Genesis 43 Cross References - Thomson

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. 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. ⁴ If therefore thou wilt send our brother with us we will go down and buy thee food. 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. ⁶ And Israel said, Why did you do me this ill in telling the man that you had a brother? 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? 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 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. ¹⁰ For if we had not been delayed we might have now been back a second time. ¹¹ Then Israel their father said to them, If it must be so, do this, Take of all the fruits of this land in your vessels and carry down for the man presents of balm and honey and incense both stacte and terebinthus and almonds. ¹² Take also double money in your hands and carry back the money which was returned in your sacks; perhaps it was a mistake. ¹³ And take your brother and arise and go down to the man. 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. 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. ¹⁶ And when Joseph saw them and Benjamin his brother by the same mother he said to his steward, conduct these men into the house and kill victims and make ready, for these men are to dine with me at noon. ¹⁷ So the man did as Joseph ordered and conducted them to Joseph's house. ¹⁸ And when the men saw that they were conducted to Joseph's house, they said, On account of the money which was returned in our bags in the former journey we are brought in for the purpose of accusing us and charging us with it, that he may make us slaves and take our asses. 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, ²⁰ Sir, we came down for the first time to purchase provisions, 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. 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 ²⁴ and brought them water to wash their feet and gave provender to their asses. ²⁵ And they were employed in making ready the presents until Joseph came at noon, for they heard that he was to dine there. ²⁶ So when Joseph came home they brought him the presents which they had in their hands into the house and made obeisance to him with their face on the ground. ²⁷ And he asked them of their welfare and said to them, Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still living? ²⁸ And they said, Thy servant, our father is well. He is still alive. And he said, Blessed of God is that man. Whereupon they bowed down and made obeisance to him. 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. 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. ³¹ And when he had washed his face and come out he restrained himself and said, Serve up dinner. ³² So they served up for him by himself and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who dined with him, by themselves. For the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews. For that to the Egyptians is an abomination. ³³ And they sat before him, the first born according to his birth right and the youngest according to his youth. And the men were astonished, one at another. ³⁴ And when they received their several messes from him, the mess of Benjamin was five times larger than any of theirs. And when they had drank and been plentifully regaled with him

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.

¹³ And the Lord said to Abraham, Why did Sarah smile within herself, saying, Shall I indeed bring forth? I who am old?

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

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,

¹ As the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God, man indeed knoweth not what to love or what to hate: with regard to all things before him there is vanity in them all. ² The same event happeneth to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the bad; to the clean and to the unclean; to him who sacrificeth and to him who sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; as is he who sweareth, so is he who feareth the oath.

¹⁰ Our skin is black as an oven. They are shrivelled up by storms of famine.

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. ¹² So when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent our fathers the first time; ¹³ and on their second going down Joseph made himself known to his brothers; and Joseph's kindred was made known to Pharao.

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.

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

²⁰ Sir, we came down for the first time to purchase provisions,

¹⁶ Better is a small portion with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without that fear.

¹⁸ Pride goeth before destruction: and a haughty spirit before a fall.

¹⁶ Having viewed a field she bought it, and with the fruits of her hands planted the purchase.

⁸ Now if any one doth not provide for his own, and especially for those of his family, he hath renounced his belief, and is worse than an infidel.

⁶ Now this religion, with contentment, is a great gain. ⁷ For we brought nothing into this world; and it is evident that we can carry nothing out of it. ⁸ Having then food and raiment let us be content with these.

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;

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.

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.

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.

¹³ On which David said, Well, I will make a covenant with thee. But one thing I require of thee, and declare that thou shalt not see my face, unless thou bring Melchol the daughter of Saul, when thou comest to see me.

²⁴ And the king said, Let him return to his house, and not see my face. So Abessalom returned to his house, and did not see the king's face.

²⁸ And when Abessalom had dwelt two years at Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face,

³² And Abessalom said to Joab, Behold I sent to thee, saying, Come here that I may send thee to the king, saying, Why have I come from Gedsur? It was better for me to be there, as I have not yet seen the king's face. If indeed there be wickedness in me, put me to death.

³⁴ I have indeed seen the affliction of my people in Egypt, and have heard their groaning and am come down to deliver them. Now therefore come, I will send thee to Egypt.

²⁵ And now behold I know that all you among whom I have gone proclaiming the reign of God, shall no more see my face;

³⁸ being more particularly afflicted at his having said, that they should see his face no more.

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.

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.

¹² Honour thy father and thy mother that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayst live long in that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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.

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.

²⁷ And he asked them of their welfare and said to them, Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still living?

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 And do thou issue these orders, Take with you from the land of Egypt waggons for your children and your wives and take up your father and come;

⁸ and all Joseph's family and his brothers and all his lather's household and his kindred. But their flocks and herds they left in the land of Gesem.

²¹ Moreover he said to them, Be not afraid. I will continue to nourish you and your families. So he comforted them, and spoke affectionately to them,

³¹ But as for your children, which you said would be for a prey, them I will bring into the land, and they shall inherit that land which you have rejected.

⁶ Let Reuben live and not die, And Symeon though he be few in number.

⁴ If we say, let us go into the city; there is a famine in the city and we must die there. And if we stay here we must die. Now therefore come, let us desert to the camp of Syria; if they take us alive we may live; and if they put us to death, we can but die.

¹³ To this one of his servants said in reply, Pray let them take five of the remaining horses which are left here, behold they are nearly all the multitude belonging to Israel which are left: and let us send thither and see.

²¹ Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river Avue, that we might humble ourselves in the presence of our God, and inquire of him the straight road for us, and our children, and all our substance;

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

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.

³⁹ What was torn by wild beasts I brought not to thee. I made up at my own expence the loss of what was stolen by day or by night.

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.

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.

²¹ otherwise when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, I, and Solomon my son, shall be deemed offenders.

³ Let him be brought to trial with me.

¹²² Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.

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.

²⁰ So when a righteous man turneth from his righteous acts and shall commit transgression though I lay the punishment before him; he shall die. Because thou hast not warned him, though he indeed shall die for his sins [for his righteous acts will not be remembered; yet his blood I will require at thy hand.

⁶ But if the watchman, upon seeing the sword coming, doth not sound the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword cometh and taketh the life of any of them; that person is taken off because of his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hands.

⁸ When I say to the sinner, Thou shalt die: if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way; 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.

¹⁸ And if he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee any thing, place it to my account. ¹⁹ I Paul myself have written with my own hand. I will make compensation. Not to mention to thee that thou owest me even thine own self.

²² by so much Jesus is made the surety of a better covenant.

¹⁶ But they were confounded. So the angels took hold of his hand, and the hand of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters, as the Lord spared him.

¹³ So he halted there that night and took presents of what he had brought and sent to his brother Esau ¹⁴ two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats; two hundred ewes and twenty rams; ¹⁵ thirty milch camels with their thirty colts; forty cows and ten bulls; twenty asses and ten foles. ¹⁶ These he delivered to his servants, each drove by itself, and he said to his servants, Go on before me and make a small distance between drove and drove. ¹⁷ And he gave orders to the first saying, If my brother Esau meet thee and ask thee saying, To whom dost thou belong, and whither art thou going? And whose are these before thee? ¹⁸ thou shalt say, They belong to thy servant Jacob; presents which he hath sent to my lord Esau. And lo! he is behind us. ¹⁹ This charge he gave to the first, and to the second, and to the third, and to all who went before him after their droves, saying, In this manner speak to Esau when you meet him. ²⁰ Moreover ye shall say, Behold thy servant Jacob is coming behind us. For he said, I will appease him with these previous gifts, and afterwards I will look him in the face, perhaps he will receive me favourably. ²¹ So the presents went on before him; but he lay that night in the camp.

¹⁰ But Jacob replied, If I have found favour in thy sight, receive these presents at my hands, because I have seen thy face as one would see the face of God; and thou wilt oblige me.

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.

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.

²⁴ and said to you, You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you for a possession; a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the Lord your God, who have separated you from all the nations,

¹⁴ And on account of the productions, in due season Of the sun's revolutions and the changes of the moon,

⁷ And Saul said to the servant who was with him, But behold, if we go what can we carry to the man of God? For the bread in our vessels is spent, and we have nothing else with us to carry to the man of God.

²⁷ And now accept this present, which thy servant hath brought for my lord, and give it to the young men who attend my lord.

²¹ [Omitted]

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.

²⁵ And they brought, every one as gifts, vessels of gold and raiment and stacte and spices and horses and mules and this every year.

¹⁹ Renew with me the league which was between my father and thy father. Behold I have sent thee presents of gold and silver, come break thy league with Baasa king of Israel, that he may go up from me.

⁸ the king said to Azael, Take in thy hand an offering, and go meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

⁸ And Achaz took the silver and the gold which was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord and the king's house, and sent gifts to the king.

¹² On that occasion Marodoch Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon, sent a letter and presents to Ezekias, because he heard that Ezekias had been sick.

¹⁶ Go and assemble the Jews who are at Susoi and fast for me. You must neither eat nor drink for three days; night nor day; and as for me, I and my maids will fast likewise, and then I will go to the king contrary to law, though perhaps I must die.

²⁹ Because of thy temple at Jerusalem, let kings bring thee gifts.

¹⁰ Let the kings of Tharsis and the isles bring gifts; the kings of the Arabs and Saba offer presents.

¹¹ Vow and pay your vows to the Lord our God: let all around him bring gifts to him who is awful;

¹⁸ A man void of understanding clappeth his hands and applaudeth himself on becoming surety for his friends,

¹⁶ A man's gift maketh room for him, and procureth him a seat among the mighty.

⁶ Many court the favour of kings; but every one who is wicked is a disgrace to a man in power.

¹⁴ A gift given secretly pacifieth resentments: but he who is sparing of gifts exciteth strong wrath.

¹⁰ How beautiful are thy breasts, my sister spouse! how much more pleasing than wine are thy breasts! and the smell of thy garments than all spices!

¹⁴ spikenard and saffron, sweet cane and cinnamon; with all kinds of trees of incense; myrrh, aloes with all the principal spices.

¹⁴ Away, my dear brother, and be like a roe; or a young hart on the mountains of spices.

²² Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why is not healing come for the daughter of my people. [[c] The chorus, the inhabitants of the country. [J] Jehovah, [p] The prophet.]

¹⁵ The sons of the Rhodians were thy merchants: from the isles they plentifully supplied thy market with ivory;

¹⁷ Juda also and the children of Israel traded with thee in the sale of wheat and myrrh and cassia; and for thy merchandises supplied thee chiefly with honey and oil and frankincense.

¹⁴ So, as he could not be prevailed on, we acquiesced, saying, "The will of the Lord be done."

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

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.

¹⁷ Render to none evil for evil. Be provident in regard to things good in the sight of all men.

⁸ Owe no one any thing, save this, to love one another: for he who loveth others hath fulfilled the law:

²¹ being careful to conduct ourselves well, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

⁸ Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are venerable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are friendly, whatsoever things are reputable, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think of these things,

⁶ not overreaching and injuring his brother in this matter; for the Lord is the avenger of all such things, as we told you before and testified.

²¹ Prove all things and adhere to what is good.

⁸ Be not led away by various and strange doctrines, for it is better to have the heart strengthened with favour than with meats which have not profited those versed in them.

¹ And when Abram was ninety nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am thy God. Be well pleasing in my sight, and be blameless

¹⁴ And Abraham called the name of that place, The Lord hath seen, that at this day they might say, On this mountain, The Lord was seen.

³ And may my God bless thee and make thee fruitful and multiply thee, that thou mayst become a multitude of nations.

¹¹ Deliver me from the hand of my brother; from the hand of Esau; for I am afraid of him. Peradventure he may come and smite me and the mother with the children. ¹² But thou hast said, I will deal well with thee and make thy seed like the sand of the sea, which, for multitude cannot be numbered. ¹³ So he halted there that night and took presents of what he had brought and sent to his brother Esau ¹⁴ two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats; two hundred ewes and twenty rams; ¹⁵ thirty milch camels with their thirty colts; forty cows and ten bulls; twenty asses and ten foles. ¹⁶ These he delivered to his servants, each drove by itself, and he said to his servants, Go on before me and make a small distance between drove and drove. ¹⁷ And he gave orders to the first saying, If my brother Esau meet thee and ask thee saying, To whom dost thou belong, and whither art thou going? And whose are these before thee? ¹⁸ thou shalt say, They belong to thy servant Jacob; presents which he hath sent to my lord Esau. And lo! he is behind us. ¹⁹ This charge he gave to the first, and to the second, and to the third, and to all who went before him after their droves, saying, In this manner speak to Esau when you meet him. ²⁰ Moreover ye shall say, Behold thy servant Jacob is coming behind us. For he said, I will appease him with these previous gifts, and afterwards I will look him in the face, perhaps he will receive me favourably. ²¹ So the presents went on before him; but he lay that night in the camp. ²² And he arose in the night and took his two wives with the two handmaids and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of Jabok. ²³ And when he had taken and conducted them over the brook he caused all belonging to him to cross over; ²⁴ and Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him till the morning. ²⁵ And when he saw that he could not prevail against him he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh became numb, in wrestling with him. ²⁶ And he said to him, Let me go: for the dawn approached. But Jacob said I will not let thee go unless thou bless me. ²⁷ And he said to him what is thy name? to which he replied, Jacob. ²⁸ Thereupon he said to him, Thy name shall no more be Jacob only, but Israel also shall be thy name. Since thou hast been enabled to prevail with God, therefore with men thou shalt be mighty.

¹¹ And God said to him, I am thy God. Increase and multiply. Of thee shall be nations and collections of nations; and kings shall spring from thy loins.

²¹ But in the prison the Lord was with Joseph, and continued his kindness and gave him favour in the sight of the principal keeper of the prison.

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.

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.

²⁷ Blessed be the Lord the God of our fathers who thus put it in the king's heart to glorify the house of the Lord which is at Jerusalem,

¹¹ Turn not away, I beseech thee, Lord. But let thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy children, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I beseech thee, thy servant this day, and grant him favour in the sight of this man. Now I was the king's butler,

⁵ Lay open thy way before the Lord, and trust in him; and he will accomplish; ⁶ he will indeed bring forth thy righteousness like light, and thy judgment, as the noon day. ⁷ Submit thyself to the Lord, and supplicate him; fret not at the man who prospereth in his way; at the man who committeth iniquity.

⁷ Shew us, Lord, thy loving kindness: And shouldst thou grant us thy salvation,

⁵ for the Lord is good; his mercy endureth forever; and his truth to all generations.

⁴¹ VAU. Lord, let thy mercy come upon me; thy salvation according to thy word;

¹ The Proverbs of David's son Solomon, who reigned over Israel,

⁷ The beginning of a good way is to do things just and acceptable in the sight of God, rather than to offer sacrifices.

¹ The heart of a king is in the hand of God; like a canal of water, he turneth it whithersoever he pleaseth.

¹³ [c] Rejoice heavens; and let the earth be glad, let the mountains resound with bursts of joy; for God hath compassionated his people, and comforted those of his people who were afflicted.

⁵⁰ Indeed his mercy on them who fear him, extendeth to generations of generations.

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.

² to Timothy, my genuine son by belief, be favour, mercy, peace from God our father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹⁶ but I obtained mercy for this purpose, that Jesus Christ might display the utmost forbearance in me, a chief, for an example to them who should afterwards trust in him for everlasting life.

⁴ to Titus, a genuine son according to the common faith, be favour, mercy, peace from God our father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

³ with you be favour, mercy, peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

² Whereupon Abram said, sovereign Lord, what wilt thou give me, seeing I die childless, and the son of Masek my servant, this Damascus Eliezer;

⁸ And the child grew and was weaned and Abraham made a great entertainment on the day his son Isaak was weaned.

² And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his family and who was ruler over all that he had, Put thy hand under my thigh, ³ and let me cause thee to swear by the Lord the God of heaven and the God of earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son Isaak, of the daughters of the Chananites among whom I dwell; ⁴ but that thou wilt go to the land where I was born, and to my tribe and take thence a wife for my son Isaak. ⁵ And the servant said to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to come with me to this land; shall I take back thy son to the land from which thou earnest? ⁶ Whereupon Abraham said to him, Beware that thou take not back my son thither. ⁷ The Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my nativity; who spoke to me, and who sware to me saying, "To thee I will give this land and to thy seed;" he will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take thence a wife for my son. ⁸ But if the woman will not come with thee into this land, thou shalt be absolved from this my oath, save that thou must not take my son back thither. ⁹ Then the servant put his hand under his master Abraham's thigh, and swore to him respecting this matter. ¹⁰ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master; and of all the goods of his master which were in his charge, and arose and went to Mesopotamia to the city of Nachor.

³⁰ Then he made an entertainment for them and they ate and drank.

⁵⁴ Then he offered a sacrifice upon the mount and invited his brethren and they ate and drank and slept on the mount.

⁴ So Joseph found favour in the sight of his master; and he was pleased with him and set him over his household and committed all that he had to Joseph's charge. ⁵ And after he had made him overseer of his household, and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the house of the Egyptian for Joseph's sake; and there was a blessing of the Lord on all his substance, in his house and in his field.

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,

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,

⁴ And when they were gone out of the city, but had not got far off, Joseph said to his steward, Arise and pursue those men; and when thou shalt overtake them, say to them, Why have you returned evil for good?

¹¹ and shall I take my bread, and my wine, and the flesh I have killed for my sheep shearers, and give them to men whom I know not whence they be?

² She hath slain her victims. She hath mixed her wine for the cup and furnished her table.

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.

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?

¹⁴ and spread groundless reports concerning her, and give her an ill name, and say, I took this woman to wife, but when I came to her, I did not find her tokens of virginity;

¹⁷ and hath spread groundless reports concerning her, saying, I found not the tokens of virginity in thy daughter. Now these are the proofs of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the senate of the city.

²² whereupon he said to his wife, We shall surely die, for we have seen God.

⁴ His father and his mother did not know that it was of the Lord, that he was seeking to take vengeance on the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.

²¹ yet the sound of terror is in his ears. When he seemeth to be at peace his destruction shall come.

¹⁴ he hath used me at his pleasure. I am become loathsome by sorrows.

⁵ They were seized with terror on the spot where there was no fear; because God had scattered the bones of men pleasers. They were put to shame because God despised them.

¹⁶ I therefore supposed, the trouble of knowing this is before me.

² When the house of David was informed that Aram had confederated with Ephraim, the heart of the king and the heart of his people was moved, as a tree in the forest is shaken by the wind.

²⁶ When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said it is an apparition, and cried out for fear. ²⁷ Thereupon Jesus immediately spake to them, saying, Take courage: it is I; be not afraid.

¹⁶ But when Herod heard of him, he said, This is John, whom I beheaded. He is risen from the dead.

⁸ But sin having got an advantage by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of desire. For without law sin is dead.

³ So Joseph's ten brothers went down to purchase corn from Egypt:

¹⁰ And they said, No, my lord. We thy servants are come to buy food.

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,

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?

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.

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.

⁵ Let your conduct be free from avarice. Be content with what you have; for he hath said, "I will never leave thee, nor will I ever forsake thee."

¹⁸ Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, being desirous of conducting ourselves honourably in all things, 19 and I exhort you to this with the more earnestness, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

¹² let your behaviour among the nations be virtuous, that when they speak against you as evil doers, they who have been eye witnesses may from your good works glorify God in the day of visitation.

¹⁶ having a good conscience, that when they speak against you as evil doers, they who calumniate your good conversation in Christ may be put to shame.

²³ And the Lord said to him, Peace be to thee. Fear not. Thou shalt not die.

²⁰ Thereupon the old man said, Peace be to thee. But let all thy wants be upon me. But thou must not lodge in the street.

⁶ and say thus: Health and prosperity to thee, and thy house, and to all that thou hast.

¹⁸ Whereupon Amasai, a chief of the thirty, became inspired, and said, Advance, David son of Jessai! for they are thy people; Peace! peace to thee! and peace to them who assist thee, because thy God hath helped thee. So David received them, and made them officers of the armies.

¹⁷ To which he replied. The king, to Reum Baltam, and Sampsa the secretary, and to the rest of their fellow servants, who dwell in Samaria and the rest beyond the river, greeting, and saith,

⁵ And into whatever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this house.

³⁶ And while they were thus speaking, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them; and saith to them, Peace be to you.

²⁷ Peace I leave with you. This peace of mine I give you. It is not as the world giveth that I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled nor dismayed.

¹⁹ In the evening, on that same day, the first day of the week, the doors where the disciples assembled being shut for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith to them, "Peace be to you."

²¹ Then Jesus said to them again, Peace be to you. As the Father sent me so I send you.

²⁶ And after eight days, his disciples were again within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst and said, Peace be to you.

⁴ Let water, I pray thee, be brought and let your feet be washed; and refresh yourselves under this tree;

² and said, I intreat you, my lords, turn aside to the house of your servant and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and rising early in the morning, you may proceed on your journey. And they said, No, we will lodge in the street.

³² So the man went in to the family, and Laban unsaddled the camels, and gave straw and provender to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him,

⁴⁴ Then turning towards the woman, he said to Simon, Thou seest this woman? I came to thy house: Thou gavest me no water for my feet; but she with her tears hath washed my feet, and wiped them with the hairs of her head:

⁴ riseth from the supper and layeth aside his upper garments, and having taken a towel and girded himself, ⁵ he then poureth water into the basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples and wipe them with the towel, with which he was girded. ⁶ He cometh therefore to Simon Peter. Whereupon Peter saith to him, "Master, thou wash my feet?"! ⁷ Jesus answered and said to him, What I am doing thou dost not comprehend at present, but thou shalt know hereafter. ⁸ Peter saith to him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, Unless I wash thee thou hast no portion with me. ⁹ Simon Peter saith to him; Master, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head. ¹⁰ Jesus saith to him, He who hath bathed needeth only to wash the feet, the rest of the body being clean. Now you are clean, but not all, ¹¹ [For he knew him who was delivering him up, therefore he said, You are not all clean.] ¹² So when he had washed their feet and put on his garments, having again taken his place at table, he said to them, Consider what I have done to you. ¹³ You call me The teacher and the master; and you say right, for so I am. ¹⁴ If I then, the master and the teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet; ¹⁵ for I have set you an example, that you may do as I have done to you. ¹⁶ Verily, verily I say to you, The servant is not greater than his master; nor is a missionary greater than he who sent him. ¹⁷ If you know these things, happy are you if you practise them.

¹¹ Then Israel their father said to them, If it must be so, do this, Take of all the fruits of this land in your vessels and carry down for the man presents of balm and honey and incense both stacte and terebinthus and almonds.

¹⁶ And when Joseph saw them and Benjamin his brother by the same mother he said to his steward, conduct these men into the house and kill victims and make ready, for these men are to dine with me at noon.

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.

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?

¹⁹ and said one to another, Behold the dreamer is coming. 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.

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.

²⁸ And they said, Thy servant, our father is well. He is still alive. And he said, Blessed of God is that man. Whereupon they bowed down and made obeisance to him.

⁹ Let the Ethiopeans bow down before him; and let his enemies lick the dust.

¹¹ For it is written, "As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall give praise to God."

¹⁰ that in the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those beneath the earth; ¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the father.

¹⁴ Whereupon Israel said to him, Go and see if thy brothers and the flocks be well and bring me word. So he despatched him from the valley of Hebron and he went to Sychem:

¹⁶ In reply to which, Joseph said to Pharao, Without God no answer of peace can be given to Pharao.

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

⁷ Moses went out to meet his father in law and made obeisance to him and kissed him. And when they had embraced each other he conducted them to his tent.

¹⁵ Upon this they turned aside, and went to the house of the young Levite, to the house of Micah, and saluted him.

²² [Omitted]

⁵ David sent ten young men, and said to the young men, Go up to Carmel and when you come to Nabal, salute him in my name

¹⁰ he sent his son Aduram to king David, to sue for peace with him, and to congratulate him because he had fought Adraazar and defeated him; for Thoa was at war with Adraazar.

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.

²⁶ So when Joseph came home they brought him the presents which they had in their hands into the house and made obeisance to him with their face on the ground.

² behold there came a man, on the third day, from the camp; from the people of Saul with his clothes rent, and earth on his head, and when he came to David he fell on the ground, and made obeisance to him.

⁴ And when the woman of Thekoe came to the king, she fell on her face on the ground, and made obeisance to him, and said, Save, king! save!

¹⁶ And when Bersabe had bowed down, and made obeisance to the king, the king said to her, What is thy will?

¹⁷ And after the death of Jodae the chiefs of Juda came and paid homage to the king; and the king hearkened to them.

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.

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.

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.

²⁵ The Lord make his countenance to shine upon thee, and be gracious to thee;

¹⁹ Whereupon Joshua said to Achar, Give glory this day to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession, and tell me what thou hast done, and conceal it not from me.

¹¹ Now therefore be not backward, seeing the Lord hath made choice of you to stand before him, to minister, and to be continually employed in his service, and in offering incense.

¹ For the conclusion. Among the Hymns. A Psalm by David. GOD be merciful to us, and bless us; and may he cause his face to shine on us.

⁴ He hath made a memorial of his wonders: merciful and gracious is the Lord.

⁴ To the upright light sprang up in darkness. He is merciful, compassionate and just;

¹ A Song of the steps. Behold! what I pray you, so beautiful, or is there anything so pleasant, as brethren dwelling in unity? ² This is like precious ointment on the head, which floweth down to the beard; on the beard of Aaron, down to the hem of his robe.

¹⁹ Because a holy people will dwell in Sion, and Jerusalem with weeping cried, "Have mercy upon me." Therefore he will have mercy upon thee. When he heard the sound of thy cry, he hearkened to thee.

² [c] O Lord, have mercy upon us! for in thee we have placed our trust. The seed of the rebellious were for destruction: but thou wast our safety in the time of trouble.

⁹ Now then do you conciliate the favour of your God when you supplicate him? When such [offerings] are made by your hands, shall I for your sakes accept your persons? saith the Lord Almighty.

² And lo! they brought to him a paralytic laid on a bed: and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Take courage, my son; thy sins are forgiven thee.

²² And Jesus turned about and when he saw her, said, Daughter, take courage; thy faith hath cured3 thee. And from that instant the woman was cured.

²⁴ At these words of his, his disciples being astonished, Jesus, addressing them again, saith, Children, How difficult a thing it is for them who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God.

¹ Let brotherly love continue.

² but in weeping he raised his voice so that all the Egyptians heard and the news was carried to Pharao's house,

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.

²⁹ And Joseph having got ready his chariots, went up to meet his father Israel at Heroopolis. And when he saw him he fell on his neck and wept abundantly.

²⁶ Upon this the woman whose son the living child really was, answered and said to the king; because her bowels yearned for her son, therefore she said, I beseech thee my lord, Give her the child. Do not kill it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor hers. Divide it.

²⁰ Ephraim is a beloved son; my darling child; since my words are in him I will surely remember him. For this cause I have been anxious for him, I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.

⁸ [J] What shall I do with thee, Ephraim? Shall I shield thee, Israel? What must I do with thee? Shall I make thee as Adama and as Seboim? My heart relenteth for him. My compassion is moved.

³³ Therefore when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, he restrained his spirit, and was troubled, ³⁴ and said, Where have you laid him? They say to him, Master, Come and see. ³⁵ Jesus wept. ³⁶ Upon this the Jews said, Behold! how he loved him! ³⁷ And some of them said, Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind have prevented his death? ³⁸ Then Jesus, again restraining himself, cometh to the tomb. Now it was a cave and a stone lay upon it.

¹⁹ serving the Lord with all humility, and with many tears and trials which befel me by the insidious practices of the Jews;

³¹ Watch therefore, remembering that for the space of three years I did not cease, night nor day, with tears to warn every one.

³⁷ And there was great weeping among them all; and they fell upon Paul's neck and kissed him,

⁸ For God be my witness how tenderly I love you all with the affection of Jesus Christ;

¹ if therefore there be any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any participation of spirit, if any compassion and tender mercies,

¹² put on therefore as chosen of God, holy and beloved, bowels of tender mercies, gentleness, humility, meekness, long suffering,

⁴ earnestly desiring [when I call to mind thy tears] to see thee that I may be filled with joy,

¹⁷ Whosoever hath worldly substance, and seeth his brother in want, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

¹ Upon this Joseph could not restrain himself before all his attendants, but said, Dismiss all from me. So there was no attendant with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers,

¹⁴ [J] I have been silent; but shall I always keep silence and forbear? Like a woman in travail I have endured suffering; I will strike with astonishment and wither at once.

¹⁶ Thus saith the Lord, Let thy voice refrain from lamentation and thine eyes from tears. For there is a reward for thy works and they shall return from the enemies land.

¹⁰ For "whoever desireth life; and loveth to see good days; Let him keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking guile;

³⁴ you will say, We thy servants are feeders of cattle from our youth even to this time, as well as our fathers; that you may dwell in Gesem-Arabia. For every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.

²⁶ And Moses said, It is not possible to do so. For we shall sacrifice to the Lord our God the abominations of the Egyptians. Now if we should sacrifice the abominations of the Egyptians before their faces we shall be stoned.

²² And to all he gave two suits of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of gold and five distinguished suits of raiment.

⁵ and to Anna he gave one portion, because she had not a child. Nevertheless, Elkana loved Anna more than the other, though the Lord had shut up her womb.

²² Then Samuel took Saul, and his servant, and conducted them to the place of entertainment, and seated them at the head of those who were invited, who were about seventy men. ²³ And Samuel said to the cook, Bring me the portion which I gave thee, and which I ordered thee to lay by. ²⁴ Now the cook had boiled the shoulder, and when he set it before Saul, Samuel said to Saul, Behold what was reserved, Set it before thee and eat. Because for a testimony it was laid by for thee, in preference to the rest, help thyself to it.

⁸ he said to Ourias, Go down to thy house and wash thy feet. So Ourias departed from the king's house, and there was sent after him a portion of meat from the king.

⁶ Give strong drink to those in trouble, and wine to be drunk by them who are in sorrow;

⁷ come eat thy bread with cheerfulness, and drink thy wine with a good heart: because God hath approved of thy works,

¹⁹ so as to excite a derision of them who are providing bread and wine and oil that they may be regaled while living. But to the subjection of money all things will be obedient.

¹ I have come to my garden, my sister spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spices: I have eaten my bread with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends; drink; yes drink plentifully brethren.

⁶ For lo! I am raising up the Chaldeans that bitter and hasty nation, which marcheth over the breadth of the earth, to possess dwellings which belong not to them.

¹⁹ The son of man came eating and drinking; and they say, Behold a gluttonous man and a wine drinker; a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.

¹⁰ and saith to him, Every man serveth up the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk plentifully, then that which is worse. Thou hast kept the good wine till now.