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Joseph presenteth his father to Pharaoh. GENESIS, XLVII.

Before CHRIST 1706.

+ Heb. they are men of cattle.

† their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

33 And it shall come to pass, when Phach. 47. 2, 3. raoh shall call raoh shall call you, and shall say, 'What is your occupation?

⚫ ver. 32.

tch. 30. 35. & 34. 5. & 37. 12.

" ch. 43. 32. Exod. 8. 26.

1706.

ach. 46. 31.

b ch. 45. 10. & 46. 28.

e Acts 7. 13.

4 ch. 46. 33.

ech. 46. 34.

fch. 15. 13.

Deut. 26. 5.

ch. 43. 1. Acts 7. 11.

h ch. 46. 34.

i ch. 20. 15.

* ver. 4.

+ Heb. How

many are

the days of

the years of

thy life?

Ps. 39. 12.

13.

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34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' '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 Goshen; for every shepherd is "an abomination unto the Egyptians.

CHAPTER XLVII.

1 Joseph presenteth five of his brethren, 7 and his father, before Pharaoh. 11 He giveth them habitation and maintenance. 13 He getteth all the Egyptians' money, 16 their cattle, 18 their lands to Pharaoh. 22 The priests' land was not bought. 23 He letteth the land to them for a fifth part. 28 Jacob's age. 29 He sweareth Joseph to bury him with his fathers.

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9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, 'The Heb. 11.9, 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

Job 14. 1.

"ch. 25. 7. & 35. 28.

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14 And Joseph gathered up all the ch. 41. 56. money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.

1702.

15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die ver. 19. in thy presence? for the money faileth.

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16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

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17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he † fed them with bread + Heb. led for all their cattle for that year.

18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

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20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so 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.

them.

1701.

Joseph's dealing in the famine.

CHRIST 1701.

"Ezra 7. 24.

GENESIS, XLVIII.

Before 22 "Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.

Or, princes, 2 Sam. 8. 18.

ch. 41. 45.

* ch. 33. 15.

' ver. 22.

| Or, princes, ver. 22.

ver. 11.

⚫ch. 46. 3.

1689.

23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. 24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your housholds, and for food for your little ones.

25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: * let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's ser

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28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole years of his age of Jacob was an hundred forty and

+ Heb. the days of the

Life.

See ver. 9.

So Deut. 31. 14.

1 Kings 2.1.

seven years.

29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal So ch.50.25. kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

ch. 24. 2. 4 ch. 24. 49.

12 Sam. 19.37.

ch. 49. 29. & 50, 5, 13.

ch. 48. 2.

1 Kings 1.47.

Hebr.11.21.

1689.

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30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And h Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.

CHAPTER XLVIII.

1 Joseph with his sons visiteth his sick father. 2 Jacob strengtheneth himself to bless them. 3 He repeateth the promise. 5 He taketh Ephraim and

mother's grave.

Manasseh as his own. 7 He telleth Joseph of his 9 He blesseth Ephraim and Manasseh. 17 He preferreth the younger before the elder. 21 He prophesieth their return to Canaan. AND it came to pass after these things,

that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Joseph visiteth his sick father.

2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at "Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

5 ¶ And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

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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 way of Ephrath; the same is Beth-lehem.

8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

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9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

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Before CHRIST 1689.

ch. 28.13,19. & 35.6,9,&c.

b ch. 17. 8.

ech. 41. 50. & 46. 20. Josh. 13. 7. & 14. 4.

a ch. 35. 9, 16,

19.

So ch. 33. 5.

f ch. 27. 4. 8 ch. 27. 1.

And+Heb. heavy.

10 Now the eyes of Israel were † dim for age, so that he could not see. he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

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11 And Israel said unto Joseph, ' I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.

12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.

14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

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Isai. 6. 10. & 59. 1. h ch. 27. 27.

ich. 45. 26.

* ver. 19.

15 ¶ And he blessed Joseph, and Hebr. 11. 21 said, God, " before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God

ch. 17. 1. & 24, 40.

Jacob blesseth Joseph's sons.

Before CHRIST 1689.

n ch. 28. 15. & 31. 11, 13,24. Ps. 34. 22. & 121. 7.

° Amos 9.12. Acts 15. 17. + Heb. as fishes do in

crease: See Numb. 26. 34, 37. P ver. 14.

I was evil in

his eyes.
ch. 28. 8.

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18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a † multitude of nations.

20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

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21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

22 Moreover "I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite Josh. 17.14, with my sword and with my bow.

ch. 15. 16. & 34. 28.

&C.

a Deut. 33. 1. Amos 3. 7.

b Deut. 4. 30.

Numb. 24.

14.

Isai. 2. 2. &
39. 6.

Jer. 23. 20.
Dan. 2. 28,
29.

Acts 2. 17. Hebr. 1. 2. c Ps. 34. 11.

4 ch. 29. 32.

e Deut. 21.17. Ps. 78. 51.

+ Heb. do not

thou excel.

1 Chron. 5.1.

5 ch. 35. 22. Deut.27. 20.

1 Chron.5.1.

|| Or, my

couch is

gone.

h ch. 29. 33,34.

i Prov. 18. 9.

||-Or, their

swords are

weapons of violence.

k ch. 34. 25.

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60 my soul, 1 come not thou into their secret; " unto their assembly, " mine honour, be not thou united for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they || digged down a wall.

Before CHRIST 1689.

1 Prov. 1. 15, 16.

Ps. 26. 9. Ephes. 5.11. n Ps. 16. 9. & 30. 12. & 57.8.

• ch. 34. 26.

7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel : I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter Or, houghed them in Israel.

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8¶ Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.

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9 Judah is a lion's whelp from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: "he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

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11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:

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12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

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13 ¶ Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

16¶Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

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P Josh. 19. 1. & 21. 5,6,7. 1 Chron. 4 24, 39.

4 ch. 29. 35. Deut. 33. 7. Ps. 18. 40. ch. 27. 29. 1 Chron. 5.

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b Judg. 18.27.

+ Heb. an

arrow-
snake.

i Ps. 25. 5. & 119.166, 174. Isai. 25.9.

* Deut. 33.20.

1 Chron. 5. 18.

I Deut. 33. 24. Josh. 19. 24.

Deut.33.23.

↑ Heb.

daughters.

"ch. 37. 4, 24, 28. & 39.20. & 42. 21. Ps. 118. 13. • Job 29. 20. Ps. 37. 15.

24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God P. 132. 2, 5.

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