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unto him, laying, After this id thy fervant to me; that his s kindled.

Jofephs mafter took him, and nto the prifon, a place where prifoners were bound: and he in the prifon.

But the LORD was with Jofeph, ed him mercy, and gave him the fight of the keeper of the

fters there brought forth ripe grapes. 11 And Pharachs cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and preffed them into Pharaohs cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaohs hand.

12 And Joseph faid unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three bran ches are three days.

13 Yet within three days fhall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and reftore thee unto thy place: and thou fhalt deliver Pharaohs cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou waft his butler.

the keeper of the prifon comJofephs hand all the prifoners in the prifon; and whatsoever here, he was the doer of it. e keeper of the prifon looked ything that was under his hand; the LORD was with him: and h he did, the LORD made it to

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ler and baker of Pharaoh are im. 4 Jofeph hath charge of them. terpreteth their dreams.

14 But think on me when it fhall be well with thee, and fhew kindnefs, I pray thee, unto me; and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this houfe.

15 For indeed I was ftolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here alfo have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

16 When the chief baker faw that the interpretation was good; he faid unto Jo feph, I alfo was in my dream, and behold, I had three white baskets on my head.

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17 And in the uppermoft basket there was of all manner of bake-meats for Pharoah; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

18 And Jofeph anfwered, and faid, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days.

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19 Yet within three days fhall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and fhall hang thee on a tree; and the birds fhall eat thy flesh from off thee.

t came to pafs after thefethings, the butler of the king of Egypt aker had offended their lord the Egypt. Pharaoh was wroth against two ers, againft the chief of the butagainst the chief of the bakers. e put them in ward in the houfe aptain of the guard, into the e place where Jofeph was bound, the captain of the guard charged th them, and he ferved them; continued a feafon in ward. nd they dreamed a dream both each man his dream in one ch man according to the interof his dream; the butler and of the king of Egypt, which nd in the prifon..

Jofeph came in unto them in ing, and looked upon them, ld they were fad.

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20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaohs birth-day, that he made a feaft unto all his fervants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler, and of the chief baker among this fervants.

he asked Pharaohs officers that à him in the ward of his lords ying, Wherefore look yefo fadly

they said unto him, We have a dream, and there is no inter

21 And he reftored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaohs hand:

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22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Jofeph had interpreted to them.

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23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Jofeph, but forgat him. CHA P. XLI. Pharaohs two dreams. 25 Foseph interpreteth them. 33 He giveth Pharaoh

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18 And behold, there came up out of

2 And behold, there came up out of the river feven well-favoured kine, and the river seven kine, fat-fleshed, and fat-flefhed; and they fed in a medow. well-favoured; and they fed in a medow.

3 And behold, feven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favoured, and lean-fleshed; and ftood by the other kine, upon the brink of the river. 4 And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine,did eat up the feven well-favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

5 And he flept and dreamed the fecond time: and behold, feven ears of corn came up upon one ftalk, rank and good. 6 And behold, even thin cars and blafted with the caft-wind fprung up after them.

And the feven thin ears devoured the feven rank and full ears: and Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.

8 And it came to pass in the morning, that his fpirit was troubled; and he fent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wife-men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.

9 Then fpake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, faying, I do remember my faults this day.

10 Pharaoh was wroth with his fervants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guards house, both me, and the chief baker.

11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he: we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

12. And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, fervant to the captain of the guard; and we cold him, and he interpreted to us our dreams: to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

13 And it came to pass,as he interpreted to us, fo it was: me he reftored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

14 Then Pharaoh fent and called Jofeph, and they brought him haftily out of the dungeon: And he fhaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

15. And Pharaoh faid unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard fay of thee, that thou canft understand a dream,to interpret it.

16 And Jofeph anfwered Pharaoh, faying, It is not in me: God fhall give Pharaoh an answer of peace...

17 And Pharaoh faid unto Jofeph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river.

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19 And behold, feven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favour ed, and lean-flefhed, fuch as I never faw in all the land of Egypt for badness.

20 And the lean and the ill-favoured kine did eat up the firft feven fat kine.

21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were ftill ill-favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

22 And 1 faw in my dream, and behold, feven ears came up in one stalk, full and good.

23 And behold, feven ears, withered, thin, and blafted with the caft-wind, fprung up after them.

24 And the thin ears devoured the feven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it unto me.

25 And Jofeph faid unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath fhewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.

26 The feven good kine are feven years; and the feven good ears are feven years: the dream is one.

27 And the feven thin and ill-favoured kine that came up after them, are feven years; and the feven empty ears blafted with the caft-wind, fhall be feven years of famine.

28 This is the thing which I have fpoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do, he fheweth unto Pharaoh.

29 Behold, there come feven years of great plenty, throughout all the land of Egypt.

30 And there fhall arife after them feven years of famine, and all the plenty fhall be forgotten in the land of Egypt: and the famine fhall confume the land.

31 And the plenty fhall not be known in the land, by reafon of that famine fol lowing: for it shall be very grievous.

32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is eftablished by God, and God will fhortly bring it to pass.

33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look our a man difcreet and wife, and fet him over the land of Egypt,

34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the feven plenteous years.

35 And let them gather all the food of thofe good years that some, and lay up

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corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.

36 And that food fhall be for ftore to the land,against the feven years of famine, which fhall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perifh not through the famine. 37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his fervants.

38 And Pharaoh faid unto his fervants, Can we find fuch a one as this is, a man in whom the fpirit of God is?

39 And Pharaoh faid unto Jofeph, Forafmuch as God hath fhewed thee all this, there is none fo difcreet and wife as thou art.

40 Thou shalt be over my houfe, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

41 And Pharaoh faid unto Jofeph, See, I have fet thee over all the land of Egypt. 42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Jofephs hand, and arayed him in veftures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck.

43 And he made him to ride in the fecond chariot which he had ; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

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firft-born Manaffeh: for God, faid he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my fathers houfe.

52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: for God hath caufed me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

53 And the feven years of plenteoufnefs that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.

54 And the feven years of dearth be gan to come, according as Jofeph had faid: and the dearth was in all lands;but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

55 And when all the land of Egypt was famifhed, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh faid unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Jofeph; what he faith to you, do.

56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Jofeph opened all the ftore-houses, and fold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed fore in the land of Egypt.

57 And all countries came into Egypt to Jofeph for to buy corn; becaufe that the famine was fo fore in all lands. CHAP. XLII. Facob Jendeth his ten fons to buy corn in Egypt. 6 They are imprisoned by Fofeph for pies.

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am Pharaoh, and without thee fhall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

45 And Pharaoh called Jofephs name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wifs Afenath the daughter of Poti-phe rah prieft of On: and Jofeph went out over all the land of Egypt.

46 And Jofeph was thirty years old when he ftood before Pharaoh king of Egypt: And Jofeph went out from the prefence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

47 And in the feven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

48 And he gathered up all the food of the feven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field which was round about every city, laid he upin the fame.

49 And Jofeph gathered corn as the fand of the fea, very much, until he left numbring: for it was without number.

50 And unto Jofeph were born two fons, before the years of famine came: which Afenath, the daughter of Poripherah prieft of On, bare unto him.

51 And Jofeph called the name of the

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Ow when Jacob faw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob faid unto his fons, Why do ye look one upon another 2 And he faid, 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 not die.

3 And Jofephs ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

4 But Benjamin, Jofephs brother, Jacob fent not with his brethren: for he faid, Left peradventure mischief befal him.

5 And the fons of Ifrael came to buy corn among thofe that came: for the fa mine was in the land of Canaan.

6 And Jofeph was the governor over the land, and he it was that fold to all the people of the land : and Jofephs brethren came and bowed down themfelves before him, with their faces to the earth.

7 And Jofeph faw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and fpake roughly unto them; and he faid unto them, Whence come ye? And they faid, From the land of Caanan to buy food.

8 And Jofeph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

9 And Jofeph remembred the dreams which he dreamed of them, and faid unto

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28 And he faid unto his brethren, My money is reftored; and lo, it is even in my fack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, faying one to ano her, What is this that God hath done unto us?

29 And they came unto Jacob their father, unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befel unto them, faying,

30 The man who is the lord of the land, fpake roughly to us, and took us for fpies of the country.

31 And we faid unto him, We are true men; we are no fpies.

32 We be twelve brethren, fons of our father: one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

33 And the man the lord of the country faid unto us, Hereby fhall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your houfholds,and be gone.

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34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then fhall I know that you are no fpies, but that you are true men: fo will I deliver you your brother, and ye fhall traffick in the land.

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35 And it came to pafs as they emptied their facks, that behold, every mans bundle of money was in his fack and when both they and their father faw the bundle of money, they were afraid.

36 And Jacob their father faid unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Jofeph not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all thefe things are against me.

37 And Reuben fpake unto his father, faying, Slay my two fons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

38 And he faid, My fon fhall not go down with you: for his brother is dead, and he is left alone; if mischief befal him by the way in the which ye go, then fhall ye bring down my gray hairs with forrow to the grave.

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Benjamin fent to Egypt.

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Fofeph entertaineth his brethren. brought out of Egypt, their father faid and the man brought the men into Jounto them, Go again, buy us a little fephs houfe. food.

3 And Judah fpake unto him, faying, The man did folemnly proteft unto us, faying, Ye fhall not fee my face, except your brother be with you.

4 If thou wilt fend our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food.

5 But if thou wilt not fend him, we will not go down: for the man faid unto us, Ye shall not fee my face, except your brother be with you.

6 And Ifrael faid, Wherefore dealt ye fo ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

7 And they fid, The man asked us ftraitly of our ftate, and of our kindred, faying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: Could we certainly know that he would fay, Bring your brother down?

8 And Judah faid unto Ifrael his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arife and go that we may live and not die, both we, and thou, and alfo our little ones.

9 I will be furety for him; of my hand fhalt thou require him: If I bring him not unto thee, and fet him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever.

10 For except we had ingred, furely now we had returned this fecond time.. 11 And their father Ifrael faid unto them, If it must be fo now, do this; take of the beft fruits in the land in your ve fels, and carry down the man a prefent, a little balm, and a little hony, fpices, and myrrhe, nuts, and almonds.

12 And take double money in your hand: and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your facks, carry i again in your hand; peradventure it was an overfight.

13 Take alfo your brother, and arife, go again unto the man.

14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may fend away your other brother, and Benjamin: If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

15 And the men took that prefent, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and role up, and went down to Egypt, and ftood before Jofeph.

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16 And when Jofeph faw Benjamin with them, he faid to the ruler of his houfe, Bring these men home, and flay, and make ready: for these men fhall dine with me at noon.

17 And the man did as Jofeph bade:

18 And the men were afraid, becaufe! they were brought into Jofephs house, and they faid, Becaufe of the money that was returned in our facks at the firft time, are we brought in; that he may feek occafion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bond-men, and our affes,

19 And they came near to the fteward of Jofephs houfe, and they communed with him at the door of the house,

20 And faid, O fir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food.

21 And it came to pafs when we came to the inn, that we opened our facks, and behold, every mans money was in the mouth of his fack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.

22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we can not tell who put our money in our facks.

23 And he laid, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father hath given you treasure in your facks I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.

24 And the man brought the men into Jofephs houfe, and gave them water, and they washed their feet, and he gave their affes provender.

25 And they made ready the prefent against Jofeph came at noon: for they heard that they fhould eat bread there.

26 And when Jofeph came home, they brought him the prefent which was in their hand into the houfe, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.

27 And he asked them of their welfare, and faid, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye fpake? Is he yer alive?

28 And they answered, Thy fervant our father is in good health, he is yet alive: and they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.

29 And he lift up his eyes, and faw his brother Benjamin, his mothers fon, and faid, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he faid, God be gracious unto thee, my fon.

30 And Jofeph made hafte; for his bowels did yern upon his brother: and he fought where to weep, and he entred into bi chamber, and wept there.

31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and faid, Ser on bread.

32 And they fet on for him by himself, and for them by themfelves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by

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