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And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
“Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”
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.
And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
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 double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.
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.
May God
Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along
with Benjamin. As for me, if I am
bereaved, 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.
So the men took these gifts, along
with double the amount of silver, and Benjamin as well. Then they
hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
And when Joseph saw Benjamin
with them, 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.
When Joseph saw Benjamin
with his brothers, he said to the
steward of his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they shall
dine with me at
noon.”
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.
But the brothers were
frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along
with our
donkeys.”
And they came near to the
steward of Joseph’s house, and they communed
with him at the door of the house,
So they approached Joseph’s
steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.
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.
But when we came to the place we
lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his
sack! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back
with us.
And other money have we brought down in our hands to
buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
We have brought additional silver
with us to
buy food. We do not know who put our silver in our sacks.”
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.
When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
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.
They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They
ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat
with the Hebrews, since that was
detestable to them.
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.
When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and
drank freely
with Joseph.
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.
Then Joseph
instructed his
steward: “Fill the men’s sacks
with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his
sack.
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.
Put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s
sack, along
with the silver for his grain.” So the
steward did as Joseph had
instructed.
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?
They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his
steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good
with evil?
With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord’s
bondmen.
If any of your servants is found to have it, he must die, and the rest will become slaves of my lord.”
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.
“As you say,” replied the
steward. “But only the one who is found
with the cup will be my slave, and the rest of you shall be free of
blame.”
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s
sack.
The
steward searched, beginning
with the oldest and ending
with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s
sack.
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.
“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we
plead? How can we
justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found
with the cup.”
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.
But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”
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 servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be
angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
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.
But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’
And if ye take this also from me, and mischief
befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs
with sorrow to the grave.
Now if you also take this one from me and
harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to
Sheol in sorrow.’
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;
So if the boy is not
with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is
wrapped up in the boy’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 gray hairs of thy servant our father
with sorrow to the grave.
sees that the boy is not
with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to
Sheol in sorrow.
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.
Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers.
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.
For how can I go back to my father
without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would
overwhelm him.”
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.
Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he
cried out, “Send
everyone away from me!” So none of them were
with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
And now, do not be distressed or
angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
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.
For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years
without plowing or harvesting.
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:
Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you.
Moreover he
kissed all his brethren, and
wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked
with him.
Joseph
kissed each of his brothers as he
wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked
with him.
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.
And he sent to his father the following: ten
donkeys loaded
with the best of Egypt, and ten female
donkeys loaded
with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.
And Israel took his journey
with all that he had, and came to Beer-
sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
So Israel set out
with all that he had, and when he came to
Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
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.
I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”
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.
Then Jacob departed from
Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along
with their children and wives.
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:
They also took the
livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of
Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.
His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
Jacob took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.
These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-
aram,
with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-
aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.
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;
All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.
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 with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
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.
So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers,
with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of
Canaan and are now in
Goshen.”
And Joseph
nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household,
with bread, according to their families.
Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.
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.
So they brought their
livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their flocks and herds, and their
donkeys. Throughout that year he provided them
with food in exchange for all their
livestock.
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.
Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along
with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become
desolate.”
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:
When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my
thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not
bury me in Egypt,
But I will lie
with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and
bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
but when I lie down
with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and
bury me
with them.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you have requested.”
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.
Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out
with his two sons,
Manasseh and Ephraim.
And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
Then Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedown.
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 Joseph took both of them—
with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and
Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand—and brought them close to 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.
But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on
Manasseh’s head, although
Manasseh was the
firstborn.
And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to 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.
And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the
Amorites with my sword and bow.”
His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.
The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
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:
by the God of your father who helps you, and by the
Almighty who blesses you,
with blessings of the heavens above,
with blessings of the depths below,
with blessings of the breasts and
womb.
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.
These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
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,
Then Jacob
instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people.
Bury me
with my fathers in the cave 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 buryingplace.
The cave is in the field of Machpelah near
Mamre, in the land of
Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
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,
Then Joseph went to
bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him—the elders of Pharaoh’s household 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.
along
with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in
Goshen.
And there went up
with him both
chariots and
horsemen: and it was a very great company.
And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, 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.
When they reached the
threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they
lamented and
wailed loudly, and Joseph
mourned for his father seven days.
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 buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before
Mamre.
They carried him to the land of
Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near
Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
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.
After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt
with his brothers and all who had gone
with him to
bury his father.
Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Come, let us deal
shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to
afflict them
with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh
treasure cities,
Pithom and Raamses.
So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to
oppress them
with forced labor. As a result, they built
Pithom and
Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
And they made their lives bitter
with hard
bondage, in
morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was
with rigour.
and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
Therefore God dealt well
with the
midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
So God was good to the
midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and
daubed it
with slime and
with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s
brink.
But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a
papyrus basket and coated it
with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the
basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
And his sister stood
afar off, to
wit what would be done to him.
And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
And God heard their
groaning, and God remembered his covenant
with Abraham,
with Isaac, and
with Jacob.
So God heard their
groaning, and He remembered His covenant
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a
bush: and he looked, and, behold, the
bush burned
with fire, and the
bush was not consumed.
There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a
blazing fire from
within a
bush. Moses saw the
bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.
And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the
bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from
within the
bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing
with milk and honey; unto the place of the
Canaanites, and the
Hittites, and the
Amorites, and the
Perizzites, and the
Hivites, and the Jebusites.
And he said, Certainly I will be
with thee; and this shall be a
token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”
And they shall
hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met
with us: and now let us go, we
beseech thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
The elders of Israel will
listen to what you say, and you must go
with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met
with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’
And I will stretch out my hand, and
smite Egypt
with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither
hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or
heed the
witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand,
wherewith thou shalt do signs.
But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”
And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will
harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
The LORD
instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put
within your power. But I will
harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met
with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us
with pestilence, or
with the sword.
“The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as
heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and
cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus
with thy servants?
So the
Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?
There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
No straw has been given to your servants, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”
Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”
And I have also established my covenant
with them, to give them the land of
Canaan, the land of their
pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
I also established My covenant
with them to give them the land of
Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their
bondage, and I will
redeem you
with a stretched out arm, and
with great judgments:
Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their
bondage. I will
redeem you
with an outstretched arm and
with mighty acts of judgment.
Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.