by the way. the God of thy father: fear for I will there make of thee a great nation. 24 So he fent his breth-not to go down into Egypt, ren away, and they departed: and he faid unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. 25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, 26 And told him, faying, Jofeph is yet aliye, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not. 27 And they told him all the words of Jofeph which he had faid unto them: and when he faw the waggons which Jofeph had fent to carry him, the fpirit of Jacob their father revived. 28 And Ifrael faid, It is enough; Jofeph my fon is yet alive; I will go and fee him before I die. CHAP. XLVI. 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also furely bring thee up again: and Jofeph fhall put his hand upon thine eyes. 5 And Jacob rofe up from Beer-fheba: and the fons of Ifrael carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the waggons which Pharaoh had fent to carry him. 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his feed with him. 7 His fons, and his fons fons with him, his daughters and his fons daughters, and all his feed brought he with him into Egypt. 28 And he fent Judah before him unto Jofeph, to ND Ifrael took his direct his face unto Goshen: A journey, with all that and they came into the land he had, and came to Beerfheba, and offered facrifices. unto the God of his father Ifaac. 2 And God fpake unto Ifrael in the vifions of the night, and faid, Jacob, Jacob; and he faid, here am I. 3 And he faid, I am God, of Gofhen. 29 And Jofeph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Ifrael his father, to Gofhen; and prefented himfelf unto him: and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. 30 And Ifrael said unto Jofeph, Jofeph, Now let me die, fince I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. 31 And Jofeph faid unto his brethren, and unto his father's houfe, I will go up, and fhew Pharaoh, and fay unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me: 32 And the men are fhepherds; for their trade hath been to feed cattle: and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. 33 And it fhall come to pass when Pharaoh fhall call you, and fhall fay, What is your occupation? 34 That ye fhall fay, Thy fervants trade hath been about cattle, from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers that ye may dwell in the land of Gofhen; for every fhepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? and they faid unto Pharaoh, Thy fervants are fhepherds, both we, and also our fathers. 4 They faid moreover unto Pharaoh, For to fojourn in the land are we come; for thy fervants have no pafture for their flocks; for the famine is fore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy fervants dwell in the land of Gofhen. 5 And Pharaoh spake unto Jofeph, faying, Thy father, and thy brethren, are come unto thee: 6 The land of Egypt is before thee: In the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Gofhen let them dwell: and if thou knoweft any men of activity amongst them, then make them rulers over my cattle. 7 ¶ And Jofeph brought in Jacob his father, and fet him before Pharaoh : and Jacob bleffed Pharaoh. & And Pharaoh faid unto Jacob, How old art thou? 9 And Jacob faid unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 10 And Jacob bleffed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh, II And Jofeph placed his father, and his brethren, and gave them a poffeffion in the land of Egypt, in the beft of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded, 12 And Jofeph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's houfhold, with bread, according to their families. 13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very fore; fo that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reafon of the famine. 14 And Jofeph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought and Jofeph brought the money into Pharaoh's houfe. 15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Jofeph, and faid, Give us bread: for why fhould we die in thy prefence? for the money faileth. 16 And Jofeph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. 17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph and Jofeph gave them bread in exchange for horfes, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the affes: and he fed them with bread, for all their cattle, for that year. 18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the fecond year, and faid unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is fpent my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the fight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: 19 Wherefore fhall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be fervants unto Pharaoh and give us feed, that we may live and not die, that the land be not defolate. 20 And Jofeph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh: for the Egyptians fold every man his field, because the the famine prevailed over them: fo the land became Pharaoh's. 21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt, even to the other end thereof. 22 Only the land of the priefts bought he not: for the priests had a portion af figned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them; wherefore they fold not their lands. 23 Then Jofeph faid unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day, and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is feed for you, and ye fhall fow the land. 24 And it fhall come to pass in the increase, that ye fhall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts fhall be your own, for feed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your houfholds, and for food for your little ones. 25 And they faid, Thou haft faved our lives: let us find grace in the fight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's fervants. 26 And Jofeph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh only, which became not Pharaoh's. 27 And. Ifrael dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Gofhen; and they had poffeffions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: fo the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. 29 And the time drew nigh that Ifrael muft die: and he called his fon Joseph, and faid unto him, If now I have found grace in thy fight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt. 30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou fhalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying-place: and he faid, I will do as thou haft faid. 31 And he said, Swear unto me: and he fware unto him. And Ifrael bowed himfelf upon the bed's head. CHAP. XLVIII. ND it came to pafs after thefe things, that fhould have the fifth part; one told Jofeph, Behold, thy except the land of the priests father is fick and he took with him his two fons, Ma- | way of Ephrath, the same is naffeh and Ephraim. Beth-lehem. 2 And one told Jacob, and 8 And Ifrael beheld Jofaid, Behold thy fon Jofeph feph's fons, and faid, Who cometh unto thee: and Ifrael are these? ftrengthened himself, and fat upon the bed. 3¶ And Jacob faid unto Jofeph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and bleffed me, 9 And Jofeph faid unto his father, They are my fons, whom God hath given me in this place: and he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will blefs them. 10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not fee: and he brought 4 And faid unto me, Behold I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multi-them near unto him; and he tude of people; and will give this land to thy feed after thee, for an everlasting posfeffion. 5 And now thy two fons, Ephraim and Manaffeh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt, before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon they fhall be mine. 6 And thy iffue which thou begetteft after them, fhall be thine, and fhall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. 7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the kiffed them, and embraced them. II And Ifrael faid unto Jofeph, I had not thought to fee thy face and lo, God hath fhewed me alfo thy feed. 12 And Jofeph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 13 And Jofeph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Ifrael's left hand, and Manaffeh in his left hand toward Ifrael's right hand, and brought them near unto him. 14 And Ifrael ftretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manaffeh's head: guiding his hands wittingly: for Manaffeh was the firstborn. |