his brethren, and faid, Be- 16 And he faid, I feek hold, I have dreamed a dream more; and behold, the fun and the moon and the eleven ftars made obeifance to me. 10 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 haft dreamed? fhall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? II And his brethren envied him; but his father obferved the faying.. 12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. 13 And Ifrael faid unto Jofeph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will fend thee unto them. And he faid unto him, Here am I.. 14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, fee whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he fent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15 And a certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, faying, What feekeft thou? my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks? 17 And the man faid, They are departed hence: for I heard them fay, Let us go to Dothan. And Jofeph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. 18 And when they faw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. 19 And they faid one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. 20 Come now therefore, and let us flay him, and cast him into fome pit, and we will fay, some evil beast hath devoured him and we shall fee what will become of his dreams. 21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; alid faid, Let us not kill him. 22 And Reuben faid unto them, Shed no blood, but caft him into this pit that is in the wildernefs, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. 23. And it came to pass when Jofeph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Jofeph Jofeph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him: 24 And they took him, and caft him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. 25 And they fat down to eat bread; and they lift up their eyes and looked, and behold a company of Ifhmeelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing fpicery and balm, and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. 26 And Judah faid unto his brethren, What profit is it if we lay our brother, and conceal his blood? 33 And he knew it, and faid, It is my fon's coat; an evil beaft hath devoured him: Jofeph is without doubt rent in pieces. 34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put fackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his fon many days. 27 Come, and let us fell him to the Ihmeelites, and 35 And all his fons and Jet not our hand be upon all his daughters rofe up to him; for he is our brother, comfort him: but he refused and flesh and his bre-to be comforted; and he thren were content. our 28 Then there paffed by Midianites merchant-men: and they drew and lift up Jofeph out of the pit, and fold Jofeph to the Ifhmeelites for twenty pieces of filver: and they brought Jofeph into Egypt. 29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and behold, faid, For I will go down into the grave unto my fon, mourning thus his father wept for him. 36 And the Midianites fold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. CHAP. XXXIX. Jofeph was not in the pit:AND Jofeph was brought and he rent his clothes. 30 And he returned unto his brethren, and faid, The down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ifhmeelites, which had brought him down thither. 2 And the Lord was with Jofeph, and he was a profperous man; and he was in the house of his mafter the Egyptian. 8 But he refused, and faid unto his master's wife, Behold, my mafter wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand. 9 There is none greater in this houfe than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me, but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickednefs, and fin against God? 3 And his mafter faw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to profper in his hand. 4 And Jofeph found grace in his fight, and he ferved him: and he made him over-day, feer over his houfe, and all that he had he put into his hand. 5 And it came to pafs from the time that he had - made him overfeer in his houfe, and over all that he had, that the Lord bleffed the Egyptian's houfe for Jofeph's fake: and the bleffing of the Lord was upon all that he had, in the house, and in the field. 6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, fave the bread which he did eat: and Jofeph was a goodly perfon, and well-favoured. 7 And it came to pafs after these things, that his mafter's wife caft her eyes upon Jofeph; and would have feduced him. 8 10 And it came to pass as the fpake to Jofeph day by that he hearkened not unto her. II And it came to pass about this time, that Jofeph went into the houfe to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within. 12 And the caught him by his garment: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. 13¶ And it came to pass, when fhe faw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, 14 That the called unto the men of her house, and fpake unto them, faying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us: he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: 15 And it came to pass, when when he heard that I lifted | he was the doer of it. up my voice and cried, that 23 The keeper of the he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out. 16 And the laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. 17 And the fpake unto him according to thefe words, faying, The Hebrew fervant which thou haft brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me; 18 And it came to país, as I lift up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out. 19 And it came to pafs, when his mafter heard the words of his wife, which the fpake unto him, faying, After this manner did thy fervant unto me; that his wrath was kindled. prifon looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him: and that which he did, the Lord made it to profper. CHAP. XL. ND it came to pafs A after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. 3 And he put them in ward in the houfe of the captain of the guard, into the prifon, the place where Jofeph was bound. 20 And Jofeph's mafter took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the 4 And the captain of the king's prifoners were bound: guard charged Jofeph with and he was there in the pri- them, and he ferved them: fon. and they continued a feafon 21 But the Lord was within the ward. Jofeph, and fhewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the fight of the keeper of the prison. 22 And the keeper of the prifon committed to Jofeph's hand all the prifoners that were in the prifon and whatfoever they did there 5 And they dreamed a dream, both of them, cach 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. 6 And Jofeph came in L 4 unto unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and behold, they were fad. 7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's houfe, faying, Wherefore look ye fo fadly to-day? ner when thou waft his butler. 14 But think on me when it fhall be well with thee, and fhew kindness, I pray thee, unto me; and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house. 15 For indeed I was stolen. away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have 8 And they faid unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Jofeph faid unto them, Do not interpretations I done nothing that they belong to God? tell me them, fhould put me into the dunI pray you. geon. 9 And the chief butler told his dream to Jofeph, and faid unto him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me. 10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her bloffoms fhot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: II And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand and I took the grapes, and preffed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. 12 And Jofeph faid unto him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days: 13 Yet within three days fhall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and reftore thee unto thy place; and thou fhalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former man 16 When the chief baker faw that the interpretation was good, he faid unto Jofeph, I alfo was in my dream, and behold, I had three white baskets on my head: 17 And in the uppermoft bafket there was of all manner of bake meats for Pharaoh and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head: 18 And Jofeph answered, and faid, This is the interpretation thereof: the three bafkets are three days: 19 Yet within three days fhall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and fhall hang thee on a tree: and the birds fhall eat thy flesh from off thee. 20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birth-day, that he made |