Genesis 42 Cross References - YLT

¹ And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, `Why do you look at each other?' <sup>2</sup> he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;' ³ and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt, ⁴ and Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob hath not sent with his brethren, for he said, `Lest mischief meet him.' <sup>5</sup> And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan, <sup>6</sup> and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph's brethren come and bow themselves to him—face to the earth.
<sup>7</sup> And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, `From whence have ye come?' and they say, `From the land of Canaan—to buy food.' <sup>8</sup> And Joseph discerneth his brethren, but they have not discerned him, <sup>9</sup> and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, `Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye have come.' ¹⁰ And they say unto him, `No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food; <sup>11</sup> we are all of us sons of one man, we are right men; thy servants have not been spies;' <sup>12</sup> and he saith unto them, `No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;' ¹³ and they say, `Thy servants are twelve brethren; we are sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one is with our father to-day, and the one is not.' <sup>14</sup> And Joseph saith unto them, `This is that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye are spies, ¹⁵ by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this—except by your young brother coming hither; ¹⁶ send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not—Pharaoh liveth! surely ye are spies;' ¹⁷ and he removeth them unto charge three days. ¹⁸ And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, `This do and live; God I fear! <sup>19</sup> if ye are right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn for the famine of your houses, <sup>20</sup> and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so.
<sup>21</sup> And they say one unto another, `Verily we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.' ²² And Reuben answereth them, saying, `Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.' <sup>23</sup> And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter is between them; <sup>24</sup> and he turneth round from them, and weepeth, and turneth back unto them, and speaketh unto them, and taketh from them Simeon, and bindeth him before their eyes. <sup>25</sup> And Joseph commandeth, and they fill their vessels with corn, also to put back the money of each unto his sack, and to give to them provision for the way; and one doth to them so. <sup>26</sup> And they lift up their corn upon their asses, and go from thence, <sup>27</sup> and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place, and he seeth his money, and lo, it is in the mouth of his bag, <sup>28</sup> and he saith unto his brethren, `My money hath been put back, and also, lo, in my bag:' and their heart goeth out, and they tremble, one to another saying, `What is this God hath done to us!'
<sup>29</sup> And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying, <sup>30</sup> `The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land; ³¹ and we say unto him, We are right men, we have not been spies, ³² we are twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one is to-day with our father in the land of Canaan. ³³ `And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye are right men—one of your brethren leave with me, and for the famine of your houses take ye and go, <sup>34</sup> and bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye are not spies, but ye are right men; your brother I give to you, and ye trade with the land.' <sup>35</sup> And it cometh to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and lo, the bundle of each man's silver is in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid; <sup>36</sup> and Jacob their father saith unto them, `Me ye have bereaved; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin ye take—against me have been all these.' ³⁷ And Reuben speaketh unto his father, saying, `My two sons thou dost put to death, if I bring him not in unto thee; give him into my hand, and I—I bring him back unto thee;' <sup>38</sup> and he saith, `My son doth not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he by himself is left; when mischief hath met him in the way in which ye go, then ye have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to sheol.'

⁵⁴ and the seven years of famine begin to come, as Joseph said, and famine is in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt hath been bread;

⁵⁷ and all the earth hath come to Egypt, to buy, unto Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.

² he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;'

¹⁹ And the authorities of the sons of Israel see them in affliction, saying, `Ye do not diminish from your bricks; the matter of a day in its day.'

¹⁸ And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand afar off,

¹⁰ And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Rise for thee, why is this? —thou art falling on thy face?

³ And he feareth, and riseth, and goeth for his life, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, that is Judah's, and leaveth his young man there,

³ And it cometh to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman turneth back from the land of the Philistines, and goeth out to cry unto the king, for her house, and for her field. ⁴ And the king is speaking unto Gehazi, servant of the man of God, saying, `Recount, I pray thee, to me, the whole of the great things that Elisha hath done.'

⁴ rise, for on thee is the matter, and we are with thee; be strong, and do.'

¹⁴ Wherefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent there, For Jehovah our God hath made us silent, Yea, He causeth us to drink water of gall, For we have sinned against Jehovah.

¹³ And see doth Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goeth unto Asshur, And sendeth unto a warlike king, And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor doth he remove from you a scar.

¹² and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;

⁷ but, on the contrary, having seen that I have been entrusted with the good news of the uncircumcision, as Peter with that of the circumcision,

² and it cometh to pass, when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt, that their father saith unto them, `Turn back, buy for us a little food.'

⁴ if thou art sending our brother with us, we go down, and buy for thee food,

⁸ And Judah saith unto Israel his father, `Send the youth with me, and we arise, and go, and live, and do not die, both we, and thou, and our infants.

⁹ `Haste, and go up unto my father, then ye have said to him, Thus said Joseph thy son, God hath set me for lord to all Egypt; come down unto me, stay not,

¹⁷ I do not die, but live, And recount the works of Jah,

¹ In those days hath Hezekiah been sick unto death, and come in unto him doth Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, and saith unto him, `Thus said Jehovah: Give a charge to thy house, for thou art dying, and dost not live.'

⁴ But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'

⁵ And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,

¹³ and they say, `Thy servants are twelve brethren; we are sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one is with our father to-day, and the one is not.'

²² And Jehovah God saith, `Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,' —

⁴ And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'

¹ And Jacob lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, Esau is coming, and with him four hundred men; and he divideth the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two maid-servants; ² and he setteth the maid-servants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.

¹⁶ And they journey from Bethel, and there is yet a kibrath of land before entering Ephratha, and Rachel beareth, and is sharply pained in her bearing; ¹⁷ and it cometh to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife saith to her, `Fear not, for this also is a son for thee.' ¹⁸ And it cometh to pass in the going out of her soul (for she died), that she calleth his name Ben-Oni; and his father called him Benjamin; ¹⁹ and Rachel dieth, and is buried in the way to Ephratha, which is Bethlehem,

³⁸ and he saith, `My son doth not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he by himself is left; when mischief hath met him in the way in which ye go, then ye have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to sheol.'

¹⁴ and God Almighty give to you mercies before the man, so that he hath sent to you your other brother and Benjamin; and I, when I am bereaved—I am bereaved.'

²⁹ And he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, and saith, `Is this your young brother, of whom ye have spoken unto me?' and he saith, `God favour thee, my son.'

²⁰ and we say unto my lord, We have a father, an aged one, and a child of old age, a little one; and his brother died, and he is left alone of his mother, and his father hath loved him. ²¹ `And thou sayest unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, and I set mine eye upon him; ²² and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died;

²⁷ `And thy servant my father saith unto us, Ye—ye have known that two did my wife bare to me, <sup>28</sup> and the one goeth out from me, and I say, Surely he is torn—torn! and I have not seen him since; <sup>29</sup> when ye have taken also this from my presence, and mischief hath met him, then ye have brought down my grey hairs with evil to sheol. <sup>30</sup> `And now, at my coming in unto thy servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul), ³¹ then it hath come to pass when he seeth that the youth is not, that he hath died, and thy servants have brought down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to sheol; ³² for thy servant obtained the youth by surety from my father, saying, If I bring him not in unto thee—then I have sinned against my father all the days. ³³ `And now, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the youth a servant to my lord, and the youth goeth up with his brethren, ³⁴ for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'

¹⁰ And there is a famine in the land, and Abram goeth down towards Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine is grievous in the land;

¹ And there is a famine in the land, besides the first famine which was in the days of Abraham, and Isaac goeth unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

¹¹ `And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,

²⁸ and one of them, by name Agabus, having stood up, did signify through the Spirit a great dearth is about to be throughout all the world—which also came to pass in the time of Claudius Caesar—

² and he lifteth up his eyes and looketh, and lo, three men standing by him, and he seeth, and runneth to meet them from the opening of the tent, and boweth himself towards the earth,

¹ And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself—face to the earth,

⁷ that, lo, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and lo, my bundle hath arisen, and hath also stood up, and lo, your bundles are round about, and bow themselves to my bundle.' ⁸ And his brethren say to him, `Dost thou certainly reign over us? dost thou certainly rule over us?' and they add still more to hate him, for his dreams, and for his words. <sup>9</sup> And he dreameth yet another dream, and recounteth it to his brethren, and saith, `Lo, I have dreamed a dream again, and lo, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, are bowing themselves to me.' ¹⁰ And he recounteth unto his father, and unto his brethren; and his father pusheth against him, and saith to him, `What is this dream which thou hast dreamt? do we certainly come—I, and thy mother, and thy brethren—to bow ourselves to thee, to the earth?'

⁴⁰ thou—thou art over my house, and at thy mouth do all my people kiss; only in the throne I am greater than thou.' ⁴¹ And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `See, I have put thee over all the land of Egypt.'

⁵⁵ and all the land of Egypt is famished, and the people crieth unto Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh saith to all the Egyptians, `Go unto Joseph; that which he saith to you—do.' ⁵⁶ And the famine has been over all the face of the land, and Joseph openeth all places which have corn in them, and selleth to the Egyptians; and the famine is severe in the land of Egypt,

¹⁴ And Judah—his brethren also—cometh in unto the house of Joseph, and he is yet there, and they fall before him to the earth;

⁸ and now, ye—ye have not sent me hither, but God, and He doth set me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

²⁶ and they declare to him, saying, `Joseph is yet alive,' and that he is ruler over all the land of Egypt; and his heart ceaseth, for he hath not given credence to them.

¹⁶ And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken. ¹⁷ He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold. ¹⁸ They have afflicted with fetters his feet, Iron hath entered his soul, ¹⁹ Till the time of the coming of His word The saying of Jehovah hath tried him. ²⁰ The king hath sent, and looseth him, The ruler of the peoples, and draweth him out. ²¹ He hath made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions.

¹⁰ and did deliver him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he did set him—governor over Egypt and all his house.

⁹ lo, I make of the synagogue of the Adversary those saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but do lie; lo, I will make them that they may come and bow before thy feet, and may know that I loved thee.

⁹ and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, `Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye have come.' <sup>10</sup> And they say unto him, `No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food; ¹¹ we are all of us sons of one man, we are right men; thy servants have not been spies;' ¹² and he saith unto them, `No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;'

¹⁴ And Joseph saith unto them, `This is that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye are spies, ¹⁵ by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this—except by your young brother coming hither; ¹⁶ send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not—Pharaoh liveth! surely ye are spies;' ¹⁷ and he removeth them unto charge three days.

¹⁹ if ye are right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn for the famine of your houses, ²⁰ and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so.

³⁰ `The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land;

²³ And he did not answer her a word; and his disciples having come to him, were asking him, saying—`Let her away, because she crieth after us;' <sup>24</sup> and he answering said, `I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.' ²⁵ And having come, she was bowing to him, saying, `Sir, help me;' <sup>26</sup> and he answering said, `It is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast to the little dogs.'

² These are births of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, hath been enjoying himself with his brethren among the flock, (and he is a youth,) with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives, and Joseph bringeth in an account of their evil unto their father.

¹⁶ and their eyes were holden so as not to know him,

¹⁴ and these things having said, she turned backward, and seeth Jesus standing, and she had not known that it is Jesus.

⁴ And morning being now come, Jesus stood at the shore, yet indeed the disciples did not know that it is Jesus;

⁵ And Joseph dreameth a dream, and declareth to his brethren, and they add still more to hate him. ⁶ And he saith unto them, `Hear ye, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: <sup>7</sup> that, lo, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and lo, my bundle hath arisen, and hath also stood up, and lo, your bundles are round about, and bow themselves to my bundle.' <sup>8</sup> And his brethren say to him, `Dost thou certainly reign over us? dost thou certainly rule over us?' and they add still more to hate him, for his dreams, and for his words. ⁹ And he dreameth yet another dream, and recounteth it to his brethren, and saith, `Lo, I have dreamed a dream again, and lo, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, are bowing themselves to me.'

¹⁶ send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not—Pharaoh liveth! surely ye are spies;'

³⁰ `The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land; ³¹ and we say unto him, We are right men, we have not been spies,

³⁴ and bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye are not spies, but ye are right men; your brother I give to you, and ye trade with the land.'

³⁵ And Jehovah plagueth the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made.

² `Send for thee men, and they spy the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel; one man, one man for the tribe of his fathers ye do send, every one a prince among them.'

¹⁶ These are the names of the men whom Moses hath sent to spy the land; and Moses calleth Hoshea son of Nun, Jehoshua. ¹⁷ And Moses sendeth them to spy the land of Canaan, and saith unto them, `Go ye up this way into the south, and ye have gone up the mountain, ¹⁸ and have seen the land what it is, and the people which is dwelling on it, whether it is strong or feeble; whether it is few or many; ¹⁹ and what the land is in which it is dwelling, whether it is good or bad; and what are the cities in which it is dwelling, whether in camps or in fortresses; ²⁰ And what the land is, whether it is fat or lean; whether there is wood in it or not; and ye have strengthened yourselves, and have taken of the fruit of the land;' and the days are days of the first-fruits of grapes.

¹ And Joshua son of Nun sendeth from Shittim, two men, spies, silently, saying, `Go, see the land—and Jericho;' and they go and come into the house of a woman, a harlot, and her name is Rahab, and they lie down there.

²³ And the young man, the spies, go in and bring out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all whom she hath; yea, all her families they have brought out, and place them at the outside of the camp of Israel.

²⁴ and the watchers see a man coming out from the city, and say to him, `Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance of the city, and we have done with thee kindness.'

⁴ and David sendeth spies, and knoweth that Saul hath come unto Nachon,

²⁰ And, having watched him, they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor,

³¹ by faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.

²⁹ peoples serve thee, and nations bow themselves to thee, be thou mighty over thy brethren, and the sons of thy mother bow themselves to thee; those who curse thee are cursed, and those who bless thee are blessed.'

³⁷ And Isaac answereth and saith to Esau, `Lo, a mighty one have I set him over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and with corn and wine have I sustained him; and for thee now, what shall I do, my son?'

⁸ And his brethren say to him, `Dost thou certainly reign over us? dost thou certainly rule over us?' and they add still more to hate him, for his dreams, and for his words.

⁹ with whomsoever of thy servants it is found, he hath died, and we also are to my lord for servants.'

¹⁷ And Saul discerneth the voice of David, and saith, `Is this thy voice, my son David?' and David saith, `My voice, my lord, O king!'

⁷ and Obadiah is in the way, and lo, Elijah—to meet him; and he discerneth him, and falleth on his face, and saith, `Art thou he—my lord Elijah?'

¹⁹ if ye are right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn for the famine of your houses,

³³ `And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye are right men—one of your brethren leave with me, and for the famine of your houses take ye and go, ³⁴ and bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye are not spies, but ye are right men; your brother I give to you, and ye trade with the land.'

¹⁸ `He who is speaking from himself his own glory doth seek, but he who is seeking the glory of him who sent him, this one is true, and unrighteousness is not in him;

⁴ but in everything recommending ourselves as God's ministrants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,

³² and Leah conceiveth, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Reuben, for she said, `Because Jehovah hath looked on mine affliction; because now doth my husband love me.' <sup>33</sup> And she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and saith, `Because Jehovah hath heard that I am the hated one, He also giveth to me even this one;' and she calleth his name Simeon. ³⁴ And she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and saith, `Now is the time, my husband is joined unto me, because I have born to him three sons,' therefore hath one called his name Levi. <sup>35</sup> And she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and saith this time, `I praise Jehovah;' therefore hath she called his name Judah; and she ceaseth from bearing.

⁶ and Rachel saith, `God hath decided for me, and also hath hearkened to my voice, and giveth to me a son;' therefore hath she called his name Dan. <sup>7</sup> And Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant, conceiveth again, and beareth a second son to Jacob, <sup>8</sup> and Rachel saith, `With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, yea, I have prevailed;' and she calleth his name Napthali. ⁹ And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife; ¹⁰ and Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth to Jacob a son, ¹¹ and Leah saith, `A troop is coming;' and she calleth his name Gad. <sup>12</sup> And Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth a second son to Jacob, <sup>13</sup> and Leah saith, `Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me happy;' and she calleth his name Asher.
¹⁴ And Reuben goeth in the days of wheat-harvest, and findeth love-apples in the field, and bringeth them in unto Leah, his mother, and Rachel saith unto Leah, `Give to me, I pray thee, of the love-apples of thy son.' <sup>15</sup> And she saith to her, `Is thy taking my husband a little thing, that thou hast taken also the love-apples of my son?' and Rachel saith, `Therefore doth he lie with thee to-night, for thy son's love-apples.' <sup>16</sup> And Jacob cometh in from the field at evening; and Leah goeth to meet him, and saith, `Unto me dost thou come in, for hiring I have hired thee with my son's love-apples;' and he lieth with her during that night. ¹⁷ And God hearkeneth unto Leah, and she conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son, a fifth, ¹⁸ and Leah saith, `God hath given my hire, because I have given my maid-servant to my husband;' and she calleth his name Issachar. <sup>19</sup> And conceive again doth Leah, and she beareth a sixth son to Jacob, <sup>20</sup> and Leah saith, `God hath endowed me—a good dowry; this time doth my husband dwell with me, for I have borne to him six sons;' and she calleth his name Zebulun; ²¹ and afterwards hath she born a daughter, and calleth her name Dinah. ²² And God remembereth Rachel, and God hearkeneth unto her, and openeth her womb, ²³ and she conceiveth and beareth a son, and saith, `God hath gathered up my reproach;' <sup>24</sup> and she calleth his name Joseph, saying, `Jehovah is adding to me another son.'

¹⁶ And they journey from Bethel, and there is yet a kibrath of land before entering Ephratha, and Rachel beareth, and is sharply pained in her bearing; ¹⁷ and it cometh to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife saith to her, `Fear not, for this also is a son for thee.' ¹⁸ And it cometh to pass in the going out of her soul (for she died), that she calleth his name Ben-Oni; and his father called him Benjamin; ¹⁹ and Rachel dieth, and is buried in the way to Ephratha, which is Bethlehem, ²⁰ and Jacob setteth up a standing pillar over her grave; which is the standing pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
²¹ And Israel journeyeth, and stretcheth out his tent beyond the tower of Edar; ²² and it cometh to pass in Israel's dwelling in that land, that Reuben goeth, and lieth with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heareth. ²³ And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob's first-born Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun. ²⁴ Sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. ²⁵ And sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant: Dan and Naphtali. ²⁶ And sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant: Gad and Asher. These are sons of Jacob, who have been born to him in Padan-Aram.

³⁰ and he returneth unto his brethren, and saith, `The lad is not, and I—whither am I going?'

¹¹ we are all of us sons of one man, we are right men; thy servants have not been spies;'

³² we are twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one is to-day with our father in the land of Canaan.

³⁶ and Jacob their father saith unto them, `Me ye have bereaved; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin ye take—against me have been all these.'

⁷ and they say, `The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? and we declare to him according to the tenor of these things; do we certainly know that he will say, Bring down your brother?'

²⁰ and we say unto my lord, We have a father, an aged one, and a child of old age, a little one; and his brother died, and he is left alone of his mother, and his father hath loved him.

²⁸ and the one goeth out from me, and I say, Surely he is torn—torn! and I have not seen him since;

⁸ And these are the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt: Jacob and his sons, Jacob's first-born, Reuben. ⁹ And sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. ¹⁰ And sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul son of the Canaanitess. ¹¹ And sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ¹² And sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah, (and Er and Onan die in the land of Canaan.) And sons of Pharez are Hezron and Hamul. ¹³ And sons of Issachar: Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. ¹⁴ And sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. ¹⁵ These are sons of Leah whom she bare to Jacob in Padan-Aram, and Dinah his daughter; all the persons of his sons and his daughters are thirty and three. ¹⁶ And sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. ¹⁷ And sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. ¹⁸ These are sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and she beareth these to Jacob—sixteen persons. ¹⁹ Sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. ²⁰ And born to Joseph in the land of Egypt (whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, hath borne to him) are Manasseh and Ephraim. ²¹ And sons of Benjamin: Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. ²² These are sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; all the persons are fourteen. ²³ And sons of Dan: Hushim. ²⁴ And sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. ²⁵ These are sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter; and she beareth these to Jacob—all the persons are seven. ²⁶ All the persons who are coming to Jacob to Egypt, coming out of his thigh, apart from the wives of Jacob's sons, all the persons are sixty and six. ²⁷ And the sons of Joseph who have been born to him in Egypt are two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who are coming into Egypt are seventy.

² Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, ³ Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, ⁴ Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. ⁵ And all the persons coming out of the thigh of Jacob are seventy persons; as to Joseph, he was in Egypt.

¹ And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year of their going out of the land of Egypt, saying: ² `Take ye up the sum of all the company of the sons of Israel by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names—every male by their polls; <sup>3</sup> from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel, ye do number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron; <sup>4</sup> and with you there is a man for a tribe, each is a head to the house of his fathers. <sup>5</sup> `And these are the names of the men who stand with you: `For Reuben—Elizur son of Shedeur. <sup>6</sup> `For Simeon—Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ⁷ `For Judah—Nahshon son of Amminadab. <sup>8</sup> `For Issachar—Nathaneel son of Zuar. ⁹ `For Zebulun—Eliab son of Helon. <sup>10</sup> `For the sons of Joseph—for Ephraim: Elishama son of Ammihud: for Manasseh—Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. ¹¹ `For Benjamin—Abidan son of Gideoni. <sup>12</sup> `For Dan—Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. ¹³ `For Asher—Pagiel son of Ocran. <sup>14</sup> `For Gad—Eliasaph son of Deuel. ¹⁵ `For Naphtali—Ahira son of Enan.' <sup>16</sup> These are those called of the company, princes of the tribes of their fathers; they are heads of the thousands of Israel.
<sup>17</sup> And Moses taketh—Aaron also—these men, who were defined by name, <sup>18</sup> and all the company they assembled on the first of the second month, and they declare their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names from a son of twenty years and upward, by their polls, <sup>19</sup> as Jehovah hath commanded Moses; and he numbereth them in the wilderness of Sinai. <sup>20</sup> And the sons of Reuben, Israel's first-born—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, by their polls, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— <sup>21</sup> their numbered ones, for the tribe of Reuben, are six and forty thousand and five hundred. <sup>22</sup> Of the sons of Simeon—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, its numbered ones in the number of names, by their polls, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— <sup>23</sup> their numbered ones, for the tribe of Simeon, are nine and fifty thousand and three hundred. <sup>24</sup> Of the sons of Gad—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— <sup>25</sup> their numbered ones, for the tribe of Gad, are five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty. <sup>26</sup> Of the sons of Judah—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— <sup>27</sup> their numbered ones, for the tribe of Judah, are four and seventy thousand and six hundred. <sup>28</sup> Of the sons of Issachar—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— <sup>29</sup> their numbered ones, for the tribe of Issachar, are four and fifty thousand and four hundred. <sup>30</sup> Of the sons of Zebulun—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— <sup>31</sup> their numbered ones, for the tribe of Zebulun, are seven and fifty thousand and four hundred. <sup>32</sup> Of the sons of Joseph—of the sons of Ephraim—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— <sup>33</sup> their numbered ones, for the tribe of Ephraim, are forty thousand and five hundred. <sup>34</sup> Of the sons of Manasseh—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— <sup>35</sup> their numbered ones, for the tribe of Manasseh, are two and thirty thousand and two hundred. <sup>36</sup> Of the sons of Benjamin—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— <sup>37</sup> their numbered ones, for the tribe of Benjamin, are five and thirty thousand and four hundred. <sup>38</sup> Of the sons of Dan—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— <sup>39</sup> their numbered ones, for the tribe of Dan, are two and sixty thousand and seven hundred. <sup>40</sup> Of the sons of Asher—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— <sup>41</sup> their numbered ones, for the tribe of Asher, are one and forty thousand and five hundred. <sup>42</sup> Of the sons of Naphtali—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— <sup>43</sup> their numbered ones, for the tribe of Naphtali, are three and fifty thousand and four hundred.
<sup>44</sup> These are those numbered, whom Moses numbered—Aaron also, and the princes of Israel, twelve men—each for the house of his fathers, they have been. <sup>45</sup> And they are, all those numbered of the sons of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel, <sup>46</sup> yea, all those numbered are six hundred thousand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty.
<sup>47</sup> And the Levites, for the tribe of their fathers, have not numbered themselves in their midst, <sup>48</sup> seeing Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>49</sup> `Only, the tribe of Levi thou dost not number, and their sum thou dost not take up in the midst of the sons of Israel; ⁵⁰ and thou, appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all that it hath; they bear the tabernacle, and all its vessels, and they serve it; and round about the tabernacle they encamp. ⁵¹ `And in the journeying of the tabernacle, the Levites take it down, and in the encamping of the tabernacle, the Levites raise it up; and the stranger who is coming near is put to death.' ⁵² And the sons of Israel have encamped, each by his camp, and each by his standard, by their hosts; ⁵³ and the Levites encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony; and there is no wrath on the company of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have kept the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony. ⁵⁴ And the sons of Israel do according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses; so they have done.

¹ And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ² `Make to thee two trumpets of silver; beaten work thou dost make them, and they have been to thee for the convocation of the company, and for the journeying of the camps; <sup>3</sup> and they have blown with them, and all the company have met together unto thee, unto the opening of the tent of meeting. <sup>4</sup> And if with one they blow, then have the princes, heads of the thousands of Israel, met together unto thee; <sup>5</sup> `And ye have blown—a shout, and the camps which are encamping eastward have journeyed. ⁶ `And ye have blown—a second shout, and the camps which are encamping southward have journeyed; a shout they blow for their journeys. <sup>7</sup> `And in the assembling of the assembly ye blow, and do not shout; ⁸ and sons of Aaron, the priests, blow with the trumpets; and they have been to you for a statute age-during to your generations. ⁹ `And when ye go into battle in your land against the adversary who is distressing you, then ye have shouted with the trumpets, and ye have been remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye have been saved from your enemies. <sup>10</sup> `And in the day of your gladness, and in your appointed seasons, and in the beginnings of your months, ye have blown also with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings, and they have been to you for a memorial before your God; I, Jehovah, am your God.'
¹¹ And it cometh to pass—in the second year, in the second month, in the twentieth of the month—the cloud hath gone up from off the tabernacle of the testimony, ¹² and the sons of Israel journey in their journeyings from the wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud doth tabernacle in the wilderness of Paran; ¹³ and they journey at first, by the command of Jehovah, in the hand of Moses. ¹⁴ And the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah journeyeth in the first place, by their hosts, and over its host is Nahshon son of Amminadab. ¹⁵ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar is Nathaneel son of Zuar. ¹⁶ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon; ¹⁷ And the tabernacle hath been taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari have journeyed, bearing the tabernacle. ¹⁸ And the standard of the camp of Reuben hath journeyed, by their hosts, and over its host is Elizur son of Shedeur. ¹⁹ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ²⁰ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel; ²¹ And the Kohathites have journeyed, bearing the tabernacle, and the others have raised up the tabernacle until their coming in. ²² And the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim hath journeyed, by their hosts, and over its host is Elishama son of Ammihud. ²³ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh is Gamalial son of Pedahzur. ²⁴ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni. ²⁵ And the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan hath journeyed (rearward to all the camps), by their hosts, and over its host is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher is Pagiel son of Ocran. ²⁷ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan. ²⁸ These are journeyings of the sons of Israel by their hosts—and they journey.
²⁹ And Moses saith to Hobab son of Raguel the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses, `We are journeying unto the place of which Jehovah hath said, I give it to you; go with us, and we have done good to thee; for Jehovah hath spoken good concerning Israel.' <sup>30</sup> And he saith unto him, `I do not go; but unto my land and unto my kindred do I go.' ³¹ And he saith, `I pray thee, forsake us not, because thou hast known our encamping in the wilderness, and thou hast been to us for eyes; <sup>32</sup> and it hath come to pass when thou goest with us, yea, it hath come to pass—that good which Jehovah doth kindly with us—it we have done kindly to thee.' <sup>33</sup> And they journey from the mount of Jehovah a journey of three days; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is journeying before them the journey of three days, to spy out for them a resting-place; <sup>34</sup> and the cloud of Jehovah is on them by day, in their journeying from the camp. <sup>35</sup> And it cometh to pass in the journeying of the ark, that Moses saith, `Rise, O Jehovah, and Thine enemies are scattered, and those hating Thee flee from Thy presence.' ³⁶ And in its resting he saith, `Return, O Jehovah, to the myriads, the thousands of Israel.'

¹ And it cometh to pass, after the plague, that Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, saying, ² `Take up the sum of all the company of the sons of Israel, from a son of twenty years and upward, by the house of their fathers, every one going out to the host in Israel.' <sup>3</sup> And Moses speaketh—Eleazar the priest also—with them, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho, saying, <sup>4</sup> `From a son of twenty years and upward,' as Jehovah hath commanded Moses and the sons of Israel who are coming out from the land of Egypt.
⁵ Reuben, first-born of Israel—sons of Reuben: of Hanoch is the family of the Hanochite; of Pallu the family of the Palluite; ⁶ of Hezron the family of the Hezronite; of Carmi the family of the Carmite. ⁷ These are families of the Reubenite, and their numbered ones are three and forty thousand and seven hundred and thirty. ⁸ And the son of Pallu is Eliab; ⁹ and the sons of Eliab are Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram; this is that Dathan and Abiram, called ones of the company, who have striven against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, in their striving against Jehovah, ¹⁰ and the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them and Korah, in the death of the company, in the fire consuming the two hundred and fifty men, and they become a sign; ¹¹ and the sons of Korah died not. ¹² Sons of Simeon by their families: of Nemuel is the family of the Nemuelite; of Jamin the family of the Jaminite; of Jachin the family of the Jachinite; ¹³ of Zerah the family of the Zarhite; of Shaul the family of the Shaulite. ¹⁴ These are families of the Simeonite, two and twenty thousand and two hundred. ¹⁵ Sons of Gad by their families: of Zephon is the family of the Zephonite; of Haggi the family of the Haggite; of Shuni the family of the Shunite; ¹⁶ of Ozni the family of the Oznite; of Eri the family of the Erite: ¹⁷ of Arod the family of the Arodite; of Areli the family of the Arelite. ¹⁸ These are families of the sons of Gad, by their numbered ones, forty thousand and five hundred. ¹⁹ Sons of Judah are Er and Onan; and Er dieth—Onan also—in the land of Canaan. ²⁰ And sons of Judah, by their families, are: of Shelah the family of the Shelanite; of Pharez the family of the Pharzite; of Zerah the family of the Zarhite; ²¹ and sons of Pharez are: of Hezron the family of the Hezronite; of Hamul the family of the Hamulite. ²² These are families of Judah, by their numbered ones, six and seventy thousand and five hundred. ²³ Sons of Issachar by their families; of Tola is the family of the Tolaite; of Pua the family of the Punite; ²⁴ of Jashub the family of the Jashubite; of Shimron the family of the Shimronite. ²⁵ These are families of Issachar, by their numbered ones, four and sixty thousand and three hundred. ²⁶ Sons of Zebulun by their families: of Sered is the family of the Sardite; of Elon the family of the Elonite; of Jahleel the family of the Jahleelite. ²⁷ These are families of the Zebulunite by their numbered ones, sixty thousand and five hundred. ²⁸ Sons of Joseph by their families are Manasseh and Ephraim. ²⁹ Sons of Manasseh: of Machir is the family of the Machirite; and Machir hath begotten Gilead; of Gilead is the family of the Gileadite. ³⁰ These are sons of Gilead: of Jeezer is the family of the Jeezerite; of Helek the family of the Helekite; ³¹ and of Asriel the family of the Asrielite; and of Shechem the family of the Shechemite; ³² and of Shemida the family of the Shemidaite; and of Hepher the family of the Hepherite. ³³ And Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but daughters, and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad are Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. ³⁴ These are families of Manasseh, and their numbered ones are two and fifty thousand and seven hundred. ³⁵ These are sons of Ephraim by their families: of Shuthelah is the family of the Shuthelhite; of Becher the family of the Bachrite; of Tahan the family of the Tahanite. ³⁶ And these are sons of Shuthelah: of Eran the family of the Eranite. ³⁷ These are families of the sons of Ephraim, by their numbered ones, two and thirty thousand and five hundred. These are sons of Joseph by their families. ³⁸ Sons of Benjamin by their families: of Bela is the family of the Belaite; of Ashbel the family of the Ashbelite; of Ahiram the family of the Ahiramite; ³⁹ of Shupham the family of the Shuphamite; of Hupham the family of the Huphamite. ⁴⁰ And sons of Bela are Ard and Naaman: of Ard is the family of the Ardite: of Naaman the family of the Naamite. ⁴¹ These are sons of Benjamin by their families, and their numbered ones are five and forty thousand and six hundred. ⁴² These are sons of Dan by their families: of Shuham is the family of the Shuhamite; these are families of Dan by their families; ⁴³ all the families of the Shuhamite, by their numbered ones, are four and sixty thousand and four hundred. ⁴⁴ Sons of Asher by their families: of Jimna is the family of the Jimnite; of Jesui the family of the Jesuite; of Beriah the family of the Beriite. ⁴⁵ Of sons of Beriah: of Heber is the family of the Heberite; of Malchiel the family of the Malchielite. ⁴⁶ And the name of the daughter of Asher is Sarah. ⁴⁷ These are families of the sons of Asher, by their numbered ones, three and fifty thousand and four hundred. ⁴⁸ Sons of Naphtali by their families: of Jahzeel is the family of the Jahzeelite; of Guni the family of the Gunite; ⁴⁹ of Jezer the family of the Jezerite; of Shillem the family of the Shillemite. ⁵⁰ These are families of Naphtali by their families, and their numbered ones are five and forty thousand and four hundred. ⁵¹ These are numbered ones of the sons of Israel, six hundred thousand, and a thousand, seven hundred and thirty.
⁵² And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ⁵³ `To these is the land apportioned by inheritance, by the number of names; <sup>54</sup> to the many thou dost increase their inheritance, and to the few thou dost diminish their inheritance; to each according to his numbered ones is given his inheritance. <sup>55</sup> `Only by lot is the land apportioned, by the names of the tribes of their fathers they inherit; ⁵⁶ according to the lot is their inheritance apportioned between many and few.'
⁵⁷ And these are numbered ones of the Levite by their families: of Gershon is the family of the Gershonite; of Kohath the family of the Kohathite; of Merari the family of the Merarite. ⁵⁸ These are families of the Levite: the family of the Libnite, the family of the Hebronite, the family of the Mahlite, the family of the Mushite, the family of the Korathite. And Kohath hath begotten Amram, ⁵⁹ and the name of Amram's wife is Jochebed, daughter of Levi, whom one hath born to Levi in Egypt; and she beareth to Amram Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam their sister. ⁶⁰ And born to Aaron Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar; ⁶¹ and Nadab dieth—Abihu also—in their bringing near strange fire before Jehovah. ⁶² And their numbered ones are three and twenty thousand, every male from a son of a month and upwards, for they have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel; for an inheritance hath not been given to them in the midst of the sons of Israel.
⁶³ These are those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who have numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho; ⁶⁴ and among these there hath not been a man of those numbered by Moses, and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai, ⁶⁵ for Jehovah said of them, `They do certainly die in the wilderness;' and there hath not been left of them a man save Caleb son of Jephunneh, and Joshua son of Nun.

¹ And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ² `Command the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye are coming in unto the land of Canaan—this is the land which falleth to you by inheritance, the land of Canaan, by its borders— <sup>3</sup> then hath the south quarter been to you from the wilderness of Zin, by the sides of Edom, yea, the south border hath been to you from the extremity of the Salt Sea, eastward; <sup>4</sup> and the border hath turned round to you from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and hath passed on to Zin, and its outgoings have been from the south to Kadesh-Barnea, and it hath gone out at Hazar-Addar, and hath passed on to Azmon; <sup>5</sup> and the border hath turned round from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its outgoings have been at the sea. <sup>6</sup> `As to the west border, even the great sea hath been to you a border; this is to you the west border. ⁷ `And this is to you the north border: from the great sea ye mark out for yourselves mount Hor; <sup>8</sup> from mount Hor ye mark out to go in to Hamath, and the outgoings of the border have been to Zedad; <sup>9</sup> and the border hath gone out to Ziphron, and its outgoings have been at Hazar-Enan; this is to you the north border. <sup>10</sup> `And ye have marked out for yourselves for the border eastward, from Hazar-Enan to Shepham; ¹¹ and the border hath gone down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east of Ain, and the border hath gone down, and hath smitten against the shoulder of the sea of Chinnereth eastward; ¹² and the border hath gone down to the Jordan, and its outgoings have been at the Salt Sea; this is for you the land by its borders round about.' ¹³ And Moses commandeth the sons of Israel, saying, `This is the land which ye inherit by lot, which Jehovah hath commanded to give to the nine tribes and the half of the tribe; <sup>14</sup> for the tribe of the sons of Reuben have received, by the house of their fathers; and the tribe of the children of Gad, by the house of their fathers; and the half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance; <sup>15</sup> the two tribes and the half of the tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan, near Jericho, eastward, at the sun -rising.'
<sup>16</sup> And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>17</sup> `These are the names of the men who give to you the inheritance of the land: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, ¹⁸ and one prince—one prince—for a tribe ye do take to give the land by inheritance. ¹⁹ `And these are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; ²⁰ and of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel son of Aminihud; ²¹ of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon; ²² and of the tribe of the sons of Dan, the prince Bukki son of Jogli; ²³ of the sons of Joseph, of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, the prince Hanniel son of Ephod; ²⁴ and of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, the prince Kemuel son of Shiphtan; ²⁵ and of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, the prince Elizaphan son of Parnach; ²⁶ and of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the prince Paltiel son of Azzan; ²⁷ and of the tribe of the sons of Asher, the prince Ahihud son of Shelomi; ²⁸ and of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, the prince Pedahel son of Ammihud.' ²⁹ These are those whom Jehovah hath commanded to give the sons of Israel inheritance in the land of Canaan.

¹ These are sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, ² Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. ³ Sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, three have been born to him of a daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, first-born of Judah, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him to death. ⁴ And Tamar his daughter-in-law hath borne to him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah are five. ⁵ Sons of Pharez: Hezron, and Hamul. ⁶ And sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; all of them five. ⁷ And sons of Carmi: Achar, troubler of Israel, who trespassed in the devoted thing. ⁸ And sons of Ethan: Azariah.

¹⁵ Thus said Jehovah, A voice in Ramah is heard, wailing, weeping most bitter, Rachel is weeping for her sons, She hath refused to be comforted for her sons, because they are not.

⁷ Our fathers have sinned—they are not, We their iniquities have borne.

¹⁶ Then Herod, having seen that he was deceived by the mages, was very wroth, and having sent forth, he slew all the male children in Beth-Lehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time that he inquired exactly from the mages.

¹⁸ `A voice in Ramah was heard—lamentation and weeping and much mourning—Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted because they are not.'

⁹ and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, `Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye have come.' <sup>10</sup> And they say unto him, `No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food; ¹¹ we are all of us sons of one man, we are right men; thy servants have not been spies;'

²⁴ Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?

¹¹ And He kindleth against me His anger, And reckoneth me to Him as His adversaries.

²¹ And Jesus having come forth thence, withdrew to the parts of Tyre and Sidon, ²² and lo, a woman, a Canaanitess, from those borders having come forth, did call to him, saying, `Deal kindly with me, Sir—Son of David; my daughter is miserably demonized.' <sup>23</sup> And he did not answer her a word; and his disciples having come to him, were asking him, saying—`Let her away, because she crieth after us;' ²⁴ and he answering said, `I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.' <sup>25</sup> And having come, she was bowing to him, saying, `Sir, help me;' ²⁶ and he answering said, `It is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast to the little dogs.' <sup>27</sup> And she said, `Yes, sir, for even the little dogs do eat of the crumbs that are falling from their lords' table;' ²⁸ then answering, Jesus said to her, `O woman, great is thy faith, let it be to thee as thou wilt;' and her daughter was healed from that hour.

⁷ And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, `From whence have ye come?' and they say, `From the land of Canaan—to buy food.'

¹² and he saith unto them, `No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;'

²⁰ and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so.

³ And Judah speaketh unto him, saying, `The man protesting protested to us, saying, Ye do not see my face without your brother being with you;

²⁰ and we say unto my lord, We have a father, an aged one, and a child of old age, a little one; and his brother died, and he is left alone of his mother, and his father hath loved him. ²¹ `And thou sayest unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, and I set mine eye upon him; <sup>22</sup> and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died; <sup>23</sup> and thou sayest unto thy servants, If your young brother come not down with you, ye add not to see my face. <sup>24</sup> `And it cometh to pass, that we have come up unto thy servant my father, that we declare to him the words of my lord; ²⁵ and our father saith, Turn back, buy for us a little food, ²⁶ and we say, We are not able to go down; if our young brother is with us, then we have gone down; for we are not able to see the man's face, and our young brother not with us.

¹³ Jehovah thy God thou dost fear, and Him thou dost serve, and by His name thou dost swear;

²⁶ and she saith, `O, my lord, thy soul liveth! my lord, I am the woman who stood with thee in this place, to pray unto Jehovah;

⁵⁵ And when Saul seeth David going out to meet the Philistine, he hath said unto Abner, head of the host, `Whose son is this—the youth, Abner?' and Abner saith, `Thy soul liveth, O king, I have not known.'

³ And David sweareth again, and saith, `Thy father hath certainly known that I have found grace in thine eyes, and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved; and yet, Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, but—as a step between me and death.'

² And if they say, `Jehovah liveth,' Surely to a falsehood they swear.

⁷ For this I am not propitious to thee, Thy sons have forsaken Me, And are satisfied by that which is not god, I satisfy them, and they commit adultery, And at the house of a harlot They gather themselves together.

³³ `Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths; ³⁴ but I—I say to you, not to swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God, ³⁵ nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is a city of a great king, ³⁶ nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black; ³⁷ but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.

¹⁶ `Woe to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary—is debtor! <sup>17</sup> Fools and blind! for which is greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold? <sup>18</sup> `And, whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it—is debtor! ¹⁹ Fools and blind! for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift? ²⁰ `He therefore who did swear by the altar, doth swear by it, and by all things on it; ²¹ and he who did swear by the sanctuary, doth swear by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it; ²² and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it.

¹² And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

⁴ and the chief of the executioners chargeth Joseph with them, and he serveth them; and they are days in charge.

⁷ and he asketh Pharaoh's eunuchs who are with him in charge in the house of his lord, saying, `Wherefore are your faces sad to-day?'

¹⁰ Pharaoh hath been wroth against his servants, and giveth me into charge in the house of the chief of the executioners, me and the chief of the bakers;

¹² and he causeth him to rest in charge—to explain to them by the mouth of Jehovah.

⁶⁵ Teth. Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word.

²² And they have been gathered—A gathering of bound ones in a pit, And shut up they have been in a prison, And after a multitude of days are inspected.

³ and they laid hands upon them, and did put them in custody unto the morrow, for it was evening already;

¹⁸ and laid their hands upon the apostles, and did put them in a public prison;

¹⁰ for they, indeed, for a few days, according to what seemed good to them, were chastening, but He for profit, to be partakers of His separation;

¹¹ And Abraham saith, `Because I said, `Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife;

⁴³ thou rulest not over him with rigour, and thou hast been afraid of thy God.

⁹ And I say, `Not good is the thing that ye are doing; in the fear of our God do ye not walk, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

¹⁵ the former governors who are before me have made themselves heavy on the people, and take of them in bread and wine, besides in silver forty shekels; also, their servants have ruled over the people—and I have not done so, because of the fear of God.

² saying, `A certain judge was in a certain city—God he is not fearing, and man he is not regarding—

⁴ and he would not for a time, but after these things he said in himself, Even if God I do not fear, and man do not regard,

³ and giveth them in charge in the house of the chief of the executioners, unto the round-house, the place where Joseph is a prisoner,

⁵⁶ And the famine has been over all the face of the land, and Joseph openeth all places which have corn in them, and selleth to the Egyptians; and the famine is severe in the land of Egypt,

¹ And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, `Why do you look at each other?' <sup>2</sup> he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;'

²⁶ And they lift up their corn upon their asses, and go from thence,

¹ And the famine is severe in the land; ² and it cometh to pass, when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt, that their father saith unto them, `Turn back, buy for us a little food.'

²³ and to his father he hath sent thus: ten asses bearing of the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses bearing corn and bread, even food for his father for the way.

⁷ To open the eyes of the blind, To bring forth from prison the bound one, From the house of restraint those sitting in darkness.

²² And this is a people seized and spoiled, Snared in holes—all of them, And in houses of restraint they were hidden, They have been for a prey, And there is no deliverer, A spoil, and none is saying, `Restore.'

¹⁵ and the heads are wroth against Jeremiah, and have smitten him, and put him in the prison-house—the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it they had made for a prison-house.

²² And Noah doth according to all that God hath commanded him; so hath he done.

¹⁵ by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this—except by your young brother coming hither;

⁵ and if thou art not sending—we do not go down, for the man said unto us, Ye do not see my face without your brother being with you.'

¹⁹ And they come nigh unto the man who is over the house of Joseph, and speak unto him at the opening of the house,

²³ and thou sayest unto thy servants, If your young brother come not down with you, ye add not to see my face.

⁵ His mother saith to the ministrants, `Whatever he may say to you—do.'

²³ And it cometh to pass, when Joseph hath come unto his brethren, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which is upon him, ²⁴ and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit is empty, there is no water in it. ²⁵ And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up their eyes, and look, and lo, a company of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels bearing spices, and balm, and myrrh, going to take them down to Egypt. ²⁶ And Judah saith unto his brethren, `What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood? ²⁷ Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he is our brother—our flesh;' and his brethren hearken. ²⁸ And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silverlings, and they bring Joseph into Egypt.

⁹ And the chief of the butlers speaketh with Pharaoh, saying, `My sin I mention this day:

²³ `And if ye do not so, lo, ye have sinned against Jehovah, and know ye your sin, that it doth find you;

⁷ and Adoni-Bezek saith, `Seventy kings—their thumbs and their great toes cut off—have been gathering under my table; as I have done so hath God repaid to me;' and they bring him in to Jerusalem, and he dieth there.

¹³ And David saith unto Nathan, `I have sinned against Jehovah.' And Nathan saith unto David, `Also—Jehovah hath caused thy sin to pass away; thou dost not die;

¹⁸ And she saith unto Elijah, `What—to me and to thee, O man of God? thou hast come unto me to cause mine iniquity to be remembered, and to put my son to death!'

²⁷ He looketh on men, and saith, `I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me. ²⁸ He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'

³¹ For unto God hath any said: `I have taken away, I do not corruptly, ³² Besides that which I see, shew Thou me, If iniquity I have done—I do not add?'

⁸ And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction, ⁹ Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,

²⁷ When your fear cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress. ²⁸ Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not.

¹³ Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

¹¹ If from delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter—thou keepest back. ¹² When thou sayest, `Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work.

¹⁷ A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.

¹⁷ Dost thou not do this to thyself? By thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, At the time He is leading thee in the way?

¹⁹ Instruct thee doth thy wickedness, And thy backslidings reprove thee, Know and see that an evil and a bitter thing Is thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, And My fear not being on thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts.

¹⁸ Thy way and thy doings have done these to thee, This is thy vexation, for it is bitter, For it hath struck unto thy heart.

¹⁷ `Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Ye have not hearkened unto Me to proclaim freedom, each to his brother, and each to his neighbour; lo, I am proclaiming to you liberty—an affirmation of Jehovah—unto the sword, unto the pestilence, and unto the famine, and I have given you for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth.

¹⁵ I go—I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!'

² for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.

³ Then Judas—he who delivered him up—having seen that he was condemned, having repented, brought back the thirty silverlings to the chief priests, and to the elders, saying, ⁴ `I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they said, `What—to us? thou shalt see!'

⁴³ `And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee maimed to enter into the life, than having the two hands, to go away to the gehenna, to the fire—the unquenchable— <sup>44</sup> where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched. <sup>45</sup> `And if thy foot may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into the life lame, than having the two feet to be cast to the gehenna, to the fire—the unquenchable—

⁴⁸ where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched;

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

¹⁸ many also of those who did believe were coming, confessing and declaring their acts,

¹³ for the judgment without kindness is to him not having done kindness, and exult doth kindness over judgment.

⁹ if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

¹⁰ And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;

⁵ `And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man; ⁶ whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.

²¹ And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, `Let us not smite the life;' <sup>22</sup> and Reuben saith unto them, `Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and put not forth a hand upon him,' —in order to deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back unto his father.

²⁹ And Reuben returneth unto the pit, and lo, Joseph is not in the pit, and he rendeth his garments, ³⁰ and he returneth unto his brethren, and saith, `The lad is not, and I—whither am I going?'

³² and Jehovah hath turned back his blood on his own head, who hath fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and slayeth them with the sword, —and my father David knew not—Abner son of Ner, head of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, head of the host of Judah;

²² and Joash the king hath not remembered the kindness that Jehoiada his father did with him, and slayeth his son, and in his death he said, `Jehovah doth see, and require.'

¹² For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

¹⁸ In My saying to the wicked: Thou dost surely die; and thou hast not warned him, nor hast spoken to warn the wicked from his wicked way, so that he doth live; he—the wicked—in his iniquity dieth, and his blood from thy hand I require.

⁵⁰ that the blood of all the prophets, that is being poured forth from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation; ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, It shall be required from this generation.

⁴¹ and we indeed righteously, for things worthy of what we did we receive back, but this one did nothing out of place;'

⁴ And when the foreigners saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said unto one another, `Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, having been saved out of the sea, the justice did not suffer to live;'

¹⁵ who do shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also witnessing with them, and between one another the thoughts accusing or else defending,

¹⁰ if any one a captivity doth gather, into captivity he doth go away; if any one by sword doth kill, it behoveth him by sword to be killed; here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

⁹ and men were scorched with great heat, and they did speak evil of the name of God, who hath authority over these plagues, and they did not reform—to give to Him glory.

¹³ and when He may come—the Spirit of truth—He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you; ¹⁴ He will glorify me, because of mine He will take, and will tell to you.

²⁰ in behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we beseech, in behalf of Christ, `Be ye reconciled to God;'

²⁵ And it cometh to pass, on the third day, in their being pained, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, take each his sword, and come in against the city confidently, and slay every male;

²³ And he saith, `Peace to you, fear not: your God and the God of your father hath given to you hidden treasure in your bags, your money came unto me;' and he bringeth out Simeon unto them.

³⁰ And Joseph hasteth, for his bowels have been moved for his brother, and he seeketh to weep, and entereth the inner chamber, and weepeth there;

¹⁴ And he falleth on the neck of Benjamin his brother, and weepeth, and Benjamin hath wept on his neck; ¹⁵ and he kisseth all his brethren, and weepeth over them; and afterwards have his brethren spoken with him.

⁵ Simeon and Levi are brethren! Instruments of violence—their espousals! ⁶ Into their secret, come not, O my soul! Unto their assembly be not united, O mine honour; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will eradicated a prince. ⁷ Cursed is their anger, for it is fierce, And their wrath, for it is sharp; I divide them in Jacob, And I scatter them in Israel.

⁹ In all their distress He is no adversary, And the messenger of His presence saved them, In His love and in His pity He redeemed them, And He doth lift them up, And beareth them all the days of old.

⁴¹ And when he came nigh, having seen the city, he wept over it,

¹⁵ to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,

²⁶ and whether one member doth suffer, suffer with it do all the members, or one member is glorified, rejoice with it do all the members;

¹⁵ for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner—apart from sin;

²² and to some be kind, judging thoroughly, ²³ and some in fear save ye, out of the fire snatching, hating even the coat from the flesh spotted.

¹ And he commandeth him who is over his house, saying, `Fill the bags of the men with food, as they are able to bear, and put the money of each in the mouth of his bag; ² and my cup, the silver cup, thou dost put in the mouth of the bag of the young one, and his corn-money;' and he doth according to the word of Joseph which he hath spoken.

²¹ And the sons of Israel do so, and Joseph giveth waggons to them by the command of Pharaoh, and he giveth to them provision for the way;

¹ Ho, every thirsty one, come ye to the waters, And he who hath no money, Come ye, buy and eat, yea, come, buy Without money and without price, wine and milk.

⁴⁴ but I—I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

³³ but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

¹⁷ giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men. ¹⁸ If possible—so far as in you—with all men being in peace; ¹⁹ not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance is Mine, ²⁰ I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head; ²¹ Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.

⁹ not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

²¹ and it cometh to pass, when we have come in unto the lodging-place, and open our bags, that lo, each one's money is in the mouth of his bag, our money in its weight, and we bring it back in our hand; ²² and other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food; we have not known who put our money in our bags.'

¹¹ and they hasten and take down each his bag to the earth, and each openeth his bag;

²⁴ And it cometh to pass in the way, in a lodging place, that Jehovah meeteth him, and seeketh to put him to death;

⁷ and she brought forth her son—the first-born, and wrapped him up, and laid him down in the manger, because there was not for them a place in the guest-chamber.

³⁴ and having come near, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine, and having lifted him up on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and was careful of him;

³³ and Isaac trembleth a very great trembling, and saith, `Who, now, is he who hath provided provision, and bringeth in to me, and I eat of all before thou comest in, and I bless him? —yea, blessed is he.'

³⁶ `And those who are left of you—I have also brought a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies, and the sound of a leaf driven away hath pursued them, and they have fled—flight from a sword—and they have fallen, and there is none pursuing.

⁶⁵ `And among those nations thou dost not rest, yea, there is no resting-place for the sole of thy foot, and Jehovah hath given to thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and grief of soul;

⁵ and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his butlers, and his burnt-offering that he causeth to ascend in the house of Jehovah, and there hath not been in her any more spirit.

² From the end of the land unto Thee I call, In the feebleness of my heart, Into a rock higher than I Thou dost lead me.

⁶ I opened to my beloved, But my beloved withdrew—he passed on, My soul went forth when he spake, I sought him, and found him not. I called him, and he answered me not.

⁷ Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I am Jehovah, doing all these things.'

¹⁷ Jehovah hath done that which He devised, He hath fulfilled His saying That He commanded from the days of old, He hath broken down and hath not pitied, And causeth an enemy to rejoice over thee, He lifted up the horn of thine adversaries.

³⁷ Who is this—he hath said, and it is, And the Lord hath not commanded it ?

⁶ Is a trumpet blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And Jehovah hath not done it ?

²⁶ men fainting at heart from fear, and expectation of the things coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

¹⁰ and with us ye dwell, and the land is before you; dwell ye and trade in it, and have possessions in it.'

²¹ `These men are peaceable with us; then let them dwell in the land, and trade in it; and the land, lo, is wide before them; their daughters let us take to ourselves for wives, and our daughters give to them.

¹⁵ apart from that of the tourists, and of the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the land.

⁴ The top of its tender twigs it hath cropped, And it bringeth it in to the land of Canaan. In a city of merchants it hath placed it.

²⁷ and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place, and he seeth his money, and lo, it is in the mouth of his bag, ²⁸ and he saith unto his brethren, `My money hath been put back, and also, lo, in my bag:' and their heart goeth out, and they tremble, one to another saying, `What is this God hath done to us!'

¹² and double money take in your hand, even the money which is brought back in the mouth of your bags, ye take back in your hand, it may be it is an oversight.

¹⁵ And the men take this present, double money also they have taken in their hand, and Benjamin; and they rise, and go down to Egypt, and stand before Joseph;

²¹ and it cometh to pass, when we have come in unto the lodging-place, and open our bags, that lo, each one's money is in the mouth of his bag, our money in its weight, and we bring it back in our hand;

²⁰ and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.' ²¹ And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, `Let us not smite the life;' <sup>22</sup> and Reuben saith unto them, `Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and put not forth a hand upon him,' —in order to deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back unto his father.
²³ And it cometh to pass, when Joseph hath come unto his brethren, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which is upon him, ²⁴ and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit is empty, there is no water in it. ²⁵ And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up their eyes, and look, and lo, a company of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels bearing spices, and balm, and myrrh, going to take them down to Egypt. ²⁶ And Judah saith unto his brethren, `What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood? <sup>27</sup> Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he is our brother—our flesh;' and his brethren hearken. <sup>28</sup> And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silverlings, and they bring Joseph into Egypt. <sup>29</sup> And Reuben returneth unto the pit, and lo, Joseph is not in the pit, and he rendeth his garments, <sup>30</sup> and he returneth unto his brethren, and saith, `The lad is not, and I—whither am I going?'
³¹ And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood, ³² and send the long coat, and they bring it in unto their father, and say, `This have we found; discern, we pray thee, whether it is thy son's coat or not?' <sup>33</sup> And he discerneth it, and saith, `My son's coat! an evil beast hath devoured him; torn—torn is Joseph!' ³⁴ And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days, ³⁵ and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, `For—I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,' and his father weepeth for him.

²⁸ and Israel saith, `Enough! Joseph my son is yet alive; I go and see him before I die.'

¹² and Joseph nourisheth his father, and his brethren, and all the house of his father with bread, according to the mouth of the infants.

¹ And David saith unto his heart, `Now am I consumed one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing for me better than that I diligently escape unto the land of the Philistines, and Saul hath been despairing of me—of seeking me any more in all the border of Israel, and I have escaped out of his hand.'

⁷ Remember Thou that my life is a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good.

¹⁹ Many are the evils of the righteous, Out of them all doth Jehovah deliver him.

⁸ Better is the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better is the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.

⁹ Therefore by this is the iniquity of Jacob covered, And this is all the fruit—To take away his sin, in His setting all the stones of an altar, As chalkstones beaten in pieces, They rise not—shrines and images.

¹⁰ `I—I said in the cutting off of my days, I go in to the gates of Sheol, I have numbered the remnant of mine years.

¹⁰ Be not afraid, for with thee I am, Look not around, for I am thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

¹³ For I, Jehovah thy God, Am strengthening thy right hand, He who is saying to thee, `Fear not, I have helped thee.' ¹⁴ Fear not, O worm Jacob, ye men of Israel, I helped thee, an affirmation of Jehovah, Even thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

³¹ And immediately Jesus, having stretched forth the hand, laid hold of him, and saith to him, `Little faith! for what didst thou waver?'

²⁸ And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

³¹ What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God is for us, who is against us?

¹³ No temptation hath taken you—except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear it .

¹⁷ for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us—

⁷ Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain—early and latter; ⁸ be patient, ye also; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord hath drawn nigh; ⁹ murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood. ¹⁰ An example take ye of the suffering of evil, my brethren, and of the patience, the prophets who did speak in the name of the Lord; ¹¹ lo, we call happy those who are enduring; the endurance of Job ye heard of, and the end of the Lord ye have seen, that very compassionate is the Lord, and pitying.

⁹ I—I am surety for him, from my hand thou dost require him; if I have not brought him in unto thee, and set him before thee—then I have sinned against thee all the days;

⁹ And sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

⁷ Is Jehovah pleased with thousands of rams? With myriads of streams of oil? Do I give my first-born for my transgression? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

¹⁶ And they journey from Bethel, and there is yet a kibrath of land before entering Ephratha, and Rachel beareth, and is sharply pained in her bearing; ¹⁷ and it cometh to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife saith to her, `Fear not, for this also is a son for thee.' ¹⁸ And it cometh to pass in the going out of her soul (for she died), that she calleth his name Ben-Oni; and his father called him Benjamin;

³³ And he discerneth it, and saith, `My son's coat! an evil beast hath devoured him; torn—torn is Joseph!'

³⁵ and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, `For—I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,' and his father weepeth for him.

⁴ and Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob hath not sent with his brethren, for he said, `Lest mischief meet him.'

⁶ and thou hast done according to thy wisdom, and dost not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol.

¹⁸ And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.

¹⁰ Days of our years, in them are seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet is their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.

¹⁴ I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit!

²⁶ For to a man who is good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this is vanity and vexation of spirit.

⁴ Even to old age I am He, and to grey hairs I carry, I made, and I bear, yea, I carry and deliver.