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Dan shall judge his people,
As one of the tribes of Israel.
Dan shall be a serpent in the way,
An 1adder in the path,

That biteth the horse's' heels,

So that his rider 'falleth' backward.
I have waited for thy salvation, O
LORD.

Gad, a troop shall press upon
him:

But he shall 'press upon their heel'. 4Out of Asher his bread shall be fat,

And he shall yield royal dainties.

Naphtali is a hind let loose:

He giveth goodly words.

Joseph is a fruitful bough,

A fruitful bough by a 'fountain;
His branches run over the wall.
The archers have sorely grieved
him,

And shot at him, and 'persecuted'
him:

But his bow abode in strength,
And the arms of his hands were
made strong,

By the hands of the Mighty 'One!
of Jacob,

(From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel,)

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 'coucheth beneath',

Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

26 The blessings of thy father

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Have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors

Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills:

They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him 10that was separate from his brethren.

Benjamin is a wolf that ravineth':

In the morning he shall devour the

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spake unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he 29 blessed them. 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 30 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 from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace: 31 there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried 32 Leah the field and the cave that is therein, which was 'purchased' from (33 the children of Heth. And when Jacob made an end of charging' his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and 501 was gathered unto his people. And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of lembalming and the Egyptians wept for him threescore and ten days.

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And when the days of 'weeping for him were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, 5 saying, My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will 6 come again. And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as 7 he made thee swear. 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 8 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 9 Goshen. And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen and 10) it was a very great company. And they

Or, From thence, Ifrom the shep-
herd Or, as otherwise read, 1By
the name of the shepherd
According to some ancient authori-

ties, the blessings of the ancient mountains, the desire (or, desira ble things) of the everlasting hills. 10 Or, that is prince among 11 Or, bought

VERSION OF 1611.-17 by.. horse.. shall fall; 19 overcome..overcome at the last; 22 (Even). well; Whose; 23 hated; 24 God; 25 lieth under; 27 shall ravin as..night; 30 of; 32 The purchase of.. of; 33 (had).. commanding. - L. 3 those which are embalmed mourned; 4 his mourning. =[34]

came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. 11 °And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous 1mourning to the Egyptians : wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan. 12 And his sons did unto him according 13 as he commanded them: °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.

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And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after 15 he had buried his father. And when

Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, 'It may be that! Joseph will hate us, and will 'fully requite us all the evil which we did 16 unto him. And they sent a 'mes

sage unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, 17 °So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the 'trans

gression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when 18 they spake unto him. And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be 19 thy servants. And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place 20 of God? And as for you, ye 'meant' evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. 21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

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And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived 23 an hundred and ten years. °And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were 24 born upon Joseph's knees. °And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die:

but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, 25 to Isaac, and to Jacob. And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from 26 hence. So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

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VERSION OF 1611. 10 mourned: 15 peradventure.. certainly; 16 messenger; 17 trespass. trespass; 20 But.. thought.. unto; 23 brought up; 24 and.

EXODUS.-I. 1 children; 5 for; 8 (up); 9 moe; 10 (on).. (so). = [18]

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the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad'. And they were grieved because of the children of 13 Israel. And the Egyptians made

the children of Israel to serve with (14 rigour and they made their lives

bitter with hard service', in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigour.

15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name 16 of the other Puah: and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birthstool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a 17 daughter, then she shall live. But

the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, 18 but saved the men children alive. And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the (19 men children alive? And the mid

wives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the 'midwife come 20 unto them. And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made 22 them houses. And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

21 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter 2 of Levi. And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid (3) him three months. 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 she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. And his sister stood afar off, to 'know what would be done to him.

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5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to 'bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river' side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to 6 fetch it. And she opened it, 'and' saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the He(7 brews' children. Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her,

Go. And the maid went and called 9 the child's mother. And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. (10 °And the child grew, and she brought

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him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name "Moses, and said, Because I ❝drew him out of the water.

And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up', that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he saw an

Egyptian smiting lan! Hebrew, one of

12 his brethren. And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he 'smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. 13 And he went out the second day, land', behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore 14 smitest thou thy fellow? And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? 'thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely 15 the thing is known. "Now when

Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by 16 a well. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs 17 to water their father's flock. And

the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped 18 them, and watered their flock. And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that 'yel are come (19 so soon to-day? And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand

Heb. Mosheh.

6 Heb. mashah, to draw out.

had.. she;

VERSION OF 1611.-11 treasure; 12 grew; 14 bondage.. (was); 16 stools; 19 midwives. . (in); 20 Therefore. II. 4 wit; 5 wash herself.. river's.. when.. she.. maid; 6 when 7 (to); 10 (she); 11 spied.. a; 12 slew; 13 when; 14 intendest.. this; 18 you. = [27]

of the shepherds, and moreover hel drew water for us, and watered the 20 flock. And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that 21 he may eat bread. And Moses was content to dwell with the man and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. (22 And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been 1a 'sojourner in a strange land.

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And it came to pass in the course of those many days', that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the 24 bondage. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, 25 and with Jacob. And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them.

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Now Moses was keeping' the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness', and came to the mountain of God, untol 2 Horeb. 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 con3) sumed. And Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, 4 why the bush is not burnt. ° 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 5 am I. And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou stand6 est is holy ground. °Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to 1 look upon God. And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sor8 rows; 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

1 Heb. Ger.

large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the 'Canaanite', and the 'Hittite', and the 'Amorite', and the 'Perizzite', and 9 the 'Hivite', and the 'Jebusite!. And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress 10 them. Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. 11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children 12 of Israel out of Egypt? And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be the token unto thee, that I have sent thee: when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God 13 upon this mountain. °And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? 14 And God said unto Moses, 21 AM THAT I AM and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, 15 AM hath sent me unto you. And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto 16 all generations. Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath' appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in 17 Egypt and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanite', and the Hittite, and the Amorite', and the 'Perizzitel, and the 'Hivitel, and the 'Jebusite, unto a land flowing with 18 milk and honey. And they shall

hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and 1ye shall say unto him, The LORD, the God

WILL BE THAT I WILL
2 Or, I AM, BECAUSE I AM
BE
Or, I AM WHO AM Or, I 3 Or, I WILL BE
Heb. Ehych.

Heb. Jehovah, from the same root as Ehyeh.

VERSION OF 1611.-19 also.. (enough); 22 (him).. stranger; 23 process of time; 25 looked upon..had respect unto. III. I kept.. backside.. desert.. even to; 8 Canaanites. . Hittites.. Amorites.. Perizzites. . Hivites.. Jebusites; 9 therefore.. and.. also; 12 a; 17 Canaanites.. Hittites .. Amorites.. Perizzites.. Hivites.. Jebusites; 18 you. = [34]

of the Hebrews, hath met with us: and now let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the 19 LORD our God. And I know that

the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go, no, not by a mighty 20 hand. And I will put forth my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof and after that he will let you 21 go. And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians : and it shall come to pass, that, when 22 ye go, ye shall not go empty: but every woman shall ask of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the 41 Egyptians. And Moses answered

and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice for they will say, The LORD 2 hath not appeared unto thee. And

the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. 3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a 'serpent; and Moses fled 4 from before it. And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail: (and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it 5 became a rod in his hand :) that they may believe that the LORD, 'the' God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of 6 Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom : and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow. 7 °And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. (And he put his hand into his bosom again; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.) 8 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 9 sign. And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe leven' these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry

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land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood (10 upon the dry land. And Moses said unto the LORD, Oh Lord, I am not 'eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: Ifor I am slow of speech, and of a (11 slow tongue. And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh a man' dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? 12 is it not I the LORD? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt 'speak'. (13 And he said, Oh Lord, send, I pray

thee, by the hand of him whom thou 14) wilt send. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is there not Aaron thy brother the Levite? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his 15 heart. And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth : and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what (16 shall do. And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and it shall Icome to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to 17) him as God. And thou shalt take in thine hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.

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And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go 19 in peace. And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead 20 which sought thy life. And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took 21) the rod of God in his hand. And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, and he will not let the people go. (22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh,

Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my (23 son, my firstborn: and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou hast refused

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VERSION OF 1611.- beseech; 19 sure.. let; 20 stretch out; 22 borrow. IV. 4 caught; 7 plucked.. and; 9 also; 10 (my).. but; 11 the.. (the). . (the).. have; 12 say; 13 (my); 16 he.. be, even.. (instead of).. instead of; 21 to return.. those. . that.. shall; 22 (even); 23 say.. if.. refuse. =[34]

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