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Joseph's dreams.

GENESIS.

He is sold by his brethren. father loved him more than all his brethren, 22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed they hated him, and could not speak no blood, but cast him into this pit that is peaceably unto him in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon 5 ¶ And Joseph dreamed a dream, and him; that he might rid him out of their he told it his brethren: and they hated hands, to deliver him to his father again. him yet the more. 23 ¶ And it came to pass when Joseph

6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray was come unto his brethren, that they you, this dream which I have dreamed: stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of 7 For behold, we were binding sheaves many colours that was on him. in the field, and lo, my sheaf arose, and 24 And they took him, and cast him also stood upright; and behold, your into a pit: and the pit was empty, there sheaves stood round about, and made obei- was no water in it. sance to my sheaf.

25 And they sat down to eat bread: and

8 And his brethren said unto him, Shalt they lifted up their eyes and looked, and thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou behold, a company of Ishmaelites came indeed have dominion over us? And they from Gilead, with their camels bearing hated him yet the more for his dreams and spicery, and balm, and myrrh, going to for his words. carry it down to Egypt.

9 ¶ And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more: and behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, and our flesh: and his brethren were content.

10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that 28 Then there passed by Midianites, thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mo- merchant-men; and they drew and lifted ther and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? 11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

12 ¶ And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

15 And a certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt

29 ¶ And Reuben returned unto the pit; and behold, Joseph was not in the pit: and he rent his clothes.

30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not: and I, whither shall I go?

31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood:

32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.

33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him: Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

16 And he said,I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. 17 And the man said, They are departed hence: for I heard them say, Let us go 35 And all his sons and all his daughters to Dothan. And Joseph went after his rose up to comfort him; but he refused to brethren, and found them in Dothan. be comforted; and he said, For I will go 18 And when they saw him afar off, down into the grave unto my son mourneven before he came near unto them, they ing. Thus his father wept for him. conspired against him to slay him.

36 And the Midianites sold him in.o 19 And they said one to another, Be- Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharahold this dreamer cometh. oh's, and captain of the guard. CHAP. XXXVIII.

20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit; and we

will say, Some evil beast hath devoured AND it came to pass at that time, that

Judah went down from his brethren, him and we shall see what will become and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose of his dreams. name was Hirah.

21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands: and said, Let us not kill him.

2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.

The trespass of Onan.

CHAP. XXXIX. Joseph advanced by Potiphar. pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.

3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Ér.

4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.

5 And she yet again conceived and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot that was openly by the way-side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.

22 And he returned to Judah, and said,

6 And Judah took a wife for Er his I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this first-born, whose name was Tamar.

7 And Er, Judah's first-born, was wick-place. ed in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.

8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, say9 And Onan knew that the seed should ing, Tamarthy daughter-in-law hath playnot be his and it came to pass, when he ed the harlot; and also, behold, she is went in unto his brother's wife, that he with child by whoredom. And Judah said, spilled it on the ground, lest that he should Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. 25 When she was brought forth, she give seed to his brother. 10 And the thing which he did dis-sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the pleased the LORD: wherefore he slew him man whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are 11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daugh- these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. 26 And Judah acknowledged them, and ter-in-law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown; (fer said, She hath been more righteous than I; be said, Lest peradventure he die also as because that I gave her not to Shelah my his brethren did :) and Tamar went and son: and he knew her again no more. dwelt in her father's house. 27 And it came to pass in the time of her 12 And in process of time, the daugh- travail, that behold, twins were in her ter of Shuah Judah's wife died: and Judah womb.

also.

was comforted, and went up unto his sheep- 28 And it came to pass when she trashearers to Timnath, he and his friend vailed, that the one put out his hand; and Hirah the Adullamite. the midwife took and bound upon his hand 13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Be-a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. hold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnath, to shear his sheep.

14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath: for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; because she had covered her face.

29 And it came to pass as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out; and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.

30 And afterward came out his brother that had the scarlet thread upon his hand; and his name was called Zarah.

CHAP. XXXIX.

ND Joseph was brought down to Egypt: and Potiphar, an officer of 16 And he turned unto her by the way, Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egypand said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come tian, bought him of the hands of the Ishin unto thee; (for he knew not that she was maelites, which had brought him down his daughter-in-law :) and she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock: and she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?

thither.

2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man: and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that 18 And he said, What pledge shall I he did to prosper in his hand. give thee? and she said, Thy signet, and 4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thy and he served him: and he made him hand and he gave it her, and came in overseer over his house, and all that he unto her, and she conceived by him. had he put into his hand.

19 And she arose and went away and 5 And it came to pass from the time laid by her vail from her, and put on the that he had made him overseer in his garments of her widowhood. house, and over all that he had, that the 20 And Judah sent the kid by the band LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the

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Potiphar's wife tempts Joseph.

GENESIS The butler and baker imprisoned.

LORD was upon all that he had in the 23 The keeper of the prison looked not house, and in the field. 6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's cause the LORD was with him: and that to any thing that was under his hand; behand; and he knew not aught he had, save which he did, the LORD made it to prosper. the bread which he did eat: and Joseph CHAP. XL.

ND it came to pass after these things,

was a goodly person, and well-favoured. that the butler of the king of Egypt

7¶ And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and she said, Lie with me.

and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; 3 And he put them in ward in the house 9 There is none greater in this house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, than I; neither hath he kept back any thing the place where Joseph was bound. from me, but thee, because thou art his 4 And the captain of the guard charged wife: how then can I do this great wicked-Joseph with them, and he served them; ness, and sin against God? and they continued a season in ward. 10 And it came to pass, as she spake to 5 And they dreamed a dream both Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not of them, each man his dream in one night, unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. each man according to the interpretation 11 And it came to pass about this time, of his dream; the butler and the baker of that Joseph went into the house to do his the king of Egypt, which were bound in business; and there was none of the men the prison.

2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

of the house there within.

6 And Joseph came in unto them in the 12 And she caught him by his garment, morning, and looked upon them, and besaying, Lie with me: and he left his gar-hold, they were sad.

ment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. 7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that 13 And it came to pass, when she saw were with him in the ward of his lord's that he had left his garment in her hand, house, saying, Wherefore look ye so and was fled forth, sadly to-day?

14 That she called unto the men of her 8 And they said unto him, We have house, and spake unto them, saying, See, dreamed a dream, and there is no interhe hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to preter of it. And Joseph said unto them, mock us: he came in unto me to lie with Do not interpretations belong to God?. me, and I cried with a loud voice: Tell me them, I pray you. 15 And it came to pass, when he heard 9 And the chief butler told his dream that I lifted up my voice and cried, that to Joseph, and said unto him, In my dream, he left his garment with me, and fled, and behold, a vine was before me; got him out.

16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.

17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:

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10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand : and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

18 And it came to pass as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his gar- 12 And Joseph said unto him, This is ment with me, and fled out. the interpretation of it: The three branch

19 And it came to pass, when his mas-es are three days: ter heard the words of his wife, which 13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh she spake unto him, saying, After this lift up thy head, and restore thee unto manner did thy servant to me; that his thy place and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's wrath was kindled. cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the 14 But think on me when it shall be king's prisoners were bound: and he was well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray there in the prison. thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto 21 T But the LORD was with Joseph, Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: and shewed him mercy, and gave him fa- 15 For indeed I was stolen away out vour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. of the land of the Hebrews. and here also 22 And the keeper of the prison com- have I done nothing that they should put mitted to Joseph's hand all the prisoners me into the dungeon.

that were in the prison; and whatsoever 16 When the chief baker saw that the they did there, he was the doer of it. interpretation was good, he said unto Jo

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