Genesis 41 Cross References - MSTC

¹ And it fortuned, at two years' end, that Pharaoh dreamed; and thought that he stood by a river's side, ² and that there came out of the river seven goodly cows and fat fleshed, and fed in a meadow. ³ And him thought that seven other cows came up after them out of the river; evil favored and lean fleshed and stood by the other upon the brink of the river. ⁴ And the evil favored and lean fleshed cows ate up the seven well favored and fat cows: and he awoke therewith. ⁵ And he slept again and dreamed the second time, that seven ears of corn grew upon one stalk, rank and goodly. ⁶ And that seven thin ears, blasted with the wind, sprang up after them: ⁷ and that the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And then Pharaoh awaked: and see, here is his dream. ⁸ When the morning came, his spirit was troubled. And he sent and called for all the soothsayers of Egypt and all the wise men thereof, and told them his dream: but there was none of them that could interpret it unto Pharaoh. ⁹ Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, "I do remember my fault this day. ¹⁰ Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put in ward in the chief marshal's house both me and the chief baker. ¹¹ And we dreamed both of us in one night and each man's dream of a sundry interpretation. ¹² And there was with us a young man, an Hebrew-born servant unto the chief marshal. And we told him, and he declared our dreams to us according to either of our dreams. ¹³ And as he declared them unto us, even so it came to pass. I was restored to mine office again, and he was hanged." ¹⁴ Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph. And they made him haste out of prison. And he shaved himself and changed his raiment, and went in to Pharaoh. ¹⁵ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, "I have dreamed a dream and no man can interpret it, but I have heard say of thee that as soon as thou hearest a dream, thou dost interpret it." ¹⁶ And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace without me." ¹⁷ Pharaoh said unto Joseph, "In my dream, me thought I stood by a river's side, ¹⁸ and there came out of the river seven fat fleshed and well favored cows, and fed in the meadow. ¹⁹ And then seven other cows came up after them, poor and very evil favored and lean fleshed: so that I never saw their like, in all the land of Egypt, in evil favoredness. ²⁰ And the seven lean and evil favored cows ate up the first seven fat cows. ²¹ And when they had eaten them up, a man could not perceive that they had eaten them: for they were still as evil favored as they were at the beginning. And I awoke. ²² And I saw again in my dream seven ears spring out of one stalk, full and good, ²³ and seven other ears, withered, thin and blasted with wind, spring up after them. ²⁴ And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I have told it unto the soothsayers, but no man can tell me what it meaneth." ²⁵ Then Joseph said unto Pharaoh, "Both Pharaoh's dreams are one. And God doth show Pharaoh what he is about to do. ²⁶ The seven good cows are seven years: and the seven good ears are seven years also, and is but one dream. ²⁷ Likewise, the seven thin and evil favored cows that came out after them, are seven years: and the seven empty and blasted ears shall be seven years of hunger. ²⁸ This is that which I said unto Pharaoh, that God doth show Pharaoh what he is about to do. ²⁹ "Behold, there shall come seven years of great plenteousness throughout all the land of Egypt. ³⁰ And there shall arise after them seven years of hunger. So that all the plenteousness shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt. And the hunger shall consume the land: ³¹ so that the plenteousness shall not be once a seen in the land, by reason of that hunger that shall come after, for it shall be exceeding great. ³² And as concerning that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh the second time, it betokeneth that the thing is certainly prepared of God, and that God will shortly bring it to pass. ³³ Now therefore, let Pharaoh provide for a man of understanding and wisdom, and set him over the land of Egypt. ³⁴ And let Pharaoh make officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years ³⁵ and let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up corn under the power of Pharaoh: that there may be food in the cities, ³⁶ and there let them keep it: that there may be food in store in the land, against the seven years of hunger which shall come in the land of Egypt, and that the land perish not through hunger." ³⁷ And the saying pleased Pharaoh and all his servants. ³⁸ Then said Pharaoh unto his servants, "Where shall we find such a man as this is, that hath the spirit of God in him?" ³⁹ Wherefore Pharaoh said unto Joseph, "Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is no man of understanding nor of wisdom like unto thee. ⁴⁰ Thou therefore shalt be over my house, and according to thy word shall all my people obey: only in the king's seat will I be above thee." ⁴¹ And he said unto Joseph, "Behold, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt." ⁴² And he took off his ring from his finger, and put it upon Joseph's finger, and he arrayed him in raiment of byss, and put a golden chain about his neck, ⁴³ and set him upon the best chariot that he had, save one. And they cried before him "Abrech!" And that Pharaoh had made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁴ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, "I am Pharaoh; without thy will, shall no man lift up either his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt." ⁴⁵ And he called Joseph's name Zaphenath-Paneah. And he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. Then went Joseph abroad in the land of Egypt. ⁴⁶ And he was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And then Joseph departed from Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁷ And in the seven plenteous years they made sheaves, ⁴⁸ and gathered up all the food of the seven plenteous years which were in the land of Egypt and put it into the cities. And he put the food of the fields that grew round about every city, even in the same. ⁴⁹ And Joseph laid up corn in store, like unto the sand of the sea in multitude out of measure, until he left numbering: For it was without number. ⁵⁰ And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of hunger came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, bare unto him. ⁵¹ And he called the name of the first son Manasseh, "For God," said he, "hath made me forget all my labour and all my father's household." ⁵² The second called he Ephraim, "For God," said he, "hath caused me to grow in the land of my trouble." ⁵³ And when the seven years of plenteousness that was in the land of Egypt were ended, ⁵⁴ then came the seven years of dearth, according as Joseph had said. And the dearth was in all lands: but in the land of Egypt was there yet food. ⁵⁵ When now all the land of Egypt began to hunger, then cried the people to Pharaoh for bread. And Pharaoh said unto all Egypt, "Go unto Joseph, and what he saith to you, that do." ⁵⁶ And when the dearth was throughout all the land, Joseph opened all that was in the cities, and sold unto the Egyptians. And hunger waxed sore in the land of Egypt. ⁵⁷ And all countries came to Egypt, to Joseph, for to buy corn: because that the hunger was so sore in all lands.

³ And God came to Abimelech by night in a dream and said to him, "See, thou art but a dead man for the woman's sake which thou hast taken away, for she is a man's wife."

¹⁴ And then Laban said, "Well, thou art my bone and my flesh. Abide with me the space of a month."

²¹ So fled he, and all that he had, and made himself ready, and passed over the rivers, and set his face straight toward the mount Gilead.

⁵ Moreover, Joseph dreamed a dream and told it his brethren: wherefore they hated him yet the more. ⁶ And he said unto them, "Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed. ⁷ Behold, we were making sheaves in the field: and lo, my sheaf arose and stood upright, and yours stood round about and made obeisance to my sheaf." ⁸ Then said his brethren unto him, "What, shalt thou be our king or shalt thou reign over us?" And they hated him yet the more, because of his dream and of his words. ⁹ And he dreamed yet another dream and told it his brethren, saying, "Behold, I have had one dream more: me thought the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me." ¹⁰ And when he had told it unto his father and his brethren, his father rebuked him, and said unto him, "What meaneth this dream which thou hast dreamed: shall I and thy mother and thy brethren come and fall on the ground before thee?"

⁵ And they dreamed, either of them, in one night: both the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt which were bound in the prison house, either of them his dream, and each man's dream of a sundry interpretation.

²² Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, "All the men children that are born, cast into the river; and save the maid children alive."

⁹ But and if they will not believe the two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, then take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land. And the water which thou takest out of the river shall turn to blood upon the dry land."

¹⁰ For the land whither thou goest to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt whence thou camest out, where thou sowedest thy seed and wateredest it with thy labour as a garden of herbs:

¹³ And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow and said, "Behold, I dreamed a dream and me thought that a broiled loaf of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along." ¹⁴ And his fellow answered and said, this is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel, into whose hand God hath delivered Midian and all the host."

¹ The same night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the Chronicles and the stories: which when they were read before the king,

¹⁵ In dreams and visions of the night season - When slumbering cometh upon men, that they fall a sleep in their beds - ¹⁶ he roundeth them in the ears, he informeth them, and showeth them plainly,

⁵ The water of the sea shall be drawn out, the Nile shall sink away, and be drunk up.

³ Speak, and tell him, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, O Pharaoh thou king of Egypt, I will upon thee, thou great dragon that liest in the waters; thou that sayest, 'The water is mine; I have made it myself.'

⁹ Yea, the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste, and they shall know that I am the LORD: Because he said, 'The water is mine, I myself have made it.'

¹ In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, had Nebuchadnezzar a dream, wherethrough his spirit was vexed, and his sleep brake from him. ² Then the king commanded to call together all the soothsayers, charmers, witches and Chaldeans, for to show the king his dream. So they came, and stood before the king. ³ And the king said unto them, "I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was so troubled therewith, that I have clean forgotten what I dreamed."

⁵ saw a dream, which made me afraid: and the thoughts that I had upon my bed, with the visions of mine head, troubled me. ⁶ Then sent I out a commission, that all they which were of wisdom at Babylon should be brought before me, to tell me the interpretation of the dream. ⁷ So there came the soothsayers, charmers, Chaldeans and conjurers of devils: to whom I told the dream. But what it betokened, they could not show me: ⁸ till at the last, there came one Daniel, otherwise called Balteshazzar, according to the name of my God, which hath the spirit of the holy gods, in him: to whom I told the dream, saying, ⁹ "O Balteshazzar, thou prince of soothsayers: Forsomuch as I know that thou hast the spirit of the holy gods, and no secret is hid from thee. Tell me therefore, what the vision of my dream that I have seen may signify. ¹⁰ I saw a vision in my head upon my bed: and behold, there stood a tree upon the ground, ¹¹ which was very high, great and mighty. The height reached unto the heaven, and the breadth extended to all the ends of the earth: ¹² his leaves were fair, he had very much fruit, so that every man had enough to eat therein. The beasts of the field had shadows under it, and the fowls of the air dwelt in the boughs thereof. Shortly, all creatures fed of it. ¹³ I saw in my head a vision upon my bed: and behold, a watcher, and a holy one, came down from heaven ¹⁴ and cried mightily, saying, 'Hew down the tree, break off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit abroad: that all the beasts may get them away from under him, and the fowls from his branches. ¹⁵ Nevertheless, leave the ground of his root still in the earth, and bind him upon the plain field, with chains of iron and steel. With the dew of heaven shall he be wet, and he shall have his part in the herbs of the ground with other wild beasts. ¹⁶ That man's heart of his shall be taken from him, and a beast's heart shall be given him, till seven years be come and gone upon him. ¹⁷ This errand of the watcher, is a commandment grounded and sought out, in the counsel of him that is most holy: to learn men for to understand, that the highest hath power over the kingdoms of men; and giveth them to whom it liketh him, and bringeth the very outcasts of men over them.' ¹⁸ This is the dream, that I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Therefore O Balteshazzar, tell thou me what it signifieth: forsomuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to show me, what it meaneth. But thou canst do it, for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee."

¹ In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, saw Daniel a dream, and a vision was in his head upon his bed. Which dream he wrote, and the sum of the matter is this: ² Daniel spake and said, "I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the sea, ³ and four great beasts came up from the sea, one unlike another. ⁴ The first was as a Lion, and yet had he Eagle's wings. I saw, that his wings were plucked from him, and he taken away from the earth: that he stood upon his feet as a man, and that there was given him a man's heart. ⁵ Behold, the second beast was like a Bear, and stood upon the one side. Among his teeth in his mouth he had three great long teeth, and it was said unto him, 'Arise, eat up, much flesh.' ⁶ Then I looked, and behold, there was another like unto a leopard: this had wings as a fowl, even four upon the back. This beast had four heads, and there was power given him. ⁷ After this I saw in a vision by night, and behold, the fourth beast was grim and horrible, and marvelous strong. It had great iron teeth, it devoured and destroyed, and stamped the residue under feet. It was far unlike the other beasts that were before it: for it had ten horns, whereof I took good heed. ⁸ And behold, there came up among them, another like horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked away. Behold, this horn had eyes like a man, and a mouth speaking presumptuous things.

¹⁹ When he was set down to give judgment, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have thou nothing to do with that just man, I have suffered many things this day in a dream about him."

⁶ The rivers also shall be drawn out, the wells shall decrease and dry away.

⁴ And the evil favored and lean fleshed cows ate up the seven well favored and fat cows: and he awoke therewith.

²⁰ And the seven lean and evil favored cows ate up the first seven fat cows. ²¹ And when they had eaten them up, a man could not perceive that they had eaten them: for they were still as evil favored as they were at the beginning. And I awoke.

¹⁵ When Solomon awoke, this was his dream. And he came to Jerusalem and presented himself before the Ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

¹⁴ With butter of the kine and milk of the sheep, with fat of the lambs, and fat rams and he-goats, with fat kidneys and with wheat. And of the blood of grapes, thou drunkest wine.

¹⁰ Behold, it was planted: shall it prosper therefore? Shall it not be dried up and withered, yea even in the shooting out of his blossoms, as soon as the east wind bloweth?'"

¹² she was rooted out in displeasure, and cast down to the ground. The East wind dried up her fruit; her strong stalks were broken off, withered, and burnt in the fire.

¹⁵ Yet can I see no comfort, for when he is now the goodliest among the brethren, the East wind, even the wind of the LORD, shall come down from the wilderness, and dry up his conduits, and drink up his wells: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

⁵ Moreover, Joseph dreamed a dream and told it his brethren: wherefore they hated him yet the more.

⁶ When Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them: behold, they were sad.

⁸ They answered him, "We have dreamed a dream, and have no man to declare it." And Joseph said unto them, "Interpreting belongeth to God, but tell me yet."

¹¹ Then Pharaoh called for the wise men, and enchanters of Egypt did in like manner with their sorcery.

²² And the enchanters of Egypt did likewise with their enchantments, so that Pharaoh's heart was hardened and did not regard them, as the LORD had said.

⁷ And the sorcerers did likewise with their sorcery, and the frogs came up upon the land of Egypt.

¹⁸ And the enchanters assayed likewise with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not. And the lice were both upon man and beast. ¹⁹ Then said the enchanters unto Pharaoh, "It is the finger of God." Neverthelater, Pharaoh's heart was hardened and he regarded them not, as the LORD had said.

¹¹ so that the sorcerers could not stand before Moses, by the reason of botches on the enchanters and upon all the Egyptians.

³¹ Turn not to them that work with spirits, neither regard them that observe dismal days, that ye be not defiled by them: for I am the LORD your God.

⁶ "'If any soul turn him to enchanters or expounders of tokens and go a whoring after them, I will put my face upon that soul and will destroy him from among his people.

⁹ When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, see that thou learn not to do after the abominations of these nations. ¹⁰ Let there not be found among you that maketh his son or his daughter go through fire, either a bruterer or a maker of dismal days, or that useth witchcraft, or a sorcerer, ¹¹ or a charmer, or that speaketh with a spirit, or a soothsayer, or that asketh the advice of the dead. ¹² For all that do such things are abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth cast them out before thee. ¹³ Be pure therefore with the LORD thy God. ¹⁴ For these nations which thou shalt conquer hearken unto makers of dismal days and bruterers. But the LORD thy God permitteth not that to thee.

¹² Which destroyeth the devices of the subtle, so that they are not able to perform the things that they take in hand; ¹³ which compasseth the wise in their own craftiness, and overthroweth the counsel of the wicked.

¹⁴ The secret of the LORD is among them that fear him, and he showeth them his covenant.

¹⁹ And therefore if they say unto you, "Ask counsel at the soothsayers, witches, charmers and conjurers," then make them this answer: "Is there a people anywhere, that asketh not counsel at his God? Should they run unto the dead for the living?"

³ And Egypt shall be choked in herself. When they ask counsel at their idols, at their sorcerors, at their soothsayers and witches: then will I bring their counsel to naught.

¹¹ But ye foolish princes of Zoan, ye wise counselors of Pharaoh, whose wit is turned to foolishness: How say ye unto Pharaoh, "I am come of wise people; ¹² I am come of the old regal Progeny"? Where are they? Where are now thy wise men? Let them tell thee, if they can, what the LORD of Hosts hath taken in hand against Egypt. ¹³ The princes of Zoan are become fools, and the princes of Noph are deceived: yea, they deceive Egypt with their nobility of their stock.

¹⁴ therefore will I also show unto this people a marvelous, terrible, and great thing - Namely this: I will destroy the wisdom of their wise, and the understanding of their learned men shall perish."

¹² Now go to thy conjurers, and to the multitude of thy witches, whom thou hast been acquainted with from thy youth, if they may help thee, or strengthen thee. ¹³ Thou hast hitherto had many counsels of them; so let the heaven gazers and the beholders of stars come on now and deliver thee: yea, and let them show when these new things shall come upon thee.

²⁰ Therefore stood they before the king, which in all wisdom and matters of understanding that he enquired of them, found them ten times better than all the soothsayers and charmers that were in all his realm.

¹ In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, had Nebuchadnezzar a dream, wherethrough his spirit was vexed, and his sleep brake from him. ² Then the king commanded to call together all the soothsayers, charmers, witches and Chaldeans, for to show the king his dream. So they came, and stood before the king. ³ And the king said unto them, "I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was so troubled therewith, that I have clean forgotten what I dreamed." ⁴ Upon this the Chaldeans answered the king in the Syrians' speech, "O king, God save thy life forever. Show thy servants the dream, and we shall show thee, what it meaneth." ⁵ The king gave the Chaldeans their answer, and said, "It is gone from me: If ye will not make me understand the dream with the interpretation thereof, ye shall die, and your houses shall be prised. ⁶ But if ye tell me the dream and the meaning thereof, ye shall have of me gifts, rewards and great honour. Only, show me the dream, and the signification of it." ⁷ They answered again, and said, "The king must show his servants the dream, and so shall we declare what it meaneth." ⁸ Then the king answered, saying, "I perceive of a truth, that ye do but prolong the time: forsomuch as ye see, that the thing is gone from me. ⁹ Therefore, if ye will not tell me the dream, ye shall all have one judgment: But ye feign and dissemble with vain words which ye speak before me, to put off the time. Therefore tell me the dream, and so shall I know - if ye can show me - what it meaneth." ¹⁰ Upon this, the Chaldeans gave answer before the king, and said, "There is no man upon earth that can tell the thing, which the king speaketh of: Yea, there is neither king, prince, nor lord that ever asked such things at a soothsayer, charmer, or Chaldean: ¹¹ for it is a very hard matter, that the king requireth. Neither is there any that can certify the king thereof, except the gods: whose dwelling is not among the creatures."

²⁷ Daniel answered the king to his face, and said, "As for this secret, for the which the king maketh inquisition: it is neither the wise, the sorcerer, the charmer nor the devil conjurer, that can certify the king of it: ²⁸ Only God in heaven can open secrets; and he it is, that showeth the king Nebuchadnezzar what is for to come in the latter days. Thy dream, and that which thou hast seen in thine head upon thy bed, is this:

⁵ saw a dream, which made me afraid: and the thoughts that I had upon my bed, with the visions of mine head, troubled me.

⁷ So there came the soothsayers, charmers, Chaldeans and conjurers of devils: to whom I told the dream. But what it betokened, they could not show me:

¹⁹ Then Daniel, whose name was Balteshazzar, held his peace by the space of a hour and his thoughts troubled him. So the king spake, and said, "O Balteshazzar, let neither the dream nor the interpretation thereof fear thee." Balteshazzar answered saying, "O my lord, this dream happen to thine enemies, and the interpretation to thine adversaries!

⁶ Then changed the king his countenance, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his body shook, and his knees smote one against another. ⁷ Wherefore the king cried mightily, that they should bring him the charmers, Chaldeans, and the conjurers of devils. The king spake also to the wise men of Babylon, and said, "Whoso can read this writing, and show me the plain meaning thereof: shall be clothed with purple, have a chain of gold about his neck, and rule the third part of my kingdom." ⁸ Upon this, came all the king's wise men: but they could neither read the writing, nor show the king what it signified.

¹¹ For why? There is a man in thy kingdom, that hath the spirit of the holy gods within him, as it was seen in thy father's days. He hath understanding and wisdom like the gods; Yea, the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father made this man chief of the soothsayers, charmers, Chaldeans and devil conjurers:

²⁸ Thus far extend the words. Nevertheless, I Daniel was so vexed in my thoughts, that my countenance changed, but the words I kept still in my heart."

²⁷ Upon this was I, Daniel, very faint, so that I lay sick certain days: but when I rose up, I went about the king's business, and marveled at the vision. Nevertheless, no man knew of it.

¹⁶ When I hear this, my body is vexed, my lips tremble at the voice thereof, my bones corrupt, I am afraid where I stand. O that I might rest in the day of trouble, that I might go up unto our people, which are already prepared.

¹ When Jesus was born at Bethlehem in Jewry in the time of Herod the king, Behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem,

²² And Moses was learned in all manner wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in deeds and in words.

¹⁸ Certain Philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, disputed with him. And some there were which said, "What will this babbler say?" Others said, "He seemeth to be a tidings-bringer of new devils," because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.

¹⁹ For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and will cast away the understanding of the prudent."

¹⁸ Let no man deceive himself. If any man seem wise among you, let him be a fool in this world, that he may be wise. ¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He compasseth the wise in their craftiness." ²⁰ And again, "God knoweth the thoughts of the wise that they be vain."

¹ And it chanced, after this, that the chief butler of the king of Egypt and his chief baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. ² And Pharaoh was angry with them and put them in ward in his chief marshal's house: ³ even in the prison where Joseph was bound.

¹⁴ But think on me with thee, when thou art in good case, and show mercy unto me. And make mention of me to Pharaoh, and help to bring me out of this house:

²³ Notwithstanding, the chief butler remembered not Joseph, but forgot him.

³⁶ And the Midianites sold him in Egypt unto Potiphar, a lord of Pharaoh's: and his chief marshal.

²⁰ And he took Joseph and put him in prison: even in the place where the king's prisoners lay bound. And there continued he in prison,

⁵ And they dreamed, either of them, in one night: both the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt which were bound in the prison house, either of them his dream, and each man's dream of a sundry interpretation. ⁶ When Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them: behold, they were sad. ⁷ And he asked them, saying, "Wherefore look ye so sadly today?" ⁸ They answered him, "We have dreamed a dream, and have no man to declare it." And Joseph said unto them, "Interpreting belongeth to God, but tell me yet."

¹ Joseph was brought unto Egypt, and Potiphar — a lord of Pharaoh's, and his chief marshal, an Egyptian — bought him of the Ishmaelites which brought him thither.

¹² And Joseph said unto him, "This is the interpretation of it. ¹³ The three branches are three days: for within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thine office again, and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the old manner, even as thou didst when thou wast his butler. ¹⁴ But think on me with thee, when thou art in good case, and show mercy unto me. And make mention of me to Pharaoh, and help to bring me out of this house: ¹⁵ for I was stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing at all wherefore they should have put me into this dungeon." ¹⁶ When the chief baker saw that he had well interpreted it, he said unto Joseph, "Me thought also in my dream, that I had three wicker baskets on my head. ¹⁷ And in the uppermost basket, of all manner bakemeats for Pharaoh. And the birds ate them out of the basket upon my head." ¹⁸ Joseph answered, and said, "This is the interpretation thereof. The three baskets are three days, ¹⁹ for this day, three days, shall Pharaoh take thy head from thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee."

¹² And Joseph said unto him, "This is the interpretation of it.

²⁰ 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 the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. ²¹ And restored the chief butler unto his butlership again, and he reached the cup into Pharaoh's hand, ²² and hanged the chief baker: even as Joseph had interpreted unto them.

¹⁰ and this day do I set thee over the people and kingdoms: that thou mayest root out, break off, destroy, and make waste; and that thou mayest build up and plant."

³ His sight to look upon was like the first, that I saw, when I went in, what time as the city should have been destroyed: and like the vision that I saw by the water of Chebar. Then fell I upon my face,

¹⁶ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and said, "I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.

⁷ The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich; bringeth low, and heaveth up on high. ⁸ He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill: to set them among princes, and to inherit them with the seat of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the round world upon them.

²⁴ And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet nor shaved his beard nor washed his clothes from the time the king departed, until he came again in peace.

²⁹ and changed his prison garments. And he did ever eat bread before him all the days of his life:

¹ When Mordecai perceived all that was done, he rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried loud and lamentably, ² and came before the king's gate: for there might no man enter within the king's gate, that had a sackcloth on. ³ And in all lands and places, as far as the king's word and commandment extended, there was great lamentation among the Jews and many fasted, wept, mourned and lay in sackcloth and in ashes. ⁴ So Esther's damsels and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly astonished. And she sent raiment, that Mordecai should put them on and lay the sackcloth from him. But Mordecai would not take them.

¹ And on the third day put Esther on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's palace within, over against the king's house. And the king sat upon his royal seat in the king's palace over against the gate of the house.

¹⁹ until the time that his word came, and until the word of the LORD had tried him. ²⁰ Then sent the king and caused him to be delivered; the prince of the people had let him go. ²¹ He made him LORD of his house, and ruler of all his substance, ²² that he might inform his princes after his will, and teach his senators wisdom.

⁷ Which taketh up the simple out of the dust, and lifteth the poor out of the mire, ⁸ that he may set him among the princes, even among the princes of his people.

³ That I might give unto them that mourn in Zion, beauty in the stead of ashes, joyful ointment for sighing, pleasant raiment for a heavy mind; That they might be called excellent in righteousness, a planting of the LORD for him to rejoice in.

¹⁰ And therefore I am joyful in the LORD, and my soul rejoiceth in my God. For he shall put upon me the garment of salvation, and cover me with the mantle of righteousness. He shall deck me like a bridegroom, and as a bride that hath her apparel upon her.

³² and spake lovingly to him. And set his throne above the thrones of the other kings that were with him in Babylon. ³³ He changed also the clothes of his prison; yea, and he ate with him all his life long.

²⁵ Then Arioch brought Daniel into the king in all the haste, and said unto him, "I have found a man among the prisoners of Judah, that shall show the king the interpretation."

⁹ Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, "I do remember my fault this day. ¹⁰ Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put in ward in the chief marshal's house both me and the chief baker. ¹¹ And we dreamed both of us in one night and each man's dream of a sundry interpretation. ¹² And there was with us a young man, an Hebrew-born servant unto the chief marshal. And we told him, and he declared our dreams to us according to either of our dreams. ¹³ And as he declared them unto us, even so it came to pass. I was restored to mine office again, and he was hanged."

¹² because that such an abundant spirit, knowledge and wisdom, to expound dreams, open secrets, and to declare hard doubts, was found in him. Yea, even in Daniel, whom the king named Balteshazzar. Let this same Daniel be sent for, and he shall tell what it meaneth."

¹⁶ Then heard I say, that thou can expound dark things, and declare hard doubts. Well then, if thou can read this writing, and show me the meaning thereof: thou shalt be clothed with purple, have a chain of gold about thy neck, and rule the third part of my kingdom."

¹⁴ And he said unto him, "Go and see whether it be well with thy brethren and the sheep, and bring me word again." And sent him out of the vale of Hebron, for to go to Shechem.

⁶ And he said, "Hear my words. If there be a prophet of the LORD's among you, I will show myself unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.

²⁷ And he said, "Nay, the LORD help thee. But wherewith should I help thee, with corn or wine?"

¹⁸ that they should beseech the God of heaven for grace in this secret, that Daniel and his fellows with others such as were wise in Babylon, perished not. ¹⁹ Then was the mystery showed unto Daniel in a vision by night. And Daniel praised the God of heaven. ²⁰ Daniel also cried aloud, and said, "O that the name of God might be praised for ever and ever, for wisdom and strength are his own! ²¹ He changeth the times and ages; he putteth down kings, he setteth up kings; he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and understanding to those that understand; ²² he openeth the deep secrets; he knoweth the thing that lieth in darkness, for the light dwelleth with him. ²³ I thank thee, and pray thee, O thou God of my fathers, that thou hast lent me wisdom and strength, and hast showed me the thing that we desired of thee, for thou hast opened the king's matter unto me."

²⁸ Only God in heaven can open secrets; and he it is, that showeth the king Nebuchadnezzar what is for to come in the latter days. Thy dream, and that which thou hast seen in thine head upon thy bed, is this: ²⁹ O king, thou didst cast in thy mind, what should come hereafter: So he that is the opener of mysteries, telleth thee what is for to come. ³⁰ As for me, this secret is not showed me, for any wisdom that I have, more than any other living: but only that I might show the king the interpretation, that he might know the thoughts of his own heart.

⁴⁷ The king answered Daniel, and said, "Yea, of a truth your God is a God above all gods, and LORD above all kings, and an opener of secrets: seeing thou canst discover this mystery."

² I thought it good to show the tokens and marvelous works that the high God hath wrought upon me.

⁴² saying, "If thou hadst known those things which belong unto thy peace, even at thy time: But now are they hid from thine eyes.

⁷ And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up. And immediately his feet and anklebones received strength,

¹² When Peter saw that, he answered unto the people, "Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? Or why look ye so steadfastly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man go?

¹⁴ But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul heard that, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying ¹⁵ and saying, "Sirs, why do ye this? We are mortal men like unto you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven and earth and the sea and all that in them is,

¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am that I am. And his grace which is in me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.

⁵ not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as it were of ourselves; but our ableness cometh of God;

¹ After that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had led away captive Jechoniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the mighty men also of Judah, with the workmasters, and cunning men of Jerusalem, unto Babylon. The LORD showed me a vision: Behold, there stood two mounds of figs before the Temple of the LORD. ² In the one mound were very good figs, even like as those that be first ripe. In the other mound were very naughty figs, which might not be eaten they were so evil. ³ Then said the LORD unto me, "What seest thou Jeremiah?" I said, "Figs, whereof some be very good, and some so evil that no man may eat them."

⁵ "Thus sayeth the LORD the God of Israel: like as thou knowest the good figs, so shall I know the men led away, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for their profit:

⁸ And like as thou knowest the naughty figs, which may not be eaten they are so evil: Even so will I, sayeth the LORD, let Zedekiah the king of Judah - yea, and all his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem that remain over in this land, and them also that dwell in Egypt - to be vexed and plagued in all kingdoms and lands.

¹⁹ They shall not be confounded in the perilous time; and in the days of dearth they shall have enough.

²⁰ but robbeth him on the righthand, and doth famish; he eateth on the left hand and he shall not have enough. Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.

³ and said unto me, "Thou son of man, thy belly shall eat, and thy bowels shall be filled with the book, that I give thee." Then did I eat the book and it was, in my mouth, sweeter than honey.

⁹ And I went unto the angel, and said to him, "Give me the little book," and he said unto me, "Take it, and eat it up, and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth as sweet as honey." ¹⁰ And I took the little book out of his hand, and ate it up, and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey, and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

⁶ And that seven thin ears, blasted with the wind, sprang up after them:

²⁶ And the inhabiters of them shall be of little power, and faint-hearted and confounded. They shall be like the grass of the field and green herbs, and as the hay on the tops of the houses which withereth afore it come to any height.

⁶ Let them be even as the hay upon the housetops, which withereth afore it be grown up; ⁷ whereof the mower filleth not his hand, neither he that bindeth up the sheaves his bosom.

⁷ They have sown wind, therefore shall they reap a whirlwind. Their seed shall bear no corn, there shall no meal be made of their increase: though they reap, yet shall strangers devour it up.

¹⁶ Ephraim is hewn down, their root is dried up, so that they shall bring no more fruit: yea and though they bring forth any, yet will I slay even the best beloved fruit of their body.

⁸ When the morning came, his spirit was troubled. And he sent and called for all the soothsayers of Egypt and all the wise men thereof, and told them his dream: but there was none of them that could interpret it unto Pharaoh.

¹⁹ Then said the enchanters unto Pharaoh, "It is the finger of God." Neverthelater, Pharaoh's heart was hardened and he regarded them not, as the LORD had said.

¹⁶ And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace without me."

¹⁴ or else I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart and upon thy servants and on thy people, that you mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.

⁶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, "Be not afraid of them: for tomorrow about this time I will deliver them all slain, before all Israel: and thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire."

² The LORD hath declared his salvation, and his righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen.

²² Let the gods come forth themselves, and show us the things that are past, what they be: let them declare them unto us, that we may take them to heart, and know them hereafter. ²³ Either, let them show us things for to come, and tell us what shall be done hereafter: so shall we know, that they be gods. Show something, either good or bad: so will we both knowledge the same, and tell it out.

⁹ All nations shall come in one, and be gathered in one people. But which among yonder gods shall declare such things, and tell us what is to come? Let them bring their witnesses, so shall they be free: for then men shall hear it, and say, "It is truth."

²⁸ Only God in heaven can open secrets; and he it is, that showeth the king Nebuchadnezzar what is for to come in the latter days. Thy dream, and that which thou hast seen in thine head upon thy bed, is this: ²⁹ O king, thou didst cast in thy mind, what should come hereafter: So he that is the opener of mysteries, telleth thee what is for to come.

⁴⁵ And whereas thou sawest that without any hands there was cut out of the mount a stone, which brake the iron, the copper, the earth, the silver and gold in pieces: by that hath the great God showed the king, what will come after this. This is a true dream, and the interpretation of it is sure."

⁷ Now doth the LORD God no manner of thing, but he telleth his secret before unto his servants the prophets.

⁴⁰ Then two shall be in the fields: the one shall be received, and the other shall be refused,

²³ But take ye heed: Behold, I have showed you all things before.

¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the father of glory, might give unto you the spirit of wisdom, and open to you the knowledge of himself,

¹ After this I looked, and behold a door was open in heaven, and the first voice which I heard, was as it were of a trumpet talking with me, which said, "Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be fulfilled hereafter.

²⁴ For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.

¹⁸ Joseph answered, and said, "This is the interpretation thereof. The three baskets are three days,

² and that there came out of the river seven goodly cows and fat fleshed, and fed in a meadow.

⁵ And he slept again and dreamed the second time, that seven ears of corn grew upon one stalk, rank and goodly.

²⁹ "Behold, there shall come seven years of great plenteousness throughout all the land of Egypt.

⁴⁷ And in the seven plenteous years they made sheaves,

⁵³ And when the seven years of plenteousness that was in the land of Egypt were ended,

¹¹ Of this manner shall ye eat it: with your loins girded, and shoes on your feet, and your staves in your hands. And ye shall eat it in haste; for it is the LORD's Passover.

⁶ And thou shalt make fifty buttons of gold, and couple the curtain together with the buttons: that it may be a habitation.

⁴ and did all drink of one manner of spiritual drink. And they drank of that spiritual rock that followed them, Which rock was Christ.

⁷ And it is the spirit that beareth witness, because the spirit is truth.

¹⁹ And David according to the saying of Gad went up as the LORD commanded.

¹ Then spake Elisha unto the woman whose son he had restored to life again, saying, "Up, and go both thou and thine house, and sojourn where thou thinkest best, for the LORD will call a dearth which shall come on the land seven years."

²⁵ Then Joseph said unto Pharaoh, "Both Pharaoh's dreams are one. And God doth show Pharaoh what he is about to do. ²⁶ The seven good cows are seven years: and the seven good ears are seven years also, and is but one dream.

⁴⁶ And he was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And then Joseph departed from Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁷ And in the seven plenteous years they made sheaves,

⁴⁹ And Joseph laid up corn in store, like unto the sand of the sea in multitude out of measure, until he left numbering: For it was without number.

²¹ And when they had eaten them up, a man could not perceive that they had eaten them: for they were still as evil favored as they were at the beginning. And I awoke.

²⁷ Likewise, the seven thin and evil favored cows that came out after them, are seven years: and the seven empty and blasted ears shall be seven years of hunger.

⁵¹ And he called the name of the first son Manasseh, "For God," said he, "hath made me forget all my labour and all my father's household."

⁵⁴ then came the seven years of dearth, according as Joseph had said. And the dearth was in all lands: but in the land of Egypt was there yet food.

⁵⁶ And when the dearth was throughout all the land, Joseph opened all that was in the cities, and sold unto the Egyptians. And hunger waxed sore in the land of Egypt.

¹³ There was no bread in all the land, for the dearth was exceeding sore: so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan, were famished by the reason of the dearth.

¹³ And Gad came to David and showed him and said unto him, "Whether wilt thou have seven years hunger in thy land, or that thou flee three months before thine enemies and they following thee, or that there be three days pestilence in thy land? Now understand, and see what word I shall bring again to him that sent me."

¹ And Elijah the Tishbite, which was of the inhabiters of Gilead, said unto Ahab, "As truly as the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, save as I appoint it."

¹⁶ Moreover he called for a dearth upon the land, and destroyed all the provision of bread.

⁷ that they may drink it, and forget their misery and adversity.

¹⁶ Whoso rejoiceth upon earth, shall rejoice in the true God: And whoso sweareth upon earth, shall swear in the true God. For the old enmity shall be forgotten, and taken away out of my sight.

²⁵ But I tell you of a truth, Many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when heaven was shut three years and six months, when great famishment was throughout all the land;

¹⁷ Elijah was a man, mortal even as we are, and he prayed in his prayer, that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

⁶ But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with hemorrhoids; both Ashdod and all the coasts thereof.

²⁰ The earth shall stagger like a drunkard, to and fro; and be taken away like a tent. Her misdeeds shall lie so heavy upon her, that she must fall, and never rise up again.

⁷ Behold, we were making sheaves in the field: and lo, my sheaf arose and stood upright, and yours stood round about and made obeisance to my sheaf."

⁹ And he dreamed yet another dream and told it his brethren, saying, "Behold, I have had one dream more: me thought the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me."

¹⁹ The Lord God is not a man, that he can lie; neither the son of a man, that he can repent! Should he say, and not do? Or should he speak, and not make it good?

¹⁴ For when God doth once command a thing, there should no man be curious to search whether it be right. ¹⁵ In dreams and visions of the night season - When slumbering cometh upon men, that they fall a sleep in their beds -

²⁴ The LORD of Hosts hath sworn an oath, saying: It shall come to pass as I have determined, and shall be fulfilled as I have devised. ²⁵ The Assyrians shall be destroyed in my land, and upon my mountains will I tread them under foot. Wherethrough his yoke shall come from you, and his burden shall be taken from your shoulders. ²⁶ This device hath God taken through the whole world, and thus is his hand stretched out over all people. ²⁷ For if the LORD of Hosts determine a thing, who will disannul it? And if he stretch forth his hand, who will hold it in again?

³³ For the fire of pain is ordained from the beginning: yea, even for kings it is prepared. This hath the LORD set in the deep, and made it wide: the burning whereof is fire and much wood. The breath of the LORD, which is a river of brimstone, doth kindle it.

¹⁰ In the beginning of a thing, I show the end thereof: and I tell before, things that are not yet come to pass. With one word is my device accomplished, and fulfilleth all my pleasure. ¹¹ I call a bird out of the East, and all that I take in hand, out of far countries, as soon as I command, I bring it hither: as soon as I think to devise a thing, I do it.

³⁵ Heaven and earth shall perish: but my words shall abide.

³⁴ Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed children of my father, inherit ye the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world.

⁴¹ Then shall the King say unto them that shall be on the left hand, 'Depart from me ye cursed, into everlasting fire, which is prepared for the devil and his angels.

⁴⁰ But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand, is not mine to give, but to them for whom it is prepared."

⁹ But as it is written, "The eye hath not seen, and the ear hath not heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."

¹ Now come I the third time unto you: "In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall everything stand."

¹⁵ And the four angels were loosed which were prepared for a hour, for a day, for a month, and for a year, for to slay the third part of men.

³⁹ Wherefore Pharaoh said unto Joseph, "Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is no man of understanding nor of wisdom like unto thee.

¹⁹ But hear my voice, and I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee. Be thou unto the people to Godward, and bring the causes unto God, ²⁰ and provide them ordinances and laws, and show them the way wherein they must walk and the works that they must do. ²¹ Moreover, seek out, among all the people, men of activity which fear God; and men that are true and hate covetousness: and make them heads over the people, captains over thousands, over hundreds, over fifty, and over ten. ²² And let them judge the people at all seasons: If there be any great matter, let them bring that unto thee, and let them judge all small causes them selves, and ease thyself, and let them bear with thee.

¹³ Bring therefore men of wisdom and of understanding and expert, known among your tribes, that I may make them rulers over you.'

²⁷ Wherefore, O king, be content with my counsel, that thou mayest lose thy sins with righteousness, and thine offenses with mercy to poor people: for such things shall prolong thy peace."

³ Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, and full of the holy ghost and wisdom, which we may appoint to this needful business:

¹⁴ And Moses was angry with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands and over hundreds, which came from war and battle,

¹¹ And the guard stood every man with his weapon in his hand round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left along by the altar and the temple. ¹² And he brought out the son of the king and put the crown upon him, and delivered him the witness, and made him king and anointed him. And they clapped their hands and said, "God save the king."

¹² And the men wrought in the work of fidelity. And the overseers of them, to courage them forward, were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the children of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam of the children of the Kohathites; and as many other of the Levites as could skill of instruments of Music.

⁹ And Joel the son of Zichri had the oversight of them: and Judah the son of Senuah over the second part of the city.

²⁰ In the midst of hunger he saveth thee from death: and when it is war, from the power of the sword.

¹⁹ that he may deliver their soul from death, and to feed them in the time of dearth.

⁶ Go to the Emmet, thou sluggard: consider her ways, and learn to be wise. ⁷ She hath no guide, no teacher, no leader: ⁸ yet in the summer she provideth her meat, and gathereth her food together in the harvest.

³ A wise man seeth the plague and hideth himself; but the foolish go on still and are punished.

¹² A wise man seeing the plague will hide himself; as for fools they go on still, and suffer harm.

⁵ Then called he all his master's debtors, and said unto the first, 'How much owest thou unto my master?'

⁴⁸ and gathered up all the food of the seven plenteous years which were in the land of Egypt and put it into the cities. And he put the food of the fields that grew round about every city, even in the same. ⁴⁹ And Joseph laid up corn in store, like unto the sand of the sea in multitude out of measure, until he left numbering: For it was without number.

⁶ For this is the second year of dearth in the land, and five more are behind in which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. ⁷ Wherefore God sent me before you to make provision, that ye might continue in the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

¹³ And he said, "O my Lord, send I pray thee whom thou wilt."

¹³ There was no bread in all the land, for the dearth was exceeding sore: so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan, were famished by the reason of the dearth. ¹⁴ And Joseph brought together all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and he laid up the money in Pharaoh's house. ¹⁵ When money failed in the land of Egypt and of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph and said, "Give us sustenance: wherefore sufferest thou us to die before thee? For our money is spent." ¹⁶ Then said Joseph, "Bring your cattle, and I will give yow for your cattle, if ye be without money." ¹⁷ And they brought their cattle unto Joseph. And he gave them bread for horses and sheep, and oxen and asses: so he fed them with bread for all their cattle that year. ¹⁸ When that year was ended, they came unto him the next year and said unto him, "We will not hide it from my lord, how that we have neither money nor cattle for my lord: there is no more left for my lord, but even our bodies and our lands. ¹⁹ Wherefore lettest thou us die before thine eyes, and the land to go to nought? Buy us and our lands for bread: and let both us and our lands be bond to Pharaoh. Give us seed, that we may live and not die, and that the land go not to waste." ²⁰ And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. For the Egyptians sold every man his land because the dearth was sore upon them: and so the land became Pharaoh's. ²¹ And he appointed the people unto the cities, from one side of Egypt unto the other: ²² only the land of the Priests bought he not. For there was an ordinance made by Pharaoh for the priests, that they should eat that which was appointed unto them, which Pharaoh had given them; wherefore they sold not their lands. ²³ Then Joseph said unto the folk, "Behold, I have bought you this day and your lands for Pharaoh. Take there seed and go sow the land. ²⁴ And of the increase, ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed to sow the field: and for you, and them of your households, and for your children, to eat." ²⁵ And they answered, "Thou hast saved our lives. Let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and let us be Pharaoh's servants."

³⁰ And when Phinehas the priest and the lords of the congregation and heads over the thousands of Israel, which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben, the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, they were well content.

³⁶ And the people wist it, and it pleased them, as well as all other good things which the king did in the sight of the people.

² And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, "Let me have thy vineyard, to make me a garden of herbs thereof, because it lieth so nigh my house: and I will give thee a better vineyard for it: or if it please thee I will give thee, the worth of it in silver."

¹⁹ until the time that his word came, and until the word of the LORD had tried him.

²⁰ An innocent tongue is a noble treasure; but the heart of the ungodly is nothing worth.

¹¹ A word spoken in due season, is like apples of gold in a silver dish.

¹⁰ and delivered him out of all his adversities, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; which made him governor over Egypt, and over all his household.

¹⁸ And the LORD said unto Moses, "Take Joshua the son of Nun in whom there is spirit, and put thine hands upon him,

⁸ Every man, no doubt, hath a mind; but it is the inspiration of the Almighty that giveth understanding.

⁶ Then sent I out a commission, that all they which were of wisdom at Babylon should be brought before me, to tell me the interpretation of the dream.

⁸ till at the last, there came one Daniel, otherwise called Balteshazzar, according to the name of my God, which hath the spirit of the holy gods, in him: to whom I told the dream, saying, ⁹ "O Balteshazzar, thou prince of soothsayers: Forsomuch as I know that thou hast the spirit of the holy gods, and no secret is hid from thee. Tell me therefore, what the vision of my dream that I have seen may signify.

¹⁸ This is the dream, that I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Therefore O Balteshazzar, tell thou me what it signifieth: forsomuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to show me, what it meaneth. But thou canst do it, for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee."

¹⁴ I have heard speak of thee, that thou hast the spirit of the holy gods, experience and understanding, and that there hath been great wisdom found in thee.

³ But Daniel exceeded all these princes and lords, for the spirit of God was plenteous in him: so that the king was minded to set him over the whole realm.

²⁸ This is that which I said unto Pharaoh, that God doth show Pharaoh what he is about to do.

³³ Now therefore, let Pharaoh provide for a man of understanding and wisdom, and set him over the land of Egypt.

⁴ Wherefore he found grace in his master's sight, and served him. And his master made him ruler of his house, and put all that he had in his hand. ⁵ And as soon as he had made him ruler over his house and over all that he had, the LORD blessed this Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake, and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had: both in the house and also in the fields. ⁶ And therefore he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and looked upon nothing that was with him, save only on the bread which he ate. And Joseph was a goodly person and a well favored.

⁸ So now it was not ye that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me father unto Pharaoh and lord over all his house, and ruler in all the land of Egypt. ⁹ Haste you and go to my father and tell him, 'This sayeth thy son Joseph: God hath made me lord over all Egypt. Come down unto me and tarry not.

²⁶ "Joseph is yet alive and is governor over all the land of Egypt." And Jacob's heart wavered, for he believed them not.

¹ And then Samuel took a box of oil and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, "The LORD hath anointed thee to be a captain over his inheritance.

²⁷ Hath my heart meddled privily with any deceit? Or, did I ever kiss mine own hand?

¹² Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and so ye perish from the right way. For his wrath shall be kindled shortly: blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

²⁹ Seest thou not, that they which be diligent in their business stand before kings, and not among the simple people?

⁴⁶ Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell down upon his face, and bowed himself unto Daniel, and commanded that they should offer meat offerings and sweet odours unto him. ⁴⁷ The king answered Daniel, and said, "Yea, of a truth your God is a God above all gods, and LORD above all kings, and an opener of secrets: seeing thou canst discover this mystery." ⁴⁸ So the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many and great gifts. He made him ruler of all the countries of Babylon, and lord of all the nobles, that were at Babylon.

²⁹ Then commanded Belshazzar to clothe Daniel with purple, to hang a chain of gold about his neck, and to make a proclamation concerning him: that he should be the ruler of the third part of his kingdom.

⁵ And as soon as he had made him ruler over his house and over all that he had, the LORD blessed this Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake, and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had: both in the house and also in the fields.

²² which committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison house. And whatsoever was done there, that did he.

⁴⁴ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, "I am Pharaoh; without thy will, shall no man lift up either his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt."

⁶ And Joseph was governor in the land, and sold corn to all the people of the land. And his brethren came, and fell flat on the ground before him.

³ For Mordecai the Jew was the second next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted among the multitude of his brethren, as one that seeketh the wealth of his people, and speaketh the best for all his seed.

² A discreet servant shall have more rule than the sons that have no wisdom, and shall have like heritage with the brethren.

⁷ They answered again, and said, "The king must show his servants the dream, and so shall we declare what it meaneth." ⁸ Then the king answered, saying, "I perceive of a truth, that ye do but prolong the time: forsomuch as ye see, that the thing is gone from me.

² I thought it good to show the tokens and marvelous works that the high God hath wrought upon me. ³ O how great are his tokens, and how mighty are his wonders? His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his power lasteth for ever and ever.

¹⁸ And Jesus came, and spake unto them, saying, "All power is given unto me in heaven, and in earth.

⁹ Wherefore God hath exalted him, and given him a name above all names: ¹⁰ That in the name of Jesus should every knee bow, both of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under earth; ¹¹ and that all tongues should confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord unto the praise of God the father.

¹⁰ Then took the king his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.

¹² Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written, according as Haman commanded, unto the king's princes, and to the captains everywhere in the lands, and to the rulers of every people in the countries on every side, according to the writing of every nation, and after their language in the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed with the king's ring.

⁷ And Haman said unto the king, "Let the man unto whom the king would be glad to do worship, be brought hither, ⁸ that he may be arrayed with the royal garments which the king useth to wear: and the horse that the king rideth upon, and that the crown royal may be set upon his head. ⁹ And let this raiment and horse be delivered under the hand of one of the king's princes, that he may array the man withal, whom the king would fain honour: and carry him upon the horse through the streets of the city, and cause it to be proclaimed before him, 'Thus shall it be done to every man, whom the king would fain honour.'" ¹⁰ The king said, "Make haste, and take, as thou hath said, the raiment and the horse: and do even so with Mordecai the Jew that sitteth before the king's gate; and let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken." ¹¹ Then took Haman the raiment and the horse, and arrayed him, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, "Even thus shall it be done unto every man whom the king is disposed to honour!" ¹² And Mordecai came again to the king's gate, but Haman gat him home in all the haste, mourning bare-headed,

² And the king put off his finger ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

⁸ Write ye now therefore for the Jews, as it liketh you in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring." For the writings that were written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, durst no man disannul.

¹⁰ And it was written in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed with the king's ring. And by posts that rode upon swift young Mules, sent he the writings,

¹⁵ As for Mordecai, he went out from the king in royal apparel of yellow and white, and with a great crown of gold, being arrayed with a garment of linen and purple, and the city of Susa rejoiced and was glad:

⁹ for that shall bring grace unto thy head, and shall be a chain about thy neck.

²² She maketh herself fair ornaments; her clothing is white silk and purple.

²⁴ She maketh cloth of silk and selleth it, and delivereth a girdle unto the merchant.

¹⁰ Then shall thy cheeks and thy neck be made fair, and hanged with spangles and goodly jewels:

¹⁰ I gave thee change of raiments; I made thee shoes of Taxus leather; I girded thee about with white silk; I clothed thee with kerchiefs; ¹¹ I decked thee with costly apparel; I put rings upon thy fingers,

⁷ Thy sail was of white small needle work out of the land of Egypt, to hang upon thy mast: and thy hangings of yellow silk and purple, out of the Isles of Elishah.

⁴⁶ Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell down upon his face, and bowed himself unto Daniel, and commanded that they should offer meat offerings and sweet odours unto him. ⁴⁷ The king answered Daniel, and said, "Yea, of a truth your God is a God above all gods, and LORD above all kings, and an opener of secrets: seeing thou canst discover this mystery."

⁷ Wherefore the king cried mightily, that they should bring him the charmers, Chaldeans, and the conjurers of devils. The king spake also to the wise men of Babylon, and said, "Whoso can read this writing, and show me the plain meaning thereof: shall be clothed with purple, have a chain of gold about his neck, and rule the third part of my kingdom."

²² But his father said to his servants, 'Bring forth that best garment, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.

¹⁶ Then came the first saying, 'Lord, thy pound hath increased ten pounds.' ¹⁷ And he said unto him, 'Well good servant, because thou wast faithful in a very little thing; Take thou authority over ten cities.' ¹⁸ And the other came saying, 'Lord, thy pound hath increased five pounds.' ¹⁹ And to the same he said, 'And be thou also ruler over five cities.'

³⁰ "The lord of the land spake roughly to us, and took us for spies to search the country.

³³ And the lord of the country said unto us, 'Hereby shall I know if ye mean truly: leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food necessary for your households and get you away,

⁸ So now it was not ye that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me father unto Pharaoh and lord over all his house, and ruler in all the land of Egypt.

⁸ that he may be arrayed with the royal garments which the king useth to wear: and the horse that the king rideth upon, and that the crown royal may be set upon his head. ⁹ And let this raiment and horse be delivered under the hand of one of the king's princes, that he may array the man withal, whom the king would fain honour: and carry him upon the horse through the streets of the city, and cause it to be proclaimed before him, 'Thus shall it be done to every man, whom the king would fain honour.'"

¹⁰ That in the name of Jesus should every knee bow, both of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under earth;

⁷ And among all the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, nor yet man or beast: that ye may know, how the LORD putteth a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.'

²² that he might inform his princes after his will, and teach his senators wisdom.

¹⁸ Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine. And he being the priest of the most highest God, blessed him, saying,

²⁰ And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were borne: Manasseh and Ephraim which Asenath the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On bare unto him.

¹⁶ The priest of Midian had seven daughters which came and drew water and filled the troughs, for to water their father's sheep.

¹⁸ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

²⁶ And Ira the Jairite was likewise David's priest.

¹⁷ The best men of On and Bubaste shall be slain with the sword, and carried away captive.

¹ And it chanced, in those days, that there went out a commandment from Augustus the Emperor, that all the world should be taxed.

²⁸ And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the spirit, that there should be great dearth throughout all the world, which came to pass in the Emperor Claudius' days.

² And these are the generations of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he kept sheep with his brethren, and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and of Zilpah his father's wives. And he brought unto their father an evil saying that was of them.

³ all that were able to war — for to do the work in the tabernacle of witness:

²¹ And David went to Saul and came before him, and he loved him very well; so that he was made his harness bearer.

⁴ David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

⁶ And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that stood before Solomon his father, while he yet lived, and said, "What counsel give ye to answer this people withal?"

⁸ But he forsook the counsel that the old men had given him, and counselled with the young men that were nourished up with him and had waited on him.

¹⁹ and the king communed with them. But among them all were found none such as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

²³ And Jesus himself was about thirty years of age when he began, and he was taken for the son of Joseph: which Joseph was the son of Heli:

³⁶ Watch therefore continually and pray, that ye may obtain grace to fly all this that shall come. And that ye may stand before the son of man."

²⁴ Unto him that is able to keep you, that ye fall not, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with joy,

¹² And Isaac sowed in the land, and found in the same year a hundred bushels; for the LORD blessed him.

¹⁶ There shall be a heap of corn in the earth, high upon the hills; his fruit shall shake like Lebanon, and shall be green in the city like grass upon the earth.

³⁴ And let Pharaoh make officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years ³⁵ and let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up corn under the power of Pharaoh: that there may be food in the cities, ³⁶ and there let them keep it: that there may be food in store in the land, against the seven years of hunger which shall come in the land of Egypt, and that the land perish not through hunger."

²¹ And he appointed the people unto the cities, from one side of Egypt unto the other:

¹⁷ that I will bless thee and multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand upon the sea side. And thy seed shall possess the gates of his enemies.

⁵ for they came with their cattle and households even as grasshoppers in multitude: so that both they and also their camels were without number. And they entered the land to destroy it.

¹² And the Midianites, the Amalekites, and all they of the east, lay along in the valley, like unto grasshoppers in multitude, and their camels were without number, even as the sand by the seaside in multitude.

⁵ Then the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen with other people like the sand by the seaside in multitude and came up and pitched in Michmash eastward from Bethaven.

³ His substance was seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-asses, and a very great household: so that he was one of the most principal men among all them of the east country.

²⁷ He rained down manna upon them as thick as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea.

²² For like as the stars of heaven may not be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and of the Levites my ministers."

⁴⁵ And he called Joseph's name Zaphenath-Paneah. And he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. Then went Joseph abroad in the land of Egypt.

⁵ Now therefore thy two sons Manasseh and Ephraim which were born unto thee before I came to thee, into Egypt, shall be mine: even as Reuben and Simeon shall they be unto me.

³⁰ And there shall arise after them seven years of hunger. So that all the plenteousness shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt. And the hunger shall consume the land:

¹³ Then took Joseph them both: Ephraim in his righthand, toward Israel's lefthand, and Manasseh in his lefthand, toward Israel's righthand, and brought them unto him. ¹⁴ And Israel stretched out his righthand and laid it upon Ephraim's head which was the younger, and his lefthand upon Manasseh's head, crossing his hands; for Manasseh was the elder.

¹⁸ and said unto his father, "Not so my father, for this is the eldest. Put thy righthand upon his head." ¹⁹ And his father would not, but said, "I know it well my son, I know it well. He shall be also a people and shall be great. But of a truth his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall be full of people." ²⁰ And he blessed them, saying, "At the example of these, the Israelites shall bless and say, 'God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh.'" Thus set he Ephraim before Manasseh.

¹⁷ His beauty is as a firstborn ox and his horns as the horns of an unicorn. And with them he shall push the nations together, even unto the ends of the world. These are the many thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh."

⁵ For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, and in his pleasure is life; heaviness may well endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

¹¹ Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy; thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness.

¹⁰ Hearken, O daughter, and consider; incline thine ear. Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house.

¹⁶ For I chide not ever, and am not wroth without end. But the blasting goeth from me, though I make the breath.

⁶ and I will multiply thee exceedingly, and will make nations of thee: yea, and kings shall spring out of thee.

³ And God almighty bless thee, increase thee, and multiply thee that thou mayest be a number of people,

³² And Lea conceived and bare a son, and called his name Reuben, for she said, "The LORD hath looked upon my tribulation. And now my husband will love me." ³³ And she conceived again and bare a son, and said, "The LORD hath heard that I am despised, and hath therefore given me this son also." And she called him Simeon. ³⁴ And she conceived yet, and bare a son, and said, "Now this once will my husband keep me company, because I have borne him three sons." And therefore she called his name Levi. ³⁵ And she conceived yet again, and bare a son, saying, "Now will I praise the LORD!" Therefore she called his name Judah, and left bearing.

⁶ Then said Rachel, "God hath given sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son." Therefore called she him Dan. ⁷ And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again; and bare Jacob another son. ⁸ And Rachel said, "God is turned, and I have made a change with my sister, and have gotten the upper hand." And she called his name Naphtali. ⁹ When Lea saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. ¹⁰ And Zilpah Lea's maid bare Jacob a son. ¹¹ Then said Lea, "Good luck," and called his name Gad. ¹² And Zilpah, Lea's maid, bare Jacob another son. ¹³ Then said Lea, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed." And called his name Asher.

¹⁶ And the angel which hath delivered me from all evil, bless these lads: that they may be called after my name, and after my father Abraham and Isaac, and that they may grow and multiply upon the earth." ¹⁷ When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. And he lift up his father's hand, to have removed it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head, ¹⁸ and said unto his father, "Not so my father, for this is the eldest. Put thy righthand upon his head." ¹⁹ And his father would not, but said, "I know it well my son, I know it well. He shall be also a people and shall be great. But of a truth his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall be full of people."

²² "That flourishing child, Joseph; that flourishing child, and goodly unto the eye! The daughters come forth to bear rule;

²³ And Joseph saw Ephraim's children, even unto the third generation. And unto Machir the son of Manasseh were children born, and sat on Joseph's knees.

¹⁷ But he had sent a man before them, even Joseph which was sold to be a bond servant, ¹⁸ whose feet they hurt in the stocks. The iron pierced his heart,

¹ Comfort my people, O ye prophets; comfort my people, sayeth your God. ² Comfort Jerusalem, and tell her that her travail is at an end, that her offense is pardoned, that she hath received of the LORD's hand sufficient correction for all her sins.

⁶ ye that drink wine out of goblets, and anoint yourselves with the best oil: but no man is sorry for Joseph's hurt.

²⁹ "Behold, there shall come seven years of great plenteousness throughout all the land of Egypt. ³⁰ And there shall arise after them seven years of hunger. So that all the plenteousness shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt. And the hunger shall consume the land: ³¹ so that the plenteousness shall not be once a seen in the land, by reason of that hunger that shall come after, for it shall be exceeding great.

²⁰ Yea, even like as a dream when one awaketh, so makest thou their image to vanish out of the city.

²⁵ But Abraham said unto him, 'Son remember, that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy pleasure, and contrariwise, Lazarus pain. Now therefore is he comforted, and thou art punished.

³ And him thought that seven other cows came up after them out of the river; evil favored and lean fleshed and stood by the other upon the brink of the river. ⁴ And the evil favored and lean fleshed cows ate up the seven well favored and fat cows: and he awoke therewith.

⁶ And that seven thin ears, blasted with the wind, sprang up after them: ⁷ and that the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And then Pharaoh awaked: and see, here is his dream.

² Behold, I have heard that there is corn to be sold in Egypt. Get you thither and buy us corn from thence, that we may live and not die."

⁵ And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among other that came, for there was dearth also in the land of Canaan. ⁶ And Joseph was governor in the land, and sold corn to all the people of the land. And his brethren came, and fell flat on the ground before him.

¹ And the dearth waxed sore in the land.

¹¹ There will I make provision for thee: for there remain yet five years of dearth, lest thou and thy household and all that thou hast perish.'

¹¹ Then came there a dearth over all the land of Egypt, and Canaan, and great affliction, that our fathers found no sustenance.

⁴⁰ Thou therefore shalt be over my house, and according to thy word shall all my people obey: only in the king's seat will I be above thee." ⁴¹ And he said unto Joseph, "Behold, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt."

²⁵ And there arose great dearth in Samaria: for they had besieged it, until an ass's head was worth four score sicles of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of doves' dung worth five sicles. ²⁶ And as the king of Israel walked upon the walls, there cried a woman to him, saying, "Help, my lord king." ²⁷ And he said, "Nay, the LORD help thee. But wherewith should I help thee, with corn or wine?" ²⁸ Then said the king to her, "What aileth thee?" And she answered, "This woman here said to me, 'Bring thy son and let us eat him today, and we will eat mine tomorrow.' ²⁹ And so we dressed my son and did eat him. And I said to her another day, 'Bring thy son that we may eat him.' But she hath hid her son."

¹ The word of the LORD showed unto Jeremiah, concerning the dearth of the fruits. ² "Judah shall mourn, men shall not go much more through his gates: the land shall be no more had in reputation, and the cry of Jerusalem shall break out. ³ The lords shall send their servants to fetch water, and when they come to the wells, they shall find no water, but shall carry their vessels home empty. They shall be ashamed and confounded, and shall cover their heads. ⁴ For the ground shall be dried up, because there cometh no rain upon it. The plowmen also shall be ashamed, and shall cover their heads. ⁵ The Hind shall forsake the young fawn that she bringeth forth in the field because there shall be no grass. ⁶ The wild Asses shall stand in the Moss, and draw in their wind like the Dragons, their eyes shall fail for want of grass."

³ {Gimel} The Dragons give their young ones suck with bare breasts: but the daughter of my people is cruel, and dwelleth in the wilderness like the Ostriches. ⁴ {Daleth} The tongues of the sucking children, cleave to the roof of their mouths for very thirst. The young children ask bread, but there is no man that giveth it them. ⁵ {He} They that were wont to fair delicately, perish in the streets; they that afore were brought up in purple, make now much of dung. ⁶ {Vav} The sin of the daughter of my people is become greater than the wickedness of Sodom, that suddenly was destroyed, and not taken with hands. ⁷ {Zayin} Her abstainers were whiter than the snow or milk: their colour was fresh red as the Coral, their beauty like the Sapphire. ⁸ {Khet} But now their faces are very black: Insomuch, that thou shouldest not know them in the streets. Their skin cleaveth to their bones; It is withered, and become like a dry stock. ⁹ {Tet} They that be slain with the sword, are happier than such as die of hunger, and perish away famishing for the fruits of the field. ¹⁰ {Yod} The women, which of nature are pitiful, have sodden their own children with their hands that they might be their meat, in the miserable destruction of the daughter of my people.

¹⁷ And, lo, there came a voice from heaven, saying, "This is that, my beloved son, in whom is my delight."

⁵ While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud shadowed them. And behold, there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, "This is my dear son, in whom I delight; hear him."

¹⁴ And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw the glory of it, as the glory of the only begotten son of the father, which word was full of grace, and verity. ¹⁵ John bare witness of him and cried, saying, "This was he of whom I spake, which though he came after me, went before me: for he was before me." ¹⁶ And of his fullness have all we received, even grace for grace.

¹⁹ My God fulfill all your needs through his glorious riches in Jesus Christ.

¹⁹ For it pleased the father that in him should all fullness dwell,

¹⁴ And Joseph brought together all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and he laid up the money in Pharaoh's house. ¹⁵ When money failed in the land of Egypt and of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph and said, "Give us sustenance: wherefore sufferest thou us to die before thee? For our money is spent." ¹⁶ Then said Joseph, "Bring your cattle, and I will give yow for your cattle, if ye be without money." ¹⁷ And they brought their cattle unto Joseph. And he gave them bread for horses and sheep, and oxen and asses: so he fed them with bread for all their cattle that year. ¹⁸ When that year was ended, they came unto him the next year and said unto him, "We will not hide it from my lord, how that we have neither money nor cattle for my lord: there is no more left for my lord, but even our bodies and our lands. ¹⁹ Wherefore lettest thou us die before thine eyes, and the land to go to nought? Buy us and our lands for bread: and let both us and our lands be bond to Pharaoh. Give us seed, that we may live and not die, and that the land go not to waste." ²⁰ And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. For the Egyptians sold every man his land because the dearth was sore upon them: and so the land became Pharaoh's. ²¹ And he appointed the people unto the cities, from one side of Egypt unto the other: ²² only the land of the Priests bought he not. For there was an ordinance made by Pharaoh for the priests, that they should eat that which was appointed unto them, which Pharaoh had given them; wherefore they sold not their lands. ²³ Then Joseph said unto the folk, "Behold, I have bought you this day and your lands for Pharaoh. Take there seed and go sow the land. ²⁴ And of the increase, ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed to sow the field: and for you, and them of your households, and for your children, to eat."

¹⁷ Thus shall it happen after seventy years. The LORD shall visit the city of Tyre, and she shall convert unto her reward, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms that be in the world.

³ Then said he unto me, 'This is the curse, that goeth forth over the whole earth: for all thieves shall be judged after this book, and all swearers shall be judged according to the same.

³⁵ For as a snare shall it come on all them that sit on the face of the earth.

²⁶ and hath made of one blood all nations of men, for to dwell on all the face of the earth; and hath assigned before: how long time, and also the ends of their inhabitation.

¹ When Jacob saw that there was corn to be sold in Egypt, he said unto his sons, "Why are ye negligent?

⁵ And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among other that came, for there was dearth also in the land of Canaan.

²⁰ Ye thought evil unto me: but God turned it unto good to bring to pass, as it is this day, even to save much people alive.

²⁸ lest the land whence thou broughtest them say: Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them and because he hated them, therefore he carried them out to destroy them in the wilderness.

¹⁶ Moreover he called for a dearth upon the land, and destroyed all the provision of bread. ¹⁷ But he had sent a man before them, even Joseph which was sold to be a bond servant,