Before
CHRIST
1715.
Before
CHRIST
cir. 1715.
29 Behold, there come [1] ſeven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
30 And there ſhall [2] ariſe after them ſeven years of famine; and all the plenty ſhall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine [3] ſhall conſume the land;
31 And the plenty ſhall not be known in the land by reaſon of that famine following; for it ſhall be very †† Heb. heavy. grievous.
32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is becauſe the [4] ‖‖ Or, prepared of God. thing is eſtabliſhed by God, and God will ſhortly bring it to paſs.
33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man diſcreet and wiſe, and ſet him over the land of Egypt.
34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint ‖‖ Or, overſeers. officers over the land, and [5] take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the ſeven plenteous years.
35 And [6] let them gather all the food of thoſe good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
36 And that food ſhall be for ſtore to the land againſt the ſeven years of famine, which ſhall be in the land of Egypt; that the land †† Heb. be not cut off. [7] periſh not through the famine.
37 And [8] the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his ſervants.
38 ¶ And Pharaoh ſaid unto his ſervants, Can we find ſuch a one as this is, a man [9] in whom the Spirit of God is?
39 And Pharaoh ſaid unto Joſeph, Foraſmuch as God hath ſhewed thee all this, there is none ſo diſcreet and wiſe as thou art:
40 [10] Thou ſhalt be over my houſe, and according unto thy word ſhall all my people †† Heb. be armed, or, kiſs. be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
41 And Pharaoh ſaid unto Joſeph, See, I have [11] ſet thee over all the land of Egypt.
42 And Pharaoh [12] took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joſeph's hand, and [13] arrayed him in veſtures of ‖‖ Or, ſilk. fine linen, [14] and put a gold chain about his neck;
43 And he made him to ride in the ſecond chariot which he had; [15] and they cried before him, ‖‖ Or, Tender father.
ch. 45. 8. †† Heb. (illegible text) Bow the knee: and he made him ruler [16] over all the land of Egypt.
44 And Pharaoh ſaid unto Joſeph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee ſhall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
45 And Pharaoh called Joſeph's name ‖‖ Which in the Coptic ſignifies, A revealer of ſecrets, or, The man to whom ſecrets are revealed. Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Aſenath the daughter of Poti-pherah ‖‖ Or, prince.
Exod. 2. 16.
1 Sam. 8. 18. & 20. 26. prieſt of On. And Joſeph went out over all the land of Egypt.
46cir. 1715. ¶ And Joſeph was thirty years old when he [17] ſtood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joſeph went out from the preſence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47 And in the ſeven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
48 And he gathered up all the food of the ſeven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the ſame.
49 And Joſeph gathered corn [18] as the ſand of the ſea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
50 ¶ [19] And unto Joſeph were born two ſons before the years of famine came, which Aſenath the daughter of Poti-pherah ‖‖ Or, prince,
ver. 45.
2 Sam. 8. 18. prieſt of On bare unto him.
51cir. 1712. And Joſeph called the name of the firſtborn ‖‖ That is, forgetting. Manaſſeh: For God, ſaid he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's houſe.
52 And the name of the ſecond called he ‖‖ That is, fruitful. Ephraim: For God hath cauſed me to be [20] fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53 ¶ And the ſeven years of plenteouſneſs that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
541708. [21] And the ſeven years of dearth began to come, [22] according as Joſeph had ſaid: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 And when all the land of Egypt was famiſhed, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh ſaid unto all the Egyptians Go unto Joſeph; what he ſaith to you, do.
56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joſeph †† Heb. all wherein was. opened all the ſtorehouſes, and [23] ſold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed ſore in the land of Egypt.
57 [24] And all countries came into Egypt to Joſeph for to buy corn; becauſe that the famine was ſo ſore in all lands.
CHAP. XLII.
1 Jacob ſendeth ten of his ſons to buy corn in Egypt. 6 They are impriſoned by Joſeph for ſpies, but ſet at liberty on condition to bring Benjamin. 21 Their remorſe for Joſeph, who commandeth his tenderneſs, and detaineth Simeon for a pledge. 25 They return with corn and their money. 29 Their relation to Jacob. 35 He is afraid, and refuſeth to ſend Benjamin.
Now1707. when [25] Jacob ſaw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob ſaid unto his ſons Why do ye look one upon another?
2 And he ſaid, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may [26] live, and not die.
- ↑ ver. 47.
- ↑ ver. 54.
- ↑ ch. 47. 13.
- ↑ Numb. 23. 19.
Iſai. 46. 10, 11. - ↑ Prov. 6. 6, 7, 8.
- ↑ ver. 48.
- ↑ ch. 47. 15, 19.
- ↑ Pſ. 105. 19.
Acts 7. 10. - ↑ Numb. 27. 18.
Job 32. 8.
Prov. 2. 6.
Dan. 4. 8, 18. & 5, 11, 15. & 6. 3. - ↑ Pſ. 105. 21, 22.
1 Mac. 2. 53.
Acts 7. 10. - ↑ Dan. 6. 3.
- ↑ Eſth. 3. 10. & 8. 2, 8.
- ↑ Eſth. 8. 15.
- ↑ Dan. 5. 7, 29.
- ↑ Eſth. 6. 9.
- ↑ ch. 42. 6. & 45. 8, 26.
Acts 7. 10. - ↑ 1 Sam. 16. 21.
1 Kings 12. 6, 8.
Dan. 1. 19. - ↑ ch. 22. 17.
Judg. 7. 12.
1 Sam. 13. 5.
Pſ. 78. 27. - ↑ ch. 46. 20. & 48. 5.
- ↑ ch. 49. 22.
- ↑ Pſ. 105. 16.
Acts 7. 11. - ↑ ver. 30.
- ↑ ch. 42. 6. & 47. 14, 24.
- ↑ Deut. 9. 28.
- ↑ Acts 7. 12.
- ↑ ch. 43. 8.
Pſ. 118. 17.
Iſai. 38. 1.
