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16 she had covered her face. And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee: for he knew not that she was his daughter in law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou 17 mayest come in unto me? And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou 18 send it? And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet and thy cord', and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave them to her, and came in unto 19 her, and she conceived by him. And

put to shamel: kid, and thou

she arose, and went away, and 'put off her veil from her, and put on the 20 garments of her widowhood. ° And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not. 21 Then he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the 1harlot, that was at Enaim' by the way side? And they said, There hath been no (22 1harlot here'. And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found' her; and also the men of the place said, There hath been no 1harlot 23 here'. And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be behold, I sent this 24 hast not found her. And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be 25 burnt. When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and the cords', and 'the' staff. 26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She is more righteous than I; 'forasmuch as I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no 27 more. And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins (28 were in her womb. And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand: and the midwife took

1 Heb. kedeshah, that is, a woman dedicated to impure heathen worship. See Deut. xxiii. 17, Hos. iv. 14.

and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out and she said, 21 Wherefore! hast thou made a breach for thyself? therefore his name was called 30 31 Perez'. And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand and his name was called 'Zerah'.

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And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites', which had brought 2 him down thither. And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of 3 his master the Egyptian. And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that 4 he did to prosper in his hand. And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he ministered unto him and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his (5 hand. And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had, 6 in the house and in the field. he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not aught 'that was with him, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was 'comely', 7 and well favoured. And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; 8 and she said, Lie with me. "But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master 5knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath put all that he hath 'into my 9 hand; there is none greater in this house 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 wickedness, and sin 10 against God? And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by 11 her, or to be with her. And it came to pass about this time, that 'he went

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VERSION OF 1611.-18 bracelets.. it; 19 laid by; 20 his; 21 that.. openly.. was..in this place; 22 cannot find.. (that).. was.. in this place; 23 shamed; 24 also; 25 bracelets; 26 hath been.. because that; 28 (the) .. his; 29 How .. broken forth? this.. be upon thee.. Pharez; 30 Zarah. XXXIX. 1 Pharaoh.. Ishmeelites; 4 served; 5 (had); 6 he had a goodly person; 8 wotteth .. committed.. to; 11 Joseph. = [49]

into the house to do his work'; and there was none of the men of the 12 house there within. And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her 13 hand, and fled, and got him out. And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and 14 was fled forth, that she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in Jan Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and 15 I cried with a loud voice: and it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled, and got 16 him out. And she laid up his garment by her, until his 'master' came 17 home. And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to 18 mock me and it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled 19 out. And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to 20 me; that his wrath was kindled.

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Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, 'the' place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he 21 was there in the prison. But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed 'kindness unto him, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of 22 the prison. And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, 23 he was the doer of it. The keeper of the prison 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 prosper. 40 (1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their (2) lord the king of Egypt. And Pharaoh was wroth against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers, and 3 against the chief of the bakers. And

he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was 4 bound. And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he Iministered unto them: and they con5 tinued a season in ward. And they dreamed a dream both of them, each

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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 6 bound in the prison. And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and Isaw them, and, behold, they were sad. (7 °And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in ward in his 'master's house, saying, Wherefore look 8 ye so sadly to-day? And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret1 it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? 9 tell it me, I pray you. And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, 10 a vine was before me; and in the vine were three branches and it was

as though it budded, and its blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof 11 brought forth ripe grapes: and Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into 12 Pharaoh's hand. And Joseph said

unto him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three 13) days; within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thine office: and thou shalt give! Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner 14 when thou wast his butler. But

have' me in thy remembrance! when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, 15 and bring me out of this house: °for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should 16) put me into the dungeon. When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my 17 head and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. 18 °And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof the three 19) baskets are three days; within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat 20 thy flesh from off thee. And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up

VERSION OF 1611.-business; 14 a; 15 with; 16 lord; 18 lift.. with; 20 a; 21 mercy. XL. 1 (had); 2 (of); 4 served; 6 looked upon; 7 (the). . of.. lord's; 8 no interpreter of.. them; 10 her; 13 thy place.. deliver; 14 think on; 16 I had.

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the head of the chief butler and 'the head of the chief baker among his 21 servants. And he restored the chief

butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: 22 but he hanged the chief baker: as 23 Joseph had interpreted to them. Yet

did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.

411 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. 2) And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well favoured and fatfleshed; and they fed in 'the 3 reed-grass'. And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, il favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the 4 brink of the river. And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat 5 kine. So Pharaoh awoke. And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. 6)°And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, 'sprung' (7 up after them. And the thin ears

'swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, 8 behold, it was a dream. And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto 9 Pharaoh. "Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do (10) remember my faults this day: Pha

raoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guard', me and the 11 chief baker: and we dreamed a dream

in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpreta12)tion of his dream. And there was with us there a young man, lan' Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did 13 interpret. And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; "me he restored unto mine office, and 14 him he hanged. Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his

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raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. 15) And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret 16 it. And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give 17 Pharaoh an answer of peace. ° And

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Pharaoh 'spake unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the 'brink' 18 of the river: and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they 19 fed in 'the reed-grass: and, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the (20 land of Egypt for badness: and the

lean and ill favoured kine did eat up 21 the first seven fat kine: and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the 22 beginning. So I awoke. And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and 23 good: and, behold, seven ears, with

ered, thin, and blasted with the east 24 wind, sprung up after them: and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears and I told 'it' unto the magicians; but there was none 25) that could declare it to me. °And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: what God is about to do he hath 'declared unto Pharaoh. 26 The seven good kine are seven years;

and the seven good ears are seven 27 years the dream is one. And the seven lean and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven 28 years of famine. That' is the thing which I spake unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he hath shewed' 29 unto Pharaoh. Behold, there come

seven years of great plenty through30 out all the land of Egypt: and there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the 31 famine shall consume the land; and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous. 32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is established by God, and God

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VERSION OF 1611.-XLI. 2 a meadow; 5 the; 6 sprang; 7 (seven). . devoured; 10 guard's (both); 12 a; 15 understand.. to; 17 said..bank; 18 a meadow; 20 (the); 22 in ; 24 devoured.. this; 25 shewed; 27 thin; 28 This.. have spoken.. sheweth; 31 following. = [26]

33 will shortly bring it to pass. Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over 34 the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers! over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven 35) plenteous years. And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, 36 and let them keep it. And the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the 37 famine. And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes (38 of all his servants. °And Pharaoh

said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom (39 the spirit of God is? And Pharaoh

said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou: 40 thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people 1be ruled only in the throne 41 will I be greater than thou. And

Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. 42 And Pharaoh took off his 'signet

ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold 43 chain about his neck; and he made

him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, "Bow the knee: and he 'set' him 44 over all the land of Egypt. °And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the (45 land of Egypt. And Pharaoh called Joseph's name 'Zaphenath-paneah'; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of 46 Egypt. And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. 47 And in the seven plenteous years the 48 earth brought forth by handfuls. And

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cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he 49 up in the same. And Joseph "laid up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it 50 was without number. And unto Joseph were born two sons before the Iyear of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of 51) On bare unto him. And Joseph

called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For, said he, God hath made me forget all my toil, and all 52 my father's house. "And the name of the second called he 5Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in 53 the land of my affliction. And the

seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an 54 end. And the seven years of 'famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands; but in all the 55 land of Egypt there was bread. And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; 56 what he saith to you, do. And the famine was over all the face of the earth and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land (57 of Egypt. And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because the famine was sore in all the earth'.

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in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon an2 other? And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and 3 not die. And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn 'from Egypt. 4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief (5 befall him. And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Ca(6 naan. And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their 7 faces to the earth. And Joseph saw

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VERSION OF 1611.-34 officers: 35 those; 36 that; 38 (is); 39 (art); 43 made.. ruler; 45 Zaphnath-paaneah.. (all); 49 gathered; 50 years; 52 caused ..to be; 53 plenteousness.. were ended; 54 dearth.. the dearth; 56 waxed; 57 (that).. (so).. lands. -XLII. 1 when; 3 in; 5 (corn); 6 (and) .. before. = [29]

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his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of 8 Canaan to buy food. And Joseph

knew his brethren, but they knew not 9 him. 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! 10 are come. And they said unto him,

Nay, my lord, but to buy food are 11 thy servants come. "We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy 12 servants are no spies. And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land lyel are come. 13 And they said, 'We' thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our 14 father, and one is not. 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 (16 come hither. Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be 'bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you or else by the life of Pharaoh 17 surely ye are spies. And he put them all together into ward three 18 days. And Joseph said unto them

the third day, This do, and live; for (19) I fear God: if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison house; but go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses: 20 and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And 21 they did so. And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the 'distress' of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon 2) us. And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, be23) hold, his blood is required. And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an in(24) terpreter between them. And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and 'he returned to them, and

Ispake to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him 25 before their eyes. Then Joseph

commanded to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus was 26 it done unto them. And they laded

their asses with their corn, and de27) parted thence. And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging place', he espied his money; 'and', behold, it was in 28) 'the mouth of his 'sack'. And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack and their heart failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, What is this that 29 God hath done unto us? And they

came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that (30 had befallen them; saying, The

man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for 31 spies of the country. And we said unto him, We are true men; we are 32 no spies: we be twelve brethren,

sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our (33 father in the land of Canaan. And the man, the lord of the 'land', said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren with me, and take cornꞌ for the famine of your houses', and 'go 34 your way: and bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the (35 land. And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, 36 they were afraid. And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things 37 are 1against me. "And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will 38 bring him to thee again. And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then

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VERSION OF 1611.-7 unto; 9 you; 12 you; 16 kept in prison.. (any); 19 (the). . (of); 20 but; 21 anguish; 23 he spake unto.. by; 24 (again). . communed with; 25 sacks.. did he; 26 the; 27 inn .for..sack's; 28 were afraid; 29 befell unto; 30 (who is).. to; 33 country.. (here). .food..households..begone; 35 (both).. the; 38 alone.

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