Genesis chapter 37 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein
his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. These are
the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years
old, was feeding the flock with his brethren. And the lad was
with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his
father's wives. And Joseph brought unto his father
their evil report. Now Israel loved Joseph more
than all his children, because he was the son of his old age,
and he made him a coat of many colors. And when his brethren
saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they
hated him and could not speak peaceably unto him. And Joseph
dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren, and they hated
him yet the more. And he said unto them, Here,
I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed. For, behold,
we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose,
and also stood upright, and, behold, your sheaves stood round
about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. And his brethren said
to him, Shall thou indeed reign over us, or shalt thou indeed
have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more
for his dreams and for his words. And he dreamed yet another dream,
and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed
a dream more, and behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven
stars made obeisance to me. And he told it to his father
and to his brethren. And his father rebuked him and
said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall
I, and thy mother, and thy brethren, indeed come to bow down ourselves
to thee to the earth? And his brethren envied him.
But his father observed the saying. And his brethren went to feed
their father's flock in Shechem. And Israel said unto Joseph,
Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? Come, and I
will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. And he said to him, Go, I pray
thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with
the flocks, and bring me word again. So he sent him out of
the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. And a certain man
found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field. And the
man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my
brethren. Tell me, I pray thee, where they
feed their flocks. And the man said, They are departed
hence, for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph
went after his brethren and found them in Dothan. And when they
saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they
conspired against him to slay him. And they said one to another,
Behold, this dreamer cometh. Come now, therefore, and let
us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some
evil beast hath devoured him, and we shall see what will become
of his dreams.' And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out
of their hands, and said, Let us not kill him. And Reuben said
unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is
in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him, that he might
rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that
they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours
that was on him, and they took him, and cast him into a pit.
And the pit was empty, there was no water in it. And they
sat down to eat bread. And they lifted up their eyes
and looked, and behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead
with their camels, bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to
carry it down to Egypt. And Judah said unto his brethren,
What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not
our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh.'
And his brethren were content. Then they passed by Midianites'
merchantmen, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit,
and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver.
And they brought Joseph into Egypt. And Reuben returned unto
the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit. And he rent his
clothes, and he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child
is not, and I, whither shall I go? And they took Joseph's
coat, and killed the kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in
the blood. And they sent the coat of many
colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, This
have we found, know now whether it be thy son's coat or no. And
he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat. An evil beast hath
devoured him. Joseph is without doubt rent
in pieces. And Jacob rent his clothes and
put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many
days. And all his sons and all his
daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted,
and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. And the Midianites sold him into
Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's and captain of the
guard. Genesis chapter 38 And it came to pass at that time
that Judah went down from his brethren and turned into a certain
Adalamite, whose name was Hira. And Judah saw there a daughter
of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah. And he took her
and went in unto her, and she conceived and bare a son, and
he called his name Ur. And she conceived again and bare
a son, and she called his name Onan. And she yet again conceived,
and bare a son, and called his name Shelah. And he was at Thesib
when she bare him. And Judah took a wife for Ur
his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. And Ur, Judah's firstborn,
was wicked in the sight of the Lord. And the Lord slew him. And Judah said unto Onan, Go
in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed
to thy brother. And Onan knew that the seed should
not be his. And it came to pass, when he
went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground,
lest that he should give seed to his brother. And the thing
which he did displeased the Lord. Wherefore he slew him also. Then said Judah to Tamar his
daughter-in-law, Remain a widow at thy father's house till Shelah
my son be grown. For he said, Thus peradventure
he die also as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her
father's house. And in process of time, the daughter
of Shur, Judah's wife, died. And Judah was comforted, and
went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnath, he and his friend
Hira the Adolamite. And it was told Temar, saying,
Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. And she put her widow's garments
off from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrapped herself,
and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath, for
she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him
to wife. When Judas saw her, he thought
her to be an harlot, because she had covered her face. And
he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee,
let me come in unto thee." For he knew not that she was his
daughter-in-law. And she said, What wilt thou
give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? And he said, I will
send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give
me a pledge till thou send it? And he said, What pledge shall
I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and
thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he
gave it her, and came in unto her. And she conceived by him. And she arose, and went away,
and laid by her veil from her, and put on the garments of her
widowhood. And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend,
the Adelamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand,
but he found her not. Then he asked the men of that
place, saying, Where is the harlot that was openly by the wayside?
And they said, There was no harlot in this place. And he returned
to Judah and said, I cannot find her. And also the men of the
place said, That there was no harlot in this place. And Judah
said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed. Behold, I
sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. And it came to
pass, about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying,
Tamar, thy daughter-in-law, hath played the harlot, and also,
behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring
her forth, and let her be burnt. When she was brought forth, she
sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man whose these are am
I with child. And she said, Discern, I pray
thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff? And
Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous
than I, because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he
knew her again no more. And it came to pass, in the time
of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. And it
came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out his hand, and
the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying,
This came out first. And it came to pass, as he drew
back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out. And she
said, How hast thou broken forth? This breach be upon thee. Therefore
his name was called Phares And afterward came out his brother
that had the scarlet thread upon his hand and his name was called
Zerah Genesis chapter 39 And Joseph was brought down to
Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard,
an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which
had brought him down thither. And the Lord was with Joseph,
and he was a prosperous man, and he was in the house of his
master, the Egyptian. And his master saw that the Lord
was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper
in his hand. and Joseph found grace in his
sight and he served him and he made him overseer over his house
and all that he had he put into his hand And it came to pass,
from the time that he had made him overseer in his house and
over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptians' house
for Joseph's sake. And the blessing of the Lord
was upon all that he had in the house and in the field. And he
left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and he knew not what he
had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly
person and well favored. And it came to pass, after these
things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and
she said, Lie with me. But he refused, and said unto
his master's wife, Behold, my master wanteth not what is with
me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to
my hand. There is none greater in this
house than I, neither hath he kept back anything from me, but
thee, because thou art his wife, How then can I do this great
wickedness and sin against God? And it came to pass, as she spake
to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her to lie
by her or to be with her. And it came to pass about this
time that Joseph went into the house to do his business, and
there was none of the men of the house there within. And she
caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me. And he left his
garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. And it came
to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand,
and was fled forth, that she called unto the men of her house,
and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in in Hebrew
unto us the mockus, he came in unto me to lie with me, and I
cried with a loud voice. And it came to pass, when he
heard that I lifted up my voice, and cried, that he left his garment
with me, and fled, and got him out. And she laid up his garment
by her until his Lord came home And she spake unto him according
to these words saying the Hebrew servant which thou has brought
unto us came in unto me to mock me and it came to pass as I lifted
up my voice and cried that he left his garment with me and
fled out and And it came to pass, when his master heard the words
of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this
manner did thy servant to me, that his wrath was kindled. And
Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place
where the king's prisoners were bound, and he was there in the
prison. But the Lord was with Joseph
and showed him mercy and gave him favor in the sight of the
keeper of the prison. And the keeper of the prison
committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the
prison. And whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. The keeper of the prison looked
not to anything that was under his hand, because the Lord was
with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper. Genesis chapter 40 And it came to pass, after these
things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had
offended their lord, the king of Egypt. And Pharaoh was wrath
against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers,
and against the chief of the bakers. And he put them in ward
in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the
place where Joseph was bound. And the captain of the guard
charged Joseph with them, and he served them, and they continued
a season in ward. And they dreamed a dream, both
of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according
to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker
of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. And Joseph
came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and behold,
they were sad. And he asked Pharaoh's officers
that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying,
Wherefore look ye so sadly to-day? And they said unto him, We have
dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it.' And Joseph
said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me them,
I pray you.' And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and
said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me, and in
the vine were three branches. And it was as though it budded,
and her blossoms shot forth, and the clusters thereof brought
forth ripe grapes. And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand,
and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and
I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.' And Joseph said unto him,
This is the interpretation of it. The three branches are three
days. Yet within three days shall Pharaoh
lift up thine head and restore thee unto thy place, and thou
shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand after the former manner,
when thou wast his butler. But think on me, when it shall
be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make
mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house. For
indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and
here also have I done nothing that they should put me into
the dungeon.' When the chief baker saw that the interpretation
was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and behold,
I had three white baskets on my head, and in the uppermost
basket there was of all manner of bake-meats for Pharaoh, and
the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. And
Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof.
The three baskets are three days. Yet within three days shall Pharaoh
lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree,
and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. And it came to
pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made
a feast unto all his servants. And he lifted up the head of
the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants, and
he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again, and
he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. But he hanged the chief
baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. Yet did not the chief
butler remember Joseph, but forgot him. Genesis chapter 41 And it came to pass, at the end
of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed. And, behold, he stood
by the river. And, behold, there came up out
of the river seven well-favoured kind, and fat-fleshed, and they
fed in a meadow. And, behold, seven other kine
came up after them out of the river ill-favoured and lean-fleshed,
and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. And the
ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured
and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. And he slept
and dreamed the second time. And behold, seven ears of corn
came up upon one stalk, rank and good. And behold, seven thin
ears, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. And
the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold,
it was a dream. And it came to pass in the morning
that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all
the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof, and Pharaoh
told them his dream, but there was none that could interpret
them unto Pharaoh. Then spake the chief butler unto
Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day, Pharaoh was
wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain
of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker, and we dreamed
a dream in one night, I and he, we dreamed, each man according
to the interpretation of his dream, and there was there with
us a young man, in Hebrew, servant of the captain of the guard,
and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams, to each man
according to his dream did he interpret. And it came to pass,
as he interpreted to us, so it was. Me he restored unto mine
office, and him he hanged. Then Pharaoh sent and called
Joseph. And they brought him hastily
out of the dungeon, and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment,
and came in unto Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it.
I have heard say of thee that thou canst understand a dream
to interpret it.' And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It
is not in me. God shall give Pharaoh an answer
of peace. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river, and,
behold, there came up out of the river seven kind, fat-fleshed
and well-favoured, and they fed in a meadow, and, behold, seven
other kind came up after them, poor and very ill-favoured and
lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt
for badness. and the lean and ill-favoured
kine did eat up the first seven fat kine, and when they'd eaten
them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them, but
they were still ill-favoured as at the beginning. So I awoke. And I saw in my dream, and behold,
seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good. And behold, seven
ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up
after them. And the thin ears devoured the
seven good ears. And I told this unto the magicians,
but there was none that could declare it to me.' And Joseph
said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one. God hath showed
Pharaoh what he is about to do. The seven good kine are seven
years, and the seven good ears are seven years. The dream is
one. And the seven thin and ill-favored
kine that came up after them are seven years, and the seven
empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of
famine. This is the thing which I have
spoken unto Pharaoh. What God is about to do, he showeth
unto Pharaoh. Behold, there come seven years
of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt, and there
shall arise after them seven years of famine, and all the
plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine
shall consume the land. And the plenty shall not be known
in the land by reason of that famine following, for it shall
be very grievous. And for that the dream was doubled
unto Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is established by God,
and God will shortly bring it to pass. Now, therefore, let
Pharaoh look out a man, discreet and wise, and set him over the
land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh do this, and let
him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part
of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. And let them
gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay
up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the
cities. And that food shall be for store
to the land against the seven years of famine which shall be
in the land of Egypt, that the land perish not through the famine. And the thing was good in the
eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants. And Pharaoh
said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a
man in whom the Spirit of God is? And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none
so discreet and wise as thou art. Thou shalt be over my house,
and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled. Only
in the throne will I be greater than thou. And Pharaoh said unto
Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh took off his ring
from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him
in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck. And he made him to ride in the
second chariot which he had. And they cried before him, Bow
the knee! And he made him ruler over all
the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand
or foot in all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh called Joseph's name
Zaphnath-Pioneer. And he gave him to wife Asenath,
the daughter of Potiphar, priest of On. And Joseph went out over
all the land of Egypt. And Joseph was thirty years old
when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went
out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land
of Egypt. And in the seven plenteous years
the earth brought forth by handfuls. And he gathered up all the food
of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid
up the food in the cities, the food of the field, which was
round about every city, laid he up in the same. And Joseph
gathered corn as the sand of the sea very much, until he left
numbering, for it was without number. And unto Joseph were
born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath,
the daughter of Petiphora, priest of On, bear unto him. 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. And the
name of the second called he Ephraim, for God hath caused
me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. And the seven
years of plenteousness that was in the land of Egypt were ended. 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. 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. 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. And all countries came into Egypt
to Joseph for to buy corn, because that the famine was so sore in
all lands. Genesis chapter 43. And the famine was sore in the
land. And it came to pass, when they
had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their
father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. And Judah
spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us,
saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and
buy thee food. 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. And
Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell
the man whether ye had yet a brother? And they said, The man asked
us straightly 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?
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. 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. For except we had lingered,
surely now we had returned this second time. 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, 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.
Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man. 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.' 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. And when Joseph saw Benjamin
with him, 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. And the man did as Joseph bade, and the man brought
the men into Joseph's house. 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. And they
came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with
him at the door of the house, and said, O sir, we came indeed
down at the first time to buy food, 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. And other money have we brought
down in our hands to buy food. We cannot tell who put our money
in our sacks." And he said, "'Peace be to you. Fear not. Your God
and the God of your father have given you treasure in your sacks.
I had your money.' And he brought Simeon out unto them. 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 and
they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon for they
heard that they should eat bread there 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 and he asked
them of their welfare and said Is your father well, the old
man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? And they answered,
Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive.
And they bowed down their heads and made obeisance. And he lifted
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. 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. And he washed his face, and went
out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread, 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. And they sat before him, the
firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to
his youth. And the men marveled one at another. 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 drank and were merry
with him. Genesis chapter 44. And he commanded 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,
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. As soon as the morning was light,
the men were sent away, they and their asses. 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? is not this it in which my Lord
drinketh? and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. and he overtook them, and he
spake unto them these same words, and they said unto him, Wherefore
saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants
should do according to this thing. Behold, the money which we found
in our sack's mouse 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? With whomsoever of thy
servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be
thy lord's bondmen. 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. Then they speedily
took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every
man his sack. And he searched, and began at
the eldest, and left at the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin's
sack. Then they rent their clothes,
and laid it every man his ass, and returned to the city. And
Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house, for he was yet
there, and they fell before him on the ground. And Joseph said
unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? what ye not
that such a man as I can certainly divine? 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. 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.' Then Judah came near unto him
and said, O my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a
word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against
thy servant, for thou art even as Pharaoh. My lord asked his
servant, saying, Have ye a father or a brother? 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 loveth him. And thou saidst
unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set
mine eyes upon him. And we said unto my lord, The
lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father,
his father would die. And thou saidst unto thy servants,
Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall
see my face no more. And it came to pass, when we
came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my Lord.
And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. And
we said, We cannot go down. If our youngest brother be with
us, then will we go down. For we may not see the man's
face except our youngest brother be with us. And thy servant my
father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bear me two sons.
And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn
in pieces, and I saw him not since. And if ye take this also
from me, and mischief befall him, Ye shall bring down my grey
hairs with sorrow to the grave. Now therefore, when I come to
thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us, seeing that
his life is bound up in the lad's life, 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 grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the
grave. For thy servant became surety
for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee,
then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. Now therefore
I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad, a bondman
to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brethren. For how
shall I go up to my father and the lad be not with me? Lest
peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. Genesis
chapter 45. 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. And he wept
aloud, and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. 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. 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. Now, therefore, be not grieved
nor angry with yourselves that he sold me hither, for God did
send me before you to preserve life. 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. And God
sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth,
and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 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. 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,
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, 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. And behold, your eyes see, and
the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh
unto you. 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 my father hither. And he fell upon
his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept upon
his neck. Moreover, he kissed all his brethren
and wept upon them. And after that his brethren talked
with him. And the fame thereof was heard
in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come. And it pleased
Pharaoh well, and his servants. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
Say unto thy brethren, This do ye, laid your beasts, and go,
get you unto the land of Canaan. 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.
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. Also regard not your stuff, for
the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. 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. 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. 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. So he sent his brethren away,
and they departed. And he said unto them, See that
ye fall not out by the way, And they went up out of Egypt and
came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, 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. 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. And Israel said, it is enough. Joseph, my son, is yet alive. I will go and see him before
I die. Genesis chapter 46. And Israel took his journey with
all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices
unto the God of his father Isaac. And God spake unto Israel in
the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. And he
said, I am God, the God of thy father. Fear not to go down into
Egypt. For I will there make of thee
a great nation. I will go down with thee into
Egypt, and I will also surely bring thee up again. And Joseph
shall put his hand upon thine eyes, 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 to carry him. 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. his sons, and
his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters,
and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. And these are
the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt,
Jacob, and his sons Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and the sons of Reuben,
Hanoch, and Phalu, and Hezron, and Kami. And the sons of Simeon,
Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Sheol,
the son of a Canaanitish woman. And the sons of Levi, Gershon,
Kohath, and Morerai. And the sons of Judah, Ur, and
Onan, and Shelah, and Phares, and Zerah. But Ur and Onan died
in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Phares were Hesron
and Hamel, And the sons of Issachar, Tola and Phuva, And Job and Shimron,
And the sons of Zebulun, Serad and Elon, And Jaleel. These be
the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanarum with
his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and
his daughters were thirty and three. And the sons of Gad, Ziphion,
and Haggai, Shunnai, and Esbon, Erai, and Erodai, and Arilai,
and the sons of Asher, Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isuai, and Bereiah,
and Sarah their sister, and the sons of Bereiah, Heber, and Malkiel. These are the sons of Zilpah,
whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob,
even sixteen souls. the sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife,
Joseph, and Benjamin. And unto Joseph in the land of
Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath, the daughter
of Petipharah, priest of On, bear unto him. And the sons of
Benjamin were Bilah, and Bekah, and Ashpel, Gerah, and Naaman,
Ehi, and Rosh, Mupim, and Hupim, and Ad. These are the sons of
Rachel, which were born to Jacob. All the souls were fourteen.
and the sons of Dan, Hashim, and the sons of Naphtali, Jarzeel,
and Gunai, and Jeze, and Shilem. These are the sons of Bilhah,
which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bared these
unto Jacob. All the souls were seven. All
the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of
his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore
and six. 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. And he sent Judah before him
unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen. And they came into
the land of Goshen. And Joseph made ready his chariot,
and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented
himself unto him. And he fell on his neck, and
wept on his neck a good while. And Israel said unto Joseph,
Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art
yet alive.' And Joseph said unto his brethren and unto his father's
house, I will go up and show Pharaoh, and say unto him, My
brethren and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan,
are come unto me. And the men are shepherds, for
their trade hath been to feed cattle, and they have brought
their flocks and their herds, and all that they have. And it
shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say,
What is your occupation? that ye shall say, Thy servant's
trade hath been about cattle from 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
unto the Egyptians. Genesis chapter 47 Then Joseph came and told 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 land of Goshen. And he took some of
his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And
they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we and also
our fathers. They said moreover unto Pharaoh,
For to sojourn in the land are we come. For thy servants have
no pasture for their flocks, for the famine is sore in the
land of Canaan. Now therefore we pray thee, let
thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. And Pharaoh spake
unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto
thee. 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. And
Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh. And
Jacob blessed Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto Jacob,
How old art thou? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh,
The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an 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. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and
went out from before Pharaoh. And Joseph placed his father
and his brethren and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt,
in the best of the land, in the land of Ramesses, as Pharaoh
had commanded. And Joseph nourished his father
and his brethren and all his father's household with bread
according to their families. 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.
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. And when
money failed in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all
the Egyptians came unto Joseph and said, Give us bread, for
why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. And Joseph
said, Give your cattle, and I will give you for your cattle if money
fail. And they brought their cattle
unto Joseph. And Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses,
and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for
the asses. And he fed them with bread for
all their cattle for that year. When that year was ended, they
came unto him the second year and said unto him, We will not
hide it from my Lord, how that our money is spent. My Lord also
hath our herds of cattle. There is not aught left in the
sight of my Lord, but our bodies and our lands. Wherefore shall
we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our
land for bread. And we and our land will be servants
unto Pharaoh, and give us seed that we may live and not die,
that the land be not desolate. And Joseph bought all the land
of Egypt for Pharaoh. For the Egyptians sold every
man his field, because the famine prevailed over them. So the land
became Pharaoh's. And as for the people, he removed
them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt, even to
the other end thereof. Only the land of the priests
bought he not, for the priests had a portion assigned them of
Pharaoh, and it eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them, wherefore
they sold not their lands. Then Joseph said unto the people,
Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh. Lo, here is seed for you, and
ye shall sow the land. And it shall come to pass, in
the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh,
and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and
for your food, and for them of your households, and for food
for your little ones. And they said, Thou hast saved
our lives. Let us find grace in the sight
of my Lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. And Joseph made it
a law over the land of Egypt unto this day that Pharaoh should
have the fifth part, except the land of the priests only, which
became not Pharaoh's. And Israel dwelt in the land
of Egypt in the country of Goshen, and they had possessions therein,
and grew and multiplied exceedingly. And Jacob lived in the land of
Egypt seventeen years, so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred
forty-seven years. And the time drew nigh that Israel
must die. And he called his son Joseph
and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy 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, 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. And he said, swear unto
me, and he swear unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon
the bed's head. Genesis chapter 48 And 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. And one
told Jacob and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee.
And Israel strengthened himself and sat upon the bed and Jacob
said unto Joseph God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the
land of Canaan and blessed me 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 and 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. 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 as for me, when I came from
Paden, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when
yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath. And I buried
her there in the way of Ephrath. The same is Bethlehem. And Israel
beheld Joseph's sons and said, Who are these? 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. Now the eyes of Israel
were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought
them near unto him, and he kissed them and embraced them. And Israel
said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face, and, lo, God
hath showed me also thy seed. And Joseph brought them out from
between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the
earth. 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. 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 firstborn. 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,
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. 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. And Joseph said unto his father,
Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put thy right
hand upon his head. 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. And he blessed them that day,
saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee
as Ephraim and as Manasseh. And he set Ephraim before Manasseh. And Israel said unto Joseph,
Behold, I die, but God shall be with you, and bring you again
unto the land of your fathers. 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. Genesis chapter
49. And Jacob called unto his sons
and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which
shall befall you in the last days. Gather yourselves together,
and hear, ye sons of Jacob, and hearken unto Israel your father. Ruben, thou art my firstborn,
my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of
dignity, and the excellency of power. Unstable as water thou
shalt not excel, because thou wentest up to thy father's bed,
then defilest thou it. He went up to my couch. Simeon
and Levi are brethren, Instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. O 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. 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. Judah, thou art he
whom thy brethren shall praise. Thy hand shall be in the neck
of thine enemies. Thy father's children shall bow
down before thee. 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? The scepter
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. 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. His eyes shall
be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk. Zebulun shall
dwell at the haven of the sea, And he shall be for an haven
of ships, And his border shall be unto Zidon. Issachar is a
strong ass, couching down between two burdens, and he saw that
rest was good in the land that it was pleasant, and bowed his
shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. Dan shall
judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel. 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. I have waited
for thy salvation, O Lord. Gad, a troop, shall overcome
him, but he shall overcome at the last. Out of Asher his bread
shall be fat, And he shall yield royal dainties. Naphtali is a
hind let loose, He giveth goodly words. Joseph is a fruitful bough,
Even a fruitful bough by a well, Whose branches run over the wall. The archers have sorely grieved
him, And shot at him, and hated him, But his bow abode in strength. And the arms of his hands were
made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob. From thence
is the shepherd, the stone of Israel. even by the God of thy
Father, who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall
bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the
deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts and of the womb. The blessings of thy Father have
prevailed above the blessings of my prognitus, unto the utmost
bound of the everlasting hills. They shall be on the head of
Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate
from his brethren. Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. In the morning he shall devour
the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. All these are
the twelve tribes of Israel. And this is it that their father
spake unto them and blessed them, every one according to his blessing
he blessed them. And he charged them and said
unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people, bury me with
my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
in the cave 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.
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife, there they buried
Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah. The purchase
of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the
children of Heth. 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. And Joseph fell upon his father's
face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. And Joseph commanded
his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the
physicians embalmed Israel. And forty days were fulfilled
for him, for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed.
And the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days. 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, My father made me swear, saying,
Lo, I die. In my grave, which I have digged
for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now
therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and
I will come again. And Pharaoh said, Go up, and
bury thy father according as he made thee swear. And Joseph
went up to bury his father. And with him went up all the
servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders
of the land of Egypt, and all the house of Joseph, and his
brethren, and his father's house. Only their little ones, and their
flocks, and their herds they left in the land of Goshen. And
there went up with him both chariots and horsemen, and it was a very
great company. And they came to the threshing
floor of Etat, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned
with a great and very sore lamentation. And he made a mourning for his
father seven days. And when the inhabitants of the
land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Etat,
they said, this is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians. Wherefore
the name of it was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond Jordan. And his sons did unto him according
as he commanded them. For his sons carried him into
the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field
of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession
of a burying place of Ephron the Hittite before Mamre. 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. And when Joseph's brethren saw
that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure
hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did
unto him. And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father
did command before he died, saying, So shall he say unto Joseph,
Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren and
their sin, for they did unto thee evil. And now we pray thee,
forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And
Joseph wept when they spake unto him. And his brethren also went
and fell down before his face, and they said, Behold, we be
thy servants. And Joseph said unto them, Fear
not, for am I in the place of God. But as for you, ye thought
evil against me, but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass
as it is this day, to save much people alive. Now therefore fear
ye not. I will nourish you and your little
ones.' And he comforted them and spake kindly unto them. And
Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he at his father's house, and Joseph
lived an hundred and ten years. And Joseph saw Ephraim's children
of the third generation, the children also of Macchae, the
son of Manasseh, were brought up upon Joseph's knees. And Joseph
said unto his brethren, I die, and God will surely visit you,
and bring you out of this land unto the land which ye swear
to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. And Joseph took an oath
of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and
ye shall carry up my bones from hence. So Joseph died, being
an hundred and ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he
was put in a coffin in Egypt.