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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 Iswallowed 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, 'anꞌ 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 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 shewed1 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 Or, I was restored... and the was hanged

4 Or, Iwill make mention of

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 loverseers! 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 be 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

he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the

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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 "Ephraim: 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'.

421 Now Jacob saw that there was corn

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

3 Abrech, probably an Egyptian word,
similar in sound to the Hebrew
word meaning to kneel.

That is, Making to forget. From a Hebrew word signifying to be fruitful.

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]

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 'yel 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 ye 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 22) 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 corn 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

1 Or, lupon

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. [40]

shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. 431 And the famine was sore in the 2 land. And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy 3 us a little food. And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your 4 brother be with you. If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go 5 down and buy thee food: but if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your 6 brother be with you. "And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had (7 yet a brother? And they said, The man asked straitly concerning ourselves', and 'concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we in any wise know that he would say, Bring your brother down? 8 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 9 also our little ones. I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then 10) let me bear the blame for ever: °for

except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time. (11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it be so now, do this; take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, 'spicery' and myrrh, nuts, and (12 almonds and take double money in your hand; and the money that was Ireturned' in the mouth of your sacks carry again in your hand; peradven13 ture it was an oversight: take also your brother, and arise, go again unto 14 the man and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin. And if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

1 Heb. Sheol. See ch. xxxvii. 35. 2 Heb. I shall have sinned against thee for ever.

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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 16 before Joseph. And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, Bring 'the' men into the house', and slay, and make ready; for 'the' men shall dine 17 with me at noon. And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought 18 the men into Joseph's house. 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 bond19 men, and our asses. "And they came

near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they 'spake unto him at the door 20 of the house, and said, Oh my lord',

we came indeed down at the first time 21 to buy food: and it came to pass, when we came to the lodging place', 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 22 in our hand. And other money have

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we brought down in our 'hand' to buy food: we know not who put our mon23 ey in our sacks. And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon 24 out unto them. And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses proven25 der. And they made ready the pres

ent against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread 26 there. And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down' themselves to him to 27 the earth. And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? 28 Is he yet alive? And they said', Thy servant our father is 'well', he is yet alive. And they bowed 'the head', 29) and made obeisance. And he lifted' up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his

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VERSION OF 1611.-XLIII. 7 (us).. of our state.. of.. certainly; 10 this; 11 (must). . best.. in.. spices; 12 brought again.. (it); 14 send away; 16 ruler.. these.. home.. these, 19 communed with; 20 sir; 21 inn; 22 hands. . cannot tell; 28 answered. . in good health. . down their heads; 29 lift.

brother, his mother's son, and said, Is this your youngest! brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God 30 be gracious unto thee, my son. °And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. 31 And he washed his face, and 'came!

out; and he refrained himself, and 32 said, Set on bread. 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. 33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one with an34 other. And 1he 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.

441 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 2 sack's mouth. 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 3 Joseph had spoken. As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent 4 away, they and their asses. °And when they were gone out of the city, and were 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 5) ye rewarded evil for good? Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have (6 done evil in so doing. And he overtook them, and he spake unto them 7) these words. And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord Isuch words as these? God forbid that thy servants should do 'such a 8 thing. Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver (9 or gold? With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen. 10 And he said, Now also let it be

1 Or, messes were taken!

according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my 'bondman'; and ye shall be blameless. 11 Then they hasted, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and 12 opened every man his sack. And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was 13 found in Benjamin's sack. "Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to 14 the city. And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; 'and' he was yet there and they fell before him on 15 the ground. And Joseph said unto

them, What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man 16 as I can indeed' divine? 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 bondmen', both we, and he also in whose hand' the cup is (17 found. And he said, God forbid that I should do so: the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my 'bondman; but as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.

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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 19 as Pharaoh. My lord asked his ser

vants, saying, Have ye a father, or a 20 brother? And we said 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 father lov21 eth him. And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. 22 And we said unto my lord, The lad

cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father 23 would die. And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall 24 see my face no more. And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the (25 words of my lord. And our father

said, Go again, buy us a little food. 26 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 27 youngest brother be with us. And

2 Heb. drank largely.

VERSION OF 1611.-younger; 31 went; 33 at; 34 drunk. XLIV. 6 (same); 7 saith.. according to this: 9 (both); 10 servant; 11 speedily; 14 for; 15 wot. . certainly; 16 servants. . . . with whom; 17 (but).. servant; and; 25 (and). = [22]

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