Joseph imprisoneth his brethren.

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5 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, "Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

5 And the sons of Israel came to buy cora among those that came: for the fa

Amine was in the land of Canaan.

61 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's chbrethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange Heh hard unto them, and spake + roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food,

things with then.

ch. 37-5

ch. 37-30 Lam. 5. 7. ech 41

i See 1 Sam.

1. 26. & 17.

56

Judith

11.7.

+ Heh. bread.

Heb, gatiered

Neh. 5. 15

1 ver. 34. ch. 0544

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

9 And Joseph & remembered the 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 his not.

14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. 17 And he put them all together into ward three days.

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

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

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

21 And they said one to another, Hob & We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would

Their relation to Jacob.

28 And he said unto bis brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart + failed them, forth. and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?

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

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

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

32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every x See ch. 43 man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my child-y ch. 43. 14ren: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him

a ch. 41. 54

57.

+ Heb. pro

testing protested.

b ch. 42. 20.

& 1.23.

+ Heb. asking asked us.

+ Heb. mouth. + Heb. Knowing could we know?

cch. 44. 32. Philem. 18, 19.

by this.

sorrow to the grave.

CHAP. XLIII.

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

A

a

ND the famine was sore in the land. 2 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.

3 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.

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 tasked 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:

10 For except we had lingered, surely

Or, twice now we had returned || this second time. 11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, dch. 32. 30. and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

Prov. 18. 16. e ch. 37.25. Jer. 8. 22.

35

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

13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:

14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away Or, and 1 your other brother, and Benjamin. "|| If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

Joseph entertaineth his brethr

Befor

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15 And the men took that present, Be and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

& 39.4

16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his hch. 24 house, Bring these men home, and † slay, 44.1. and make ready for these men shall leb † dine with me at noon.

17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.

killing. 1 Sam. 2

Heb.

Joseph's policy to stay his brethren.

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1 ver. 25

32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.

34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of drank large their's. And they drank, and † were

1 ch. 4522

+ Heb.

by: See Hag. 1. 6.

Jehn 2. 10.

+Heb. him that was oCET kis Iguse.

merry with him.

A

CHAP. XLIV.

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

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?

5 Is not this it in which my lord drinkOr, maketa eth, and whereby indeed he || divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

triel,

6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.

7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?

9 With whomsoever of thy servants it bch.31. be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.

10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom is found shall be my servant; and ye

it

shall be blameless.

11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.

12 And he searched, and began at the

16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, ever. 9. and he also with whom the cup is found.

15.

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

18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy g ch. 18. 30, servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.

19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?

32. Exod. 32.

22.

20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and ha child h ch. 37.3 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.

21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set ich. 42. 15, mine eyes upon him.

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

20.

23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, *Except your youngest brother come down k ch. 43-3,5 with you, ye shall see my face no more.

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

25 And 1 our father said, Go again, and 1 ch. 43. 2 buy us a little food.

26 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.

27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me

Joseph maketh himself known.

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p1 Sam. 18.

1.

31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

32 For thy servant became surety for 4 ch. 43-9. the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

r Exod. 32.

32.

+ Heb.find

my father.

Exod. 18. 8.

Job 31.29.

33 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.

34 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

Ps. 116.3. & on my father.

119. 143.

+ Heb. gave forth his

voice in weeping. Numb. 14. 1.

CHAP. XLV.

1 Joseph maketh himself known to his brethren. 5 He comforteth them in God's providence. 9 He sendeth for his father. 16 Pharaoh confirmeth it. 21 Joseph furnisheth them for their journey, and exhorteth them to concord. 25 Jacob is revived with the news.

T

HEN Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, a Acts 7. 13. I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were || troubled at his presence.

Or, terrified. Job 4. 5 & 23. 15.

50.

b ch. 37.28.

4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Matk 626. Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me ther let there hither: for God did send me before you

e Isai. 40. 2.

2 Cor. 2. 7.

+ Heb. nei

be anger in

your eyes.

1706.

d ch. 50.20.

to preserve life.

6 For these two years hath the famine Ps. 105. 16, been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

17. See 2 Sam. 16.

10211. Acts

4.24.

+ Heb. to put

for you a

remnant.

ch. 41. 43.

Judg. 17. 10.

Job 29. 16.

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 |

13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down h Acts 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 Pha- Heb. raoh well, and his servants. 37.

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 housholds, and come unto me: and I I w will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses fladen with the good + Heb. things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his fa-. ther by the way.

24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,

26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And + Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.

27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived :

lob
Heb.

Ps. 126. Luke 24 41.