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The number of his family.

B. C. 1706.

1 Deut. 26. 5. Josh. 24. 4. Ps. 105. 23. Is. 52. 4.

m Ex. 1. 1. & 6. 14.

n Num. 26. 5. 1 Chr. 5. 1.

o Ex. 6. 15. 1 Chr. 4. 24. || Or, Nemuel.

|| Or, Jarib.
|| Or, Zerah,

1 Chr. 4. 24. Or, Gershom. p 1 Chr. 6. 1, 16.

q 1 Chr. 2. 3. & 4. 21.

r ch. 38. 3, 7, 10.

3 ch. 38. 29. 1 Chr. 2. 5.

t 1 Chr. 7. 1. || Or, Puah, and Jashub.

u Num. 26. 15,

&c. Zephon. || Or, Ozni. || Or, Arod.

x 1 Chr. 7. 30.

y ch. 30. 10. z ch. 29. 24.

a ch. 44. 27.

b ch. 41. 50.

|| Or, prince.

c 1 Chr. 7. 6. & 8. 1.

Ahiram.

GENESIS.

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12 T And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 ¶t And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and | Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. 14 ¶ And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah : all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

16 ¶ And the sons of Gad; "Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and "Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

17 ¶ And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

18 y These are the sons of Zilpah, z whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

19 The sons of Rachel a Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.

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Joseph meeteth his father.

which Laban gave unto Rachel his B. C. 1706. daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.

i ch. 29. 29.

26 *All the souls that came with Ex. 1. 5. Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives,† Heb. thigh, all the souls were threescore and six;

27 And the sons of Joseph, which were borne him in Egypt, were two souls: 'all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

28 ↑ And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, "to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came "into the land of Goshen.

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20 ¶ And unto Joseph in the land Joseph presenteth five of his brethren, 7 and his father,
of Egypt were born Manasseh and
Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter
of Poti-pherah " priest of On bare unto
him.

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d Num. 26. 38, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

|| Hupham, Num. 26. 39.

22 These are the sons of Rachel, e Num. 26. 39, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

Shupham.

1 Chr. 7. 12,
Shuppim.

|| Or, Shuham, Num. 26. 42.

f 1 Chr. 7. 12.

g 1 Chr. 7. 13.

l ch. 30. 5, 7.

23 T fAnd the sons of Dan; Hushim.

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

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Ex. 8. 26.

THEN Joseph came and told Pha-ach. 46. 31.

raoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Go-bch. 45. 10. & shen.

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46.28.

2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented theme Acts 7. 13. unto Pharaoh.

24 ¶ And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethShillem. ren, a What is your occupation? And a ch. 46. 33. 25 hThese are the sons of Bilhah, they said unto Pharaoh, Thy serv

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B. C. 1706. ants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

f ch. 15. 13. Deut. 26. 5.

g ch. 43. 1. Acts 7. 11.

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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 Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh : and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: m 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.

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10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

11 ¶ And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the p Ex. 1. 11. & best of the land, in the land of P Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. 12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, "according to their families.

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13 ¶ And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

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Distress of the Egyptians.

the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses; and he fed them with bread 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 aught 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.

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.

B. C. 1702.

Heb. led

them.

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u Ezra 7. 24.

ch. 41. 45. 2 Sam. 8. 18.

22 "Only the land of the priests Or, princes, 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.

23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh : lo, here is seed for 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 households, and for food for your little ones.

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25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the ch. 33. 15. sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; 'except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.

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y ver. 22. Or, princes,

ver. 22.

z ver. 11. 1689.

a ch. 46. 3.

27 T And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen ; and they had possessions therein, and a grew, and multiplied exceedingly. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: sot the whole Heb.the days age of Jacob was a hundred forty and

seven years.

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29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I

of the years of his life. See ver. 9.

b So Deut. 31. 14.

1 Kings 2. 1.

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a ch. 28. 13.

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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 hIsrael bowed himself upon the bed's head.

CHAPTER XLVIII.

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 Manasseh grave. 8 He blesseth Ephraim and Manasseh. 17

as his own. 7 He telleth Joseph of his mother's He preferreth the younger before the elder. 21 He

prophesieth their return to Canaan.

Jacob blesseth Joseph's sons.

And he brought them near unto him; B. C. 1689. and he kissed them, and embraced them.

h ch. 27. 27.

11 And Israel said unto Joseph, Ii ch. 45. 26. 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,

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AND it came to pass after these guiding his hands wittingly; for Ma- ver. 19.

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

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 a Luz 19. & 35. 6, 9, in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

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10 Now the eyes of Israel were + dim for age, so that he could not see. | bow.

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50. 24.

u Josh. 24. 32.

1 Chr. 5. 2.
John 4. 5.

x ch. 15. 16. &
84. 28.
Josh. 17. 14,
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AND Jacob called unto his sons, O LORD.

and said, Gather yourselves to

Dan. 2. 28, 29. gether, that I may a tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

Acts 2. 17.

Heb. 1. 2.

c Ps. 34. 11.

d ch. 29. 32.

e Deut. 21. 17. Ps. 78. 51.

f 1 Chr. 5. 1. g ch. 35, 22. Deut. 27. 20. 1 Chr. 5. 1.

f Heb. do not thou excel.

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2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

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3 ¶ Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

4 Unstable as water, ft thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou || Or, my couch it: he went up to my couch. 5 Th Simeon and Levi are brethren; || * instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

is gone.

h ch. 29. 33, 34. | Or, their swords are

weapons of

violence.

i Prov. 18. 9. k ch. 34. 25.

1 Prov. 1.15,16.

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6 O my soul, 'come not thou into their secret; munto their assembly, " mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, Or, houghed and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.

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m Ps. 26. 9. Eph. 5. 11.

n Ps. 16. 9. & 30.12. & 57.8. o ch. 34. 26. P Josh. 19.1. & 21. 5, 6, 7.

1 Chr. 4.24,39.

q ch. 29. 35. Deut. 33. 7. r Ps. 18. 40.

$ ch. 27. 29.

1 Chr. 5. 2. t Hos. 5. 14. Rev. 5. 5.

& 24. 9.

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

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.

9 Judah is a lion's whelp from the u Num. 23. 24. 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?

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10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; band unto him shall the gathering of

z Deut. 28. 57. the people be.

a Is. 11. 1. &
62. 11.
Ez. 21. 27.
Dan. 9. 25.
Matt. 21. 9.

Luke 1.32,33.

b Is. 2. 2. & 11.

10. & 42. 1, 4.

& 49. 6, 7, 22, 23. & 55, 4, 5, & 60. 1, 3, 4, 5. Hag. 2. 7. Luke 2. 30, 31, 32.

c 2 Kings 18. 32.

d Prov. 23. 29. e Deut. 33. 18, 19. Josh. 19. 10, 11.

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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.

13 ¶ 7 bulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for a 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; f 1 Sam. 10. 9. and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

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20 T1Out of Asher his bread shall | 1 Deut. 33. 24. be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

21 Tm Naphtali is a hind let loose : he giveth goodly words.

22 ¶ Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose + branches run over the wall:

23 The archers have "sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him :

24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (a from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel ;)

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& 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.

33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he

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ch. 23. 19. &

25.9.

h ch. 35. 29.

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