Bible in one year 4/9/2022 Genesis chapter 41-45
By Rev.Katherine
Liu Bruce
Christian
Arts Ministries: Biblical precepts & Gospel music; Pastoral ministry
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Chapter 41 Joseph
Interprets Pharaoh’s dream.
Joseph not only interpreted
the meaning of the dreams but also advised Pharaoh how to plan for the years of
famine. Pharaoh and his courtiers were convinced of Joseph’s supernatural
insight. As prime minister, second only to Pharaoh, Joseph was invested with
the honors of that office and given Pharaoh’s sight ring, which gave him
authority to sign documents and transact business in Pharaoh’s name. In order
to Egyptianize Joseph, Pharaoh gave him an Egyptian name and an Egyptian wife.
The meaning of his Egyptian name is uncertain. Asenath means “she belongs to
Neith” (a goddess of the Egyptians). ON is the city of Helioplis, a center for
the worship of the sun god, Ra. Since Joseph was seventeen when he arrived in
Egypt (37:2), it follows that he had spent thirteen years in slavery. Joseph
had two sons, Manasseh means “one who causes to forget (Joseph’s trials in
Egypt), Ephraim means “ fruitful.”
1 And it came to pass
at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by
the river.
2 And, behold, there
came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed
in a meadow.
3 And, behold, seven
other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed;
and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
4 And the ill favoured
and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So
Pharaoh awoke.
5 And he slept and
dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one
stalk, rank and good.
6 And, behold, seven
thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
7 And the seven thin
ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it
was a dream.
8 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 Pharaoh told them his
dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
9 Then spake the chief
butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
10 Pharaoh was wroth
with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both
me and the chief baker:
11 And we dreamed a
dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the
interpretation of his dream.
12 And there was there
with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we
told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his
dream he did interpret.
13 And it came to
pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and
him he hanged.
14 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.
15 And Pharaoh said
unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it:
and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret
it.
16 And Joseph answered
Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
17 And Pharaoh said
unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
18 And, behold, there
came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed
in a meadow:
19 And, behold, seven
other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such
as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
20 And the lean and
the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
21 And when they had
eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were
still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22 And I saw in my
dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
23 And, behold, seven
ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
24 And the thin ears
devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was
none that could declare it to me.
25 And Joseph said
unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is
about to do.
26 The seven good kine
are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
27 And the seven thin
and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven
empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
28 This is the thing
which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto
Pharaoh.
29 Behold, there come
seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
30 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;
31 And the plenty
shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall
be very grievous.
32 And for that the
dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by
God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33 Now therefore let
Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 Let Pharaoh do
this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of
the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
35 And let them gather
all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of
Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
36 And that food shall
be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in
the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
37 And the thing was
good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38 And Pharaoh said
unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit
of God is?
39 And Pharaoh said
unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so
discreet and wise as thou art:
40 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.
41 And Pharaoh said
unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42 And Pharaoh took
off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in
vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
43 And he made him to
ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the
knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
44 And Pharaoh said
unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or
foot in all the land of Egypt.
45 And Pharaoh called
Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of
Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
46 And Joseph was
thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went
out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47 And in the seven
plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
48 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.
49 And Joseph gathered
corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was
without number.
50 And unto Joseph
were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter
of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
51 And Joseph called
the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all
my toil, and all my father's house.
52 And the name of the
second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of
my affliction.
53 And the seven years
of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
54 And the seven years
of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in
all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 And when all the
land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh
said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
56 And the famine was
over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold
unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
57 And all countries
came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore
in all lands.
Chapter 42 Joseph’s
brothers in Egypt The first visit of his ten brothers.
When the famine has spread
over the whole country, Jacob’s sons sat around looking at each other
helplessly instead of trying to find grain to eat. Jacob told his sons that there
was grain in Egypt, went down to Egypt in order to buy grain. They met Joseph,
Joseph recognized them, and wanted to be certain that his brothers had not
killed Benjamin, as they had tried to hill him, so he told them to bring the
youngest brother in order to verified that they were not spies.
1 Now when Jacob saw that there was
corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
2 And he said, Behold, I have heard
that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence;
that we may live, and not die.
3 And Joseph's ten brethren went
down to buy corn in Egypt.
4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother,
Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief
befall him.
5 And the sons of Israel came to buy
corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6 And Joseph was the governor over
the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's
brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and
he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them;
and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan
to buy food.
8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but
they knew not him.
9 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.
10 And they said unto him, Nay, my
lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
11 We are all one man's sons; we are
true men, thy servants are no spies.
12 And he said unto them, Nay, but
to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
13 And they said, Thy servants are
twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the
youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
14 And Joseph said unto them, That
is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the
life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come
hither.
16 Send one of you, and let him
fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be
proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh
surely ye are spies.
17 And he put them all together into
ward three days.
18 And Joseph said unto them the
third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
19 If ye be true men, let one of
your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the
famine of your houses:
20 But bring your youngest brother
unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did
so.
21 And they said one to another, We
are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his
soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come
upon us.
22 And Reuben answered them, saying,
Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not
hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
23 And they knew not that Joseph
understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
24 And he turned himself about from
them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took
from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
25 Then Joseph commanded to fill
their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to
give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
26 And they laded their asses with
the corn, and departed thence.
27 And as one of them opened his
sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it
was in his sack's mouth.
28 And he said unto his brethren, My
money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them,
and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done
unto us?
29 And they came unto Jacob their
father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
30 The man, who is the lord of the
land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
31 And we said unto him, We are true
men; we are no spies:
32 We be twelve brethren, sons of
our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the
land of Canaan.
33 And the man, the lord of the
country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of
your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households,
and be gone:
34 And bring your youngest brother
unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so
will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
35 And it came to pass as they
emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack:
and when both they 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 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 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 go, then shall ye bring down my gray
hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Chapter 43 The second
visit of his eleven brothers
The famine was still severe in the land, and they had eaten all the
grain they had brought from Egypt. Jacob was convinced by Judah who assured him
to bring back the youngest sons Benjamin from Egypt, for it was Joseph’s
requisition for the second visit.
2 And it came to pass, when they had
eaten up the corn which they 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 man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except
your brother be with 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 man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except
your brother be with you.
6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt
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, saying, Is your father yet alive?
have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor 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 we may live, and
not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
9 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 for ever:
10 For except we had lingered,
surely now we had returned this second 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 your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
13 Take also your brother, and
arise, go again unto the man:
14 And God Almighty give you mercy
before the man, that he may send away your other 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 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 we came
to the inn, 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.
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 your
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 lifted up his eyes, and
saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger
brother, of whom 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
firstborn according to his birthright, 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.
Chapter 44 Joseph met his
youngest brother Benjamin.
Joseph’s deliberate favoring
of Benjamin was another test to see if his brothers would be resentful. And put
his cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack along with the
silver for his grain. It is unlikely that Joseph used divination, rather, this
statement ( made in order to attach special significance to the cup) was part
of the situation Joseph contrived in order to test his brothers. Would they
seize on this opportunity to get rid of Benjamin, or had their hearts indeed
been changed so that they would stand with him?
Joseph puts them to one final test by offering to release all but
Benjamin. Judah’s eloquent plea is climaxed by his offer to take Benjamin’s punishment
on himself, a beautiful illustration of what Judah’s illustrious descendant,
Jesus, actually did at Calvary.
1 And he commanded the steward of
his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry,
and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.
2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in
the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to
the word that Joseph had spoken.
3 As soon as the morning was light,
the men were sent away, they and their asses.
4 And when they were gone out of the
city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the
men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye
rewarded evil for good?
5 Is not this it in which my lord
drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
6 And he overtook them, and he spake
unto them these same words.
7 And they said unto him, Wherefore
saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to
this thing:
8 Behold, the money, which we found
in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how
then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?
9 With whomsoever of thy servants it
be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.
10 And he said, Now also let it be
according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye
shall be blameless.
11 Then they speedily took down
every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
12 And he searched, and began at the
eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
13 Then they rent their clothes, and
laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
14 And Judah and his brethren came
to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the
ground.
15 And Joseph said unto them, What
deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly
divine?
16 And Judah said, What shall we say
unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath
found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both
we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
17 And he said, God forbid that I
should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my
servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
18 Then Judah came near unto him,
and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's
ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as
Pharaoh.
19 My lord asked his servants,
saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
20 And we said unto my lord, We have
a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother
is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
21 And thou saidst unto thy
servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
22 And we said unto my lord, The lad
cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would
die.
23 And thou saidst unto thy
servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face
no more.
24 And it came to pass when we came
up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25 And our father said, Go again,
and buy us a little food.
26 And we said, We cannot go down:
if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see
the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.
27 And thy servant my father said
unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
28 And the one went out from me, and
I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
29 And if ye take this also from me,
and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the
grave.
30 Now therefore when I come to thy
servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up
in the lad's life;
31 It shall come to pass, when he
seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall
bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
32 For thy servant became surety for
the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear
the blame to my father for ever.
33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let
thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go
up with his brethren.
34 For how shall I go up to my
father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall
come on my father.
Chapter 45 Joseph’s
revelation of his identity.
Judah’s plea moved Joseph’s heart and couldn’t hold longer of his
emotion, he wept loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and said to his brothers,
he is Joseph. They were terrified at his presence. Joseph gave clear testimony
to God’s providential overruling in his life. In verse 8 not you…but God.
Joseph was a father to Pharaoh in the sense of being his adviser. Joseph told
his brothers to bring his father and lived in the region of Goshen, which was
the eastern section of the Nile delta. It was a fertile area, the main valley
of it extending about forty miles. God assured Jacob that he was doing the
right thing to go to Egypt. It was in Egypt that the Lord would prosper their growth from a tribal clan into
a great nation (Ex.1:7). Joseph will close his eyes in death.
1 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 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 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
hither, 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.
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:
12 And, behold, your eyes see, and
the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
13 And ye shall tell my father of
all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and
bring down my father hither.
14 And he fell upon his brother
Benjamin'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 your father and your
households, 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 wagons 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 wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and
gave them provision for 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 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 wagons which Joseph
had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
28 And Israel said, It is enough;
Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
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