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Beginning of the famine.

B. C. about 1715.

q ch. 46. 20. & 48. 5.

|| Or, prince,

ver. 45.

2 Sam. 8. 18.

about 1712. That is, For

getting. about 1711. || That is, Fruitful. 1708.

r ch. 49. 22.

s Ps. 105. 16. Acts 7. 11. t ver. 30.

† Heb. all wherein was. u ch. 42. 6. & 47. 14, 24.

x Deut. 9. 28.

1707.

a Acts 7. 12.

b ch. 43. 8. Ps. 118. 17. Is. 38. 1.

c ver. 38.

d Acts 7. 11.

e ch. 41. 41.

f ch. 37. 7.

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faces to the earth.

50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came: which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah "priest of On bare unto him. 51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be "fruitful in the land of my affliction.

53 ¶ And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.

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54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.

56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth and Joseph opened + all the storehouses, and "sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.

57 *And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

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things with them.

7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake † rough- Heb. hard ly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

9 And Joseph "remembered the 8 ch. 37. 5, 9. dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this 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 :

h ch. 37. 30. Lam. 5. 7. See ch.44.20.

26. & 17. 55.

15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By See 1 Sam. 1. 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 † Heb. bound. 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 all together Heb. gatherinto ward three days.

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20 But 'bring your youngest brother 1 ver. 34. unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

m Job 36. 8, 9. Hos. 5. 15.

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 n Prov. 21. 18. distress come upon us.

22 And Reuben answered them, say

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Do not sin against the child; and ye
would not hear? therefore, behold,
also his blood is required.

Matt. 7. 2.

o ch. 37. 21. p ch. 9. 5. 1 Kings 2. 32. 2 Chr. 24. 22. Ps.9.12. Luke 11. 50, 51.

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q Matt. 5. 44.

Rom. 12. 17, 20, 21.

r See ch. 43. 21.

† Heb. went forth.

s ver. 7.

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 T Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and

Jacob sendeth Benjamin.

z ver. 13. ch. 37. 33. & 44. 28.

38 And he said, My son shall not B. C. 1707. go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: aif mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

CHAPTER XLIII.

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Jacob is hardly persuaded to send Benjamin. 15 Joseph entertaineth his brethren. 31 He maketh them a feast.

to give them provision for the way: AND the famine was sore in the

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?

29 ¶ And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,

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30 The man, who is the lord of the + Heb. with us land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

hard things.

t ver. 15, 19, 20.

u ch. 34. 10.

x See ch. 43. 21.

y ch. 43. 14.

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.

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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 "traffick in the land.

35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack and when both. they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

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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 † 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 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 I 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:

a ver. 4. ch. 44. 29. b ch. 37. 35. & 44. 31.

a ch. 41. 54, 57.

† Heb. pro

testing protested.

b ch. 42. 20. &

44. 23.

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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 ch. 32. 20. man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds:

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Prov. 18. 16. e ch. 37. 25. Jer. 8. 22.

12 And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought fch. 42. 25, 35. again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight.

Joseph's brethren afraid.

B. C. 1707.

g Esth. 4. 16.

Or, And I, аз I have beon, &c.

h ch. 24. 2. &

GENESIS.

14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

His policy to stay them.

o ch. 37. 7, 10.

p ch. 35. 17, 18.

13 Take also your brother, and arise, | our father is in good health, he is yet | B. C. 1707.
go again unto the man :
alive. And they bowed down their
heads, and made obeisance.
29 And he lifted up his eyes, and
saw his brother Benjamin, P his moth-
er's son, and said, Is this your young-
er brother, of whom ye spake unto
me? And he said, God be gracious
unto thee, my son.

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.

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16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of 39. 4. & 44. 1. his house, Bring these men home, and † slay, and make ready; for these men shall † dine with me at noon.

† Heb. kill a
killing,
1 Sam. 25. 11.
† Heb. eat.

† Heb. roll
himself up-
on us,
Job 30. 14.

i ch. 42. 3, 10.
† Heb. coming
down we came
down.

k ch. 42. 27, 35.

† Heb. your money came to me.

1 ch. 18. 4. &z 24. 32.

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 bond-
men, 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, it 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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CHAPTER XLIV.

Joseph's policy to stay his brethren. 14 Judah's
humble supplication to Joseph.

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† Heb. drank largely. See Hag. 1. 6. John 2. 10.

22 And other money have we brought AND he commanded the steward Heb. him

down in our hands to buy food: we
cannot tell who put our money in our
sacks.

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: I had your money.
And he brought Simeon out unto
them.

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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, m ch. 37.7, 10. and bowed themselves to him to the earth.

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

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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 let there be sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

anger in your

eyes.

d ch. 50. 20.

Ps. 105.16, 17.
See 2 Sam.
16. 10, 11.
Acts 4. 27, 28.

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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 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, 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.

Jacob cometh into Egypt.

and for your wives, and bring your B. C. 1707. father, and come.

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20 Also regard not your stuff; for† Heb. let not the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

spare, &c.

21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Heb. mouth, 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.

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Num. 3. 16.

k ch. 43. 34.

ing.

23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with + Heb. carrythe 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,

1 Job 29. 24. Ps. 126. 1. Luke 24. 11,

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26. And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's † Heb. his. 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.

CHAPTER XLVI.

13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye Jacob is comforted by God at Beer-sheba. 5 Thence have seen; and ye shall haste and h 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 Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it + pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

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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