet not ought of your work shall be diminished. 12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt, to ga ther stubble instead of straw. 13 And the task-masters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. 14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's task-masters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick, both yesterday and to-day, as heretofore? 15Then the officers of the childrenofIsrae. came& cried unto Pharaoh,saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? 16 There is no straw given unto thy ser vants, and they say to us, Make brick. and, behold, thy servants, are beaten; but the fault is in thire own people. 17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle. |