the ground. 15 And Jofeph faid unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that fuch a man as I can certainly divine? father loveth him. 21 And thou faidft unto thy fervants, Bring him down. unto me, that I may fet mine eyes upon him. 22 And we faid unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he fhould leave his father, his father 16 And Judah faid, What fhall we fay unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how fhall we clear ourselves? | would die. God hath found out the 23 And thou faidft unto iniquity of thy fervants: be- thy fervants, Except your hold, we are my lord's fer-youngest brother come down vants, both we, and he alfo, with you, ye fhall fee my face with whom the cup is no more. found. 17 And he faid, God forbid that I should do fo; but the man in whofe hand the cup is found, he shall be my fervant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. 18 Then Judah came rear unto him, and faid, Oh, my lord, let thy fervant, I pray thee, fpeak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy fervant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19 My lord asked his fervants, faying, Have ye a father, or a brother? 20 And we faid 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 24 And it came to pass, when we came up unto thy fervant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 25 And our father faid, Go again, and buy us a little food. 26 And we faid, We cannot go down: if our youngeft brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not fee the man's face except our youngest brother be with us. 27 And thy fervant my father faid unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two fons: 28 And the one went out from me, and I faid, Surely he is torn to pieces; and I faw him not since : 29 And if ye take this alfo from me, and mischief befal. him, ye shall bring down my M 2 grey grey hairs with forrow to the himself known unto his grave. brethren. 30 Now therefore when 2 And he wept aloud: I come to thy fervant my and the Egyptians and the father, and the lad be not houfe of Pharaoh heard. with us; (feeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life :) 31 It fhall come to pafs, when he feeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die; and thy fervants fhall bring down the grey hairs of thy fervant our father with for row to the grave. 32 For thy fervant became furety for the lad unto my father, faying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I fhall bear the blame to my father for ever. 33 Now therefore I pray thee, let thy fervant abide inftead of the lad, a bondman to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brethren. 34 For how fhall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? left peradventure I fee the evil that come on my father. TH CHAP. XLV. 3 And Jofeph faid unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? and his brethren could not anfwer him for they were troubled at his prefence. 4 And Jofeph faid unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you; and they came near and he faid I am Jofeph your brother, whom ye fold into Egypt. 5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye fold me hither; for God did fend me before you to preferve life. 6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there fhall neither be earing nor harvest. 7 And God fent me before you to preferve you a poftefhallrity in the earth, and to fave your lives by a great delive rance. 8 So now it was not you that fent me hither, but God; and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler HEN Jofeph could not refrain himself before all them that ftood by him: and he cried, Caufe throughout all the land of every man to go out from me: and there ftood no man Egypt. 9¶ Hafte ye, and go up with him, while Jofeph made to my father, and fay unto him, Thus faith thy fon Jo- | Pharaoh well, and his fer feph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not. 10 And thou fhalt dwell in the land of Gofhen, 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 haft. II And there will I nourifh thee: (for yet there are five years of famine ;) left thou and thy houfhold, and all that thou haft come to poverty. 12 And behold, your eyes fee, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that fpeaketh unto vants. 17 And Pharaoh said unto Jofeph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beafts, and go, get ye into the land of Canaan; 18 And take your father, and your houfholds, 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. 19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take ye waggons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Alfo regard not your ftuff, for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. 21 And the children of Ifrael did so: and Jofeph gave them waggons according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provifion for the way. 22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment: but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of filver, and five changes of raiment. 23 And to his father he fent after this manner; ten affes laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten theaffes laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. 24 So he fent his breth-not to go down into Egypt, ren away, and they departed: for I will there make of thee and he faid unto them, See a great nation. 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, faying, Jofeph 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 Jofeph which he had faid unto them: and when he faw the waggons which Jofeph had fent to carry him, the fpirit of Ja cob their father revived. 28 And Ifrael faid, It is enough; Jofeph my fon is yet alive; I will go and fee him before I die. CHAP. XLVI. 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also furely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. 5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-fheba: and the fons of Ifrael carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the waggons which Pharaoh had fent to carry him. 6 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 feed with him. 7 His fons, and his fons fons with him, his daugh ters and his fons daughters, and all his feed brought he with him into Egypt. 28 And he fent Judah before him unto Jofeph, to ND Ifrael took his direct his face unto Gofhen: A with he had, and came to Beertheba, and offered facrifices unto the God of his father Ifaac. 2 And God fpake unto Ifrael in the vifions of the night, and faid, Jacob, Jacob; and he faid, here am I. 3 And he faid, I am God, Jofeph, Now let me die, fince I have feen thy face, because thou art yet alive. 31 And Jofeph faid unto his brethren, and unto his father's houfe, I will go up, and fhew Pharaoh, and fay unto him, My brethren, and my father's houfe, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me: 32 And the men are fhepherds; for their trade hath been to feed cattle: and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. 33 And it fhall come to pals when Pharaoh fhall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? 34 That ye fhall fay, Thy fervants trade hath been about cattle, from our youth even until now, both we, and alfo our fathers that ye may dwell in the land of Gofhen; for every fhepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. CHAP, XLVII. TH HEN Jofeph came and told Pharaoh ; and faid, 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. his brethren, even five men, and prefented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? and they faid unto Pharaoh, Thy fervants are fhepherds, both we, and also our fathers. 4 They faid moreover unto Pharaoh, For to fojourn in the land are we come; for thy fervants have no pafture for their flocks; for the famine is fore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy fervants dwell in the land of Gofhen. 5 And Pharaoh spake unto Jofeph, faying, Thy father, and thy brethren, are come unto thee: 6 The land of Egypt is before thee: In the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Gofhen let them dwell and if thou knoweft any men of activity amongst them, then make them rulers over my cattle. 7 ¶ And Jofeph brought in Jacob his father, and fet him before Pharaoh and Jacob bleffed Pharaoh. 8 And Pharaoh faid unto Jacob, How old art thou? 9 And Jacob faid unto Pharaoh, The days of the 2 And he took fome of years of my pilgrimage are |