Genesis, 06 - Chapters 38-43, American Standard Version

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Chapters thirty eight through forty three of Genesis American Standard Version.
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by Sam Stinson, Chapter thirty eight. And it came to
pass at that time that Judah went down from his

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brethren and turned into a certain Adulamite whose name was Hira.
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite
whose name was Shua. And he took her and went
in unto her, and she conceived and bear a son,
and he called his name Er. And she conceived again
and bear a son, and she called his name Onan.

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And she yet again bare a son, and called his
name she Llah. And he was at Kazib when she
bare him. And Judah took a wife, for er is
first born, and her name was Tamar. And Er Judahs
first born, was wicked in the side of Jehovah, and
Jehovah slew him. And Judah said, unto Onan, go in

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unto thy brother's wife, and perform the duty of a
husband's brother, unto her and raise up seed to thy brother.
And onan knew that the seed would not be his.
And it came to pass when he went in unto
his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground,
lest he should give seed to his brother. And the

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thing which he did was evil in the side of Jehovah,
and he slew him. Also. Then said Judah to Tamar,
his daughter in law, remain a widow in thy father's
house till Sheillah, my son be grown up, for he said,
lest he also die like his brethren. And Tamar went
and dwelt in her father's house, and in process of

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time she as daughter, the wife of Judah, died. And
Judah was comforted and went up unto his sheep shearers
to Tymnah. He and his friend Hira the Ajulamite. And
it was told Tamar, saying, behold, thy father in law,
goeth up to Tymnah to shear his sheep. And she

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put off from her the garments of her widowhood and
covered herself with her veil and wrapped herself and sat
in the gate of Na'im, which is by the way
to Tymna. For she saw that Sheilah was grown up,
and she was not given unto him to wife. When
Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot,

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for she had covered her face. And he turned unto
her by the way and said, come, I pray THEE
let me come in unto thee, for he knew not
that she was his daughter in law. And she said,
what wilt thou give me that thou mayest come in
unto me? And he said, I will send THEE a
kid of the goats from the flock. And she said,

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wilt thou give me a pledge till thou send it?
And he said, what pledge shall I give thee? And
she said, thy signet and thy cord and thy staff
that is in thy hand. And he gave them to
her and came in unto her, and she conceived by him,
and she arose and went away and put off her

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veil from her and put on the garments of her widowhood.
And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the
hand of his friend, the Ajulamite, to receive the pledge
from the woman's hand, but he found her not. Then
he asked the men of her place, saying where is
the prostitute? That was at Naim by the wayside, and
they said, there hath been no prostitute here. And he

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returned to Judah and said, I have not found her.
And also the men of the place said, there hath
been no prostitute here. And Judah said, let her take
it to her lest we be put to shame. Behold,
I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
And it came to pass about three months after that

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it was told Judah saying, Tamar, thy daughter in law,
hath played the harlot. And moreover, behold, she is with
child by horedom. And Judah said, bring her forth and
let her be burnt. When she was brought forth, she
sent to her father in law, saying, by the man
whose these are am I with child? And she said, discern,

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I pray thee whose are these the signet and the
chords and the staff. And Judah acknowledged them and said,
she is more righteous than I, forasmuch as I gave
her not to Sheillah my son, and he knew her
again no more. And it came to pass in the

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time of her travail, that behold, twins were in her womb.
And it came to pass when she travailed, that one
put out a hand, and the midwife took and bound
upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, this came out first,
and it came to pass. As he drew back his hand,
that behold, his brother came out, and she said, wherefore

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hast thou made a breach for thyself. Therefore his name
was called Perez. And afterward came out his brother that
had the scarlet thread upon his hand, and his name
was called Zirah. End of chapter thirty eight. Chapter thirty nine.
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an

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officer of Pharaohs, the captain of the Guard, an Egyptian,
bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites that had
brought him down thither. And Jehovah was with Joseph, and
he was a prosperous man, and he was in the
house of his master, the Egyptian, and the master saw
that Jehovah was with him, and that Jehovah made all
that he did to prosper in his hand. And Jehovah

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found favor in his sight, and he ministered unto him,
and he made him overseer over his house, and all
that he had he put into his hand. And it
came to pass from the time that he made him
overseer in his house and over all that he had,
that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake. And
the blessing of Jehovah was upon all that he had

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in the house and in the field. And he left
all that he had in Joseph's hand, and he knew
not aught that was with him, save the bread, which
he did eat. And Joseph was comely and well favored.
And it came to pass after these things that his
master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and she said,

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lie with me. But he refused, and said, unto his
master's wife. Behold, my master knoweth not what is with
me in the house, and he hath put all that
he hath unto my hand. He is not greater in
this house than I. Neither hath he kept back anything
from me but thee because thou art his wife, How

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then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God.
And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph
day by day, that he hearkened not unto her to
lie by her or to be with her. And it
came to pass about this time that he went into
the house to do his work, and there was none
of the men of the house there within. And she

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caught him by his garment, saying, lie with me. And
he left his garment in her hand, and fled and
got him out. And it came to pass when she
saw that he had left his garment in her hand,
and was fled forth, that she called unto the men
of her house, and spake unto them, saying, see, he

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hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock us.
He came in unto me to lie with me, And
I cried with a loud voice. And it came to
pass when he heard that I lifted up my voice
and cried that he left his garment by me, and
fled and got him out, And she laid up his
garment by her until his master came home, and she
spake unto him according to these words, saying, the Hebrew

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servant whom thou cast brought unto us, came in unto
me to mock me. And it came to pass as
I lifted up my voice and cried that he left
his garment by me and fled out. And it came
to pass when his master heard the words of his wife,
which she spake unto him, saying, after this manner did
thy servant to me, that his wrath was kindled. And

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Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison,
the place where the king's prisoners were bound. And he
was there in the prison, But Jehovah was with Joseph
and showed kindness unto him and gave him favor in
the sight of the keeper of the prison. And the
keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the
prisoners that were in the prison, and whatsoever they did there,

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he was the doer of it. The keeper of the
prison looked not to anything that was under his hand,
because Jehovah was with him, and that which he did,
Jehovah made it too prosper. End of Chapter thirty nine,
Chapter forty. And it came to pass after these things
that the butler of the King of Egypt and his

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baker offended their lord, the King of Egypt, and Pharaoh
was wroth against his two officers, against the chief of
the butlers and against the chief of the bakers, and
he put them in ward in the house of the
Captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where
Joseph was bound. And the captain of the guard charged
Joseph with them, and he ministered unto them. And they

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continued a season in ward, and they dreamed a dream,
both of them, each man his dream in one night,
each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the
butler and the baker of the King of Egypt, who
were bound in the prison. And Joseph came in unto
them in the morning and saw them, and behold they
were sad. And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with

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him in ward in his master's house, saying, wherefore look
ye so sad to day? And they said unto him,
we have dreamed a dream, and there is none that
can interpret it. And Joseph said, unto them, do not
interpretations belong to God? Tell it me, I pray you.
And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph and

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said to him, in my dream, behold a vine was
before me, and in the vine were three branches, and
it was as though it budded, and its blossoms shot forth,
and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes, And Pharaoh's
cup was in my hand. And I took the grapes
and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup. And I gave the

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cup into Pharaoh's hand. And Joseph said unto him, this
is the interpretation of it. The three branches are three
days within Yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy
head and restore thee unto thine office, And thou shalt
give Pharaoh's cup into his hand after the former manner,
when thou wast his butler. But have me in thy remembrance,

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when it shall be well with thee and show kindness.
I pray thee unto me and make mention of me
unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house. For
indeed I was stolen away out of the land of
the Hebrews. And here also have I done nothing that
they should put me into the dungeon. When the chief
baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph,

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I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets
of white bread were on my head, and in the
uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food
for Pharaoh, and the birds did eat them out of
the basket upon my head. And Joseph answered and said,
this is the interpretation thereof the three baskets are three

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days within Yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy
head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree,
and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
And it came to pass the third day, which was
Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants,
and he lifted up the head of the chief butler
and the head of the chief baker among his servants,

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and he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again,
and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. But he
hanged the chief baker as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Yet did not the chief butler remembered Joseph, but forgat him.
End of Chapter forty Chapter forty one. And it came

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to pass, at the end of two full years, that
Pharaoh dreamed, and behold he stood by the river, and
behold there came up out of the river seven kind,
well favored and fat fleshed, and they fed in the
reed grass, and behold, seven other kind came up after
them out of the river, ill favored and lean fleshed,
and stood by the other kind upon the brink of

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the river. And the ill favored and lean fleshed kind
did eat up the seven well favored in fat kind.
So Pharaoh awoke, and he slept and dreamed a second time,
and behold, seven ears of grain came up upon one stalk,
rank and good. And behold seven ears, thin and blasted

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with the east wind sprung up after them, and the
thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears.
And Pharaoh awoke, and behold it was a dream. And
it came to pass in the morning that his spirit
was troubled, and he sent and called for all the
magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof, and

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Pharaoh told them his dream, But there was none that
could interpret them unto Pharaoh. Then spake the chief butler
unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults. This day.
Pharaoh was wroth with his servants and put me in
ward in the house of the Captain of the guard.
Me and the chief baker, and we dreamed a dream.

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In one night, I and he we dreamed each man
according to the interpretation of his dream. And there was
with us there a young man, a Hebrew servant to
the captain of the guard. And we told him, and
he interpreted to I are dreams to each man according
to his dream. He did interpret, and it came to

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pass as he interpreted to us. So it was me
he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged. Then
Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily
out of the dungeon, and he shaved himself and changed
his raiment and came in unto Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said,
unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is

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none that can interpret it. And I have heard say
of thee that when thou hearest a dream, thou canst
interpret it. And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, it is not
in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph. In my dream, behold, I
stood upon the brink of the river, and behold, there

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came up out of the river seven kind, fat, fleshed
and well favored, and they fed in the reed grass.
And behold, seven other kind came up after them, poor
and very ill favored, and lean fleshed, such as I
never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness.
And the lean and ill favored kind did eat up

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the first seven fat kind, and when they had eaten
them up, it could not be known that they had
eaten them, but they were still ill favored as at
the beginning. So I awoke, and I saw in my dream,
and behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full
and good, And behold seven ears withered, thin and blasted

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with the east wind, sprung up after them. And the
thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. And I
told it unto the magicians, but there was none that
could declare it to me. And Joseph said, unto Pharaoh,
the dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about
to do? He hath declared unto Pharaoh. The seven good

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kind are seven years, and the seven good ears are
seven years. The dream is one, and the seven lean
and ill favored kind that came up after them are
seven years. And also the seven empty years blasted with
the east wind, they shall be seven years of famine.
That is the thing which I spake unto Pharaoh. What

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God is about to do he hath showed unto Pharaoh. Behold,
there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the
land of Egypt, and there shall arise after them seven
years of famine, and all the plenty shall be forgotten
in the land of Egypt, and the famine shall consume
the land, and the plenty shall not be known in
the land by reason of that famine which followeth, for

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it shall be very grievous. And for that the dream
was doubled unto Pharaoh. It is because the thing is
established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. Now, therefore,
let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and
set him over the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh do this,
and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take

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up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in
the seven plenteous years. And let them gather all the
food of these good years that come, and lay up
grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities,
and let them keep it. And the food shall be
for a store to the land against the seven years
of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt,

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that the land perish not through the famine, and the
thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in
the eyes of all his servants. And Pharaoh said, unto
his servants, can we find such a one as this,
a man in whom the spirit of God is? And
Pharaoh said, unto Joseph, forasmuch as God hath showed thee
all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou.

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Thou shalt be over my house. And according unto thy word,
shall all my people be ruled only in the throne.
Will I be greater than thou? And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
see I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand
and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in

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vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about
his neck. And he made him to ride in the
second chariot which he had, and they cried before him,
bow the knee. And he set him over all the
land of Egypt. And Pharaoh said, unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh,
and without THEE shall no man lift up his hand

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or his foot, and all the land of Egypt. And
Pharaoh called Joseph's name zaf en nathpa ne Ah, and
he gave him to wife Asinath, the daughter of Podipharah,
Priest of Ann. And Joseph went out over the land
of Egypt. And Joseph was thirty years old when he
stood before Pharaoh, King of Egypt. And Joseph went out

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from the presence of Pharaoh and went throughout all the
land of Egypt. And in the seven plenteous years, the
earth brought forth by handfuls, 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 And Joseph laid up

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grain as the sand of the sea, very much until
he left off numbering, for it was without number, and
unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of
famine came whom Asinath, the daughter of Potiphara, priest of Ann,
bare unto him. And Joseph called the name of the
first born Manassah, for said he God Hath made me

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forget all my toil and all my father's house, And
the name of the second called he Ephraim, for God
hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.
And the seven years of plenty that was in the
land of Egypt came to an end, and the seven
years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said.
And there was famine in all lands, but in all

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the land of Egypt there was bread. And when all
the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to
Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said, unto all the Egyptians,
go on to Joseph, what he saith to you do.
And the famine was over all the face of the earth.
And Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold unto the Egyptians.

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And the famine was sore in the land of Egypt.
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain,
because the famine was sore in all the earth. End
of chapter forty one. Chapter forty two. Now Jacob saw
that there was grain in Egypt. And Jacob said, unto
his sons, why do ye look one upon another? And

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he said, behold, I have heard that there is grain
in Egypt. Get you down thither and buy for us
from thence that we may live and not die. And
Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.
But Benjamin, Joseph's brother Jacob, sent not with his brethren,
for he said, lest peradventure harm befall him. And the
sons of Israel came to buy among those that came.

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For the famine was in the land of Canaan, and
Joseph was the governor over the land. He it was
that sold to all the people of the land. And
Joseph's brethren came and bowed down themselves to him, with
their faces to the earth. And Joseph saw his brethren,
and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them,

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and spake roughly with them, and he said, unto them,
whence come ye? And they said, from the land of Canaan,
to buy food. And Joseph knew his brethren, but they
knew not him. And Joseph remembered the dreams which he
dreamed of them, and said, unto them, ye are spies
to see the nakedness of the land. Ye are come.

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And they said unto him, nay, my Lord, but to
buy food? Are thy servants come? We are all one
man's sons. We are true men. Thy servants are no spies.
And he said unto them, nay, but to see the
nakedness of the land, ye are come. And they said,
we thy servants, are twelve brethren, the sons of one
man in the land of Kingan. And behold, the youngest

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is this day with our father, and one is not.
And Joseph said unto them, that is it that I
spake unto you, saying ye are spies. Hereby ye shall
be proved by the life of Pharaoh. Ye shall not
go forth. Hence, accept your youngest brother. Come hither. Send

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one of you and let him fetch your brother, and
ye shall be bound. That your words may be proved,
whether there be truth in you or else, by the
life of Pharaoh. Surely ye are spies. And he put
them all together into ward three days, and Joseph said
unto them the third day, this do and live, for

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I fear God. If ye be true men, let one
of your brethren be bound in your prison house. But
go ye carry grain for the famine of your houses,
and bring your youngest brother unto me. So shall your
words be verified, and ye'll not die. And they did
so and they said, one to another, we are verily

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guilty concerning our brother, and that we saw the distress
of his soul when he besought us, and we would
not hear. Therefore is this distress come upon us? And
Reuben answered them, saying, spake I not unto you, saying
do not sin against the child, and he would not hear. Therefore,
also behold his blood is required. And they knew not

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that Joseph understood them, for there was an interpreter between them.
And he turned himself about from them and wept. And
he returned to them and spake to them, and took
Simeon from among them and bound him before their eyes.
Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with grain, and
to restore every man's money into his sack, and to

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give them provision for the way. And thus was it
done unto them, And they laidd their asses with their
grain and departed. Thence, and as one of them opened
his sack to give his ass provender and the lodging place,
he espied his money, and behold it was in the
mouth of his sack, and he said, unto his brethren,

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my money is restored, and lo it is even in
my sack. And their heart failed them, and they turned
trembling one to another, saying, what is this that God
hath done unto us? And they came unto Jacob, their father,
unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that
had befallen them, saying, the man the lord of the
land spake roughly with us and took us for spies

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of the country. And we said unto him, we are
true men. We are no spies. We are twelve brethren,
sons of our father. One is not and the youngest
is this day with our father and the land of Canaan.
And the man the Lord of the land said unto us,
hereby shall I know that ye are true men. Leave
one of your brethren with me, and take grain for

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the famine of your houses, and go your way, and
bring your youngest brother unto me. Then shall I know
that ye are no spies, that ye are true men.
So will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall
traffic in the land. And it came to pass as
they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man's bundle of
money was in his sack. And when they and their

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father saw their bundles of money. They were afraid, 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 are against me.
And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, slay my two sons.

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If I bring him not to thee, deliver him into
my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
And he said, my son shall not go down with you,
for his brother is dead, and he only is left.
If harm befallow him by the way in which ye go,
then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow
to shield. End of chapter forty two, Chapter forty three.

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And the famine was sore in the land, and it
came to pass when they had eaten up the grain
which they had brought out of Egypt. Their father said,
unto them, go again, buy us a little food. And
Judas spake unto him, saying, the man did solemnly protest
unto us, saying, ye shall not see my face except
your brother be with you. If thou wilt send our

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brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food.
But if thou wilt not send him, we will not
go down, for the man said unto us, ye shall
not see my face except your brother be with you.
And Israel said, wherefore dealt ye so ill with me
as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

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And they said the man asked straightly, concerning ourselves and
concerning our kindred, saying, is your father yet alive? Have
ye another brother? And we told him, according to the
tenor of these words, could we in any wise know
that he would say, bring your brother down? And Judas said,
unto Israel, his father, send the lad with me, and

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we will arise and go, that we may live and
not die. Both we and thou, and also are little ones.
I 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 forever, for except we had lingered, surely we had

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now returned a second time. And their father, Israel said,
unto them, if it be so, now do this, take
up the choice fruits of the land in your vessels,
and carry down the man a present, a little balm
and a little honey spicery, and mrhr nuts and almonds,
and take double money in your hand, and the money
that was returned in the mouth of your sacks, carry

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again in your hand. Peradventure. It was an oversight. Take
also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man,
and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that
he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin.
And if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

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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. And when
Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward
of his house, bring the men into the house and
slay and make ready, for the men shall dine with

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me at noon. And the man did as Joseph bade.
And the man brought the men to Joseph's house. And
the men were afraid because they were brought to 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 bond men and our asses.

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And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house,
and they spake unto him at the door of the house,
and said, oh, my lord, we came indeed down at
the first time to buy food. And it came to
pass when we came to the lodging place, that we
opened our sacks, and behold, every man's money was in
the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight,
and we have brought it again in our hand. And

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other money have we brought down in our hand to
buy food. We know not who put our money in
our sacks. And he said, peace be to you. Fear
not your God, and the God of your father hath
given you treasure in your sacks. I had your money.
And he brought Simeon out unto them. And the man

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brought the men into Joseph's house and gave them water,
and they washed their feet, and he gave their asses
pro vender. And they made ready the present against Joseph's
coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat
bread there. And when Joseph came home, they brought him
the present which was in their hand, into the house

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and bowed down themselves to him to the earth. And
he asked them of their welfare, and said, is your
father well, the old man of whom ye spake, is
he yet alive? And they said, thy servant, our father
is well. He is yet alive. And they bowed the
head and made obeisance. And he lifted up his eyes

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and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and said,
is this your youngest brother, of whom ye spake unto me?
And he said, God be gracious unto thee my son.
And Joseph made haste, for his heart yearned over his brother,
and he sought where to weep. And he entered into

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his chamber and wept there, and he washed his face
and came out. And he refrained himself and said, set
on bread. And they set on for him by himself,
and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians that
did eat with him by themselves, because the Egyptians might
not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an

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abomination unto the Egyptians. And they sat before him, the
first born according to his birthright, and the youngest according
to his youth. And the men marveled one with another,
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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End of Chapter forty three.