Genesis 43 Cross References - YLT

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.' <sup>3</sup> 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; ⁴ if thou art sending our brother with us, we go down, and buy for thee food, 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.' ⁶ And Israel saith, `Why did ye evil to me, by declaring to the man that ye had yet a brother?' <sup>7</sup> 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?' 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. <sup>9</sup> 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; <sup>10</sup> for if we had not lingered, surely now we had returned these two times.'
<sup>11</sup> And Israel their father saith unto them, `If so, now, this do: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds; 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. ¹³ `And take your brother, and rise, turn back unto the man; <sup>14</sup> 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.'
<sup>15</sup> 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; <sup>16</sup> and Joseph seeth Benjamin with them, and saith to him who is over his house, `Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal, and make ready, for with me do the men eat at noon.' ¹⁷ And the man doth as Joseph hath said, and the man bringeth in the men into the house of Joseph, ¹⁸ and the men are afraid because they have been brought into the house of Joseph, and they say, `For the matter of the money which was put back in our bags at the commencement are we brought in—to roll himself upon us, and to throw himself on us, and to take us for servants—our asses also.' <sup>19</sup> And they come nigh unto the man who is over the house of Joseph, and speak unto him at the opening of the house, <sup>20</sup> and say, `O, my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food; 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.' 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. <sup>24</sup> And the man bringeth in the men into Joseph's house, and giveth water, and they wash their feet; and he giveth provender for their asses, <sup>25</sup> and they prepare the present until the coming of Joseph at noon, for they have heard that there they do eat bread.
<sup>26</sup> And Joseph cometh into the house, and they bring to him the present which is in their hand, into the house, and bow themselves to him, to the earth; <sup>27</sup> and he asketh of them of peace, and saith, `Is your father well? the aged man of whom ye have spoken, is he yet alive?' ²⁸ and they say, `Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive;' and they bow, and do obeisance. <sup>29</sup> 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.' <sup>30</sup> 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; <sup>31</sup> and he washeth his face, and goeth out, and refraineth himself, and saith, `Place bread.' ³² And they place for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who are eating with him by themselves: for the Egyptians are unable to eat bread with the Hebrews, for it is an abomination to the Egyptians. ³³ And they sit before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the young one according to his youth, and the men wonder one at another; ³⁴ and he lifteth up gifts from before him unto them, and the gift of Benjamin is five hands more than the gifts of all of them; and they drink, yea, they drink abundantly with him.

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;

¹³ and Sarah laugheth in her heart, saying, `After I have waxed old I have had pleasure! —my lord also is old!'

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

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,

¹ But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole is before them. ² The whole is as to the whole; one event is to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean, and to him who is sacrificing, and to him who is not sacrificing; as is the good, so is the sinner, he who is swearing as he who is fearing an oath.

¹⁰ Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.

¹¹ `And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance, ¹² and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time; ¹³ and at the second time was Joseph made known to his brethren, and Joseph's kindred became manifest to Pharaoh,

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;'

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

²⁰ and say, `O, my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food;

¹⁶ Better is a little with the fear of Jehovah, Than much treasure, and tumult with it.

¹⁸ Before destruction is pride, And before stumbling—a haughty spirit.'

¹⁶ She hath considered a field, and taketh it, From the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.

⁸ and if any one for his own—and especially for those of the household—doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

⁶ but it is great gain—the piety with contentment; ⁷ for nothing did we bring into the world—it is manifest that we are able to carry nothing out; ⁸ but having food and raiment—with these we shall suffice ourselves;

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! 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.

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.'

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.'

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

¹³ And he saith, `Good—I make with thee a covenant; only, one thing I am asking of thee, that is, Thou dost not see my face, except thou dost first bring in Michal, daughter of Saul in thy coming into see my face.'

²⁴ and the king saith, `Let him turn round unto his house, and my face he doth not see.' And Absalom turneth round unto his house, and the face of the king he hath not seen.

²⁸ And Absalom dwelleth in Jerusalem two years of days, and the face of the king he hath not seen;

³² And Absalom saith unto Joab, `Lo, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, and I send thee unto the king to say, Why have I come in from Geshur? —good for me while I am there—and now, let me see the king's face, and if there is in me iniquity then thou hast put me to death.'

³⁴ seeing I have seen the affliction of My people that is in Egypt, and their groaning I did hear, and came down to deliver them; and now come, I will send thee to Egypt.

²⁵ `And now, lo, I have known that no more shall ye see my face, —ye all among whom I did go preaching the reign of God;

³⁸ sorrowing most of all for the word that he had said—that they are about no more to see his face; and they were accompanying him to the ship.

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.'

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.

¹² `Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

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.'

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;

²⁷ and he asketh of them of peace, and saith, `Is your father well? the aged man of whom ye have spoken, is he yet alive?'

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 `Yea, thou—thou hast been commanded: this do ye, take for yourselves out of the land of Egypt, waggons for your infants, and for your wives, and ye have brought your father, and come;

⁸ and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and the house of his father; only their infants, and their flock, and their herd, have they left in the land of Goshen;

²¹ and now, fear not: I do nourish you and your infants;' and he comforteth them, and speaketh unto their heart.

³¹ `As to your infants—of whom ye have said, A spoil they are become—I have even brought them in, and they have known the land which ye have kicked against;

⁶ Let Reuben live, and not die, And let his men be a number.

⁴ if we have said, We go in to the city, then the famine is in the city, and we have died there; and if we have sat here, then we have died; and now, come and we fall unto the camp of Aram; if they keep us alive, we live, and if they put us to death—we have died.'

¹³ And one of his servants answereth and saith, `Then let them take, I pray thee, five of the horses that are left, that have been left in it—lo, they are as all the multitude of Israel who have been left in it; lo, they are as all the multitude of Israel who have been consumed—and we send and see.'

²¹ And I proclaim there a fast, by the river Ahava, to afflict ourselves before our God, to seek from Him a right way for us, and for our infants, and for all our substance,

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

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;

³⁹ the torn I have not brought in unto thee—I, I repay it—from my hand thou dost seek it; I have been deceived by day, and I have been deceived by night;

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;'

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,

²¹ and it hath been, when my lord the king lieth with his fathers, that I have been, I and my son Solomon—reckoned sinners.'

³ Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?

¹²² Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me.

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.

²⁰ `And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, and he hath done perversity, and I have put a stumbling-block before him, he dieth; because thou hast not warned him, in his sin he dieth, and not remembered is his righteousness that he hath done, and his blood from thy hand I require.

⁶ And the watchman, when he seeth the sword coming in, And he hath not blown with a trumpet, And the people hath not been warned, And come in doth a sword, And taketh away of them—a soul, He in his iniquity is taken away, And his blood from the hand of the watchman I require.

⁸ In My saying to the wicked, O wicked one—thou dost surely die, And thou hast not spoken to warn the wicked from his way, He—the wicked—in his iniquity doth die, 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;

¹⁸ and if he did hurt to thee, or doth owe anything, this to me be reckoning; ¹⁹ I, Paul did write with my hand, I—I will repay; that I may not say that also thyself, besides, to me thou dost owe.

²² by so much of a better covenant hath Jesus become surety,

¹⁶ And he lingereth, and the men lay hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, through the mercy of Jehovah unto him, and they bring him out, and cause him to rest without the city.

¹³ And he lodgeth there during that night, and taketh from that which is coming into his hand, a present for Esau his brother: ¹⁴ she-goats two hundred, and he-goats twenty, ewes two hundred, and rams twenty, ¹⁵ suckling camels and their young ones thirty, cows forty, and bullocks ten, she-asses twenty, and foals ten; ¹⁶ and he giveth into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and saith unto his servants, `Pass over before me, and a space ye do put between drove and drove.' <sup>17</sup> And he commandeth the first, saying, `When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and hath asked thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? ¹⁸ then thou hast said, Thy servant Jacob's: it is a present sent to my lord, to Esau; and lo, he also is behind us.' ¹⁹ And he commandeth also the second, also the third, also all who are going after the droves, saying, `According to this manner do ye speak unto Esau in your finding him, <sup>20</sup> and ye have said also, Lo, thy servant Jacob is behind us;' for he said, `I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterwards I see his face; it may be he lifteth up my face;' ²¹ and the present passeth over before his face, and he hath lodged during that night in the camp.

¹⁰ And Jacob saith, `Nay, I pray thee, if, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, then thou hast received my present from my hand, because that I have seen thy face, as the seeing of the face of God, and thou art pleased with me;

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.

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.'

²⁴ and I say to you, Ye—ye do possess their ground, and I—I give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey; I am Jehovah your God, who hath separated you from the peoples.

¹⁴ And by precious things—fruits of the sun, And by precious things—cast forth by the moons,

⁷ And Saul saith to his young man, `And lo, we go, and what do we bring in to the man? for the bread hath gone from our vessels, and a present there is not to bring in to the man of God—what is with us?'

²⁷ `And, now, this blessing which thy maid-servant hath brought to my lord—it hath been given to the young men who are going up and down at the feet of my lord.

²¹ And Solomon hath been ruling over all the kingdoms, from the River to the land of the Philistines and unto the border of Egypt: they are bringing nigh a present, and serving Solomon, all days of his life.

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.

²⁵ and they are bringing each his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, the matter of a year in a year.

¹⁹ `A covenant is between me and thee, between my father and thy father; lo, I have sent to thee a reward of silver and gold; go, break thy covenant with Baasha king of Israel, and he goeth up from off me.'

⁸ And the king saith unto Hazael, `Take in thy hand a present, and go to meet the man of God, and thou hast sought Jehovah by him, saying, Do I revive from this sickness?'

⁸ And Ahaz taketh the silver and the gold that is found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the house of the king, and sendeth to the king of Asshur—a bribe.

¹² At that time hath Berodach-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick;

¹⁶ `Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat nor drink three days, by night and by day; also I and my young women do fast likewise, and so I go in unto the king, that is not according to law, and when I have perished—I have perished.'

²⁹ Because of Thy temple at Jerusalem, To Thee do kings bring a present.

¹⁰ Kings of Tarshish and of the isles send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba a reward bring near.

¹¹ Vow and complete to Jehovah your God, All ye surrounding him. They bring presents to the Fearful One.

¹⁸ A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.

¹⁶ The gift of a man maketh room for him, And before the great it leadeth him.

⁶ Many entreat the face of the noble, And all have made friendship to a man of gifts.

¹⁴ A gift in secret pacifieth anger, And a bribe in the bosom strong fury.

¹⁰ How wonderful have been thy loves, my sister-spouse, How much better have been thy loves than wine, And the fragrance of thy perfumes than all spices.

¹⁴ Cypresses with nard—nard and saffron, Cane and cinnamon, With all trees of frankincense, Myrrh and aloes, with all chief spices.

¹⁴ Or to a young one of the harts on mountains of spices!

²² Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? For wherefore hath not the health of the daughter of my people gone up?

¹⁵ Sons of Dedan are thy merchants, Many isles are the mart of thy hand, Horns of ivory and ebony they sent back thy reward.

¹⁷ Judah and the land of Israel—they are thy merchants, For wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, And honey, and oil, and balm, They have given out thy merchandise.

¹⁴ and he not being persuaded, we were silent, saying, `The will of the Lord be done.'

²⁵ 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.

³⁵ 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;

¹⁷ giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.

⁸ To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other—law he hath fulfilled,

²¹ providing right things, not only before the Lord, but also before men;

⁸ As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as are grave, as many as are righteous, as many as are pure, as many as are lovely, as many as are of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

⁶ that no one go beyond and defraud in the matter his brother, because an avenger is the Lord of all these, as also we spake before to you and testified,

²¹ all things prove; that which is good hold fast;

⁸ Jesus Christ yesterday and to-day the same, and to the ages;

¹ And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, `I am God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect;

¹⁴ and Abraham calleth the name of that place `Jehovah-Jireh,' because it is said this day in the mount, `Jehovah doth provide.'

³ and God Almighty doth bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and thou hast become an assembly of peoples;

¹¹ `Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I am fearing him, less he come and have smitten me—mother beside sons; <sup>12</sup> and Thou—Thou hast said, I certainly do good with thee, and have set thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not numbered because of the multitude.'
<sup>13</sup> And he lodgeth there during that night, and taketh from that which is coming into his hand, a present for Esau his brother: <sup>14</sup> she-goats two hundred, and he-goats twenty, ewes two hundred, and rams twenty, <sup>15</sup> suckling camels and their young ones thirty, cows forty, and bullocks ten, she-asses twenty, and foals ten; <sup>16</sup> and he giveth into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and saith unto his servants, `Pass over before me, and a space ye do put between drove and drove.' ¹⁷ And he commandeth the first, saying, `When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and hath asked thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? <sup>18</sup> then thou hast said, Thy servant Jacob's: it is a present sent to my lord, to Esau; and lo, he also is behind us.' <sup>19</sup> And he commandeth also the second, also the third, also all who are going after the droves, saying, `According to this manner do ye speak unto Esau in your finding him, ²⁰ and ye have said also, Lo, thy servant Jacob is behind us;' for he said, `I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterwards I see his face; it may be he lifteth up my face;' <sup>21</sup> and the present passeth over before his face, and he hath lodged during that night in the camp. <sup>22</sup> And he riseth in that night, and taketh his two wives, and his two maid-servants, and his eleven children, and passeth over the passage of Jabbok; <sup>23</sup> and he taketh them, and causeth them to pass over the brook, and he causeth that which he hath to pass over.
<sup>24</sup> And Jacob is left alone, and one wrestleth with him till the ascending of the dawn; <sup>25</sup> and he seeth that he is not able for him, and he cometh against the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh is disjointed in his wrestling with him; <sup>26</sup> and he saith, `Send me away, for the dawn hath ascended:' and he saith, `I send thee not away, except thou hast blessed me.' <sup>27</sup> And he saith unto him, `What is thy name?' and he saith, `Jacob.' <sup>28</sup> And he saith, `Thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast been a prince with God and with men, and dost prevail.'

¹¹ And God saith to him, `I am God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from thee, and kings from thy loins go out;

²¹ And Jehovah is with Joseph, and stretcheth out kindness unto him, and putteth his grace in the eyes of the chief of the round-house;

²⁴ 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.

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.'

²⁷ Blessed is Jehovah, God of our fathers, who hath given such a thing as this in the heart of the king, to beautify the house of Jehovah that is in Jerusalem,

¹¹ `I beseech Thee, O Lord, let, I pray Thee, Thine ear be attentive unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto the prayer of Thy servants, those delighting to fear Thy Name; and give prosperity, I pray Thee, to Thy servant to-day, and give him for mercies before this man;' and I have been butler to the king.

⁵ Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh, ⁶ And hath brought out as light thy righteousness, And thy judgment as noon-day.
⁷ Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

⁷ Show us, O Jehovah, thy kindness, And Thy salvation Thou dost give to us.

⁵ For good is Jehovah, to the age His kindness, And to generation and generation His faithfulness!

⁴¹ Waw. And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying.

¹ Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:

⁷ When a man's ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him.

¹ Rivulets of waters is the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it.

¹³ Sing, O heavens, and joy, O earth, And break forth, O mountains, with singing, For comforted hath Jehovah His people, And His afflicted ones He doth pity.

⁵⁰ And His kindness is to generations of generations, To those fearing Him,

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.

² to Timotheus—genuine child in faith: Grace, kindness, peace, from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord,

¹⁶ but because of this I found kindness, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern of those about to believe on him to life age-during:

⁴ to Titus—true child according to a common faith: Grace, kindness, peace, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour!

³ there shall be with you grace, kindness, peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

² And Abram saith, `Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.'

⁸ And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac's being weaned;

² and Abraham saith unto his servant, the eldest of his house, who is ruling over all that he hath, `Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, <sup>3</sup> and I cause thee to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, that thou dost not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling; <sup>4</sup> but unto my land and unto my kindred dost thou go, and hast taken a wife for my son, for Isaac.' <sup>5</sup> And the servant saith unto him, `It may be the woman is not willing to come after me unto this land; do I at all cause thy son to turn back unto the land from whence thou camest out?' ⁶ And Abraham saith unto him, `Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause my son to turn back thither; ⁷ Jehovah, God of the heavens, who hath taken me from the house of my father, and from the land of my birth, and who hath spoken to me, and who hath sworn to me, saying, To thy seed I give this land, He doth send His messenger before thee, and thou hast taken a wife for my son from thence; ⁸ and if the woman be not willing to come after thee, then thou hast been acquitted from this mine oath: only my son thou dost not cause to turn back thither.' ⁹ And the servant putteth his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and sweareth to him concerning this matter.
¹⁰ And the servant taketh ten camels of the camels of his lord and goeth, also of all the goods of his lord in his hand, and he riseth, and goeth unto Aram-Naharaim, unto the city of Nahor;

³⁰ And he maketh for them a banquet, and they eat and drink,

⁵⁴ And Jacob sacrificeth a sacrifice in the mount, and calleth to his brethren to eat bread, and they eat bread, and lodge in the mount;

⁴ and Joseph findeth grace in his eyes and serveth him, and he appointeth him over his house, and all that he hath he hath given into his hand. ⁵ And it cometh to pass from the time that he hath appointed him over his house, and over all that he hath, that Jehovah blesseth the house of the Egyptian for Joseph's sake, and the blessing of Jehovah is on all that he hath, in the house, and in the field;

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,

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;

⁴ they have gone out of the city—they have not gone far off—and Joseph hath said to him who is over his house, `Rise, pursue after the men; and thou hast overtaken them, and thou hast said unto them, Why have ye recompensed evil for good?

¹¹ and I have taken my bread, and my water, and my flesh, which I slaughtered for my shearers, and have given it to men whom I have not known whence they are!'

² She hath slaughtered her slaughter, She hath mingled her wine, Yea, she hath arranged her table.

²¹ 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.'

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!'

¹⁴ and laid against her actions of words, and brought out against her an evil name, and said, This woman I have taken, and I draw near unto her, and I have not found in her tokens of virginity:

¹⁷ and lo, he hath laid actions of words, saying, I have not found to thy daughter tokens of virginity—and these are the tokens of the virginity of my daughter! and they have spread out the garment before the elders of the city.

²² And Manoah saith unto his wife, `We certainly die, for we have seen God.'

⁴ And his father and his mother have not known that from Jehovah it is, that a meeting he is seeking of the Philistines; and at that time the Philistines are ruling over Israel.

²¹ A fearful voice is in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.

¹⁴ As a wide breach they come, Under the desolation have rolled themselves.

⁵ There they feared a fear—there was no fear, For God hath scattered the bones of him Who is encamping against thee, Thou hast put to shame, For God hath despised them.

¹⁶ And I think to know this, Perverseness it is in mine eyes,

² And it is declared to the house of David, saying, `Aram hath been led towards Ephraim,' And his heart and the heart of his people is moved, like the moving of trees of a forest by the presence of wind.

²⁶ and the disciples having seen him walking upon the sea, were troubled saying—`It is an apparition,' and from the fear they cried out; <sup>27</sup> and immediately Jesus spake to them, saying, `Be of good courage, I am he, be not afraid.'

¹⁶ And Herod having heard, said—`He whom I did behead—John—this is he; he was raised out of the dead.'

⁸ `Thou shalt not covet;' and the sin having received an opportunity, through the command, did work in me all covetousness—for apart from law sin is dead.

³ and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,

¹⁰ And they say unto him, `No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food;

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,

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?'

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!'
²⁹ And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying, ³⁰ `The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land; <sup>31</sup> and we say unto him, We are right men, we have not been spies, <sup>32</sup> 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. <sup>33</sup> `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.' ³⁵ 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;

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;

⁵ Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

¹⁸ Pray for us, for we trust that we have a good conscience, in all things willing to behave well,

¹² having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.

¹⁶ having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

²³ And Jehovah saith to him, `Peace to thee; fear not; thou dost not die.'

²⁰ And the old man saith, `Peace to thee; only, all thy lack is on me, only in the broad place lodge not.'

⁶ and said thus: To life! and thou, peace; and thy house, peace; and all that thou hast—peace!

¹⁸ And the Spirit hath clothed Amasai, head of the captains: `To thee, O David, and with thee, O son of Jesse—peace! peace to thee, and peace to thy helper, for thy God hath helped thee;' and David receiveth them, and putteth them among the heads of the troop.

¹⁷ An answer hath the king sent unto Rehum counsellor, and Shimshai scribe, and the rest of their companions who are dwelling in Samaria, and the rest beyond the river, `Peace, and at such a time:

⁵ and into whatever house ye do enter, first say, Peace to this house;

³⁶ and as they are speaking these things, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith to them, `Peace—to you;'

²⁷ `Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

¹⁹ It being, therefore, evening, on that day, the first of the sabbaths, and the doors having been shut where the disciples were assembled, through fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith to them, `Peace to you;'

²¹ Jesus, therefore, said to them again, `Peace to you; according as the Father hath sent me, I also send you;'

²⁶ And after eight days, again were his disciples within, and Thomas with them; Jesus cometh, the doors having been shut, and he stood in the midst, and said, `Peace to you!'

⁴ let, I pray thee, a little water be accepted, and wash your feet, and recline under the tree;

² and he saith, `Lo, I pray you, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, unto the house of your servant, and lodge, and wash your feet—then ye have risen early and gone on your way;' and they say, `Nay, but in the broad place we do lodge.'

³² And he bringeth in the man into the house, and looseth the camels, and giveth straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men who are with him:

⁴⁴ And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, `Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; water for my feet thou didst not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe;

⁴ doth rise from the supper, and doth lay down his garments, and having taken a towel, he girded himself; ⁵ afterward he putteth water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe with the towel with which he was being girded. ⁶ He cometh, therefore, unto Simon Peter, and that one saith to him, `Sir, thou—dost thou wash my feet?' <sup>7</sup> Jesus answered and said to him, `That which I do thou hast not known now, but thou shalt know after these things;' ⁸ Peter saith to him, `Thou mayest not wash my feet—to the age.' Jesus answered him, `If I may not wash thee, thou hast no part with me;' ⁹ Simon Peter saith to him, `Sir, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head.' <sup>10</sup> Jesus saith to him, `He who hath been bathed hath no need save to wash his feet, but he is clean altogether; and ye are clean, but not all;' ¹¹ for he knew him who is delivering him up; because of this he said, `Ye are not all clean.' <sup>12</sup> When, therefore, he washed their feet, and took his garments, having reclined (at meat) again, he said to them, `Do ye know what I have done to you? ¹³ ye call me, The Teacher and The Lord, and ye say well, for I am; ¹⁴ if then I did wash your feet—the Lord and the Teacher—ye also ought to wash one another's feet. ¹⁵ `For an example I gave to you, that, according as I did to you, ye also may do; ¹⁶ verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him; ¹⁷ if these things ye have known, happy are ye, if ye may do them;

¹¹ And Israel their father saith unto them, `If so, now, this do: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds;

¹⁶ and Joseph seeth Benjamin with them, and saith to him who is over his house, `Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal, and make ready, for with me do the men eat at noon.'

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.'

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?'

¹⁹ And they say one unto another, `Lo, this man of the dreams cometh; 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.'

⁶ 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.

²⁸ and they say, `Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive;' and they bow, and do obeisance.

⁹ Before him bow do the inhabitants of the dry places, And his enemies lick the dust.

¹¹ for it hath been written, `I live! saith the Lord—to Me bow shall every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God;'

¹⁰ that in the name of Jesus every knee may bow—of heavenlies, and earthlies, and what are under the earth— ¹¹ and every tongue may confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

¹⁴ and he saith to him, `Go, I pray thee, see the peace of thy brethren, and the peace of the flock, and bring me back word;' and he sendeth him from the valley of Hebron, and he cometh to Shechem.

¹⁶ and Joseph answereth Pharaoh, saying, `Without me—God doth answer Pharaoh with peace.'

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

⁷ And Moses goeth out to meet his father-in-law, and boweth himself, and kisseth him, and they ask one at another of welfare, and come into the tent;

¹⁵ And they turn aside thither, and come in unto the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and ask of him of welfare, —

²² And David letteth down the goods from off him on the hand of a keeper of the goods, and runneth into the rank, and cometh and asketh of his brethren of welfare.

⁵ and David sendeth ten young men, and David saith to the young men, `Go ye up to Carmel, and ye have come in unto Nabal, and asked of him in my name of welfare,

¹⁰ and he sendeth Hadoram his son unto king David, to ask of him of peace, and to bless him (because that he hath fought against Hadarezer, and smiteth him, for a man of wars with Tou had Hadarezer been,) and all kinds of vessels, of gold, and silver, and brass;

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.'

²⁶ And Joseph cometh into the house, and they bring to him the present which is in their hand, into the house, and bow themselves to him, to the earth;

² and it cometh to pass, on the third day, that lo, a man hath come in out of the camp from Saul, and his garments are rent, and earth on his head; and it cometh to pass, in his coming in unto David, that he falleth to the earth, and doth obeisance.

⁴ And the woman of Tekoah speaketh unto the king, and falleth on her face to the earth, and doth obeisance, and saith, `Save, O king.'

¹⁶ and Bath-Sheba boweth and doth obeisance to the king, and the king saith, `What—to thee?'

¹⁷ And after the death of Jehoiada come in have heads of Judah, and bow themselves to the king; then hath the king hearkened unto them,

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.'

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;

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.

²⁵ `Jehovah cause His face to shine upon thee, and favour thee;

¹⁹ And Joshua saith unto Achan, `My son, put, I pray thee, honour on Jehovah, God of Israel, and give to Him thanks, and declare, I pray thee, to me, what thou hast done—hide not from me.'

¹¹ My sons, be not now at rest, for on you hath Jehovah fixed to stand before Him, to serve Him, and to be to Him ministering and making perfume.'

¹ To the Overseer, with stringed instruments. —A Psalm, a Song. God doth favour us and bless us, Doth cause His face to shine with us. Selah.

⁴ A memorial He hath made of His wonders, Gracious and merciful is Jehovah.

⁴ Light hath risen in darkness to the upright, Gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

¹ A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren—even together! ² As the good oil on the head, Coming down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, That cometh down on the skirt of his robes,

¹⁹ For the people in Zion dwell in Jerusalem, Weep thou not, weeping, Pitying, He pitieth thee at the voice of thy cry, When He heareth He answereth thee.

² O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity.

⁹ And now, appease, I pray thee, the face of God, And He doth favour us; From your own hand hath this been, Doth He accept of you appearances? Said Jehovah of Hosts.

² and lo, they were bringing to him a paralytic, laid upon a couch, and Jesus having seen their faith, said to the paralytic, `Be of good courage, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

²² And Jesus having turned about, and having seen her, said, `Be of good courage, daughter, thy faith hath saved thee,' and the woman was saved from that hour.

²⁴ And the disciples were astonished at his words, and Jesus again answering saith to them, `Children, how hard is it to those trusting on the riches to enter into the reign of God!

¹ Let brotherly love remain;

² and he giveth forth his voice in weeping, and the Egyptians hear, and the house of Pharaoh heareth.

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.

²⁹ and Joseph harnesseth his chariot, and goeth up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and appeareth unto him, and falleth on his neck, and weepeth on his neck again;

²⁶ And the woman whose son is the living one saith unto the king (for her bowels yearned over her son), yea, she saith, `O, my lord, give to her the living child, and put it not at all to death;' and this one saith, `Let it be neither mine or thine—cut it .'

²⁰ A precious son is Ephraim to Me? A child of delights? For since My speaking against him, I do thoroughly remember him still, Therefore have My bowels been moved for him, I do greatly love him, An affirmation of Jehovah.

⁸ How do I give thee up, O Ephraim? Do I deliver thee up, O Israel? How do I make thee as Admah? Do I set thee as Zeboim? Turned in Me is My heart, kindled together have been My repentings.

³³ Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, did groan in the spirit, and troubled himself, and he said, ³⁴ `Where have ye laid him?' they say to him, `Sir, come and see;' ³⁵ Jesus wept. ³⁶ The Jews, therefore, said, `Lo, how he was loving him!' <sup>37</sup> and certain of them said, `Was not this one, who did open the eyes of the blind man, able to cause that also this one might not have died?' ³⁸ Jesus, therefore, again groaning in himself, cometh to the tomb, and it was a cave, and a stone was lying upon it,

¹⁹ serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, that befell me in the counsels of the Jews against me;

³¹ `Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;

³⁷ and there came a great weeping to all, and having fallen upon the neck of Paul, they were kissing him,

⁸ For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ,

¹ If, then, any exhortation is in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

¹² Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

⁴ desiring greatly to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that with joy I may be filled,

¹⁷ and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him—how doth the love of God remain in him?

¹ And Joseph hath not been able to refrain himself before all those standing by him, and he calleth, `Put out every man from me;' and no man hath stood with him when Joseph maketh himself known unto his brethren,

¹⁴ I have kept silent from of old, I keep silent, I refrain myself, As a travailing woman I cry out, I desolate and swallow up together.

¹⁶ Thus said Jehovah: Withhold thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears, For there is a reward for thy work, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they have turned back from the land of the enemy.

¹⁰ for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips—not to speak guile;

³⁴ that ye have said, Thy servants have been men of cattle from our youth, even until now, both we and our fathers, —in order that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen, for the abomination of the Egyptians is every one feeding a flock.'

²⁶ and Moses saith, `Not right to do so, for the abomination of the Egyptians we do sacrifice to Jehovah our God; lo, we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes—and they do not stone us!

²² to all of them hath he given—to each changes of garments, and to Benjamin he hath given three hundred silverlings, and five changes of garments;

⁵ and to Hannah he giveth a certain portion—double, for he hath loved Hannah, and Jehovah hath shut her womb;

²² And Samuel taketh Saul, and his young man, and bringeth them in to the chamber, and giveth to them a place at the head of those called; and they are about thirty men. ²³ And Samuel saith to the cook, `Give the portion which I gave to thee, of which I said unto thee, `Set it by thee?' ²⁴ (and the cook lifteth up the leg, and that which is on it, and setteth before Saul), and he saith, `Lo, that which is left; set it before thee—eat, for to this appointed season it is kept for thee, saying, The people I have called;' and Saul eateth with Samuel on that day.

⁸ And David saith to Uriah, `Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet;' and Uriah goeth out of the king's house, and there goeth out after him a gift from the king,

⁶ Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,

⁷ Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.

¹⁹ For mirth they are making a feast, And wine maketh life joyful, And the silver answereth with all.

¹ I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones!

⁶ For, lo, I am raising up the Chaldeans, The bitter and hasty nation, That is going to the broad places of earth, To occupy tabernacles not its own.

¹⁹ the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.'

¹⁰ and saith to him, `Every man, at first, the good wine doth set forth; and when they may have drunk freely, then the inferior; thou didst keep the good wine till now.'