Genesis 42 Cross References - Thomson

¹ And when Jacob found that there was a sale in Egypt he said to his sons, Why sit ye still? ² Behold I have heard that there is corn in Egypt; go down thither and buy us a little food that we may live and not die. ³ So Joseph's ten brothers went down to purchase corn from Egypt: ⁴ but Benjamin the brother of Joseph he did not send with his brothers; for he said, Perhaps some misfortune may happen to him. ⁵ Now when the sons of Israel went to buy in company with others who were going, for the famine was in the land of Chanaan, ⁶ Joseph was the governor of the country; he sold to all the people of that land. So when Joseph's brothers came they made obeisance to him with their face to the ground. ⁷ And when Joseph saw his brothers he knew them and was reserved and spoke harshly to them and said to them, Whence come you? And they said, From the land of Chanaan to buy food. ⁸ Now Joseph knew his brothers, but they did not know him. ⁹ And Joseph remembered the dreams, which he had dreamed and said to them, You are spies. You are come to examine the ways into this country. ¹⁰ And they said, No, my lord. We thy servants are come to buy food. ¹¹ We are all the sons of one man. We are men of peace. Thy servants are not spies. ¹² But he said, Nay, you are come for no other purpose, but to examine the ways into this country. ¹³ Then they said, Thy servants were twelve brothers in the land of Chanaan. And lo! the youngest is now with our father; but the other is no more. ¹⁴ Upon this Joseph said, It is as I said, you are spies. ¹⁵ By this you shall be proved. By the health of Pharao you shall not depart hence unless your youngest brother come hither. ¹⁶ Send one of you and bring your brother; but you must be confined, until your words be proved whether you speak true or not. If not, by the health of Pharao you are certainly spies. ¹⁷ So he committed them to prison three days. ¹⁸ And on the third day he said to them, Do this and live; for I fear God. ¹⁹ If you are men of peace let one brother of you be kept in confinement. As for the rest, go and carry back your purchase of provisions ²⁰ and bring your younger brother to me, so shall your words be believed. Unless you do this you shall die. On this occasion they acted thus; ²¹ they said one to another, We indeed are to blame in respect to our brother. Because we disregarded the anguish of his soul, when he intreated us and we would not hear him; for this cause therefore this affliction is come upon us. ²² And Reuben in reply said to them, Did I not speak to you saying, Do the lad no injury, but you hearkened not to me. Now behold inquisition is made for his blood. ²³ They indeed did not know that Joseph heard; for there was one to interpret between them. ²⁴ On this Joseph withdrew from them and wept. Then he came to them again and spoke to them and he took Symeon from among them and bound him before their eyes. ²⁵ Then Joseph gave orders to fill their sacks with corn and to put every one's money in his bag and to furnish them with provisions for the journey. So this being done for them ²⁶ they loaded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. ²⁷ And one of them having loosed his bag to give his asses provender at a place where they lodged saw his roll of money, for it was in the mouth of his bag, ²⁸ and said to his brothers, The money is returned to me. See, here it is in my bag. Whereupon their heart fainted and they were alarmed and said one to another, What is this which God hath done to us? ²⁹ And when they came to their father Jacob to the land of Chanaan, they told him all that had happened to them and said, ³⁰ The man the lord of the country spoke harshly to us and put us in prison as coming to spy the country; ³¹ and we told him, We are men of peace, We are not spies. ³² We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more. And the youngest is now with our father in the land of Chanaan. ³³ Upon which the man the lord of the country said to us, By this I shall know that you are men of peace. Leave here with me one brother; and taking the corn purchased for your family go ³⁴ and bring me your younger brother, then I shall know that you are not spies; but men of peace. And I will restore to you your brother and you may traffick in the land. ³⁵ And when they emptied their sacks every one's roll of money was in their several sacks. And when they and their father saw their rolls of money they were terrified. ³⁶ And Jacob their father said to them, Me you have bereaved of children. Joseph is gone. Symeon is gone. And will you take away Benjamin? All these things are against me. ³⁷ Then Reuben spoke to their father saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not back to thee. Commit him to my charge and I will bring him back to thee. ³⁸ But he said, My son shall not go down with you. For his brother is dead and he alone is left. If any mischief should happen to him in the way you are going, you will bring down my old age with sorrow to the mansion of the dead.

⁵⁴ the seven years of famine began to come as Joseph said. And there was a famine in the whole earth, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

⁵⁷ all the countries came to Egypt to buy of Joseph, for the famine was great in the whole earth.

² Behold I have heard that there is corn in Egypt; go down thither and buy us a little food that we may live and not die.

¹⁹ So the clerks of the children of Israel saw themselves in a miserable situation, when they said, You shall be allowed no abatement from the customary daily task of brick making.

¹⁸ And all the people looked towards the thunder and the lightnings and the sound of the trumpet and the mount which was smoking; and all the people being struck with terror stood at a distance.

¹⁰ Thereupon the Lord said to Joshua, Arise; why hast thou fallen on thy face?

³ At this Elias was terrified, and arose and went where his inclination led him, and coming to Bersabee, in the land of Juda, he left his servant there,

³ And at the end of the seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines to the city, and went to apply to the king about her house and her fields. ⁴ Now the king had spoken to Giezi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things which Elisha hath done.

⁴ Arise, for the matter resteth with thee, and we are with thee. Take courage and proceed to action.

¹⁴ Why sit we still? Assemble and let us go into the fortified cities; and let us be cast oft' there; since God hath cast us off. He hath indeed given us water of gall to drink because we have sinned against him.

¹³ When Ephraim saw his disorder and Juda felt his pain, though Ephraim went to the Assyrians, and sent ambassadors to king Iarim; yet he could not heal you, nor could your pain be assuaged;

¹² So when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent our fathers the first time;

⁷ but, on the contrary, seeing that I was intrusted with the message of glad tidings for the uncircumcision, as Peter was with that for the circumcision;

² So when they had eaten up the corn which they brought from Egypt their father said to them, Go again and buy for us a little food.

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

⁸ Moreover Judas said to his father Israel, Send thy son with me and we will arise and go that we may live and not die, both we and thou and all that we have.

⁹ Haste therefore and go up to my father and say to him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me ruler of all the land of Egypt. Come down therefore to me and tarry not.

¹⁷ I shall not die: but live and proclaim the works of the Lord.

¹ At that time Ezekias was seized with a mortal sickness; and Esaias son of Amos, the prophet, came to him and said to him, Thus saith the Lord, Give orders respecting thy household, for thou art at the point of death and shall not live.

⁴ In reply to which, Jesus said, It is written, "Man can live not by bread only, but by anything which God is pleased to appoint."

⁵ Now when the sons of Israel went to buy in company with others who were going, for the famine was in the land of Chanaan,

¹³ Then they said, Thy servants were twelve brothers in the land of Chanaan. And lo! the youngest is now with our father; but the other is no more.

²² And God said, "Behold Adam was made like one of us to know good and evil. And now perhaps he may stretch forth his hand and take of the tree of life and eat, so shall he live forever."

⁴ And they said, Come, let us build for ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which shall be up to heaven; and let us make a name for ourselves before we be scattered on the face of the whole earth.

¹ Now when Jacob looked up and saw with his eyes, that lo! Esau his brother was coming and with him four hundred men; thereupon Jacob divided his children to Leia, and Rachel, and the two maids. ² And he put the two maids and their children foremost, and Leia and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.

¹⁶ And Jacob removed from Baithel and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Gader. And when he was near Chabratha on the way to Ephratha, Rachel was taken in labour and had a hard delivery. ¹⁷ And when she was in the sharp pangs of child birth, the midwife said to her, Courage; for this also is a son for thee. ¹⁸ And just as she was departing [for she died] she called his name Sun of my sorrow; but his father called his name Benjamin. ¹⁹ And Rachel died and was buried in the race ground of Ephratha, which is Bethlehem.

³⁸ But he said, My son shall not go down with you. For his brother is dead and he alone is left. If any mischief should happen to him in the way you are going, you will bring down my old age with sorrow to the mansion of the dead.

¹⁴ And may my God grant you favour in the sight of the man that he may send back your brother with Benjamin. As for me I am bereaved of children as I have been bereaved.

²⁹ And when Joseph raised his eyes and saw Benjamin his brother by the same mother, he said, This is your youngest brother whom you promised to bring to me? Then he said, God be gracious to thee, my son.

²⁰ And we said to my lord, We have a father an old man; and he hath a younger son of his old age. His brother is dead, and as he is the only one of his mother left; his father loveth him. ²¹ Then thou saidst to thy servants, Bring him down to me and I will take care of him. ²² And we said to my lord, This son cannot leave his father; for if he were to leave him, his father would die.

²⁷ Thereupon thy servant our father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons; ²⁸ and that one went out from me and you said he was devoured by a wild beast and I have not seen him since. ²⁹ If therefore you take this one also from me and any misfortune happen to him on the journey, you will bring down my old age with sorrow to the grave. ³⁰ Now therefore if I should go to thy servant our father and this son be not with us, as his life dependeth on the life of this son, ³¹ it will come to pass that when he shall see that this son is not with us he will die. Thus will thy servants bring down the old age of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. ³² Besides as thy servant received this son from his father and said, If I bring him not back to thee and set him before thee, let me be as a sinner against my father for ever; ³³ now therefore let me stay with thee instead of him as a slave to my lord, and let this son go up with his brothers [for how can I go up to my father and this son not with us?] that I may not see the evils which will befal my father.

¹⁰ And there was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.

¹ Now there had been a famine in the land besides the former famine which happened in the time of Abraham. And Isaak went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

¹¹ And there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan. It was indeed a great affliction and our fathers found no sustenance.

²⁸ And one of them named Agabus rising up signified by the spirit that there would very soon be a great famine throughout the whole inhabited land, which accordingly came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.

² he raised his eyes and looked, and lo! three men stood above him. And when he saw them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent; and having made obeisance to the ground,

¹ Now in the evening the two angels came to Sodom, and Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom, and upon seeing them, Lot arose to meet them, and made obeisance with his face to the ground,

⁷ I thought we were binding sheaves in the middle of a field; and my sheaf arose and stood upright, and your sheaves being ranged around made obeisance to my sheaf. ⁸ Upon which his brothers said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us or have dominion over us? So they hated him still more for his dreams and for his words. ⁹ And he had another dream and told this to his father and his brothers and said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream, as if the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me. ¹⁰ Upon which his father rebuked him saying, What is this dream which thou hast dreamed? What! Shall I and thy mother and thy brothers come and bow down to thee on the ground?

⁴⁰ Thou shalt be over my household and to thy command all my people shall pay obedience. Only on the throne will I be greater than thou. ⁴¹ Moreover Pharao said to Joseph, Behold I have set thee this day over all the land of Egypt,

⁵⁵ And when all the land of Egypt began to be in want and the people cried to Pharao for bread, Pharao said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph and do whatever he saith to you. ⁵⁶ As the famine was over the face of the whole earth, when Joseph opened all his granaries and sold to all the Egyptians,

¹⁴ And Judas with his brothers went in to Joseph who was still there; and they fell on the ground before him.

⁸ Now therefore it was not you who sent me hither, but it was God. And he hath made me like a father to Pharao, and lord of all his house and governor of all the land of Egypt.

²⁶ and told him saying. Thy son Joseph is alive and he is the governor of all the land of Egypt. Whereupon Jacob was absorpt in thought, for he could not believe them.

¹⁶ When he called for a famine on the land; broke all the stay of bread, ¹⁷ he had sent before them a man, Joseph was sold for a servant. ¹⁸ They had humbled his feet with fetters, his life was spent in irons; ¹⁹ until his word came to pass; till the oracle of the Lord tried him. ²⁰ The king had sent and loosed him; the chief of peoples had set him at liberty; ²¹ had appointed him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions;

¹⁰ and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharao king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt, and all his household.

⁹ behold I give thee some of the synagogue of satan, who say they are Jews and are not; but do lie. Behold I will make them come, and worship at thy feet, and know that I have loved thee.

⁹ And Joseph remembered the dreams, which he had dreamed and said to them, You are spies. You are come to examine the ways into this country. ¹⁰ And they said, No, my lord. We thy servants are come to buy food. ¹¹ We are all the sons of one man. We are men of peace. Thy servants are not spies. ¹² But he said, Nay, you are come for no other purpose, but to examine the ways into this country.

¹⁴ Upon this Joseph said, It is as I said, you are spies. ¹⁵ By this you shall be proved. By the health of Pharao you shall not depart hence unless your youngest brother come hither. ¹⁶ Send one of you and bring your brother; but you must be confined, until your words be proved whether you speak true or not. If not, by the health of Pharao you are certainly spies. ¹⁷ So he committed them to prison three days.

¹⁹ If you are men of peace let one brother of you be kept in confinement. As for the rest, go and carry back your purchase of provisions ²⁰ and bring your younger brother to me, so shall your words be believed. Unless you do this you shall die. On this occasion they acted thus;

³⁰ The man the lord of the country spoke harshly to us and put us in prison as coming to spy the country;

²³ But he made her no answer. Then his disciples came near and intreated him, saying, Dismiss this woman, for she crieth after us. ²⁴ And he in reply said, My mission is only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ²⁵ She nevertheless advanced, and prostrating herself before him, said, O my lord, help me. ²⁶ Whereupon he in reply said, It is not seemly to take the childrens bread and cast it to the dogs.

² and this is the history of Jacob's posterity. When Joseph was seventeen years of age and feeding his father's sheep with his brothers, as he was young, namely with the sons of Balla and the sons of Zelpha his father's wives, they carried an ill report against Joseph to Israel their father.

¹⁶ But their eyes were withheld from knowing him.

¹⁴ And, having said this, she turneth about and seeth Jesus standing, but did not know that it is Jesus.

⁴ And when it was morning Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

⁵ Besides Joseph having dreamed a dream told it to his brothers ⁶ and said to them, Hear this dream which I have dreamed. ⁷ I thought we were binding sheaves in the middle of a field; and my sheaf arose and stood upright, and your sheaves being ranged around made obeisance to my sheaf. ⁸ Upon which his brothers said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us or have dominion over us? So they hated him still more for his dreams and for his words. ⁹ And he had another dream and told this to his father and his brothers and said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream, as if the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me.

¹⁶ Send one of you and bring your brother; but you must be confined, until your words be proved whether you speak true or not. If not, by the health of Pharao you are certainly spies.

³⁰ The man the lord of the country spoke harshly to us and put us in prison as coming to spy the country; ³¹ and we told him, We are men of peace, We are not spies.

³⁴ and bring me your younger brother, then I shall know that you are not spies; but men of peace. And I will restore to you your brother and you may traffick in the land.

³⁵ Now when the Lord had smitten the people for making the bull which Aaron had made,

² Send men, and let them examine for thee the land of the Chananites, which I am about to give to the children of Israel for a possession. Thou shalt send a man for every tribe; according to the communities of their patriarchal families, thou shalt send them, every one a leader among them.

¹⁶ These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to examine the land: [now Moses had surnamed Ause, son of Nave, Joshua.] ¹⁷ And upon sending them to view the land of Chanaan, Moses said to them, Having gone up through this wilderness, you shall go up to the mountain, ¹⁸ and view the land, of what sort it is; and the people who are settled in it, whether they be strong or weak; whether few or many; ¹⁹ and what sort of a country it is in which they are settled, whether it is good or bad; and what sort of cities they inhabit, whether they dwell in cities with walls, or without walls; ²⁰ and what the quality of the soil is, whether rich or poor; and whether there are trees there, or not. And having made a strict examination, you will bring with you some of the fruits of the land: [for their days, it being then the spring season, would reach to the time of the first ripe grapes.]

¹ Now Joshua son of Nave had sent from Sat tin two young men to spy, saying, Go up, and take a view of the land, and particularly of Jericho. And the two young men, having set out, entered Jericho, and went to the house of a harlot, whose name was Rahab, and lodged there.

²³ And when the two young men, who had spied the city had gone to the house of the woman, and had brought out Rahab the harlot, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and her kindred, and all that were with her, and placed them without the camp of Israel,

²⁴ And they who kept watch, looked, and behold a man came out of the city; and they took him, and said to him, Shew us the way into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.

⁴ he sent out spies. And when he knew that Saul was come in force out of Keila,

²⁰ Therefore, having watched him diligently, they sent to him spies who should feign themselves to be righteous men, that they might lay hold of some word of his, in order to deliver him up to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor.

³¹ By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with the unbelievers, she having received the spies with peace.

²⁹ May nations serve thee; and princes bow down to thee. Be thou lord of thy brother. And let the children of thy father pay thee homage. Cursed be he who curseth thee; and let him who blesseth thee be blessed.

³⁷ And Isaak in reply said to Esau, Seeing I have made him thy lord and made all his brethren his servants and have also supported him with corn and wine, what can I do for thee, my son?

⁸ Upon which his brothers said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us or have dominion over us? So they hated him still more for his dreams and for his words.

⁹ With whomsoever of thy servants thou shalt find the cup, let him die, and we will be our lord's slaves.

¹⁷ And when Saul knew David's voice, he said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, I am thy servant, my lord the king.

⁷ And as Abdiou was in the way by himself Elias came by himself to meet him. Whereupon Abdiou hasted and fell on his face and said, Art thou he, my lord Elias?

¹⁹ If you are men of peace let one brother of you be kept in confinement. As for the rest, go and carry back your purchase of provisions

³³ Upon which the man the lord of the country said to us, By this I shall know that you are men of peace. Leave here with me one brother; and taking the corn purchased for your family go ³⁴ and bring me your younger brother, then I shall know that you are not spies; but men of peace. And I will restore to you your brother and you may traffick in the land.

¹⁸ He who speaketh from himself, seeketh his own glory; but he who seeketh the glory of him who sent him, is true, and in him there is no falsehood.

⁴ but approving ourselves in every respect as ministers of God, by great constancy in afflictions, in distresses, in straits,

³² And Leia conceived and bore Jacob a son and called his name Reuben; saying, Because the Lord hath seen my affliction; therefore he hath given me a son. Now therefore my husband will love me. ³³ And she conceived again, and bore to Jacob another son, and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I am slighted, he hath given me this son also; so she called his name Symeon. ³⁴ And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, Now will my husband abide with me for I have born him three sons; therefore she called his name Levi. ³⁵ And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Now for this also I will praise the Lord, therefore she called his name Judas. Then she ceased from bearing.

⁶ And Rachel said, God hath judged for me and hath heard my voice and given me a son: for this cause she called his name Dan. ⁷ And Balla, Rachel"s maid conceived again and bore to Jacob another son. ⁸ Whereupon Rachel said, God helped me when I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed. So she called his name Nephthaleim. ⁹ Now when Leia saw that she had ceased from bearing, she also took her maid Zelpha and gave her to Jacob for a wife, and he went in unto her. ¹⁰ And Zelpha, Leia's maid conceived and bore Jacob a son. ¹¹ Whereupon Leia said, Good luck. So she called his name Gad. ¹² And Zelpha, Leia's maid conceived again and bore Jacob another son. ¹³ Upon which Leia said, Happy am I; for the women will call me happy. So she called his name Aser. ¹⁴ And at the time of the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found in the field mandragore apples and brought them to his mother Leia. And Rachel said to her sister Leia, Give me some of thy son's mandragores. ¹⁵ And Leia said, Is it not enough for thee that thou hast taken my husband? wouldst thou take also my son's mandragores? And Rachel said, Shall I not have them on this condition? Let him be with thee to night for thy son's mandragores. ¹⁶ So when Jacob was coming from the field in the evening, Leia went out to meet him and said, Thou must come in to me today; for I have hired thee for my son's mandragores. And he lay with her that night, ¹⁷ and God hearkened to Leia and she having conceived bore to Jacob a fifth son. ¹⁸ And Leia said, God hath given me my reward for having given my maid to my husband. So she called his name Issachar, that is Reward. ¹⁹ And Leia conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob. ²⁰ Whereupon Leia said, God hath now endowed me with a good dowry. My husband will make choice of me, for I have born him six sons. So she called his name Zabulon. ²¹ And after this she bore a daughter and called her name Deina. ²² Now God had remembered Rachel and God hearkened to her and opened her womb. ²³ And she having conceived bore Jacob a son. Whereupon she said, God hath taken away my reproach. So she called his name Joseph, saying, May God add to me another son.

¹⁶ And Jacob removed from Baithel and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Gader. And when he was near Chabratha on the way to Ephratha, Rachel was taken in labour and had a hard delivery. ¹⁷ And when she was in the sharp pangs of child birth, the midwife said to her, Courage; for this also is a son for thee. ¹⁸ And just as she was departing [for she died] she called his name Sun of my sorrow; but his father called his name Benjamin. ¹⁹ And Rachel died and was buried in the race ground of Ephratha, which is Bethlehem. ²⁰ And Jacob erected a pillar over her grave. The same is the pillar of Rachel's grave even to this day. ²¹ [Omitted] ²² And while Israel dwelt in that land, Reuben went and lay with Balla the concubine of his father Jacob, and Israel heard of it, and it appeared evil in his sight. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. ²³ The sons of Leia, Reuben, Jacob's first born, Symeon, Levi, Judas, Issachar, Zabulon: ²⁴ and the sons of Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin; ²⁵ and the sons of Balla, Rachel's handmaid, Dan and Nephthaleim: ²⁶ and the sons of Zelpha, Leia's handmaid, Gad and Aser. These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Syrian Mesopotamia.

³⁰ and returned to his brothers and said, The boy is gone. And as for me where now am I to go?

¹¹ We are all the sons of one man. We are men of peace. Thy servants are not spies.

³² We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more. And the youngest is now with our father in the land of Chanaan.

³⁶ And Jacob their father said to them, Me you have bereaved of children. Joseph is gone. Symeon is gone. And will you take away Benjamin? All these things are against me.

⁷ And they said, The man examined us strictly touching our family and said, Is your father alive? And have you a brother? And we answered him according to this examination. Could we know that he would say, Bring your brother?

²⁰ And we said to my lord, We have a father an old man; and he hath a younger son of his old age. His brother is dead, and as he is the only one of his mother left; his father loveth him.

²⁸ and that one went out from me and you said he was devoured by a wild beast and I have not seen him since.

⁸ Now these are the names of Israel's children who went down to Egypt with their father Jacob. Jacob and his Children. The first born of Jacob was Reuben, ⁹ and the sons of Reuben, Enoch and Phallus, Asron and Charmi. ¹⁰ And the sons of Symeon, Jemuel and Jamin and Aod and Achin and Saar and Saul the son of a Chananitish woman. ¹¹ And the sons of Levi, Gerson, Kaath and Merari. ¹² And the sons of Judas were Er and Aunan and Selom and Phares and Zara but Er and Aunan died in the land of Chanaan. And the sons of Phares were Esron and Jemuel. ¹³ And the sons of Issachar were Thola and Phua and Asum and Sambran. ¹⁴ And the sons of Zabulon, Sered and Allon and Achoel. ¹⁵ These were the sons of Leia whom she bore to Jacob in Syrian Mesopotamia with Deina his daughter. All the souls, sons and daughters were thirty three. ¹⁶ And the sons of Gad; Saphon and Aggis and Sannis and Thasoban and Aodeis and Aroedeis and Areeleis. ¹⁷ And the sons of Aser; Jemna and Jessua and Jeus and Baria with Sara their sister. And the sons of Baria; Chobar and Melchiil. ¹⁸ These were the children of Zelpha whom Laban gave to his daughter Leia and she bore them to Jacob. Sixteen souls. ¹⁹ And the children of Rachel the wife of Jacob were Joseph and Benjamin. ²⁰ And to Joseph children were born in the land of Egypt, whom Aseneth the daughter of Petephres, the priest of Heliopolis, bore to him, namely, Manasses and Ephraim. And to Manasses, there were sons born, whom his concubine Syra bore to him, namely, Machir. And Machir begot Galaad. And the sons of Ephraim the brother of Manasses were Soutalaam and Taam. And the sons of Soutalaam, Edom. ²¹ And the sons of Benjamin were Bala and Bochor and Asbel. And to Bala there were sons born, namely, Gera and Noeman and Achis and Ros and Mamphim, and Gera begot Arad. ²² These, were the children of Rachel, whom she bore to Jacob. All the souls were eighteen. ²³ And the sons of Dan; Asom. ²⁴ And the sons of Nephthaleim; Asiel and Goni and Issaar and Sellem. ²⁵ These were the children of Balla whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, and she bore them to Jacob. All the souls, seven. ²⁶ So all the souls who went with Jacob into Egypt, even all who sprung from him, exclusive of the wives of Jacob's children; All the souls were sixty six. ²⁷ And including the children of Joseph who were born to him in the land of Egypt, being nine, all the souls of Jacob's house who came with Jacob into Egypt were seventy five.

² Reuben, Symeon, Levi, Judas, ³ Issachar, Zabulon, Benjamin, ⁴ Dan and Nephthaleim, Gad and Aser. ⁵ Now Joseph was in Egypt. And all the souls from Jacob were seventy five.

¹ Again the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sina, in the tabernacle of the testimony, on the first day of the second month, in the second year of their coming out of the land of Egypt, and said, ² Take ye the sum of the whole congregation of Israel, according to pedigrees, and according to the houses of their patriarchal families, and according to the number of their names, according to their poll, every male ³ from twenty years old and upwards, every one who goeth out in the army of Israel; review them with their army. Thou and Aaron shall review them, ⁴ and with you there shall be of the chiefs, one from each tribe. They shall be the chiefs of the patriarchal houses; ⁵ and these are the names of the men who shall attend you. Of the Reubenites, Elisur, son of Sedur; ⁶ of the Symeonites, Salamiel, son of Surisadai; ⁷ of the children of Judas, Naasson, son of Aminadab; ⁸ of the children of Issachar, Nathaniel, son of Sogar; ⁹ of the Zabulonites, Eliab, son of Chailon; ¹⁰ of the children of Joseph; of the Ephraimites, Elisama, son of Emiud; of the Manassites, Gamaliel, son of Phadassur; ¹¹ of the Benjaminites, Abidon, son of Gadeoni; ¹² of the Danites, Achiezer, son of Amisadai; ¹³ of the Aserites, Phagiel, son of Echran; ¹⁴ of the Gadites, Elisaph, son of Raguel; ¹⁵ of the Nephthaleimites, Achire, son of Ainan. ¹⁶ These are renowned men of the congregation, chiefs of the tribes according to their patriarchal families, the chiliarchs of Israel. ¹⁷ So Moses and Aaron took these men, who were expressly named, ¹⁸ and assembled all the congregation on the first day of the second month, and marshalled them according to their pedigrees, according to their families, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and upwards, every male by their poll, ¹⁹ as the Lord commanded Moses, and reviewed them in the wilderness of Sina. ²⁰ And there were of the children of Reuben, Jacob's first born, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of names by their poll; all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, ²¹ on the review of those of the tribe of Reuben, were forty six thousand five hundred. ²² And of the Symeonites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their poll, all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, ²³ on the review of them, of the tribe of Symeon, were fifty nine thousand three hundred. ²⁴ And of the Gadites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, ²⁵ on a review of those of the tribe of Gad, were forty five thousand six hundred and fifty. ²⁶ And of the children of Judas, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll; all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, ²⁷ on the review of those of the tribe of Judas, were seventy four thousand six hundred. ²⁸ And of the Issacharites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, ²⁹ on a review of those of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty four thousand four hundred. ³⁰ And of the Zabulonites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, 81 all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, ³¹ on a review of those of the tribe of Zabulon, were fifty seven thousand four hundred. ³² And of the children of Joseph; Of the Ephraimites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, ³³ on a review of those of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred. ³⁴ And of the Manassites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, ³⁵ on a review of those of the tribe of Manasses, were thirty two thousand two hundred. ³⁶ And of the Benjaminites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, ³⁷ on a review of those of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty five thousand four hundred. ³⁸ And of the Danites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, ³⁹ on a review of those of the tribe of Dan, were sixty two thousand seven hundred. ⁴⁰ And of the Aserites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, ⁴¹ on a review of those of the tribe of Aser, were forty one thousand five hundred. ⁴² And of the Nephthaleimites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, ⁴³ on a review of those of the tribe of Nephthaleim, were fifty three thousand four hundred. ⁴⁴ This was the review which Moses and Aaron, and the chiefs of Israel made. The chiefs were twelve, a man for every tribe. They were of the patriarchal houses of their respective tribes. ⁴⁵ And the whole review of the Israelites, comprehending their army from twenty years old and upwards, ⁴⁶ every one who went out to be marshalled in Israel, was six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty. ⁴⁷ But the Levites of the tribe of their father's house, were not reviewed among the Israelites: ⁴⁸ for the Lord had spoken to Moses, saying, ⁴⁹ See that thou review not the tribe of Levi, nor take an account of them among the children of Israel. ⁵⁰ But thou shalt set the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the utensils thereof, and over all the things which are in it. They shall carry the tabernacle, and all its utensils, and they shall minister therein, and encamp about the tabernacle. ⁵¹ And when the tabernacle is to remove, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, they shall set it up. And if any of another family come near, let him be put to death. ⁵² And when the Israelites encamp, every man in his station, and every man according to his command, with their army, ⁵³ let the Levites encamp before them, around the tabernacle of the testimony, that there may be no lapse committed by the children of Israel; and that the Levites themselves may guard the tabernacle of the testimony. ⁵⁴ And when the Israelites had done according to all that the Lord commanded Moses,

¹ therefore the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² Make for thyself two silver trumpets. Thou shalt make them of ductile silver, each beaten out of one piece. And they shall serve thee to assemble the congregation, and to cause the camps to remove. ³ When thou shalt blow with them, all the congregation shall assemble at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony; ⁴ but when one is blown, all the chiefs, the leaders of Israel, shall come to thee. ⁵ When you blow an alarm, the camps on the east shall begin their march; ⁶ and when you blow a second alarm, the camps on the south shall begin their march; and when you blow a third alarm, the camps on the west shall begin their march; and when you blow a fourth alarm, the camps on the north shall begin their march. They shall blow an alarm for their marching. ⁷ And when you would assemble the congregation, you are to blow with them, but not an alarm. ⁸ The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. This shall be a perpetual ordinance for you, throughout your generations. ⁹ And when you go out to battle in your land, against your enemies, who have risen up against you, you shall sound these trumpets, that you may be brought into remembrance before the Lord, and saved from your enemies. ¹⁰ In the days of your rejoicings also, and at your festivals, and at your new moons, you shall blow the trumpets, at your whole burnt offerings, and at your sacrifices of thanksgivings; and it shall be a calling of you into remembrance before the Lord; I the Lord your God. ¹¹ Now in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud ascended from the tabernacle of the testimony; ¹² whereupon the Israelites with their baggage, marched through the wilderness of Sina, and the cloud halted in the wilderness of Pharan. ¹³ When the first had begun their march; when the van, ¹⁴ the division of the camp of Judas, had marched, and at the head of it Naasson son of Aminadab, ¹⁵ and at the head of the army of the tribe of Issachar, Nathaniel son of Sogar, ¹⁶ and at the head of the army of the tribe of Zabulon, Eliab son of Chailon; then were the Gersonites, and the Merarites, ¹⁷ having taken down the tabernacle, to move on; carrying the tabernacle. ¹⁸ And when the division of the camp of Reuben had marched with their army, and at the head of it Elisur son of Sedur; ¹⁹ and at the head of the army of the tribe of Symeon, Salamiel son of Surisadai; ²⁰ and at the head of the army of the tribe of Gad, Elisaph son of Raguel, ²¹ then were the Kaathites to move on, carrying the holy things, so that the tabernacle might be set up when they arrived. ²² Then were to march the division of the camp of Ephraim, with their army, and at the head of it Elisama son of Emiud; ²³ and at the head of the army of the tribe of Manasses, Gamaliel son of Phadassur; ²⁴ and at the head of the army of the tribe of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gadeoni. ²⁵ And the division of the camp of Dan were to march the last of all the camps, with their army, and at the head of it Achiezer son of Amisadai; ²⁶ and at the head of the army of the tribe of Aser, Phagael son of Echran; ²⁷ and at the head of the army of the tribe of Nephthaleim, Achire son of Ainan. ²⁸ These were the armies of the Israelites. ²⁹ Now when they began their march Moses said to Obad, son of Raguel the Madianite, the brother in law of Moses, We are now on our march to the place which the Lord said, This I will give you. Come with us and we will deal well with thee; for the Lord hath spoken good things concerning Israel. ³⁰ In reply to which he said, I cannot go, but must return to my own land, and to my family. ³¹ Whereupon Moses said, Thou must not leave us. Because thou hast been with us in the wilderness, therefore thou shalt be a senator among us, ³² and shalt share; if thou go with us, thou shalt indeed share in all those good things which the Lord will bestow upon us, and we will deal kindly with thee. ³³ So they removed from the mount of the Lord, three days' journey, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them the three days' journey, to look out for them a resting place. ³⁴ Now while the cloud was overshadowing them by day, as they marched out of the camp, ³⁵ And when the ark set forward Moses said, Arise, O Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered. Let them who hate thee be put to flight. ³⁶ And when it halted he said, Return, Lord, to the thousand myriads of Israel.

¹ And, after the plague, the Lord spoke to Moses, and Eleazar the priest, saying, ² Take the sum of the whole congregation of Israel, from twenty years old and upwards, according to the houses of their families, every one who goeth out to war in Israel. ³ Upon which, orders were issued by Moses, and Eleazar the priest, at Araboth-Moab, on the Jordan over against Jericho, saying, ⁴ From twenty years old and upwards, as the Lord commanded Moses. Now these were the sons of Israel who came out of Egypt. ⁵ Reuben, Israel's first born. and the sons of Reuben, Enoch, and the community of the Enochites; to Phallus belonged the community of the Phalluites; ⁶ to Asron, the community of the Asronites; to Charmi, the community of the Charmites; ⁷ These are the communities of Reuben, and the muster of them was forty three thousand seven hundred and thirty. ⁸ Now of the Phalluites, Eliab was chief, ⁹ and the sons of Eliab were Namuel; and Dathan, and Abiron. These were the head families of the congregation. These were they who conspired against Moses and Aaron, in the company of Kore in the insurrection against the Lord. ¹⁰ And the earth, opening its mouth, swallowed them up with Kore, at the time when his company died; when the fire consumed the two hundred and fifty, and they were made a sign; ¹¹ but the children of Kore died not. ¹² And the children of Symeon were, the community of the Symeonites; from Namuel, the community of the Namuelites; from Jamin, the community of the Jaminites; from Jachin, the community of the Jachinites; ¹³ from Zara, the community of the Zaraites; from Saul, the community of the Saulites. ¹⁴ These communities of Symeon, from the muster of them, were twenty two thousand two hundred. ¹⁵ The children of Gad, by their communities, were; from Saphon, the community of the Saphonites; from Aggi, the community of the Aggites; from Suni, the community of the Sunites; ¹⁶ from Azeni, the community of the Azenites; from Addi, the community of the Addites; ¹⁷ from Aroadi, the community of the Aroadites; from Ariel, the community of the Arielites; ¹⁸ these communities of the children of Gad, from the review of them, were forty thousand five hundred. ¹⁹ And the sons of Judas were Er and Aunan, but Er and Aunan died in the land of Chanaan, ²⁰ so that these were the children of Judas, according to their communities; from Selom, the community of the Selomites; from Phares, the community of the Pharesites; from Zara, the community of the Zaraites. ²¹ And the Pharesites were; from Asron, the community of the Asronites; from Jamun, the community of the Jamunites. ²² These communities of Judas, according to the review of them, were seventy six thousand five hundred. ²³ And the children of Issachar were, according to their communities; from Thola, the community of the Tholaites; from Phua, the community of the Phuaites; ²⁴ from Jasub, the community of the Jasubites; from Samram, the community of the Samramites. ²⁵ These communities of Issachar, from the review of them, were sixty four thousand four hundred. ²⁶ The children of Zabulon were, according to their communities; from Sared, the community of the Saredites; from Allon, the community of the Allonites; from Allel, the community of the Allelites. ²⁷ These communities of Zabulon, from the review of them, were sixty thousand five hundred. ²⁸ The children of Joseph by their communities were; Manasses and Ephraim. ²⁹ The children of Manasses were from Machir, the community of the Machirites. Galaad also being a son of Machir, from Galaad, the community of the Galaadites. ³⁰ And these also were Galaadites, from Achiezer, the community of the Achiezerites; from Cheleg, the community of the Chelegites; ³¹ from Esriel, the community of the Esrielites; from Sychem, the community of the Sychemites; ³² from Symaer, the community of the Symaerites; and from Opher, the community of the Opherites. ³³ Now Salpaad the son of Opher had no sons; but he had daughters, and these were the names of Salpaad's daughters, Maala and Nua, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa. ³⁴ These communities of Manasses were, from the review of them, fifty two thousand seven hundred. ³⁵ And these were the children of Ephraim, from Suthala, the community of the Suthalites; from Tanach, the community of the Tanachites; ³⁶ these also were Suthalites; from Eden, the community of the Edenites; ³⁷ these communities of Ephraim were from the review of them, thirty two thousand five hundred. These were the communities of Joseph, by their communities. ³⁸ The children of Benjamin, according to their communities were; of Bale, the community of the Balites; of Asuber, the community of the Asuberites; of Jachiran, the community of the Jachiranites; ³⁹ of Sophan, the community of the Sophanites; ⁴⁰ now Adar and Noeman being sons of Bale; of Adar, was the community of the Adarites; and of Noeman, the community of the Noemanites. ⁴¹ These Benjaminites, according to their communities were, from the review of them, forty five thousand five hundred. ⁴² And the children of Dan, according to their communities, were of Same, the community of the Sameites. These were the communities of Dan, according to their communities. ⁴³ All the communities of the Sameites were, according to the review of them, sixty four thousand four hundred. ⁴⁴ The children of Aser, by their communities, were; from Jamin, the community of the Jaminites; from Jesu, the community of the Jesuites; from Baria, the community of the Bariaites; ⁴⁵ from Chober, the community of the Choberites; from Melchiel, the community of the Melchielites; ⁴⁶ now the name of Aser's daughter was Sara: ⁴⁷ these communities of Aser were from the review of them, fifty three thousand four hundred. ⁴⁸ The children of Nephthaleim, by their communities, were; of Asiel, the community of the Asielites; of Gauni, the community of the Gaunites; ⁴⁹ of Jeser, the community of the Jeserites; of Sellem, the community of the Sellemites. ⁵⁰ These communities of Nephthaleim were from the review of them, forty five thousand four hundred. ⁵¹ This muster of the Israelites was six hundred and one thousand and seven hundred and thirty. ⁵² And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ⁵³ Among these let the land be divided, that they may inherit it, by the number of names. ⁵⁴ To those who are many, thou shalt enlarge the inheritance; and to them who are few, thou shalt give the less inheritance. To every one, as they have been reviewed, their inheritance shall be given. ⁵⁵ Among these names the land shall be parcelled out, by lot. They shall inherit according to the tribes of their patriarchal families. ⁵⁶ By lot thou shalt parcel out their inheritance, to the many and the few. ⁵⁷ Now these were the children of Levi, according to their communities; of Gerson, the community of the Gersonites; of Kaath, the community of the Kaathites; of Merari, the community of the Merarites. ⁵⁸ These are also communities of the children of Levi; the community of the Lobenites, the community of the Chebronites, the community of the Korites, the community of the Musites. ⁵⁹ And Kaath begot Ambram, whose wife's name was Jochabed, a daughter of Levi and she bore these for Levi in Egypt; She bore by Ambram, Aaron, and Moses, and Mariam their sister. ⁶⁰ And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abiud, and Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁶¹ But Nadab and Abiud died when they presented strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sina. ⁶² From the review of them, they were twenty three thousand, including every male, from a month old and upwards; for they were not reviewed among the children of Israel; because there was no portion given them among the children of Israel. ⁶³ Now this was the review of Moses and Eleazar the priest, who reviewed the Israelites at Arabeth-Moab, on the Jordan, over against Jericho; ⁶⁴ and among them there was not a man of those who had been reviewed by Moses and Aaron, when they reviewed the Israelites in the wilderness of Sina. ⁶⁵ Because the Lord said to them, they shall assuredly die in the wilderness; therefore there was not one of them left, save Chaleb son of Jephonne, and Joshua son of Nave.

¹ Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses saying, ² Give a charge to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, You are about to enter the land of Chanaan. This you shall have for an inheritance, even the whole land of Chanaan, with its borders. ³ And your southern border shall be, from the wilderness of Sin, until it joineth Edom. ⁴ And your boundaries on the south shall be, from a part of the salt sea on the east, and that boundary shall encompass you on the south, to the ascent of Acrabin, and shall pass on to Ennak, and run along south of Kades-barne and come to the sheepcot of Arad, and pass along by Asemona: ⁵ and from Asemona the boundary shall wind round along the brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be the sea. ⁶ Then you shall have the sea for a boundary. The great sea shall bound you: this shall be your western boundary. ⁷ And your boundary on the north shall be this; from the great sea you shall measure off for yourselves, along the range of mountains; ⁸ from mountain to mountain you shall measure off for yourselves: beginning at the bay of Emath, and extending along the border of Saradak, ⁹ the boundary shall come out along the borders of Dephrona and its termination shall be Arsenain. This shall be your northern boundary. ¹⁰ Then you shall measure off for yourselves the eastern boundary from Arsenain to Sepphamar; and from Sepphamar ¹¹ the boundary shall run down to Bela, on the east of the fountains, then down along the borders of Bela, on the eastern side of the sea of Chenerith; ¹² then down the Jordan; and its termination shall be the salt sea. ¹³ This shall be your land and these its boundaries round about. So Moses gave a charge to the Israelites saying, This is the land which you shall parcel out, by lot, in the manner the Lord hath commanded it to be given to the nine tribes, and to the half of the tribe of Manasses; ¹⁴ because the tribe of the Reubenites, and the tribe of the Gadites, according to the houses of their families, and the half of the tribe of the Manassites, have received their allotments. ¹⁵ two tribes, and the half of a tribe, have received their lots on the south east side of the Jordan, in front of Jericho. ¹⁶ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁷ These are the names of the men who shall parcel out the land for you; Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nave, ¹⁸ And you shall take one chief of a tribe to divide the land among you by lot. ¹⁹ And these are the names of the men; Of the tribe of Judas, Chaleb son of Jephonne; ²⁰ of the tribe of Symeon, Salamiel son of Samiud; ²¹ of the tribe of Benjamin, Eldad son of Chaslon; ²² of the tribe of Dan, chief Bakchir, son of Egli; ²³ of the children of Joseph; of the tribe of the Manassites, chief Aniel, son of Suphi; ²⁴ of the tribe of the Ephraimites, chief Kamuel, son of Sabathan; ²⁵ of the tribe of Zabulon, chief Elisaphan, son of Pharnach; ²⁶ of the tribe of Issachar, chief Phaltiel, son of Oza; ²⁷ Of the tribe of Aser, chief Achior, son of Selemi; ²⁸ of the tribe of Nephthaleim, chief Phadael, son of Jamiud. ²⁹ To these the Lord gave it in charge to parcel out to the Israelites their allotments in the land of Chanaan.

¹ These are the names of the sons Israel, Reuben, Symeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, Zabulon, ² Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephthaleim, Gad, Aser. ³ The sons of Juda. Er, Aunan, Selom. These three he had by a daughter of Sava, the Chananite. Now Er the first born of Juda was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him. ⁴ Then Thamar his daughter in law bore to him Phares and Zara. All the sons of Juda were five. ⁵ The sons of Phares, were Esrom and Jemuel. ⁶ And the sons of Zara were Zambri and Aitham and Amuan and Chalchal and Darad, five in all. ⁷ And the sons of Charmi, Achar the troubler of Israel, who transgressed so as to be anathematised. ⁸ And the sons of Aitham, Azarias.

¹⁵ There was heard at Rama a sound of lamentation and weeping and wailing; Rachel, weeping for her children, refused to be comforted, because they are no more.

⁷ Our fathers sinned; they are no more. We have borne their transgressions.

¹⁶ When Herod saw that he was treated with contempt by the magians, he was highly incensed, and he sent and slew all the male children in Bethlehem and all the territory belonging thereto, from those who had entered the second year and under, according to the time, of which he had. got exact information from the magians.

¹⁸ "A cry was heard at Rama; lamentation and weeping and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted, because they are no more."

⁹ And Joseph remembered the dreams, which he had dreamed and said to them, You are spies. You are come to examine the ways into this country. ¹⁰ And they said, No, my lord. We thy servants are come to buy food. ¹¹ We are all the sons of one man. We are men of peace. Thy servants are not spies.

²⁴ Why dost thou hide thyself from me and hast accounted me thine adversary?

¹¹ When he exercised great wrath against me, and counted me as an enemy:

²¹ Then Jesus having left that place, withdrew into the confines of Tyre and Sidon. ²² And lo! a Chananitish woman from those quarters came out and cried with a loud voice, saying to him, Have pity on me, O my lord, Son of David; my daughter is grievously afflicted by a demon. ²³ But he made her no answer. Then his disciples came near and intreated him, saying, Dismiss this woman, for she crieth after us. ²⁴ And he in reply said, My mission is only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ²⁵ She nevertheless advanced, and prostrating herself before him, said, O my lord, help me. ²⁶ Whereupon he in reply said, It is not seemly to take the childrens bread and cast it to the dogs. ²⁷ And she said, True, Sir. Yet even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table. ²⁸ Thereupon Jesus in reply said to her, O woman, great is thy faith; Be it to thee as thou desirest. And from that instant her daughter was healed.

⁷ And when Joseph saw his brothers he knew them and was reserved and spoke harshly to them and said to them, Whence come you? And they said, From the land of Chanaan to buy food.

¹² But he said, Nay, you are come for no other purpose, but to examine the ways into this country.

²⁰ and bring your younger brother to me, so shall your words be believed. Unless you do this you shall die. On this occasion they acted thus;

³ Whereupon Judas spoke to him and said, The man who is the lord of the country solemnly protested saying, You shall not see my face, unless your youngest brother be with you.

²⁰ And we said to my lord, We have a father an old man; and he hath a younger son of his old age. His brother is dead, and as he is the only one of his mother left; his father loveth him. ²¹ Then thou saidst to thy servants, Bring him down to me and I will take care of him. ²² And we said to my lord, This son cannot leave his father; for if he were to leave him, his father would die. ²³ Then thou saidst to thy servants, Unless your younger brother come down with you, you shall no more be admitted to see my face. ²⁴ So when we went up to thy servant our father, we told him the words of our lord. ²⁵ And when our father said, Go again and buy for us a little food; ²⁶ we said, We cannot go. If indeed our youngest brother will go down with us, we will go down. For we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother be with us.

¹³ Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him alone, and cleave to him, and swear by his name.

²⁶ Attend to me, my lord! As thy soul liveth, I am the woman who stood in thy presence with thee when I prayed to the Lord.

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³ And David in reply to Jonathan, said, Thy father knoweth well, that I have found favour in thy sight, therefore he said, Jonathan must not know this. He will not consent. But as the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, it is as I said. There is but a step between me and death.

² They say, "As the Lord liveth." Do they not on this very account swear to falsehoods?

⁷ for which of these can I be merciful to thee? Thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by things which are no Gods. When I fed them plentifully, they committed adultery, and revelled in the houses of harlots.

³³ Again you have heard that it hath been said to the ancients, Thou shalt not forswear thyself; but shalt perform thine oaths to the Lord. ³⁴ But I say to you, Swear not at all: neither by heaven, for it is God's throne: ³⁵ nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great king, ³⁶ neither shalt thou swear by thy head; for thou canst not make one hair white or black. ³⁷ But let your word yes, be yes; and your no, no; for whatever exceedeth these, proceedeth from that which is evil.

¹⁶ Alas for you, blind guides, who say, to swear by the temple is not binding; but to swear by the gold of the temple is binding. ¹⁷ Foolish and blind! which is greater? The gold? Or the temple which halloweth the gold? ¹⁸ And, to swear by the altar doth not bind; but to swear by the gift thereon is binding. ¹⁹ Foolish and blind! which is greater? The gift? Or the altar which halloweth the gift? ²⁰ He therefore who sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it and by all on it. ²¹ And he who sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it and by him who dwelleth therein. ²² And he who sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him who sitteth upon it.

¹² Now above all things, my brethren, swear not, either by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your yes, be yes; and your no, no; that you may not fall under condemnation.

⁴ And the keeper of the prison committed them to Joseph and he attended them. And when they had been there some days in prison,

⁷ Whereupon he asked the officers of Pharao who were confined with him at his master's, saying, Why are your countenances sad to day?

¹⁰ Pharao was angry with his servants, and ordered us to be confined in the house of the captain of the guards; both me and the chief baker.

¹² And when they had committed him to custody, to pass sentence on him by the decree of the Lord,

⁶⁵ TETH. Lord, thou hast dealt kindly with thy servant; according to thy word.

²² and the congregation thereof shall have been assembled for imprisonment, and shut up as chaff for many generations; of them there shall be a visitation.

³ and laid hands on them, and put them in prison till the next day. For it was now evening.

¹⁸ and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.

¹⁰ For they indeed for a few days corrected us as they thought fit; but he for our advantage, that we may partake of his holiness.

¹¹ And Abraham said, I indeed thought, as there is no worship of God in this place, they will kill me for my wife's sake.

⁴³ Thou shall not over burthen him with toil, but fear the Lord thy God.

⁹ I said, This thing which you do is not good. It is not in this manner that you are in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of the nations, our enemies.

¹⁵ those daily allowances with which they who were before me had loaded them, and which they had exacted from them in bread and wine, to the amount at least of forty didrachms of silver. They indeed who had been displaced, tyrannised over the people; but as for me I did not do so; because I feared God.

² saying, There was in a certain city a judge, who neither feared God, nor regarded man.

⁴ And for a while he would not. But afterwards he said within himself, Though I neither fear God, nor regard man,

³ and sent them under a guard to prison; to the place to which Joseph had been sent.

⁵⁶ As the famine was over the face of the whole earth, when Joseph opened all his granaries and sold to all the Egyptians,

¹ And when Jacob found that there was a sale in Egypt he said to his sons, Why sit ye still? ² Behold I have heard that there is corn in Egypt; go down thither and buy us a little food that we may live and not die.

²⁶ they loaded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

¹ Still the famine prevailed in the land. ² So when they had eaten up the corn which they brought from Egypt their father said to them, Go again and buy for us a little food.

²³ And he sent the like presents to his father together with ten asses which carried some of all the good things of Egypt, and ten mules loaded with bread for his father on the journey.

⁷ to open the eyes of the blind; to lead out from chains them who are bound, and out of prison, them who are sitting in darkness.

²² Whereupon I beheld and the people were plundered and dispersed: for the snare was every where in the private chambers, and in the houses also where they had hidden themselves. They were for a prey and there was no rescuer; for a spoil; and there was none who said, Restore.

¹⁵ And the chiefs were enraged at Jeremias and smote him and committed him to the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that a prison.

²² And Noe did all that the Lord God commanded him;

¹⁵ By this you shall be proved. By the health of Pharao you shall not depart hence unless your youngest brother come hither.

⁵ But if thou wilt not send our brother with us we will not go. For the man spoke to us saying, You shall not see my face unless your youngest brother be with you.

¹⁹ Therefore they went near to the man the steward of Joseph's house and spoke to him at the gate of the house saying,

²³ Then thou saidst to thy servants, Unless your younger brother come down with you, you shall no more be admitted to see my face.

⁵ His mother saith to the waiters, Do whatever he shall bid you.

²³ So when Joseph came to his brothers they stripped him of the variegated robe which he had on ²⁴ and took him and threw him into the pit. But the pit was empty. It had no water. ²⁵ Then they sat down to eat bread. And raising their eyes they looked; and lo! Ismaelite travellers were coming out of Galaad and their camels were loaded with spiceries, with balm and stacte, which they were carrying to Egypt. ²⁶ Thereupon Judas said to his brothers, What advantage will it be though we slay our brother and conceal his blood? ²⁷ Come let us sell him to these Ismaelites and let not our hands be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh. So his brothers hearkened to him. ²⁸ And when the Madienite merchants came, they drew him up. They lifted Joseph up out of the pit and sold him to the Ismaelites for twenty pieces of gold; and they carried Joseph down to Egypt.

⁹ Upon this the chief butler spoke to Pharao, saying, I this day acknowledge my fault.

²³ But if you do not act in this manner, you will sin against the Lord, and you shall be sensible of your sin, when evils overtake you.

⁷ Whereupon Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, have been under my table, gathering up the offals thereof; therefore as I have done, so hath God requited me: And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

¹³ Then David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord hath put away thy sin. Thou shalt not die.

¹⁸ Upon which she said to Elias, What hast thou to do with me, man of God? Art thou come to me to bring my sins into remembrance and cause my son to die?

²⁷ Then will such a man blame himself, and say, What I have done! He hath not chastened me, as my sins deserve! ²⁸ Save my soul, that it may not go to destruction, and let my life see light.

³¹ Because one saith to the Almighty, "I have taken, I will not again take a pledge: ³² I will look beyond myself; do thou shew me: If I have done iniquity, I will do so no more."

⁸ When they shall be bound with fetters or held with cords of affliction, ⁹ he will shew them their works and their transgressions, that they bear;

²⁷ Yes, when tumult shall suddenly come upon you; and destruction like a whirlwind shall be at hand; even when tribulation and siege approach you; or when destruction is advancing upon you. ²⁸ For when you call upon me I will not listen to you. The wicked may seek me, but they shall not find me.

¹³ He who stoppeth his ears that he may not hear the distressed shall himself cry, and there shall be none to answer.

¹¹ Deliver them who are to be led away to death; and intercede for them who are to be slain, make no delay. ¹² If thou should say, I do not know this man: know that the Lord knoweth the hearts of all: and that he, who gave breath to all, knoweth all things: and will render to every one according to his works.

¹⁷ He who is bail for a man in a case of murder, shall be a fugitive, but not in safety. Correct a son and he will love thee and be an ornament to thy life. He will not hearken to an unrighteous nation.

¹⁷ Hath not thy forsaking me, saith the Lord thy God, brought these things upon thee?

¹⁹ Let this apostacy of thine correct thee. And thy wickedness work conviction in thee. And know and see how bitter a thing it is to forsake me, saith the Lord thy God.

¹⁸ thy ways and thy devices have done these things to thee. It is owing to thy wickedness that they are bitter; that they have reached thy very heart.

¹⁷ therefore thus said the Lord, You have not hearkened to me to proclaim a general release, every one to his neighbour; behold, I proclaim a dismission of you to the sword, and to pestilence and to famine; and I will deliver you up to dispersion in all the kingdoms of the earth.

¹⁵ I will sally forth and return to my place until they are made desolate, then they will seek my face.

² for as you judge, you shall be judged: and the measure which you mete, shall be measured to you again.

³ Then Judas, who had delivered him up, finding that he was condemned, repented and carried back the thirty shekels of silver to the chief priests and the elders, ⁴ saying, I have sinned in having betrayed innocent blood To which they replied, What is that to us? Look thou to that.

⁴³ Therefore, if thy hand cause thee to fall, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter maimed into life, than having two hands, to go into hell, into the fire which is unextinguishable; ⁴⁴ "Where their worm dieth not; and the fire is not extinguished! ⁴⁵ And if thy foot cause thee to fall, cut it off, it b better for thee to enter lame into life, than, having two feet, to be cast into hell, into the fire which is unextinguishable;

⁴⁸ where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished.

²⁸ for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

¹⁸ And many of them who believed came and confessed, and made a public acknowledgment of their deeds.

¹³ for the sentence of judgment shall be without mercy for him who hath not exercised mercy, though mercy glorieth over a sentence of judgment.

⁹ If we confess our sins, He is faithful, and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

¹⁰ Then the Lord said, "What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me out of the ground.

⁵ For with regard to your blood of your lives, I will indeed make inquisition for it at the hand of the beasts. At the hand of a man's brother I will make inquisition for the life of man. ⁶ He who sheddeth man's blood shall for it have his own blood poured out; for in an image of God I have made man.

²¹ But when Reuben heard he rescued him out of their hands and said, Let us not touch his life. ²² Reuben indeed said to them, Shed not blood. Throw him into one of these pits in the wilderness, but lay not a hand on him, in order that he might rescue him out of their hands and deliver him to his father.

²⁹ Now when Reuben came back to the pit and did not see Joseph in it, he rent his cloaths ³⁰ and returned to his brothers and said, The boy is gone. And as for me where now am I to go?

³² The Lord indeed hath turned the blood of his iniquity on his head. Because he fell upon two men more righteous, and better than himself, and slew them with the sword, and my father David knew not of their blood, namely Abenner, son of Ner, the captain general of Israel, and Amessai, son of Jether, the captain general of Juda;

²² Thus Joas remembered not the kindness which Jodae his father had done him, but put to death his son, and when he was dying he said, May the Lord see and judge.

¹² for in making inquisition for blood, he had them in remembrance; he forgot not the prayer of the distressed.

¹⁸ When I say to the unrighteous, Thou shalt surely die, and thou hast not warned the unrighteous to turn from his ways that he may live; that unrighteous man shall die for his iniquity; but his blood I will require at thy hand.

⁵⁰ that the blood of all the prophets, which hath been shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation. ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias who was slain between the altar and the temple: Verily I say to you, it will be required of this very generation.

⁴¹ We indeed justly; for we are receiving the due reward of our crimes. But this man hath done nothing amiss.

⁴ When the barbarians saw the venomous creature hanging to his hand they said to one another, This man is certainly a murderer whom vengeance suffereth not to live, though he hath escaped from the sea.

¹⁵ By the joint testimony of their conscience, and by their debates one with another, whether accusing or defending, they shew the matter of the law written in their hearts.

¹⁰ If any one gathereth [prisoners] for captivity; into captivity he goeth; if any one shall kill with the sword; with the sword he ought to be slain. Here is the perseverance and the faith of the saints.

⁹ And the men were scorched with great heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who hath power over these plagues and did not reform to give glory to him.

¹³ But when he the spirit of truth, is come, he will lead you into all the truth; for he will not speak from himself, but will speak whatsoever he shall have heard, and will explain to you the train of events. ¹⁴ He will glorify me, for he will receive of mine, and communicate to you.

²⁰ we therefore as ambassadors for Christ; as if God were exhorting by us, we, in behalf of Christ, intreat, "Be reconciled to God;

²⁵ And on the third day when they were in pain, the two sons of Jacob, Symeon and Levi the brothers of Deina took, each his sword and entered the city without danger and slew every male.

²³ Upon which he said to them, Peace be to you: fear not, your God and the God of your fathers hath given you treasures in your bags. But as for your money, with perfect good will I decline receiving it. Then he brought out Symeon to them

³⁰ And Joseph was discomposed, for his bowels yearned towards his brother; so he sought where to weep and went into his chamber and wept there.

¹⁴ Then he fell upon the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept upon him. ¹⁵ And Benjamin wept on his neck. And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them. And after that his brothers conversed with him.

⁵ Symeon and Levi are brothers. They accomplished their iniquitous purpose. ⁶ My soul, come not into their council; And in their conspiracy let not my passions be engaged. Because in their wrath they slew men, And in their rage ham-strung a bull; ⁷ Cursed be their wrath, for it was headstrong; And their enmity, for it was bitter. I will parcel them out in Jacob And scatter them among Israel.

⁹ It was not an ambassador nor a messenger; but he himself saved them. Through his love and his indulgence to them, he himself redeemed them and took them up, and exalted them all the days of old.

⁴¹ And as he drew near he viewed the city and wept over it,

¹⁵ Set your hearts on this with respect to each other"to rejoice with them who rejoice, and to weep with them who weep.

²⁶ so that if one member suffereth, all the rest suffer with it; and if one member is honoured, all the rest rejoice with it.

²² and making a distinction, have compassion on some, ²³ and save others by fear, snatching them out of the fire; abhorring even a garment which is stained by flesh.

¹ Joseph gave orders to the steward of his house saying, Fill the bags of these men with corn, as much as they can carry, and put every one's money in the mouth of his bag, ² and put my silver cup in the bag of the youngest along with the price of his corn. And Joseph's orders being punctually executed;

²¹ And the sons of Israel did so. And Joseph gave them waggons as Pharao the king commanded. He gave them also provisions for the journey.

¹ HO! ye who are thirsting, come to water! And ye who have no money, come buy and eat, without money and without price, wine and the choicest bread.

⁴⁴ But I say to you, Love your enemies. Bless them who curse you. Do good to them who hate you: and pray for them who spitefully use you and persecute you;

³³ But seek first the kingdom of God, and the righteousness required by him, and all those things will be superadded to you.

¹⁷ Render to none evil for evil. Be provident in regard to things good in the sight of all men. ¹⁸ If possible, that is, as far as in your power, be at peace with all men. ¹⁹ Beloved, avenge not yourselves, but give place to the wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine; I will requite, saith the Lord." ²⁰ Therefore if thine enemy hunger feed him; if he be thirsty, give him drink; for by doing so thou wilt use the means to melt him. ²¹ Be not overcome by evil; but overcome evil with good.

⁹ not rendering evil for evil, revile for revile; but on the contrary, blessing; knowing that you have been called for this, that you may inherit a blessing.

²¹ But when we came to the lodging place and opened our bags every man's money was in his bag. This money we have now brought back in our hands in full weight. ²² And we have brought with us other money to buy provisions; Who put the money into our bags we do not know.

¹¹ Then they hasted, and set down, every one his bag on the ground, and opened, every one his bag.

²⁴ Now when he was on the way at the resting place, an Angel of the Lord met him and sought to kill him.

⁷ and she brought forth her son, the first born, and swathed him, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the house appropriate to lodging.

³⁴ and went up to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring thereon oil and wine. Then having set him on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

³³ Then was Isaak absorpt in great amazement and said, Who then is he who hath hunted game and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before thou earnest and have blessed him, and he will be blessed.

³⁶ And upon those of you who are left, I will bring a slavery, which shall reach their very hearts, in the land of their enemies. The sound of a leaf driven by the wind will scare them; and they shall flee like those who flee from a battle, and shall fall when none pursueth.

⁶⁵ But even among these nations he will not give thee rest, nor shall there be any rest for the sole of thy foot. Indeed the Lord will give thee there a strange trembling heart, and failing eyes, and a desponding soul,

⁵ and his provisions, and the order in which his servants sat at table, and in which the attendants stood; and his dress, and his cup bearers, and his whole burnt offerings which he offered in the house of the Lord, she was struck with surprise,

² From the extremity of the land, I cried to thee, when my heart began to despond: at Petra thou didst raise me up, and conduct me.

⁶ I opened for my dear brother. He was gone! my soul melted for the speech of him. I sought him but did not find him: I called him but he made me no answer.

⁷ It was I who provided light and made darkness; who make peace and create evils: I the Lord God am he who doth all these things.

¹⁷ The Lord hath done what he purposed. He hath executed his decree, what he enjoined in days of old. He hath destroyed and hath not spared. He hath caused an enemy to rejoice over thee. He hath exalted the horn of thine oppressor.

³⁷ [a] Who ever enjoined thus; when it hath happened, hath not the Lord ordered it?

⁶ Shall a trumpet sound in a city and the people not be alarmed? Can there be in a city a calamity which the Lord hath not inflicted?

²⁶ and men are fainting with fear and apprehension of the things which are coming on the world. For the powers of heaven will be shaken,

¹⁰ and dwell among us. Behold the land before you is spacious. Dwell and trade therein and purchase possessions in it.

²¹ These are peaceable men; let them dwell with us in the land and use it for the purposes of trade. Behold the land before them is spacious. Let us take their daughters for our wives and give them our daughters.

¹⁵ besides the tribute of them who were subdued, and what he got from merchants, and from all the bordering kings and lords of the country.

⁴ and cropped the tops of the tender branch and brought them to the land of Chanaan, and in a walled city they were deposited.

²⁷ And one of them having loosed his bag to give his asses provender at a place where they lodged saw his roll of money, for it was in the mouth of his bag, ²⁸ and said to his brothers, The money is returned to me. See, here it is in my bag. Whereupon their heart fainted and they were alarmed and said one to another, What is this which God hath done to us?

¹² Take also double money in your hands and carry back the money which was returned in your sacks; perhaps it was a mistake.

¹⁵ So the men took the presents and the double money in their hands and Benjamin and arose and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

²¹ But when we came to the lodging place and opened our bags every man's money was in his bag. This money we have now brought back in our hands in full weight.

²⁰ Now therefore come let us kill him and throw him into one of these pits, and we will say a savage beast hath devoured him. And let us see what will become of his dreams. ²¹ But when Reuben heard he rescued him out of their hands and said, Let us not touch his life. ²² Reuben indeed said to them, Shed not blood. Throw him into one of these pits in the wilderness, but lay not a hand on him, in order that he might rescue him out of their hands and deliver him to his father. ²³ So when Joseph came to his brothers they stripped him of the variegated robe which he had on ²⁴ and took him and threw him into the pit. But the pit was empty. It had no water. ²⁵ Then they sat down to eat bread. And raising their eyes they looked; and lo! Ismaelite travellers were coming out of Galaad and their camels were loaded with spiceries, with balm and stacte, which they were carrying to Egypt. ²⁶ Thereupon Judas said to his brothers, What advantage will it be though we slay our brother and conceal his blood? ²⁷ Come let us sell him to these Ismaelites and let not our hands be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh. So his brothers hearkened to him. ²⁸ And when the Madienite merchants came, they drew him up. They lifted Joseph up out of the pit and sold him to the Ismaelites for twenty pieces of gold; and they carried Joseph down to Egypt. ²⁹ Now when Reuben came back to the pit and did not see Joseph in it, he rent his cloaths ³⁰ and returned to his brothers and said, The boy is gone. And as for me where now am I to go? ³¹ Then they took Joseph's coat, and having killed a kid of the goats they besmeared the coat with the blood ³² and sent away the variegated robe and had it carried to his father and said, This we found. Examine whether it be thy son's robe or not. ³³ And he knew it and said, It is my son's robe. An evil beast hath devoured him. A wild beast hath torn Joseph. ³⁴ Then Jacob rent his cloaths and put on sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days. ³⁵ And all his sons and daughters assembled and came to comfort him, but he would not be comforted saying, I will go to my son mourning, to the mansion of the dead. Thus his father mourned for him.

²⁸ And Israel said, It is a great thing for me that my son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him, before I die.

¹² And Joseph supplied his father and his brothers and all his father's household with a certain portion of corn for each person.

¹ But David spoke in his heart, saying, I may one day fall into the hands of Saul. Is it not best for me to make my escape to the land of the Philistines, so that Saul may cease from seeking me in the borders of Israel? So shall I escape out of his hand.

⁷ Remember therefore that my life is but a breath; and that mine eyes shall never return again to see good.

¹⁹ Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but out of them all the Lord will deliver them.

⁸ Better is a patient man than one of a haughty spirit.

⁹ [J] By means of this the iniquity of Jacob will be removed: and this will be to him a subject of thanksgiving, when I take away his sin: when they grind to powder all the hewn stones of their altars, and their groves no longer remain, and their idols hacked to pieces like a forest are far away.

¹⁰ I said in the height of my days I shall go down to the gates of Hades, I shall leave the years which remain.

¹⁰ Fear not, for I am with thee; be not led astray, for I am thy God. I have strengthened thee and helped thee, and secured thee with my just right hand.

¹³ For I am thy God, who have hold of thy right hand, and who say to thee, ¹⁴ Fear not, Jacob, diminutive Israel! I have helped thee, saith thy God, who redeemeth thee, Israel.

³¹ And Jesus immediately stretched forth his hand and took hold of him, saying, Distrustful man, why didst thou doubt?

²⁸ And we know that all things are working together for good to them who love God"to them who according to a previous purpose are now actually called.

³¹ What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

¹³ No trial hath come upon you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, and will not suffer you to be tried above your strength, but will with the trial make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.

¹⁷ For this momentary and light affliction of ours is working out for us an eternal weight of glory, great beyond expression,

⁷ Wherefore be ye, brethren, patient till the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman expecteth the precious fruits of the earth, waiting for them with patience, until it hath received the former and the latter rain. ⁸ Wait ye also with patience. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near. ⁹ Repine not, brethren, against one another, that you may not be condemned. Behold the judge is at the door. ¹⁰ For an example of enduring adversity, and of long suffering, take, my brethren, the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord. ¹¹ Behold we call those sufferers happy. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord's termination" that the Lord is full of compassion and tender mercy.

⁹ I undertake the charge of him. At my hand require him. If I bring him not back to thee and set him before thee let me be a sinner against thee for ever.

⁹ and the sons of Reuben, Enoch and Phallus, Asron and Charmi.

⁷ Will the Lord accept me for thousands of rams or myriads of fat goats? Must I give my first born for iniquity; the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul."

¹⁶ And Jacob removed from Baithel and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Gader. And when he was near Chabratha on the way to Ephratha, Rachel was taken in labour and had a hard delivery. ¹⁷ And when she was in the sharp pangs of child birth, the midwife said to her, Courage; for this also is a son for thee. ¹⁸ And just as she was departing [for she died] she called his name Sun of my sorrow; but his father called his name Benjamin.

³³ And he knew it and said, It is my son's robe. An evil beast hath devoured him. A wild beast hath torn Joseph.

³⁵ And all his sons and daughters assembled and came to comfort him, but he would not be comforted saying, I will go to my son mourning, to the mansion of the dead. Thus his father mourned for him.

⁴ but Benjamin the brother of Joseph he did not send with his brothers; for he said, Perhaps some misfortune may happen to him.

⁶ Do thou therefore according to thy wisdom, so as not to let his grey hairs go down to the grave in peace.

¹⁸ even to old age and grey hairs. God, forsake me not, till I declare thine arm to the rising generation;

¹⁰ The days of these years of ours are seventy years: and if by reason of strength they be eighty years; still the surplus of them is labour and sorrow. Because gentleness hath come upon us: let us, therefore,

¹⁴ I took a view of all the different sorts of work which are done under the sun. And behold they are all vanity and vexation of spirit.

²⁶ For to the man who is good in his sight he hath given wisdom and knowledge and joy; and to the sinner he hath given the trouble of gathering and heaping up to give to him who is good in the sight of God. So that this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

⁴ I am the self existent, even till you grow old, I am, I sustain you: I made you and I will bear with you; I will lift you up and I will save you.