#Genesis

And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon… And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed himAnd Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. 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. {mourned: Heb. wept} 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, 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. [Read More]

And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves… And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you {that} which shall befall you in the last daysGather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. Reuben, thou {art} my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 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. [Read More]

And it came to pass after these things, that {one}… 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 EphraimAnd {one} told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 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. [Read More]

Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father… 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 GoshenAnd he took some of his brethren, {even} five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What {is} your occupation? [Read More]

And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and… And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father IsaacAnd God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here {am} I. 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: 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. [Read More]

Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them… Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from meAnd there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. {wept…: Heb. gave forth his voice in weeping} And Joseph said unto his brethren, I {am} Joseph; doth my father yet live? [Read More]

And he commanded the steward of his house, saying,… 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{the steward…: Heb. him that was over his house} 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. [Read More]

And the famine {was} sore in the land…. And the famine {was} sore in the landAnd 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. 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. [Read More]

Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob… Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? 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 dieAnd Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. [Read More]

And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that… And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the riverAnd, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the {other} kine upon the brink of the river. [Read More]