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. 4 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. 5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: 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. 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. CHAP. XLVI 1 Jacob is comforted by God at Beer 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 seed with him: 7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. sheba: 5 Thence he with his company goeth into Egypt. 8 The number of his family that went into Egypt. 28 Joseph meeteth Jacob. 8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. 9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. 11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. ; 1 ; 1 r f 13 And the sons of Issachar; 14 And the sons of Zebulun; 16 And the sons of Gad; and Areli. 17 And the sons of Asher; XLVII. Joseph meeteth his father. Jimrah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare Uto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. fore him unto Joseph, to direct 28 And he sent Judah be his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to shen, and presented himself meet Israel his father, to Gounto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. seph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. 30 And Israel said unto Jo brethren, and unto his father's 31 And Joseph said unto his house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Ma- herds, for their trade hath been 32 And the men are shephasseh and Ephraim, which to feed cattle; and they have Asenath the daughter of Poti- brought their flocks, and their pherah priest of On bare unto herds, and all that they have. him. And the sons of Benja- when Pharaoh shall call you, min were Belah, and Becher, and shall say, What is your and Ashbel, Gera, and Naa- occupation? man, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, 34 That ye shall say, Thy and Huppim, and Ard. These are the sons of Ra- cattle from our youth even unservants' trade hath been about thel, which were born to Jacob: til now, both we, and also our all the souls were fourteen. And the sons of Dan; the land of Goshen; for every fathers: that ye may dwell in 24 And the sons of Naph- unto the Egyptians. shepherd is an abomination tali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 33 And it shall come to pass, Hushim. 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she hare 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 CHAP. XLVIL 1 Joseph presenteth five of his brethren, 1 and his father, before Pharach. 11 He giveth them habitation and maintenance. 13 He getteth all the Egyptians' money, 16 their cattle, 18 their lands to Pharach. 22 The priests land was not bought. 23 He letteth the land to them for a fifth part. 28 Jacob's age. 29 He sweareth Joseph to bury him with his fathers. T HEN Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, which were born him in Egypt, and their flocks, and their And the sons of Joseph, My father and my brethren, 67 Jacob is presented to Pharaoh. GENESIS. The Egyptians sell their land. herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen. 2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. 3 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. 4 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. 5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, 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 Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. 7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob bless ed Pharaoh. 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? 9 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. 10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. 11 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 Ra 68 meses, as Pharaoh had commanded. 12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's houshold, with bread, according to their families. 13 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. 14 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. 15 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. 16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. 17 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. 18 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 ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: 19 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. 20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for RAP. 23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for XLVIII. Joseph visiicth his father. thers, and thou shalt carry me 30 But I will lie with my faout of Egypt, and bury me in said, I will do as thou hast said. their buryingplace. And he me. And he sware unto him. 31 And he said, Swear unto And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head. CHAP. XLVIII. 1 Joseph with his sons visiteth his sick father. 2 Jacob strengtheneth himself to bless them. 3 He repeateth the promise. 5 He taketh Ephraim and Manasseh as his own. 7 He telleth Joseph of his mother's grave. 9 He blesseth Ephraim and Manasseh. 17 He preferreth the younger before the elder. 21 He prophesieth their return to Ca naan. AND it came to pass after these things, that one told Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for his two sons, Manasseh and your own, for seed of the field, Ephraim. for your little ones. 25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find Fants. 26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the 2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. cometh unto thee: and Israel 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto naan, and blessed me, me at Luz in the land of Ca I will make thee fruitful, and 4 And said unto me, Behold, multiply thee, and I will make land of the priests only, which of thee a multitude of people; became not Pharaoh's. Sessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. seed after thee for an everlastand will give this land to thy ing possession. 5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt before I came unto of Egypt seventeen years: so thee into Egypt, are mine; as the whole age of Jacob was an Reuben and Simeon, they shall hundred forty and seven years. be mine. And the time drew nigh 6 And thy issue, which thou that Israel must die: and he begettest after them, shall be called his son Joseph, and said thine, and shall be called after unto him, If now I have found the name of their brethren in grace in thy sight, put, I pray their inheritance. thee, thy hand under my thigh, 7 And as for me, when I came and deal kindly and truly with from Padan, Rachel died by me; bury me not, I pray thee, me in the land of Canaan in in Egypt: 69 the way, when yet there was Jacob blesseth Joseph's sons. GENESIS. His last prophetick blessing. but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth-lehem. 8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? 9 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. 10 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. 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy, face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. 12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 13 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. 14 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. 15 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, 16 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. 17 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. 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. 19 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 multi•tude of nations. 20 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. 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy bre. thren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow. A ND Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. 3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. 5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not |