Hi, and welcome back
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and thank
you for joining with me today
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to keep reading the wonderful
story of Joseph. Before we start
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Let's pray together. Dear God,
thank you again, again and again
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for sending these words to us;
for the comfort they bring to us
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for the encouragement; for the
inspiration and for what they
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show us about you. That is
the deepest cry of our heart.
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We want to see you. We want to
know you. Please help us now to
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understand you deeper than
we have before because of the
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stories that we're about to
read and be with us as we read,
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that we may understand. We
love you so much, and thank you
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for loving us. Amen.
When we were last together we
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were reading the story of the
famine in Egypt and how Joseph's
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Brethren came down and bought
food from him, and how he tested
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them out to see if their hearts
had changed; and the ultimate
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test came and he was going
to keep Benjamin as his slave
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and send the rest back, because
he had set it up to make it look
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like Benjamin had stolen
the silver cup in Joseph's house
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and his brother, Judah, made
a beautiful speech to him, just
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begging him, Please don't
keep our brother Benjamin here.
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He's the last thing my father
has from the wife that he loved
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so much. Keep me instead.
Send Benjamin went back home and
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Joseph knew then that his
brothers weren't the same.
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as they had been when they sold
him into slavery. And he sent
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all of his household help
out of the room and he revealed
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himself to his brothers,
and joyfully said, I am Joseph!
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Go get our father. Come on down
here. There's going to be 5 more
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years of famine. I'll
take care of you. And he wept
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and he hugged them and
they all talked together.
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We're picking up the story now
in Genesis chapter 45, verse 16
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And the fame thereof was
heard in Pharaoh's house, saying
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Joseph's brethren are come:
and it pleased Pharaoh well,
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and his servants. And Pharaoh
said unto Joseph, Say unto thy
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brethren, This do ye; lade your
beasts, and go, get you unto the
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land of Canaan; and take
your father and your households,
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and come unto me: and I will
give you the good of the land
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of Egypt, and ye shall
eat of the fat of the land.
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Now thou art commanded, this do
ye; take you wagons out of the
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land of Egypt for your
little ones, and for your wives,
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and bring your father, and come.
Also regard not your stuff,
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for the good of all the land of
Egypt is yours. And the children
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of Israel did so: and Joseph
gave them wagons, according to
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the commandment of Pharaoh,
and gave them provision for the
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way. To all of them he gave
each man changes of raiment;
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but to Benjamin he gave 300
pieces of silver, and 5 changes
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of raiment. And to his father he
sent after this manner; 10 asses
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laden with the good things
of Egypt, and 10 she asses laden
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with corn and bread and
meat for his father by the way.
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So he sent his brethren away,
and they departed: and he said
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unto them, See that ye fall not
out by the way. And they went
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up out of Egypt, and came into
the land of Canaan unto Jacob
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their father, and told him,
saying, Joseph is yet alive,
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and he is governor over all the
land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart
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fainted, for he believed
them not. And they told him all
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the words of Joseph, which he
had said unto them: and when he
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saw the wagons which
Joseph had sent to carry him,
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the spirit of Jacob their
father revived: and Israel said,
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It is enough;
Joseph my son is yet alive:
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I will go and
see him before I die.
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Continuing to read in Chapter 46
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the book of Genesis.
And Israel took his journey
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with all that he had, and
came to Beersheba, and offered
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sacrifices unto the God of
his father Isaac. And God spake
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unto Israel in the visions
of the night, and said, Jacob,
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Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
And he said, I am God, the God
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of they father: fear not to
go down into Egypt; for I will
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there make of thee a great
nation: I will go down with thee
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into Egypt; and I will
also surely bring thee up again:
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and Joseph shall put his
hand upon thine eyes. And Jacob
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rose up from Beersheba: and
the sons of Israel carried Jacob
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their father, and their
little ones, and their wives,
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in the wagons which
Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
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And they took their cattle,
and their goods, which they had
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gotten in the land of Canaan,
and came into Egypt, Jacob,
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and all his seed with him: His
sons, and his sons' sons with
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him, his daughters, and
his sons' daughters, and all
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his seed brought he
with him into Egypt.
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And these are the names of the
children of Israel, which came
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into Egypt, Jacob and his
sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
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And the sons of Reuben;
- and the sons of Simeon;
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And the sons of Levi; and the
sons of Judah; and the sons of
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Issachar; and the sons of
Zebulun. - the sons of Leah
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which she bare - and the
sons of Gad; the sons of Asher -
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the sons of Zilpah and the sons
of Rachel, Jacob's wife, Joseph
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and Benjamin. - We're reading
now I skipped, as you may have
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noticed, skipped a lot
of the names of those sons,
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the genealogy. Moving on to
Genesis, chapter 46, verse 20
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We'll pick it up there. - And
unto Joseph in the land of Egypt
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were born Manasseh and Ephraim,
which Asenath the daughter of
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Potipherah, priest of On,
bare unto him. And the sons of
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Benjamin were Belah, and Becher,
and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman,
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Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim
and Ard. These are the sons of
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Rachael, which were born to
Jacob: all the souls were 14.
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And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
And the sons of Naphtali;
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Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer,
and Shillem. These are the sons
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of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto
Rachael his daughter, and she
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bare these unto Jacob: all
the souls were 7. All the souls
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that came with Jacob into Egypt,
which came out of his loins,
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besides Jacob's sons wives, all
the souls were threescore and 6;
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And the sons of Joseph,
which were born him in Egypt,
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were two souls: all the souls of
the house of Jacob, which came
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into Egypt, were threescore
and ten. And he sent Judah
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before him unto Joseph, to
direct his face unto Goshen;
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and they came into the land
of Goshen. And Joseph made ready
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his chariot, and went up to meet
Israel his father, to Goshen,
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and presented himself unto him;
and he fell on his neck and wept
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on his neck a good while.
And Israel said unto Joseph,
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Now let me die, since I have
seen thy face, because thou art
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yet alive. And Joseph said
unto his brethren, and unto his
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father's house, I will go
up, and shew Pharaoh, and say
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unto him, My brethren, and
my father's house, which were in
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the land of Canaan, are
come unto me; and the men are
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shepherds, for their trade hath
been to feed cattle; and they
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have brought their flocks, and
their herds, and all that they
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have. And it shall come to pass,
when Pharaoh shall call you,
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and shall say, What is your
occupation? That ye shall say,
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thy servant's trade hath
been about cattle from our youth
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even until now, both
we, and also our fathers:
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that ye may dwell in the land
of Goshen; for every shepherd is
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an abomination
unto the Egyptians.
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Continuing to read now
in Genesis, in chapter 47,
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This is the King James Version.
Then Joseph came and told
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Pharoah, and said, My
father and my brethren,
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and their flocks, and their
herds, and all that they have,
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are come out of the land of
Canaan; and behold, they are
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in the land of Goshen. And
he took some of his brethren,
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even five men, and
presented them unto Pharaoh,
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And Pharaoh said
unto his brethren,
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What is your occupation?
And they said unto Pharaoh,
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Thy servants are shepherds,
both we, and also our fathers.
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They said moreover unto Pharaoh,
For to sojourn in the land
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are we come; for thy servants
have no pasture for their flocks
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for the famine is sore in the
land of Canaan: now therefore,
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we pray thee, let thy servants
dwell in the land of Goshen.
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And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph,
saying, Thy father and thy
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brethren are come unto thee:
The land of Egypt is before thee
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in the best of the land make thy
father and brethren to dwell;
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in the land of Goshen let them
dwell: and if thou knowest any
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men of activity among
them, then make them rulers over
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my cattle. And Joseph brought
in Jacob his father, and set him
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before Pharaoh: and
Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
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And Pharaoh said unto Jacob,
How old art thou? And Jacob
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said unto Pharaoh, The days of
the years of my pilgrimage are
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an hundred and thirty years:
few and evil have the days of
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the years of my life been, and
have not attained unto the days
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of the years of the life of
my fathers in the days of their
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pilgrimage. And Jacob blessed
Pharaoh, and went out from
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before Pharaoh. And
Joseph placed his father and his
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brethren, and gave them a
possession in the land of Egypt,
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in the best of the land, in
the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh
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had commanded. And Joseph
nourished his father, and his
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brethren, and all his
father's household, with bread,
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according to their families. And
there was no bread in all the
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land; for the famine was very
sore, so that the land of Egypt
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and all the land of Canaan
fainted by reason of the famine.
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And Joseph gathered up all the
money that was found in the land
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of Egypt, and in the land of
Canaan, for the corn which they
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bought: and Joseph brought
the money into Pharaoh's house.
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And when money failed in the
land of Egypt, and in the land
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of Canaan, all the Egyptians
came unto Joseph, and said,
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give us bread: for why
should we die in thy presence?
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for the money faileth. And
Joseph said, Give your cattle
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and I will give you for
your cattle, if money fail.
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And they brought their cattle
unto Joseph: and Joseph gave
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them bread in exchange for
horses, and for their flocks,
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and for the cattle of the herds,
and for the asses: and he fed
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them with bread for all their
cattle for that year. When that
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year was ended, they came unto
him the second year, and said
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unto him, We will not hide it
from my lord, how that our money
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is spent; my lord also hath
our herds of cattle; there is
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aught left in the sight
of my lord, but our bodies,
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and our lands: Wherefore
shall we die before thine eyes,
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both we and our land? buy us
and our land for bread, and we
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and our land will be servants
unto Pharaoh: and give us seed
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that we may live, and not die,
that the land be not desolate.
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And Joseph bought all the land
of Egypt for Pharoah; for the
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Egyptians sold every man
his field, because the famine
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prevailed over them: so
the land became Pharaoh's.
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and as for the people,
he removed them to cities
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from one end of the borders
of Egypt even to the other end
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thereof. Only the land of
the priests bought he not;
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for the priests had a portion
assigned them of Pharaoh,
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and did eat their portion which
Pharaoh gave them; wherefore
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they sold not their lands. Then
Joseph said unto the people,
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Behold, I have bought you this
day and your land for Pharaoh:
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lo, here is seed for you,
and ye shall sow the land.
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And it shall come to pass in
the increase, that ye shall give
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the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and
four parts shall be your own,
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for seed of the field, and for
your food, and for them of your
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households, and for food for
your little ones. And they said,
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Thou hast saved our lives; let
us find grace in the sight of
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my lord, and we will
be Pharaoh's servants.
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And Joseph made it a law over
the land of Egypt unto this day
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that Pharaoh should have the
fifth part; except the land of
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the priests only,
which became not Pharaoh's.
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And Israel dwelt in the
land of Egypt, in the country of
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Goshen; and they had possessions
therein, and grew and multiplied
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exceedingly. And Jacob lived
in the land of Egypt 17 years:
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so the whole age of Jacob was an
hundred forty and seven years.
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And the time drew nigh that
Israel must die: and he called
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his son Joseph, and said unto
him, If now I have found grace
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in thy sight, put, I pray
thee, thy hand under my thigh,
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and deal kindly and truly with
me; bury me not, I pray thee,
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in Egypt: But I will lie
with my fathers, and thou shalt
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carry me out of Egypt, and
bury me in their burying place.
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And he said, I will do as
thou hast said. And he said,
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Swear unto me. And he sware unto
him. And Israel bowed himself
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upon the bed's head.
Continuing now with chapter 48.
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This is the King James Version.
And it came to pass after these
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things, that one told Joseph,
Behold, thy father is sick:
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and he took with him his
two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
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And one told Jacob, and said,
Behold, thy son Joseph cometh
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unto thee: and
Israel strengthened himself,
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and sat upon the bed.
And Jacob said unto Joseph,
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God Almighty appeared unto me at
Luz in the land of Canaan, and
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blessed me and said unto me,
Behold I will make thee fruitful
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and multiply thee, and I
will make of thee a multitude of
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people; and will give this land
to thy seed after thee for an
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everlasting possession.
And now thy two sons,
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Ephraim and Manasseh, which
were born unto thee in the land
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of Egypt before I came
unto thee into Egypt, are mine;
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as Reuben and Simeon, they shall
be mine. And thy issue, which
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thou begettest after them, shall
be thine, and shall be called
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after the name of their
brethren in their inheritance.
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And as for me, when I came
from Padan, Rachel died by me
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in the land of Canaan in the way
when yet there was but a little
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way to come to Ephrath: and I
buried her there in the way of
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Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
And Israel beheld Joseph's
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sons, and said, Who are
these? We'll pick up the story
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next time we're together.
Thank you for joining with me.
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Goodbye.
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