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1 01 Genesis 030 Joseph
001- And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
002- And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
003- And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
004- And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
005- And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
006- And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
007- And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
008- And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
009- When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
010- And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
011- And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
012- And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
013- And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
014- And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
015- And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
016- And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
017- And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
018- And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
019- And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
020- And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
021- And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
022- And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
023- And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
024- And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
025- And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
026- Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
027- And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
028- And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
029- And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
030- For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
031- And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock.
032- I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
033- So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
034- And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
035- And he removed that day the he goats that were ring-streaked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
036- And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
037- And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
038- And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
039- And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted.
040- And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ring-streaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
041- And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
042- But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
043- And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
2 01 Genesis 033 Joseph
001- And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
002- And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
003- And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
004- And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
005- And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
006- Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
007- And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
008- And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
009- And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
010- And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
011- Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
012- And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
013- And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
014- Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
015- And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
016- So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
017- And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
018- And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
019- And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.
020- And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.
3 01 Genesis 035 Joseph
001- And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
002- Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
003- And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
004- And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
005- And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
006- So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
007- And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
008- But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
009- And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
010- And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
011- And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
012- And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
013- And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
014- And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
015- And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
016- And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.
017- And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
018- And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
019- And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
020- And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
021- And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
022- And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
023- The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
024- The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
025- And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
026- And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
027- And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arba, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
028- And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
029- And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
4 01 Genesis 037 Joseph
001- And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
002- These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
003- Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors.
004- And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
005- And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
006- And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
007- For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
008- And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
009- 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.
010- 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 thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
011- And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
012- And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
013- 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.
014- 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.
015- And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
016- And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
017- And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
018- And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
019- And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
020- Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
021- And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
022- And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
023- And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him;
024- And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
025- And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
026- And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
027- 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.
028- Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
029- And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
030- And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
031- And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
032- And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.
033- 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.
034- And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
035- And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
036- And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
5 01 Genesis 039 Joseph
001- And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down thither.
002- And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
003- And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
004- And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
005- And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
006- And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favored.
007- And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
008- 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;
009- There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
010- 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.
011- And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
012- And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
013- And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
014- That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
015- And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
016- And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
017- 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:
018- And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
019- 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.
020- And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
021- But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
022- And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
023- The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.
6 01 Genesis 040 Joseph
001- And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
002- And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
003- And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
004- And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
005- 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, which were bound in the prison.
006- And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.
007- And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
008- And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
009- And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
010- 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:
011- 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.
012- And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
013- Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
014- But think on me 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:
015- 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.
016- When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
017- And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
018- And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
019- Yet within 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.
020- 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 of the chief baker among his servants.
021- And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
022- But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
023- Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
7 01 Genesis 041 Joseph
001- And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
002- And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favored kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
003- And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favored and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
004- And the ill favored and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
005- And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
006- And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
007- And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
008- 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.
009- Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
010- 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:
011- And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
012- 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.
013- And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
014- 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.
015- 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.
016- And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
017- And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
018- And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favored; and they fed in a meadow:
019- And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favored and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
020- And the lean and the ill favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
021- 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.
022- And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
023- And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
024- 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.
025- And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath showed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
026- The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
027- And the seven thin and ill favored 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.
028- This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he showeth unto Pharaoh.
029- Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
030- 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;
031- And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
032- 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.
033- Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
034- 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.
035- 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.
036- 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.
037- And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
038- And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
039- And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
040- 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.
041- And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
042- 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;
043- 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.
044- 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.
045- 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.
046- 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.
047- And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
048- 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.
049- And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
050- 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.
051- 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.
052- And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
053- And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
054- 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.
055- 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.
056- 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.
057- And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
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001- Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
002- 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.
003- And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
004- But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
005- And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
006- 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.
007- 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.
008- And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
009- 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.
010- And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
011- We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
012- And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
013- 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.
014- And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
015- Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
016- 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.
017- And he put them all together into ward three days.
018- And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
019- 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:
020- But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
021- 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.
022- 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.
023- And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
024- 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.
025- 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.
026- And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
027- 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.
028- 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?
029- And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
030- The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
031- And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
032- 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.
033- 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:
034- 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 traffic in the land.
035- 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.
036- 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.
037- 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.
038- 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.
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001- And the famine was sore in the land.
002- 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.
003- 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.
004- If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
005- 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.
006- And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
007- 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?
008- 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.
009- 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:
010- For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
011- 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:
012- 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:
013- Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
014- 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.
015- 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.
016- 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.
017- And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
018- 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.
019- And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
020- And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
021- 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.
022- And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
023- 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.
024- 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.
025- And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
026- 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.
027- And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
028- And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
029- 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.
030- 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.
031- And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
032- 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.
033- And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marveled one at another.
034- 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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001- 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.
002- 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.
003- As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
004- 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?
005- Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
006- And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
007- And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
008- 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?
009- With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.
010- 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.
011- Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
012- And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
013- Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
014- And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
015- 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?
016- 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.
017- 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.
018- 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.
019- My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
020- 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.
021- And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
022- And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
023- And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
024- And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
025- And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
026- 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.
027- And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
028- And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
029- And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
030- 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;
031- 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.
032- 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.
033- 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.
034- 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.
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001- 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.
002- And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
003- 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.
004- 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.
005- Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
006- 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.
007- And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
008- 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.
009- Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
010- 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:
011- And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
012- And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
013- 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.
014- And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
015- Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
016- And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
017- And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
018- 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.
019- 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.
020- Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
021- 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.
022- 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.
023- 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.
024- So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
025- And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
026- 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.
027- 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:
028- 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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001- And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
002- And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
003- And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
004- I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
005- And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
006- And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
007- His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
008- And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
009- And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
010- And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
011- And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
012- 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.
013- And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
014- And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
015- These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
016- And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
017- And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
018- These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
019- The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
020- And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
021- And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
022- These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
023- And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
024- And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
025- These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
026- All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
027- And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
028- And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
029- And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
030- And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
031- And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and show Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
032- And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
033- And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
034- That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
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001- Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, 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 Goshen.
002- And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
003- And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.
004- They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
005- And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
006- 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.
007- And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
008- And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
009- And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: 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.
010- And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
011- And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
012- And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
013- 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.
014- And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
015- And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
016- And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
017- And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for 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.
018- 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 ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
019- 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.
020- 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.
021- And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
022- Only the land of the priests 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.
023- Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
024- 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.
025- And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
026- 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.
027- And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
028- And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
029- And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
030- 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.
031- And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
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001- And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
002- And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
003- And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
004- And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
005- And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
006- And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
007- And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
008- And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
009- And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
010- Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
011- And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath showed me also thy seed.
012- And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
013- 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.
014- 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, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
015- And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
016- The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
017- And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
018- And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
019- And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
020- And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
021- And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
022- Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
15 01 Genesis 049 Joseph
001- And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
002- Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
003- Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
004- Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
005- Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
006- O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall.
007- Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
008- 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.
009- Judah is a lion's whelp: from the 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?
010- The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
011- 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:
012- His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
013- Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
014- Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
015- And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
016- Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
017- Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
018- I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
019- Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
020- Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
021- Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
022- Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
023- The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
024- But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
025- Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
026- The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
027- Benjamin shall raven as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
028- All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
029- And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
030- In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
031- There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
032- The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
033- And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
16 01 Genesis 050 Joseph
001- And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
002- And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
003- And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
004- And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
005- My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.
006- And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
007- And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
008- And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
009- And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
010- And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
011- And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
012- And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
013- For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
014- And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
015- And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
016- And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
017- So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
018- And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
019- And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
020- But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
021- Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
022- And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
023- And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.
024- And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
025- And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
026- So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
17 02 Exodus 001 Joseph
001- Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
002- Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
003- Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
004- Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
005- And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
006- And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
007- And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
008- Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
009- And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
010- Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
011- Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
012- But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
013- And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:
014- And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor.
015- And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
016- And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
017- But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
018- And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
019- And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
020- Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
021- And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
022- And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
18 02 Exodus 013 Joseph
001- And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
002- Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
003- And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
004- This day came ye out in the month Abib.
005- And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
006- Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
007- Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
008- And thou shalt show thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
009- And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
010- Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.
011- And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
012- That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD's.
013- And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
014- And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
015- And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
016- And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.
017- And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
018- But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
019- And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
020- And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
021- And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
022- He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
19 04 Numbers 001 Joseph
001- And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
002- Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
003- From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
004- And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
005- And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
006- Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
007- Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
008- Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
009- Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
010- Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
011- Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
012- Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
013- Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
014- Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
015- Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
016- These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
017- And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:
018- And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
019- As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
020- And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
021- Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
022- Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
023- Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
024- Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
025- Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
026- Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
027- Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
028- Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
029- Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
030- Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
031- Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
032- Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
033- Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
034- Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
035- Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
036- Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
037- Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
038- Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
039- Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
040- Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
041- Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
042- Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
043- Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
044- These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
045- So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
046- Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
047- But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
048- For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,
049- Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
050- But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
051- And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
052- And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
053- But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
054- And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
20 04 Numbers 013 Joseph
001- And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
002- Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
003- And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
004- And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
005- Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
006- Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
007- Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
008- Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
009- Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
010- Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
011- Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
012- Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
013- Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
014- Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
015- Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
016- These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
017- And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
018- And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
019- And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
020- And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes.
021- So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
022- And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
023- And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
024- The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
025- And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
026- And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
027- And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
028- Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
029- The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
030- And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
031- But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
032- And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
033- And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
21 04 Numbers 026 Joseph
001- And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
002- Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.
003- And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
004- Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.
005- Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:
006- Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
007- These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
008- And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
009- And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:
010- And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
011- Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
012- The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:
013- Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
014- These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
015- The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites:
016- Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:
017- Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
018- These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
019- The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
020- And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
021- And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
022- These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
023- Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:
024- Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
025- These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
026- Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
027- These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
028- The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.
029- Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
030- These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
031- And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:
032- And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
033- And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
034- These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
035- These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
036- And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
037- These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
038- The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:
039- Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
040- And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
041- These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.
042- These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.
043- All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.
044- Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
045- Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
046- And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.
047- These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
048- Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:
049- Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
050- These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.
051- These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
052- And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
053- Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
054- To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.
055- Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
056- According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
057- And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
058- These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
059- And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
060- And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
061- And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
062- And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
063- These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
064- But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
065- For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
22 04 Numbers 027 Joseph
001- Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
002- And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
003- Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
004- Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.
005- And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
006- And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
007- The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
008- And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
009- And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.
010- And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.
011- And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.
012- And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
013- And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
014- For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
015- And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,
016- Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
017- Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
018- And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
019- And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
020- And thou shalt put some of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
021- And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
022- And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
023- And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
23 04 Numbers 032 Joseph
001- Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
002- The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,
003- Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
004- Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
005- Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
006- And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
007- And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
008- Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.
009- For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
010- And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,
011- Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
012- Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.
013- And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
014- And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
015- For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
016- And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
017- But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
018- We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
019- For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
020- And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,
021- And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
022- And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
023- But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
024- Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
025- And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
026- Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
027- But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith.
028- So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
029- And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
030- But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
031- And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
032- We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.
033- And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.
034- And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
035- And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
036- And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
037- And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
038- And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
039- And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
040- And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
041- And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.
042- And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
24 04 Numbers 034 Joseph
001- And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
002- Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)
003- Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
004- And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:
005- And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
006- And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.
007- And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:
008- From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:
009- And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border.
010- And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham:
011- And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:
012- And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
013- And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
014- For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:
015- The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
016- And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
017- These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
018- And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.
019- And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
020- And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
021- Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
022- And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.
023- The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
024- And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
025- And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
026- And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
027- And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
028- And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
029- These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
25 04 Numbers 036 Joseph
001- And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:
002- And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.
003- And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.
004- And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
005- And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.
006- This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
007- So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
008- And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
009- Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.
010- Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
011- For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons:
012- And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
013- These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
26 05 Deuteronomy 027 Joseph
001- And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.
002- And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster:
003- And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
004- Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster.
005- And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
006- Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:
007- And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God.
008- And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
009- And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God.
010- Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
011- And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
012- These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:
013- And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
014- And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
015- Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
016- Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
017- Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
018- Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
019- Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
020- Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
021- Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
022- Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
023- Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
024- Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
025- Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
026- Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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001- And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
002- And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
003- Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
004- Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
005- And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
006- Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
007- And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.
008- And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
009- Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
010- They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
011- Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
012- And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
013- And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
014- And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
015- And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
016- And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
017- His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
018- And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
019- They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
020- And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
021- And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
022- And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
023- And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.
024- And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
025- Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
026- There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
027- The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
028- Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
029- Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
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001- And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
002- By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
003- For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.
004- For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
005- As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
006- Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.
007- Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
008- Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
009- And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.
010- And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
011- As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
012- Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.
013- And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
014- Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.
015- And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
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001- And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,
002- And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
003- And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
004- So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
005- And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;
006- And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
007- And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
008- The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.
009- And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
010- And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
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001- There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
002- There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.
003- But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
004- And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
005- And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
006- Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
007- And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of Entappuah.
008- Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
009- And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:
010- Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.
011- And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
012- Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
013- Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly drive them out.
014- And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
015- And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
016- And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
017- And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:
018- But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
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001- And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
002- And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
003- And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
004- Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.
005- And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
006- Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
007- But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
008- And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.
009- And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
010- And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
011- And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
012- And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven.
013- And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
014- And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
015- And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
016- And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,
017- And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
018- And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:
019- And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.
020- And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.
021- Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
022- And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
023- And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah,
024- And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
025- Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
026- And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
027- And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
028- And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
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001- And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
002- And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
003- And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
004- And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
005- I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
006- And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
007- And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
008- And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
009- Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
010- But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
011- And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
012- And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
013- And I have given you a land for which ye did not labor, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
014- Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
015- And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
016- And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
017- For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
018- And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.
019- And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
020- If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
021- And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.
022- And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
023- Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
024- And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
025- So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
026- And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
027- And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
028- So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
029- And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
030- And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
031- And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
032- And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
033- And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
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001- Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
002- And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
003- And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
004- And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
005- And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
006- But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
007- And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
008- Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
009- And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.
010- And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
011- And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher:
012- And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
013- And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
014- And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?
015- And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.
016- And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
017- And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
018- Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
019- And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
020- And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
021- And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
022- And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them.
023- And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
024- And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will show thee mercy.
025- And when he showed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
026- And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
027- Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
028- And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
029- Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
030- Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
031- Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
032- But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.
033- Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.
034- And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
035- But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
036- And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
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001- And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
002- And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.
003- And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
004- But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
005- And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
006- In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
007- Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
008- Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
009- And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
010- And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
011- And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.
012- Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
013- And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
014- And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.
015- So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.
016- And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
017- And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.
018- And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;
019- And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
020- For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
021- But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?
022- And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?
023- Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.
024- And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.
025- And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?
026- And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.
027- And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
028- For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?
029- And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
030- And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
031- And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.
032- Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
033- And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
034- And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
035- I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
036- Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
037- Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
038- And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.
039- And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.
040- Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.
041- And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?
042- And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?
043- And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
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001- But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:
002- Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
003- And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
004- For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
005- For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
006- And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
007- Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
008- And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
009- And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
010- And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
011- Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
012- Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
013- Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
014- And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
015- For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;
016- (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
017- That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
018- And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.
019- And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
020- And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh.
021- And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
022- Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.
023- And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
024- And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.
025- And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
026- And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.
027- And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.
028- And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
029- And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
030- And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
031- And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
032- (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
033- Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
034- Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
035- But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
036- And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
037- And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
038- And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
039- And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
040- Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
041- And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
042- And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
043- And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
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001- These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
002- Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
003- The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
004- And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
005- The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
006- And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
007- And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
008- And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
009- The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
010- And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
011- And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
012- And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
013- And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
014- Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
015- Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
016- Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
017- And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
018- And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
019- And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
020- And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
021- And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
022- And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
023- And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
024- And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
025- And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
026- Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
027- And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
028- And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab and Abishur.
029- And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
030- And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
031- And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
032- And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
033- And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
034- Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
035- And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
036- And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
037- And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
038- And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
039- And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
040- And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
041- And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
042- Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
043- And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
044- And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
045- And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur.
046- And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
047- And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
048- Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
049- She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa.
050- These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim.
051- Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.
052- And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.
053- And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites,
054- The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
055- And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
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001- Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
002- For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
003- The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
004- The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
005- Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
006- Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
007- And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
008- And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:
009- And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
010- And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.
011- And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salcah:
012- Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
013- And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
014- These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
015- Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.
016- And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
017- All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
018- The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
019- And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.
020- And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.
021- And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.
022- For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
023- And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
024- And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.
025- And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
026- And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
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001- Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four.
002- And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
003- And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
004- And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
005- And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
006- The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
007- And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
008- And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
009- And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
010- The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
011- All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valor, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.
012- Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
013- The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
014- The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
015- And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
016- And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
017- And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
018- And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
019- And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
020- And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
021- And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
022- And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
023- And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
024- (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)
025- And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son.
026- Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son.
027- Non his son, Jehoshuah his son.
028- And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
029- And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
030- The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
031- And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.
032- And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
033- And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.
034- And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
035- And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
036- The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,
037- Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
038- And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
039- And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
040- All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.
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001- Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
002- Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.
003- Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
004- Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:
005- All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
006- All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
007- So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
008- And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
009- Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:
010- The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
011- The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
012- The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
013- The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
014- The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
015- The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
016- The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
017- The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
018- The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
019- The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
020- The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
021- The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
022- The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
023- The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
024- The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
025- The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
026- The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
027- The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
028- The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
029- The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
030- The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
031- The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.
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001- Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.
002- And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
003- Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
004- Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
005- Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
006- Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
007- And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;
008- And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.
009- Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
010- And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.
011- Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.
012- Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.
013- But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.
014- Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.
015- Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
016- And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
017- And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
018- And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
019- And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.
020- And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.
021- And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
022- And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
023- Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
024- Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
025- Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
026- And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
027- And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
028- Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
029- And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.
030- And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
031- And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
032- Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
033- Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
034- Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
035- Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,
036- Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
037- Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
038- And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
039- And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
040- Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
041- Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
042- Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
043- Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.
044- All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
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001- Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
002- Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
003- Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
004- Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
005- Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
006- Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
007- Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
008- Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
009- Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
010- And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
011- And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
012- And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
013- Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
014- Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
015- Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
016- Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
017- Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai:
018- Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
019- And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
020- Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
021- Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
022- The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
023- The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
024- And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
025- Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
026- These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
027- And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
028- And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
029- Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
030- And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
031- Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
032- And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
033- And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
034- Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
035- And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
036- And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.
037- And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
038- And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
039- And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
040- So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:
041- And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
042- And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
043- Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
044- And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
045- And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
046- For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
047- And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.
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001- I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
002- In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
003- I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
004- Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
005- I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
006- I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
007- Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
008- Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
009- Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
010- And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
011- I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
012- I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
013- Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
014- Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.
015- Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
016- The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
017- The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
018- The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
019- Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
020- Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
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001- Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
002- I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
003- Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
004- We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
005- For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
006- That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
007- That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
008- And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
009- The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
010- They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
011- And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
012- Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
013- He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
014- In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
015- He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
016- He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
017- And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
018- And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
019- Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
020- Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
021- Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
022- Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
023- Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
024- And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
025- Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
026- He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
027- He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
028- And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
029- So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
030- They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
031- The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
032- For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
033- Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
034- When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
035- And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
036- Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
037- For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
038- But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
039- For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
040- How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
041- Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
042- They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
043- How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan.
044- And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
045- He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
046- He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
047- He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
048- He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
049- He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
050- He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
051- And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
052- But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
053- And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
054- And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
055- He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
056- Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
057- But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
058- For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
059- When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
060- So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
061- And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
062- He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
063- The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
064- Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
065- Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
066- And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
067- Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
068- But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
069- And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
070- He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
071- From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
072- So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
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001- Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
002- Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
003- Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
004- O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
005- Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
006- Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
007- Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
008- Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
009- Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
010- The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
011- She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
012- Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
013- The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
014- Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
015- And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
016- It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
017- Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
018- So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
019- Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
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001- Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
002- Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
003- Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
004- For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
005- This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
006- I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
007- Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
008- Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
009- There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
010- I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
011- But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
012- So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
013- Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
014- I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
015- The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
016- He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
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001- O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
002- Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
003- Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
004- Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
005- Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
006- O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
007- He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
008- He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
009- Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
010- And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
011- Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
012- When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
013- When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
014- He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
015- Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
016- Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
017- He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
018- Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
019- Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
020- The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
021- He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
022- To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
023- Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
024- And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
025- He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
026- He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
027- They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
028- He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
029- He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
030- Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
031- He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
032- He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
033- He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
034- He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
035- And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
036- He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
037- He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
038- Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
039- He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
040- The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
041- He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
042- For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
043- And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
044- And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
045- That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
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001- The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
002- And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
003- And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
004- Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
005- Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
006- And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
007- So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
008- And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
009- Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
010- So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
011- Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
012- Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
013- And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
014- And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
015- The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
016- Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel his companions:
017- And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
018- And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
019- Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
020- And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
021- And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
022- And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.
023- Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
024- And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
025- And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
026- Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
027- My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
028- And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
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001- Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
002- Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
003- And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.
004- Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.
005- Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.
006- And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.
007- Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
008- Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
009- And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
010- And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
011- But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
012- And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
013- Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
014- And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.
015- And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;
016- Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.
017- And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.
018- And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.
019- And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.
020- The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
021- So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
022- And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
023- And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.
49 26 Ezekiel 048 Joseph
001- Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.
002- And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher.
003- And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali.
004- And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.
005- And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim.
006- And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben.
007- And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah.
008- And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
009- The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.
010- And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.
011- It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
012- And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.
013- And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.
014- And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.
015- And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.
016- And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
017- And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
018- And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.
019- And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
020- All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.
021- And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.
022- Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
023- As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion.
024- And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion.
025- And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion.
026- And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.
027- And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion.
028- And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.
029- This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD.
030- And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.
031- And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.
032- And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.
033- And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
034- At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.
035- It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.
50 30 Amos 005 Joseph
001- Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
002- The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
003- For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
004- For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
005- But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
006- Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
007- Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
008- Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
009- That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
010- They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
011- Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
012- For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
013- Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
014- Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
015- Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
016- Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
017- And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.
018- Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
019- As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
020- Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
021- I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
022- Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
023- Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
024- But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
025- Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
026- But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
027- Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
51 30 Amos 006 Joseph
001- Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
002- Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
003- Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
004- That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
005- That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
006- That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
007- Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
008- The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
009- And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
010- And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
011- For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
012- Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
013- Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
014- But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
52 31 Obadiah 001 Joseph
001- The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
002- Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
003- The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
004- Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
005- If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?
006- How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
007- All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; that they eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.
008- Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
009- And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
010- For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
011- In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.
012- But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
013- Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;
014- Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.
015- For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
016- For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.
017- But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
018- And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.
019- And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
020- And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
021- And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.
53 38 Zechariah 010 Joseph
001- Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
002- For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
003- Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.
004- Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
005- And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
006- And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
007- And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
008- I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
009- And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
010- I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.
011- And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
012- And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
54 40 Matthew 001 Joseph
001- The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
002- Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
003- And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
004- And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
005- And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
006- And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
007- And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
008- And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
009- And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
010- And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
011- And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
012- And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
013- And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
014- And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
015- And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
016- And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
017- So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
018- Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
019- Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
020- But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
021- And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
022- Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
023- Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
024- Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
025- And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
55 40 Matthew 002 Joseph
001- Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
002- Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
003- When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
004- And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
005- And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
006- And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
007- Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
008- And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
009- When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
010- When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
011- And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.
012- And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
013- And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
014- When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
015- And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
016- Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
017- Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
018- In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
019- But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
020- Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
021- And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
022- But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
023- And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
56 40 Matthew 027 Joseph
001- When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
002- And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
003- Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
004- Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
005- And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
006- And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
007- And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
008- Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
009- Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
010- And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
011- And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
012- And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
013- Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
014- And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
015- Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
016- And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
017- Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
018- For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
019- When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
020- But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
021- The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
022- Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
023- And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
024- When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
025- Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
026- Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
027- Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
028- And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
029- And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
030- And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
031- And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.
032- And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
033- And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
034- They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
035- And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
036- And sitting down they watched him there;
037- And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
038- Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
039- And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
040- And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
041- Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
042- He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
043- He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
044- The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
045- Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
046- And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
047- Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
048- And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
049- The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
050- Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
051- And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
052- And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
053- And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
054- Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
055- And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
056- Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedees children.
057- When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
058- He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
059- And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
060- And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
061- And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
062- Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
063- Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
064- Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
065- Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
066- So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
57 41 Mark 015 Joseph
001- And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
002- And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto them, Thou sayest it.
003- And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.
004- And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.
005- But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.
006- Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
007- And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
008- And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.
009- But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
010- For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
011- But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
012- And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?
013- And they cried out again, Crucify him.
014- Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
015- And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
016- And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
017- And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,
018- And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
019- And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
020- And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
021- And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
022- And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
023- And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
024- And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
025- And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
026- And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
027- And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
028- And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.
029- And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
030- Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
031- Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
032- Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
033- And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
034- And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
035- And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
036- And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
037- And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
038- And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
039- And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
040- There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
041- (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.
042- And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
043- Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
044- And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
045- And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
046- And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
047- And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.
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001- Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
002- Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
003- It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
004- That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
005- THERE was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
006- And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
007- And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
008- And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,
009- According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
010- And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
011- And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
012- And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
013- But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
014- And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
015- For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
016- And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
017- And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
018- And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
019- And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
020- And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
021- And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
022- And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.
023- And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.
024- And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,
025- Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
026- And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
027- To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
028- And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
029- And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
030- And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
031- And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
032- He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
033- And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
034- Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
035- And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
036- And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
037- For with God nothing shall be impossible.
038- And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
039- And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
040- And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.
041- And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
042- And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
043- And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
044- For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
045- And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
046- And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
047- And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
048- For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
049- For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
050- And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
051- He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
052- He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
053- He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
054- He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
055- As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
056- And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.
057- Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.
058- And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
059- And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
060- And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
061- And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
062- And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
063- And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
064- And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
065- And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
066- And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
067- And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
068- Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
069- And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
070- As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
071- That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
072- To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
073- The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
074- That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
075- In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
076- And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
077- To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
078- Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
079- To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
080- And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
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001- And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
002- (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
003- And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
004- And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
005- To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
006- And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
007- And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
008- And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
009- And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
010- And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
011- For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
012- And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
013- And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
014- Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
015- And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
016- And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
017- And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
018- And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
019- But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
020- And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
021- And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
022- And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
023- (As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
024- And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
025- And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
026- And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
027- And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
028- Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
029- Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
030- For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
031- Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
032- A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
033- And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him.
034- And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
035- (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
036- And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
037- And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
038- And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
039- And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
040- And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
041- Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
042- And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
043- And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.
044- But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
045- And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.
046- And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
047- And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
048- And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
049- And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
050- And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
051- And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
052- And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
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001- Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
002- Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
003- And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
004- As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
005- Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
006- And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
007- Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
008- Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
009- And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
010- And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
011- He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
012- Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
013- And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
014- And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
015- And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
016- John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
017- Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
018- And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
019- But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
020- Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
021- Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
022- And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
023- And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
024- Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,
025- Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,
026- Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,
027- Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,
028- Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
029- Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,
030- Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,
031- Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,
032- Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,
033- Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,
034- Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
035- Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,
036- Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,
037- Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
038- Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
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001- And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
002- Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
003- And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
004- And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
005- And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
006- And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
007- If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
008- And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
009- And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
010- For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:
011- And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
012- And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
013- And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
014- And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
015- And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
016- And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
017- And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
018- The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
019- To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
020- And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
021- And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
022- And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
023- And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
024- And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
025- But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
026- But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
027- And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
028- And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
029- And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
030- But he passing through the midst of them went his way,
031- And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
032- And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
033- And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
034- Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
035- And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.
036- And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
037- And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.
038- And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
039- And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
040- Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
041- And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.
042- And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
043- And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.
044- And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
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001- And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.
002- And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
003- And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.
004- Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.
005- And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
006- When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.
007- And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.
008- And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.
009- Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.
010- And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.
011- And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
012- And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
013- And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
014- Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:
015- No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.
016- I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
017- (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
018- And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
019- (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
020- Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
021- But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
022- And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
023- And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
024- And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
025- And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
026- And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
027- And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
028- But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
029- For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
030- Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
031- For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
032- And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
033- And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
034- Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
035- And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
036- And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
037- And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
038- And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
039- And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
040- But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
041- And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
042- And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
043- And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
044- And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
045- And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
046- And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
047- Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
048- And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.
049- And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
050- And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:
051- (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
052- This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
053- And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
054- And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
055- And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
056- And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
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001- In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
002- The same was in the beginning with God.
003- All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
004- In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
005- And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
006- There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
007- The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
008- He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
009- That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
010- He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
011- He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
012- But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
013- Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
014- And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
015- John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
016- And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
017- For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
018- No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
019- And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
020- And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
021- And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
022- Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
023- He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
024- And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
025- And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
026- John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
027- He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
028- These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
029- The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
030- This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
031- And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
032- And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
033- And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
034- And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
035- Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
036- And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
037- And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
038- Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
039- He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
040- One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
041- He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
042- And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
043- The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
044- Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
045- Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
046- And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
047- Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
048- Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
049- Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
050- Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.
051- And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
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001- When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
002- (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)
003- He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
004- And he must needs go through Samaria.
005- Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
006- Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
007- There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
008- (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
009- Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
010- Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
011- The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
012- Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
013- Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
014- But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
015- The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
016- Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
017- The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
018- For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
019- The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
020- Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
021- Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
022- Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
023- But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
024- God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
025- The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
026- Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
027- And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
028- The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,
029- Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
030- Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
031- In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
032- But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
033- Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
034- Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
035- Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
036- And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
037- And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
038- I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
039- And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
040- So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
041- And many more believed because of his own word;
042- And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
043- Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.
044- For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.
045- Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.
046- So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
047- When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.
048- Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
049- The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
050- Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
051- And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
052- Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
053- So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.
054- This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.
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001- After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
002- And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.
003- And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
004- And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
005- When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
006- And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
007- Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
008- One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,
009- There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
010- And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
011- And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
012- When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
013- Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
014- Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
015- When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
016- And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,
017- And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
018- And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.
019- So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
020- But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
021- Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
022- The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
023- (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
024- When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
025- And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
026- Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
027- Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
028- Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
029- Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
030- They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
031- Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
032- Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
033- For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
034- Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
035- And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
036- But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
037- All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
038- For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
039- And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
040- And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
041- The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
042- And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
043- Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
044- No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
045- It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
046- Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
047- Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
048- I am that bread of life.
049- Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
050- This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
051- I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
052- The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
053- Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
054- Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
055- For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
056- He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
057- As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
058- This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
059- These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
060- Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
061- When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
062- What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
063- It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
064- But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
065- And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
066- From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
067- Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
068- Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
069- And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
070- Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
071- He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
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001- Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
002- And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
003- And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
004- Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
005- Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
006- When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
007- The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
008- When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
009- And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
010- Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
011- Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
012- And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
013- When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
014- And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
015- But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
016- Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
017- And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
018- Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
019- And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
020- This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
021- Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
022- Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
023- Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
024- They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
025- Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
026- When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
027- Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
028- After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
029- Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
030- When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
031- The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
032- Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
033- But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
034- But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
035- And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
036- For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
037- And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
038- And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
039- And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
040- Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
041- Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
042- There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
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001- The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
002- Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
003- To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
004- And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
005- For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
006- When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
007- And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
008- But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
009- And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
010- And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
011- Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
012- Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
013- And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
014- These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
015- And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
016- Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
017- For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
018- Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
019- And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
020- For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
021- Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
022- Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
023- And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
024- And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
025- That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
026- And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
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001- Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
002- And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
003- And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
004- Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
005- And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
006- And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
007- And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
008- And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
009- And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
010- And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
011- Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
012- But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
013- And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
014- Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
015- So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
016- And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
017- But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
018- Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
019- The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
020- In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:
021- And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
022- And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
023- And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
024- And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
025- For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
026- And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
027- But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
028- Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
029- Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
030- And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
031- When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the LORD came unto him,
032- Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
033- Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
034- I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
035- This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
036- He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
037- This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
038- This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
039- To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
040- Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
041- And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
042- Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
043- Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
044- Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
045- Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
046- Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
047- But Solomon built him an house.
048- Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
049- Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
050- Hath not my hand made all these things?
051- Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
052- Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
053- Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
054- When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
055- But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
056- And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
057- Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
058- And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
059- And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
060- And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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001- Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
002- For by it the elders obtained a good report.
003- Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
004- By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
005- By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
006- But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
007- By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
008- By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
009- By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
010- For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
011- Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
012- Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
013- These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
014- For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
015- And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
016- But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
017- By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
018- Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
019- Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
020- By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
021- By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
022- By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
023- By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
024- By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
025- Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
026- Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
027- By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
028- Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
029- By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
030- By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
031- By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
032- And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
033- Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.
034- Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
035- Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
036- And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
037- They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
038- (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
039- And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
040- God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
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001- And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
002- And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
003- Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
004- And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
005- Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
006- Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
007- Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
008- Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
009- After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
010- And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
011- And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
012- Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
013- And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
014- And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
015- Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
016- They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
017- For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.