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and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 36. And Jacob their father said unto them, "Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will "take Benjamin away: all these things 66 are against me." 37. And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, "Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to "thee: deliver him into my hand, and "I will bring him to thee again." 38. And he said, "My son shall not 66 go down with you for his brother is "dead, and he is left alone; if mischief ❝befall him by the way in the which ye 66 go, then shall ye bring down my grey "hairs with sorrow to the

CHAP. XLIII.

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AND the famine was sore in the (g) land. 2. And it came to pass when they had eaten up the corn which they (h) had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, "Go again, buy us a little "food." 3. And Judah spake unto him, saying, "The (i) man did solemnly pro"test unto us, saying, Ye shall not see "my face except your (i) brother be with 66 you. 4. If thou wilt send our brother ❝ with us, we will go down and buy thee "food. 5. But if thou wilt not send him, "we will not go down: for the (i) man "said unto us, "Ye shall not see my face, except your (2) brother be with you." 6. And (k) Israel said, "Wherefore dealt 66 ye So ill with me, as to tell the man "whether ye had yet a brother?" 7. And they said, "The man asked us straitly ❝of our state, and of our kindred, say"ing, "is your father yet alive? have

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ye another brother?" and we told ❝ him according to the tenour of these "words: Could we certainly know that "he would say, Bring your brother "down?" 8. And Judah said unto Israel his father, "Send the lad with "me, and we will arise, and go; that 66 we may live and not die, both and "thou, and also our little ones. 9. I

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(g) v. 1. "The Land," i.e. " of Canaan ;" where Jacob then lived. B. C. 1707.

(h) v. 2. "They," i. e. "Jacob's sons." (i) v. 3. 5." The man," i. e. “ Joseph." "Your brother," i. e. "Benjamin."

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"will be surety for him: of my hand "shalt thou require him: If I bring "him not unto thee, and set him before "thee, then let me bear the blame for "ever. 10. For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this se"cond time." 11. And their father Israel said unto them, "If it must be so "now, do this; take of the best fruits in "the land in your vessels, and carry "down the man a present, a little balm, " and a little honey, spices and myrrh, "nuts and almonds. 12. And take "double money in your hand; and the "money that was brought again in the "mouth of your sacks, carry it again in

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your hand; peradventure it was an "oversight. 13. Take also your bro"ther, and arise, go again unto the man. "14. And God Almighty give you

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mercy before the man, that he may "send away your other (1) brother, and "Benjamin; If I be bereaved of my "children, I am bereaved." 15. And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin: and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 16. And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, " Bring "these men home, and slay, and make "ready for these men shall dine with

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me at noon." 17. And the man did as Joseph bade: and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. 18. And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house, and they said, "Because of the money that was "returned in our sacks at the first time, "are we brought in; that he may seek "occasion against us, and fall upon us, "and take us for bondmen, and our "asses." 19. And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house, 20. And said, "O sir, we came "indeed down at the first time to buy "food. 21. And it came to pass when

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(k) v. 6. "Israel," i. e. " Jacob." (2) v. 14. "Your other brother," i. e. "Simeon," whom Joseph had detained in Egypt.

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money was in the mouth of his sack, "our money in full weight: and we have

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brought it again in our hand. 22. And "other money have we brought down "in our hands to buy food: we cannot "tell who put our money in our sacks." 23. And he said, "Peace be to you, fear "not: your God, and the God of your "father hath given you treasure in "sacks: I had your money." And he brought Simeon out unto them. 24. And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet, and he gave their asses provender. 25. And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there. 26. And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. 27. And he asked them of their welfare, and said, "Is your father well, the old man of "whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?" 28. And they answered, "Thy servant

our father is in good health, he is yet "alive;" and they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. 29. And he lift up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin his mother's son, and said, "Is this your younger brother, of whom

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ye spake unto me? And he said, "God be gracious unto thee, my son." 30. And Joseph made haste, for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep, and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. 31. And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, "Set on bread." 32. And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. 33. And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birth-right, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one at another. 34. And he took and sent messes unto them from before him but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

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CHAP. XLV.

THEN Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, "Cause every man to go out "from me:" and there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. 2. And he wept aloud; and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3. And Joseph said unto his brethren, "I am Joseph; "Doth my father yet live?" And his brethren could not answer him: for they were troubled at his presence. 4. And Joseph said unto his brethren, "Come

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near to me, I pray you;" and they came near: and he said, "I am Joseph "your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5. Now therefore be not "grieved nor angry with yourselves, "that ye sold me hither: for God did "send me before you, to preserve life. "6. For these two years hath the famine "been in the land: and yet there are five

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years, in the which there shall neither "be earing nor harvest. 7. And God "sent me before you, to preserve you a "posterity in the earth, and to save your "lives by a great deliverance. 8. So "now it was not you that sent me hi"ther, but God: and he hath made me "a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all "his house, and a ruler throughout all "the land of Egypt. 9. Haste you, "and go up to my father, and say unto "him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, "God hath made me lord of all Egypt;

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come down unto me, tarry not. "10. And thou shalt dwell in the land "of Goshen, and thou shalt be near "unto me, thou, and thy children, and "thy children's children, and thy flocks, "and thy herds, and all that thou hast.

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11. And there will I nourish thee (for

yet there are five years of famine), lest "thou, and thy houshold, and all that "thou hast, come to poverty. 12. And "behold, your eyes see, and the eyes "of my brother Benjamin, that it is "my mouth that speaketh unto you. "13. And you shall tell my father of "all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen; and shall haste, "and bring down my father hither." 14. And he fell upon his brother Ben

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jamin's neck and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. 15. Moreover, he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them and after that his brethren talked with him. 16. And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, "Joseph's brethren are come:" and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. 17. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, "Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; "lade your beasts, and go, get you unto "the land of Canaan. 18. And take

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your father, and your housholds, and "come unto me: and I will give you "the good of the land of Egypt, and ye "shall eat the fat of the land. 19. Now "thou art commanded, this do ye; take you waggons out of the land of Egypt "for your little ones, and for your wives, "and bring your father, and come. "20. Also regard not your stuff: for "the good of all the land of Egypt is "yours." 21. And the children of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them waggons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for

CHAP. III.

the way. 22. To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. 23. And to his father he sent after this manner, ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the father by the way. 24. So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said 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, saying, "Joseph is "yet alive, 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 Joseph, which he had said unto them; and when he saw the waggons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. 28. And Israel said, "It is enough; Joseph my

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son is yet alive: I will go and see him "before I die."

EXODU S.

Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian : and he led the flock to the back-side of the (n) desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to (0) Horeb. 2. And the (p) angel of the (9) LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush and he looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush

(n) v. 1. “ The desert,” i. e. " of Sinai.” See Numb. xxxiii. 15, 16. B. C. 1491. (0) "Horeb," or "mount Sinai." See Exod. xix. 1.

(p) v. 2. "The angel." In verses 4. 6. he is called "God:" and according to Dr. Gray (Gray's Key, 321. n.) it was universally believed in the antient church that all the divine appearances described in the Old Testament, whether actual or in vision, were made by the Logos, the second person in the Trinity. - Justin Martyr says expressly, that the appearance in this instance was by the Son: "It "was the Son of God, who is called both Angel and Apostle, that spake with

was not consumed. 3. And Moses said, "I will now turn aside, and see this "great sight, why the bush is not burnt." 4. And when the (7) LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, "Moses, Moses." And he said, "Here

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am I." 5. And he said, " Draw not "nigh hither: put off thy shoes from "off thy feet, for the place whereon

"Moses. 1st Apology, s. 83.;" and he says of him, that he being the first-born of God, is also God. So Dial. cum Tryphone, 282, 3. and Euseb. Eccl. Hist. B. 1. c. 2. p. 5, 6. and c. 4. p. 11.

(q) "The angel of the Lord," or (ac cording to the note at the end of Bishop Horsley's Hosea) "Jehovah Angel," i. e. that person of the Trinity who was in the habit of visiting mankind, the Great Messenger of the Father: the same who is called in Mal. iii. "The Messenger of the "Covenant." In verses 4. 7. he is called "Jehovah."

(r) v. 2. 4. 7. "The Lord." Hebr. "Je"hovah." Gr. Kúpe and Kúp

"thou standest, is holy ground." 6. Moreover he said, "I am the God "of thy father, the God of Abraham, "the God of Isaac, and the God of "Jacob." And Moses hid his face: for he was afraid to look upon God. 7. And the (r) LORD said, "I have "surely seen the affliction of my (s) "people which are in Egypt, and have "heard their cry, by reason of their task"masters: for I know their sorrows: "8. And I am come down to deliver them "out of the hand of the Egyptians, and "to bring them up out of that land, unto

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a good land and a large, unto a land "flowing with milk and honey; unto "the place of the Canaanites, and the "Hittites, and the Amorites, and the "Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the "Jebusites. 9. Now therefore behold, "the cry of the children of Israel is 66 come unto me: and I have also seen "the oppression wherewith the Egypt"ians oppress them. 10. Come now "therefore, and I will send thee unto "Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth "my people the children of Israel out "of Egypt ?" 11. And Moses said unto God, "Who am I, that I should

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go unto Pharaoh, and that I should

bring forth the children of Israel out " of Egypt ?" 12. And he said, "Cer"tainly I will be with thee, and this "shall be a token unto thee, that I have "sent thee: When thou hast brought "forth the people out of Egypt, ye "shall serve God upon this mountain." 13. And Moses said unto God," Be"hold, when I come unto the children "of Israel, and shall say unto them, "the God of your fathers hath sent me "unto you: and they shall say to me, "What is his name? What shall I say 66 unto them ?" 14. And God said unto Moses, "I (t) AM THAT I AM:"

(s) v. 7. "My people which are in "Egypt," i. e. "The Israelites."

(t) v. 14. The Sept. reads "I AM HE "THAT IS," and "HE THAT IS hath sent me,"v, the self-existing Being.

(u) v. 15, 16. 18. "The Lord." Hebr. "Jehovah." Gr. in verse 15, 16. Kúpios. (y) v. 22. Borrow," rather "ask,"

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say unto them, "The (u) LORD God "of your fathers, the God of Abraham, "of Isaac, and of Jacob appeared unto "me, saying, "I have surely visited you, "and seen that which is done to you in Egypt. 17. And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction "of Egypt, unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the "Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the "Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a "land flowing with milk and honey." "18. And they shall hearken to thy "voice: and thou shalt come, thou and "the elders of Israel, unto the king of "Egypt, and you shall say unto him, ““The (u) LORD God of the Hebrews "hath met with us; and now let us go "(we beseech thee) three days journey "into the wilderness, that we may sacri"fice to the (u) LORD our God." 19. And "I am sure that the king of Egypt will "not let you go, no, not by a mighty "hand. 20. And I will stretch out my "hand, and smite Egypt with all my "wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you

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go. 21. And I will give this people "favour in the sight of the Egyptians: " and it shall come to pass, that when ye go, ye shall not go empty: 22. But every woman shall (y) borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth

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CHAP. V.

AND afterward (a) Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, "Thus "saith the (b) LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a "feast unto me in the wilderness." 2. And Pharaoh said, "Who is the "(b) LORD, that I should obey his voice "to let Israel go? I know not the "(b) LORD, neither will I let Israel go." 3. And they said, "The God of the "Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, "we pray thee, three days journey into "the desert, and sacrifice unto the "(b) LORD our God; lest he fall upon us "with pestilence, or with the sword." 4. And the king of Egypt said unto them, "Wherefore do ye, Moses and "Aaron, let the people from their "works? get you unto your burdens."

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5. And Pharaoh said, "Behold, the "people of the land now are many, "and you make them rest from their "burdens." 6. And Pharaoh commanded the same day the task-masters of the people, and their officers, saying, 7." Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as here"tofore: let them go and gather straw "for themselves. 8. And the tale of the "bricks which they did make hereto"fore, you shall lay upon them; you "shall not diminish ought thereof: for "they be idle; therefore they cry, say"ing, "Let us go and sacrifice to our "God." 9. Let there more work be "laid upon the men, that they may la"bour therein: and let them not regard "vain words." 10. And the task-masters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, "Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not "give you straw. 11. Go ye, get you

therefore only obtain that to which in justice they had a right, and would be acting under God's sanction and command.

(z)" Jewels," or "vessels."

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"straw where you can find it: yet not "ought of your work shall be dimi"nished." 12. So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble instead of straw. 13. And the task-masters hasted them, saying, "Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw." 14. And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's task-masters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, "Wherefore have ye not "fulfilled your task in making brick, "both yesterday and to-day, as hereto"fore?" 15. Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, "Wherefore dealest "thou thus with thy servants? 16. There "is no straw given unto thy servants, "and they say to us, "Make brick:" "and behold, thy servants are beaten; "but the fault is in thine own people." 17. But he said, "Ye are idle, ye are "idle: therefore ye say, "Let us go, "and do sacrifice to the (c) LORD." "18. Go therefore now and work: for "there shall no straw be given you, yet "shall ye deliver the tale of bricks." 19. And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, "Ye shall not minish "ought from your bricks of your daily "task." 20. And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh. 21. And they said unto them, "The (c) LORD look "upon you, and judge; because you have "made our (d) savour to be abhorred "in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the

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eyes of his servants, to put a sword in "their hand to slay us." 22. And Moses returned unto the (c) LORD, and said, "LORD, wherefore hast thou so evil "intreated this people? Why is it that "thou hast sent me? 23. For since I "came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, "he hath done evil to this people; "neither hast thou delivered thy peo"ple at all."

(b) v. 1, 2, 3. “The Lord." Heb. “Je"hovah." Gr. Kúpios.

(c) v. 17. 21. 22. "The Lord," Heb. "Jehovah."

(d) v. 21. "Our savour,” i. e. " us."

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