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14 And they sayde vnto them we can not do this thinge yt we shulde geue oure syster to one that is vncircumcysed for that were a shame vnto us. 15 Only in this will we consent vnto you? Yf ye will be as we be that all the men childern amonge you be circumcysed 16 tha will we geue oure doughter to you and take youres to vs and will dwell with you and be one people. 17 But and yf ye will not harken vnto vs to be circumcysed than will we take oure doughter and goo oure wayes. 18 And their wordes pleased Hemor and Sichem his sonne. 19 And the yonge man deferde not for to do the thinge because he had a lust to Iacobs doughter: he was also most sett by of all that were in his fathers house. 20 Tha Hemor and Sichem went vnto the gate of their cyte and comened with the men of their cyte sayncte. 21 These men ar peasable with us and will dwell in the lade and do their occupatio therin And in the land is rowme ynough for the let us take their doughters to wyues and geue them oures: 22 only herin will they consent vnto vs for to dwell with vs and to be one people: yf all the men childern that are amonge vs be circumcysed as they are. 23 Their goodes and their substance and all their catell are oures only let vs consente vnto them that they maye dwell with vs. 24 And vnto Hemor and Sichem his sonneharkened all that went out at the gate of his cyte. And all the men childern were circumcysed what soeuer went out at the gates of his cyte. 25 And the third daye when it was paynefull to them ij. of the sonnes of Iacob Simeon and Leui Dinas brethren toke ether of them his swerde and went in to the cyte boldly and slewe all yt was male 26 and slewe also Hemor and Sichem his sonne with the edge of the swerde ad toke Dina their sister out of Sichems house and went their waye. 27 Than came the sonnes of Iacob vpon the deede and spoyled the cyte because they had defyled their sister: 28 and toke their shepe oxen asses and what so euer was in the cyte and also in ye feldes 29. And all their goodes all their childern and their wyues toke they captyue and made havock of all that was in the houses. 30 And Iacob sayde to Simeon and Leui: ye haue troubled me ad made me styncke vnto the inhabitatours of the lande both to the Canaanytes and also vnto the Pherezites. And I am fewe in nombre. Wherfore they shall gather them selves together agaynst me and sley me and so shall I and my house be dystroyed. 31 And they answered: shuld they deall with oure sister as wyth an whoore? Chapter 35 1 And God sayd vnto Iacob aryse ad get the vp to Bethell and dwell there. And make there an aulter vnto God that apeared vnto the when thou fleddest from Esau thy brother. 2 Than sayd Iacob vnto his housholde and to all yt were with him put away the strauge goddes that are amonge you and make youre selues cleane and chaunge youre garmetes 3 and let vs aryse and goo vp to Bethell yt I maye make an aulter there vnto God which herde me in the daye of my tribulatio and was wyth me in the waye which I went. 4 And they gaue vnto Iacob all the straunge goddes which were vnder their handes ad all their earynges which were in their eares and Iacob hyd them vnder an ooke at Sichem.
5 And they departed. And the feare of God fell vpon the cyties that were rounde aboute them that they durst not folowe after the sonnes of Iacob. 6 So came Iacob to Lus in the lande of Canaan otherwise called Bethell with all the people that was with him. 7 And he buylded there an aulter and called the place Elbethell: because that God appered vnto him there when he fled from his brother. 8 Than dyed Deborr Rebeccas norse and was buryed benethe Bethell vnder an ooke. And the name of it was called the ooke of lamentation. 9 And God appeared vnto Iacob agayne after he came out of Mesopotamia and blessed him 10 and sayde vnto him: thy name is Iacob. Notwithstondynge thou shalt be nomore called Iacob but Israel shalbe thy name. And so was his name called Israell. 11 And God sayde vnto him: I am God allmightie growe and multiplye: for people and a multitude of people shall sprynge of the yee ad kynges shall come out of they loynes. 12 And the lande which I gaue Abraha and Isaac will I geue vnto the and vnto thi seed after the will I geue it also. 13 And god departed fro him in the place where he talked with him. 14 And Iacob set vp a marke in the place where he talked with him: euen a pilloure of stone and powred drynkeoffringe theron and powred also oyle theron 15 and called the name of the place where God spake with him Bethell. 16 And they departed from Bethel and when he was but a feld brede from Ephrath Rahel began to trauell. And in travelynge she was in perell. 17 And as she was in paynes of hir laboure the mydwyfe sayde vnto her: feare not for thou shalt haue this sonne also. 18 Then as hir soule was a departinge that she must dye: she called his name Ben Oni. But his father called him Ben Iamin. 19 And thus dyed Rahel ad was buryed in the waye to Ephrath which now is called Bethlehem. 20 And Iacob sett vp a piller apon hir graue which is called Rahels graue piller vnto this daye. 21 And Israell went thece and pitched vp his tent beyonde the toure of Eder. 22 And it chaunced as Israel dwelt in that lande that Ruben went and laye with Bilha his fathers concubyne and it came to Israels eare. The sonnes of Iacob were .xij. in nombre. 23 The sonnes of Lea. Ruben Iacobs eldest sonne and Simeo Leui Iuda Isachar and Zabulon 24 The sonnes of Rahel: Ioseph and Ben Iamin. 25 The sonnes of Bilha Rahels mayde: Dan and Nepthali. 26 The sonnes of Zilpha Leas mayde Gad and Aser. Thes are the sones of Iacob which were borne him in Mesopotamia. 27 Then Iacob went vnto Isaac his father to Mamre a pricipall cyte otherwise called Hebron: where Abraha and Isaac sogeorned as straungers. 28 And the dayes of Isaac were an hundred and .lxxx. yeres: 29 and than fell he seke and dyed ad was put vnto his people: beynge olde and full of dayes. And his sonnes Esau ad Iacob buried him. Chapter 36 1 These are the generations of Esau which is called Edo. 2 Esau toke his wyues of the doughters of Canaan Ada the doughter of Elon an Hethite and Ahalibama the doughter of Ana which Ana was the sonne of Zibeon an heuyte 3 And Basmath Ismaels doughter and sister of Nebaioth.
4 And Ada bare vnto Esau Eliphas: and Basmath bare Reguel: 5 And Ahalibama bare Ieus Iaelam and Rorah. These are the sonnes of Esau which were borne him in the lande of Canaan. 6 And Esau toke his wyues his sonnes and doughters and all the soules of his house: his goodes and all his catell and all his substance which he had gott in the land of Canaan ad went in to a countre awaye from his brother Iacob: 7 for their ryches was so moch that they coude not dwell together and that the land where in they were straungers coude not receaue the: because of their catell. 8 Thus dwelt Esau in moute Seir which Esau is called Edo 9 These are the generations of Esau father of the Edomytes in mounte Seir 10 and these are the names of Esaus sonnes: Eliphas the sonne of Ada the wife of Esau ad Reguel the sonne of Basmath the wife of Esau also. 11 And the sonnes of Eliphas were. Theman Omar Zepho Gactham and kenas. 12 And thimna was concubyne to Eliphas Esaus sonne and bare vnto Eliphas Amalech. And these be the sonnes of Ada Esaus wyfe. 13 And these are the sonnes of Reguel: Nahath Serah Samma and Misa: these were the sonnes of Basmath Esaus wyfe. 14 And these were the sonnes of Ahalibama Esaus wyfe the doughter of Ana sonne of Zebeo which she bare vnto Esau: Ieus Iealam and Korah. 15 These were dukes of the sonnes of Esau. The childern of Eliphas the first sone of Esau were these: duke Theman duke Omar duke Zepho duke Kenas 16 duke Korah duke Gaetham and duke Amalech: these are ye dukes that came of Eliphas in the lande of Edom ad these were the sonnes of Ada. 17 These were the childern of Requel. Esaus sonne: duke Nahath duke Serah duke Samma duke Misa. These are the dukes that came of Reguel in the lande of Edom ad these were the sonnes of Basmath Esaus wyfe. 18 These were the childern of Ahalibama Esaus wife: duke Ieus duke Iaelam duke Korah these dukes came of Ahalibama ye doughter of Ana Esaus wife. 19 These are the childern of Esau and these are the dukes of them: which Esau is called Edom: 20 These are the childern of Seir the Horite the in habitoure of the lande: Lothan Sobal Zibeon Ana 21 Dison Eser and Disan. These are the dukes of ye horites the childern of Seir in the lande of Edom. 22 And the childern of Lothan were: Hori and Hemam. And Lothans sister was called Thimna. 23 The childern of Sobal were these: Alvan Manahath Ebal Sepho and Onam. 24 These were the childern of Zibeo. Aia and ana this was yt Ana yt foude ye mules in ye wildernes as he fed his father Zibeons asses. 25 The childern of Ana were these. Dison and Ahalibama ye doughter of Ana. 26 These are the childern of Dison. Hemdan Esban Iethran and Chera. 27 The childern of Ezer were these Bilhan Seavan and Akan. 28 The childern of Disan were: Vzand Aran. 29 These are the dukes that came of Hori: duke Lothan duke Sobal duke Zibeo duke Ana 30 duke Dison duke Ezer duke Disan. These be the dukes that came of Hory in their dukedos in the land of Seir. 31 These are the kynges that reigned in the lande of Edom before there reigned any kynge amonge the childern of Israel. 32 Bela the sonne of Beor reigned in Edomea and the name of his cyte was Dinhaba. 33 And when Bela dyed Iobab the sonne of Serah out of Bezara reigned in his steade.
34 When Iobab was dead Husam of the lande of Themany reigned in his steade. 35 And after the deth of Husam Hadad the sonne of Bedad which stewe the Madianytes in the feld of the Moabytes reigned in his steade and the name of his cyte was Avith. 36 Whe Hadad was dead Samla of Masteka reigned in his steade. 37 Whe Samla was dead Saul of the ryver Rehoboth reigned in his steade. 38 When Saul was dead Baalhanan the sonne of Achbor reigned in his steade. 39 And after the deth of Baal Hanan the sonne of Achbor Hadad reigned in his steade and the name of his cyte was Pagu. And his wifes name Mehetabeel the doughter of matred the doughter of Mesaab. 40 These are the names of the dukes that came of Esau in their kynreddds places and names: Duke Thimma duke Alua duke Ietheth 41 duke Ahalibama duke Ela duke Pinon 42 duke Kenas duke Theman duke Mibzar 43 duke Magdiel duke Iram. These be the dukes of Edomea in their habitations in the lande of their possessions. This Esau is the father of the Edomytes. Chapter 37 1 And Iacob dwelt in the lande wherein his father was a straunger yt is to saye in the lande of Canaan. 2 And these are the generations of Iacob: when Ioseph was .xvij. yere olde he kepte shepe with his brethren and the lad was with the sonnes of Bilha and of Zilpha his fathers wyues. And he brought vnto their father an euyll saynge yt was of them. 3 And Israel loued Ioseph more than all his childern because he begat hym in his olde age and he made him a coote of many coloures. 4 When his brothren sawe that their father loued him more than all his brethern they hated him and coude not speke one kynde worde vnto him. 5 Moreouer Ioseph dreamed a dreawe and tolde it his brethren: wherfore they hated him yet the more. 6 And he sayde vnto them heare I praye yow this dreame which I haue dreamed: 7 Beholde we were makynge sheues in the felde: and loo my shefe arose and stode vpright and youres stode rounde aboute and made obeysaunce to my shefe. 8 Than sayde his brethren vnto him: what shalt thou be oure kynge or shalt thou reigne ouer us? And they hated hi yet the more because of his dreame and of his wordes. 9 And he dreamed yet another dreame and told it his brethren saynge: beholde I haue had one dreame more: me thought the sonne and the moone and .xi. starres made obaysaunce to me. 10 And when he had told it vnto his father and his brethern his father rebuked him and sayde vnto him: what meaneth this dreame which thou hast dreamed: shall I and thy mother and thy brethren come and fall on the grounde before the? 11 And his brethern hated him but his father noted the saynge. 12 His brethren went to kepe their fathers shepe in Sichem 13 and Israell sayde vnto Ioseph: do not thy brethern kepe in Sichem? come that I may send ye to the. And he answered here am I 14 And he sayde vnto him: goo and see whether it be well with thy brethren and the shepe and brynge me worde agayne: And sent him out of the vale of Hebron for to go to Sichem. 15 And a certayne man founde him wandrynge out of his waye in the felde ad axed him what he soughte. 16 And he answered: I seke my brethren tell me I praye the where they kepe shepe 17 And the man sayde they are departed hece for I herde them say let vs goo vnto Dothan. Thus went Ioseph after his brethren and founde them in Dothan.
18 And whe they sawe him a farr of before he came at them they toke councell agaynst him for to sley him 19 and sayde one to another Beholde this dreamer cometh 20 come now and let us sley him and cast him in to some pytt and let vs saye that sonne wiked beast hath deuoured him and let us see what his dreames wyll come to. 21 When Ruben herde that he wet aboute to ryd him out of their handes and sayde let vs not kyll him. 22 And Ruben sayde moreouer vnto them shed not his bloude but cast him in to this pytt that is in the wildernes and laye no handes vpon him: for he wolde haue rydd him out of their handes and delyuered him to his father agayne. 23 And as soone as Ioseph was come vnto his brethren they strypte him out of his gay coote that was vpon him 24 and they toke him and cast him in to a pytt: But the pytt was emptie and had no water therein. 25 And they satt them doune to eate brede. And as they lyft vp their eyes and loked aboute there came a companye of Ismaelites from Gilead and their camels lade with spicery baulme and myrre and were goynge doune in to Egipte. 26 Than sayde Iuda to his brethre what avayleth it that we sley oure brother and kepe his bloude secrett? 27 come on let vs sell him to the Ismaelites and let not oure handes be defyled vpon him: for he is oure brother and oure flesh. And his brethren were content. 28 Than as the Madianites marchaunt men passed by they drewe Ioseph out of the pytt and sold him vnto the Ismaelites for .xx. peces of syluer.And they brought him into Egipte. 29 And when Ruben came agayne vnto the pytt and founde not Ioseph there he rent his cloothes 30 and went agayne vnto his brethern saynge: the lad is not yonder and whether shall I goo? 31 And they toke Iosephs coote ad kylled a goote and dypped the coote in the bloud. 32 And they sent that gay coote and caused it to be brought vnto their father and sayd: This haue we founde: se whether it be thy sones coote or no. 33 And he knewe it saynge: it is my sonnes coote a wicked beast hath deuoured him and Ioseph is rent in peces. 34 And Iacob rent his cloothes ad put sacke clothe aboute his loynes and sorowed for his sonne a longe season. 35 Than came all his sonnes ad all his doughters to comforte him. And he wold not be comforted but sayde: I will go doune in to ye grave vnto my sonne mornynge. And thus his father wepte for him. 36 And the Madianytes solde him in Egipte vnto Putiphar a lorde of Pharaos: and his chefe marshall. Chapter 38 1 And it fortuned at that tyme that Iudas went from his brethren and gatt him to a man called Hira of Odollam 2 and there he sawe the doughter of a man called Sua a Canaanyte. And he toke her ad went in vnto her. 3 And she conceaued and bare a sonne and called his name Er. 4 And she conceaued agayne and bare a sonne and called him Onan. 5 And she conceaued the thyrde tyme and bare a sonne whom she called Scla: and he was at Chesyb when she bare hem. 6 And Iudas gaue Er his eldest sonne a wife whose name was Thamar.
7 But this Er Iudas eldest sonne was wicked in the syghte of the LORde wherfore the LORde slewe him. 8 Than sayde Iudas vnto Onan: goo in to thi brothers wyfe and Marie her and styrre vp seed vnto thy brother. 9 And when Onan perceaued that the seed shulde not be his: therfore when he went in to his brothers wife he spylled it on the grounde because he wold not geue seed vnto his brother. 10 And the thinge which he dyd displeased the LORde wherfore he slew him also. 11 Than sayde Iudas to Thamar his doughter in lawe: remayne a wydow at thi fathers house tyll Sela my sonne be growne: for he feared lest he shulde haue dyed also as his brethren did. Thus went Thamar and dwelt in hir fathers house. 12 And in processe of tyme the doughter of Sua Iudas wife dyed. Than Iudas when he had left mornynge went vnto his shepe sherers to Thimnath with his frende Hira of Odollam. 13 And one told Thamar saynge: beholde thy father in lawe goth vp to Thimnath to shere his shepe. 14 And she put hyr wydows garmetes of from her and couered her with a clooke and disgyssed herself: And sat her downe at the entrynge of Enaim which is by the hye wayes syde to Thimnath for because she sawe that Sela was growne and she was not geue vnto him to wife. 15 When Iuda sawe her he thought it had bene an hoore because she had couered hyr face. 16 And turned to her vnto the waye and sayde come I praye the let me lye with the for he knewe not that it was his doughter in lawe. And she sayde what wylt thou gyue me for to lye with me? 17 Tha sayde he I will sende the a kydd fro the flocke. She answered Than geue me a pledge till thou sende it. 18 Than sayde he what pledge shall I geue the? And she sayde: they sygnett thy necke lace and thy staffe that is in thy hande. And he gaue it her and lay by her and she was with child by him. 19 And she gatt her vp and went and put her mantell from her ad put on hir widowes rayment agayne. 20 And Iudas sent the kydd by his neybure of Odollam for to fetch out his pledge agayne from the wifes hande. But he fownde her not. 21 Than asked he the men of the same place saynge: where is the whoore that satt at Enaim in the waye? And they sayde: there was no whoore here. 22 And he came to Iuda agayne saynge: I can not fynde her and also the men of the place sayde: that there was no whoore there. 23 And Iuda sayde: let her take it to her lest we be shamed: for I sente the kydd and thou coudest not fynde her. 24 And it came to passe that after .iij. monethes one tolde Iuda saynge: Thamar thy doughter in lawe hath played the whoore and with playnge the whoore is become great with childe. And Iuda sayde: brynge her forth ad let her be brente. 25 And when they brought her forth she sent to her father in lawe saynge: by the ma vnto whome these thinges pertayne am I with childe. And sayd also: loke whose are this seall necklace and staffe. 26 And Iuda knewe them saynge: she is more rightwes tha I because I gaue her not to Sela my sone. But he laye with her nomore. 27 When tyme was come that she shulde be delyuered beholde there was .ij. twynnes in hyr wobe.
28 And as she traveled the one put out his hande and the mydwife toke and bownde a reed threde aboute it saynge: this wyll come out fyrst. 29 But he plucked his hande backe agayne and his brother came out. And she sayde: wherfore hast thou rent a rent vppon the? and called him Pharez. 30 And afterward came out his brother that had the reade threde about his hade which was called Zarah. Chapter 39 1 Ioseph was brought vnto Egipte ad Putiphar a lorde of Pharaos: ad his chefe marshall an Egiptian bought him of ye Ismaelites which brought hi thither 2 And the LORde was with Ioseph and he was a luckie felowe and continued in the house of his master the Egiptian. 3 And his master sawe that the ORde was with him and that the LORde made all that he dyd prosper in his hande: 4 Wherfore he founde grace in his masters syghte and serued him. And his master made him ruelar of his house and put all that he had in his hande. 5 And as soone as he had made him ruelar ouer his house ad ouer all that he had the LORde blessed this Egiptians house for Iosephs sake and the blessynge of the LORde was vpon all that he had: both in the house and also in the feldes. 6 And therfore he left all that he had in Iosephs hande and loked vpon nothinge that was with him saue only on the bread which he ate. And Ioseph was a goodly persone and a well favored 7 And it fortuned after this that his masters wife cast hir eyes vpon Ioseph and sayde come lye with me. 8 But he denyed and sayde to her: Beholde my master woteth not what he hath in the house with me but hath commytted all that he hath to my hande 9 He him selfe is not greatter in the house than I ad hath kepte nothige fro me but only the because thou art his wife. How than cam I do this great wykydnes for to synne agaynst God? 10 And after this maner spake she to Ioseph daye by daye: but he harkened not vnto her to slepe nere her or to be in her company. 11 And it fortuned aboute the same season that Ioseph entred in to the house to do his busynes: and there was none of the houshold by in the house. 12 And she caught him by the garment saynge: come slepe with me. And he left his garment in hir hande ad fled and gott him out 13 when she sawe that he had left his garmet in hir hande and was fled out 14 she called vnto the men of the house and tolde them saynge: Se he hath brought in an Hebrewe vnto vs to do vs shame. for he came in to me for to haue slept myth me. But I cried with a lowde voyce. 15 And when he harde that I lyfte vp my voyce and cryed he left his garment with me and fled awaye and got him out. 16 And she layed vp his garment by her vntill hir lorde came home. 17 And she told him acordynge to these wordes saynge. This Hebrues servaunte which thou hast brought vnto vs came in to me to do me shame. 18 But as soone as I lyft vp my voyce and cryed he left his garment with me and fled out. 19 When his master herde the woordes of his wyfe which she tolde him saynge: after this maner dyd thy servaunte to me he waxed wrooth. 20 And he toke Ioseph and put him in pryson: euen in the place where the kinges prisoners laye bounde. And there contynued he in preson.
21 But the LORde was with Ioseph ad shewed him mercie and gott him fauoure in the syghte of the keper of ye preson 22 which commytted to Iosephe hade all the presoners that were in the preson housse. And what soeuer was done there yt dyd he. 23 And the keper of the preso loked vnto nothinge that was vnder his hande because the LORde was with him and because that what soeuer he dyd the LORde made it come luckely to passe. Chapter 40 1 And it chaunced after this that the chefe butlar of the kynge of Egipte and his chefe baker had offended there lorde the kynge of Egypte. 2 And Pharao was angrie with them and put the in warde in his chefe marshals house: 3 euen in ye preson where Ioseph was bownd. 4 And the chefe marshall gaue Ioseph a charge with them and he serued them. And they contynued a season in warde. 5 And they dreamed ether of them in one nyghte: both the butlar and the baker of the kynge of Egipte which were bownde in the preson house ether of them his dreame and eche manes dreame of a sondrie interpretation 6 When Ioseph came in vnto them in the mornynge and loked apon them: beholde they were sadd. 7 And he asked them saynge wherfore loke ye so sadly to daye? 8 They answered him we haue dreamed a dreame and haue no man to declare it. And Ioseph sayde vnto the. Interpretynge belongeth to God but tel me yet. 9 And the chefe butlar tolde his dreame to Ioseph and sayde vnto him. In my dreame me thought there stode a vyne before me 10 and in the vyne were .iij. braunches and it was as though it budded and her blossos shottforth: and ye grapes there of waxed rype. 11 And I had Pharaos cuppe in my hande and toke of the grapes and wronge them in to Pharaos cuppe and delyvered Pharaos cuppe into his hande. 12 And Ioseph sayde vnto him this is the interpretation of it. 13 The .iij. braunches ar thre dayes: for within thre dayes shall Pharao lyft vp thine heade and restore the vnto thyne office agayne and thou shalt delyuer Pharaos cuppe in to his hade after the old maner even as thou dydest when thou wast his butlar. 14 But thinke on me with the when thou art in good case and shewe mercie vnto me. And make mencion of me to Pharao and helpe to brynge me out of this house: 15 for I was stollen out of the lande of the Hebrues and here also haue I done nothige at all wherfore they shulde haue put me in to this dongeon. 16 When the chefe baker sawe that he had well interpretate it he sayde vnto Ioseph me thought also in my dreame yt I had. iij. wyker baskettes on my heade? 17 And in ye vppermost basket of all maner bakemeates for Pharao. And the byrdes ate them out of the basket apon my heade 18 Ioseph answered and sayde: this is the interpretation therof. The .iij. baskettes are .iij. dayes 19 for this daye .iij. dayes shall Pharao take thy heade from the and shall hange the on a tree and the byrdes shall eate thy flesh from of the. 20 And it came to passe the thyrde daye which was Pharaos byrth daye that he made a feast vnto all his servauntes. And he lyfted vpp the head of the chefe buttelar and of the chefe baker amonge his servauntes. 21 And restored the chefe buttelar vnto his buttelarshipe agayne and he reched the cuppe in to Pharaos hande
22 ad hanged the chefe baker: eue as Ioseph had interpretated vnto the. 23 Notwithstonding the chefe buttelar remembred not Ioseph but forgat hym. Chapter 41 1 And it fortuned at .ij. yeres end that Pharao dreamed and thought that he stode by a ryuers syde and that there came out of the ryver 2.vij. goodly kyne and fatt fleshed and fedd in a medowe. 3 And him though that .vij. other kyne came vp after them out of the ryver euelfauored and leane fleshed and stode by the other vpon the brynke of the ryuer. 4 And the evill favored and Ienefleshed kyne ate vp the .vij. welfauored and fatt kyne: and be awoke their with. 5 And he slepte agayne and dreamed the second tyme that .vij. eares of corne grewe apon one stalke rancke and goodly. 6 And that .vij. thynne eares blasted with the wynde spronge vp after them: 7 and that the .vij. thynne eares deuowrerd the .vij. rancke and full eares. And than Pharao awaked: and se here is his dreame. 8 When the mornynge came his sprete was troubled And he sent and casted for all the soythsayers of Egypte and all the wyse men there of and told them his dreame: but there was none of them that coude interpretate it vnto Pharao. 9 Than spake the chefe buttelar vnto Pharao saynge. I do remembre my fawte this daye. 10 Pharao was angrie with his servauntes and put in warde in the chefe marshals house both me and the chefe baker. 11 And we dreamed both of vs in one nyght and ech mannes dreame of a sondrye interpretation. 12 And there was with vs a yonge man an Hebrue borne servaunte vnto the chefe marshall. And we told him and he declared oure dreames to vs acordynge to ether of oure dreames. 13 And as he declared them vnto vs euen so it came to passe. I was restored to myne office agayne and he was hanged. 14 Than Pharao sent and called Ioseph. And they made him haste out of preson. And he shaued him self and chaunged his rayment and went in to Pharao. 15 And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: I haue dreamed a dreame and no man ca interpretate it but I haue herde saye of the yt as soon as thou hearest a dreame thou dost interpretate it. 16 And Ioseph answered Pharao saynge: God shall geue Pharao an answere of peace without me. 17 Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: in my dreame me thought I stode by a ryvers syde and there came out of the ryver 18 vij fatt fleshed ad well fauored kyne and fedd in the medowe. 19 And then .vij. other kyne came vp after them poore and very euell fauored ad leane fleshed: so that I neuer sawe their lyke in all the lande of Egipte in euell fauordnesse. 20 And the .vij. leane and euell fauored kyne ate vpp the first .vij. fatt kyne 21 And when they had eaten them vp a man cowde not perceaue that they had eate them: for they were still as evyll fauored as they were at the begynnynge. And I awoke. 22 And I sawe agayne in my dreame .vij. eares sprynge out of one stalk full and good 23 and .vij. other eares wytherd thinne and blasted with wynde sprynge vp after them. 24 And the thynne eares deuowred the .vij. good cares. And I haue tolde it vnto the sothsayers but no man can tell me what it meaneth. 25 Then Ioseph sayde vnto Pharao: both Pharaos dreames are one. And god doth shewe Pharao what he is aboute to do.
26 The vij. good kyne are .vij yeare: and the .vij. good eares are .vij. yere also and is but one dreame. 27 Lykewyse the .vij. thynne and euell fauored kyne that came out after them are .vij. yeares: and the .vij. emptie and blasted eares shalbe vij. yeares of hunger. 28 This is that which I sayde vnto Pharao that God doth shewe Pharao what he is aboute to doo. 29 Beholde there shall come .vij. yere of great plenteousnes through out all the lande of Egypte. 30 And there shall aryse after them vij. yeres of hunger. So that all the plenteousnes shalbe forgeten in the lande of Egipte. And the hunger shall consume the lande: 31 so that the plenteousnes shall not be once asene in the land by reason of that hunger that shall come after for it shalbe exceading great 32 And as concernynge that the dreame was dubled vnto Pharao the second tyme it belokeneth that the thynge is certanly prepared of God ad that God will shortly brynge it to passe. 33 Now therfore let Pharao provyde for a man of vnderstondynge and wysdome and sett him over the lande of Egipte. 34 And let Pharao make officers ouer the lande and take vp the fyfte parte of the land of Egipte in the vij. plenteous yeres 35 and let them gather all the foode of these good yeres that come ad lay vp corne vnder the power of Pharo: that there may be foode in the cities 36 and there let them kepte it: that there may be foode in stoore in the lande agaynst the .vij. yeres of hunger which shall come in the lande of Egipte and that the lande perishe not thorow hunger. 37 And the saynge pleased Pharao ad all his seruauntes. 38 Than sayde Pharao vnto his seruavauntes: where shall we fynde soch a ma as this is that hath the sprete of God in him? 39 wherfore Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: for as moch as God hath shewed the all this there is no man of vnderstondyng nor of wysdome lyke vnto the 40 Thou therfore shalt be ouer my house and acordinge to thy worde shall all my people obey: only in the kynges seate will I be aboue the. 41 And he sayde vnto Ioseph: beholde I haue sett the ouer all the lande of Egipte. 42 And he toke off his rynge from his fyngre and put it vpon Iosephs fingre and arayed him in raymet of bisse and put a golden cheyne aboute his necke 43 and set him vpon the best charett that he had saue one. And they cryed before him Abrech ad that Pharao had made him ruelar ouer all the lande of Egipte. 44 And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: I am Pharao without thi will shall no man lifte vp ether his hande or fote in all the lande of Egipte. 45 And be called Iosephs name Zaphnath Paenea. And he gaue him to wyfe Asnath the doughter of Potiphara preast of On. Than went Ioseph abrode in the lade of Egipte. 46 And he was .xxx. yere olde whe he stode before Pharao kynge of Egipte. And than Ioseph departed from Pharao and went thorow out all the lande of Egipte. 47 And in the .vij. pleteous yeres they made sheves and gathered 48 vp all the fode of the .vij. plenteous yeres which were in the lande of Egipte and put it in to the cities. And he put the food of the feldes that grewe rounde aboute euery cyte: euen in the same. 49 And Ioseph layde vp corne in stoore lyke vnto the sande of the see in multitude out of mesure vntyll he left nombrynge: For it was with out nombre. 50 And vnto Ioseph were borne .ij. sonnes before the yeres of hunger came which Asnath the doughter of Potiphara preast of On bare vnto him.
51 And he called the name of the first sonne Manasse for God (sayde he) hath made me forgett all my laboure and all my fathers husholde. 52 The seconde called he Ephraim for God (sayde he) hath caused me to growe in the lande of my trouble. 53 And when the .vij. yeres plenteousnes that was in the lands of Egypte were ended 54 than came the .vij. yeres of derth acordynge as Ioseph had sayde. And the derth was in all landes: but in the lade of Egipte was there yet foode. 55 When now all the lande of Egipte began to hunger than cried the people to Pharao for bread. And Pharao sayde vnto all Egipte: goo vnto Ioseph and what he sayth to you that doo 56 And when the derth was thorow out all the lande Ioseph opened all that was in the cities and solde vnto the Egiptias And hunger waxed fore in the land of Egipte. 57 And all countrees came to Egipte to Ioseph for to bye corne: because that the hunger was so sore in all landes. Chapter 42 1 When Iacob sawe that there was corne to be solde in Egipte he sayde vnto his sones: why are ye negligent? 2 beholde I haue hearde that there is corne to be solde in Egipte. Gete you thither and bye vs corne fro thece that we maye lyue and not dye. 3 So went Iosephs ten brethern doune to bye corne in Egipte 4 for Ben Iamin Iosephs brother wold not Iacob sende with his other brethren: for he sayde: some mysfortune myght happen him 5 And the sonnes of Israell came to bye corne amonge other that came for there was derth also in the lande of Canaan. 6 And Ioseph was gouerner in the londe and solde corne to all the people of the londe. And his brethren came and fell flatt on the grounde before him. 7 When Ioseph sawe his brethern he knewe them: But made straunge vnto them and spake rughly vnto them saynge: Whence come ye? and they sayde: out of the lande of Canaan to bye vitayle. 8 Ioseph knewe his brethern but they knewe not him. 9 And Ioseph remembred his dreames which he dreamed of them and sayde vnto them: ye are spies and to se where the lande is weake is youre comynge. 10 And they sayde vnto him: nay my lorde: but to bye vitayle thy seruauntes are come. 11 We are all one mans sonnes and meane truely and thy seruauntes are no spies. 12 And he sayde vnto them: nay verely but euen to se where the land is weake is youre comynge. 13 And they sayde: we thi seruauntes are .xij. brethern the sonnes of one man in the lande of Canaan. The yongest is yet with oure father and one no man woteth where he is. 14 Ioseph sayde vnto them that is it that I sayde vnto you that ye are surelye spies. 15 Here by ye shall be proued. For by the lyfe of Pharao ye shall not goo hence vntyll youre yongest brother be come hither. 16 Sende therfore one off you and lett him fett youre brother and ye shalbe in preason in the meane season. And thereby shall youre wordes be proued whether there be any trueth in you: or els by the lyfe of Pharao ye are but spies. 17 And he put them in warde thre dayes. 18 And Ioseph sayde vnto the the thryd daye: This doo and lyue for I feare Gode 19 Yf ye meane no hurte let one of youre brethern be bounde in the preason and goo ye and brynge the necessarie foode vnto youre housholdes
20 and brynge youre yongest brother vnto me: that youre wordes maye be beleved ad that ye dye not And they did so. 21 Than they sayde one to a nother: we haue verely synned agaynst oure brother in that we sawe the anguysh of his soull when he besought us and wold not heare him: therfore is this troubyll come apon us. 22 Ruben answered the saynge: sayde I not vnto you that ye shulde not synne agaynst the lad? but ye wolde not heare And now verely see his bloude is requyred. 23 They were not aware that Ioseph vnderstode them for he spake vnto them by an interpreter. 24 And he turned from them and wepte and than turned to them agayne ad comened with them and toke out Simeon from amonge the and bownde him before their eyes 25 ad commaunded to fyll their saekes wyth corne and to put euery mans money in his sacke and to geue them vitayle to spende by the waye. And so it was done to them. 26 And they laded their asses with the corne and departed thence. 27 And as one of them opened his sacke for to geue his asse prauender in the Inne he spied his money in his sacks mouth 28 And he sayde vnto his brethren: my money is restored me agayne and is eue in my sackes mouth Than their hartes fayled them and were astoynyed and sayde one to a nother: how cometh it that God dealeth thus with us? 29 And they came vnto Iacob their father vnto the lande of Canaan and tolde him all that had happened them saynge. 30 The lorde of the lade spake rughly to us and toke us for spyes to serche the countte. 31 And we sayde vnto him: we meane truely and are no spies. 32 We be .xij. bretren sones of oure father one is awaye and the yongest is now with oure father in the lande of Canaan. 33 And the lorde of the countre sayde vnto us: here by shall I knowe yf ye meane truely: leaue one of youre brethern here with me and take foode necessary for youre housholdes and get you awaye 34 and brynge youre yongest brother vnto me And thereby shall I knowe that ye are no spyes but meane truely: So will I delyuer you youre brother agayne and ye shall occupie in the lande. 35 And as they emptied their sackes beholde: euery mans bundell of money was in his sacke And when both they and their father sawe the bundells of money they were afrayde. 36 And Iacob their father sayde vnto them: Me haue ye robbed of my childern: Ioseph is away and Simeon is awaye and ye will take Ben Iamin awaye. All these thinges fall vpon me. 37 Ruben answered his father saynge: Slee my two sonnes yf I bringe him not to the agayne. Delyuer him therfore to my honde and I will brynge him to the agayne: 38 And he sayde: my sonne shall not go downe with you. For his brother is dead and he is left alone Moreouer some mysfortune myght happen vpon him by the waye which ye goo. And so shuld ye brynge my gray head with sorowe vnto the graue. Chapter 43 1 And the derth waxed sore in the lande. 2 And when they had eate vp that corne which they brought out of the lande of Egipte their father sayde vnto them: goo agayne and by vs a litle food. 3 Than sayde Iuda vnto him: the man dyd testifie vnto vs saynge: loke that ye see not my face excepte youre brother be with you. 4 Therfore yf thou wilt sende oure brother with vs we wyll goo and bye the food.
5 But yf thou wylt not sende him we wyll not goo: for the man sayde vnto vs: loke that ye see not my face excepte youre brother be with you. 6 And Israell sayde: wherfore delt ye so cruelly with me as to tell the man that ye had yet another brother? 7 And they sayde: The man asked vs of oure kynred saynge: is youre father yet alyue? haue ye not another brother? And we tolde him acordynge to these wordes. How cowd we knowe that he wolde byd vs brynge oure brother downe with vs? 8 Than sayde Iuda vnto Israell his father: Send the lad with me and we wyll ryse and goo that we maye lyue and not dye: both we thou and also oure childern. 9 I wilbe suertie for him and of my handes requyre him. Yf I brynge him not to the and sett him before thine eyes than let me bere the blame for euer. 10 For except we had made this tarieg: by this we had bene there twyse and come agayne. 11 Than their father Israel sayde vnto the Yf it must nedes be so now: than do thus take of the best frutes of the lande in youre vesselles and brynge the man a present a curtesie bawlme and a curtesie of hony spyces and myrre dates and almondes. 12 And take as moch money more with you. And the money that was brought agayne in youre sackes take it agayne with you in youre handes peraduenture it was some ouersyghte. 13 Take also youre brother with you and aryse and goo agayne to the man. 14 And God almightie geue you mercie in the sighte of the man and send you youre other brother and also Be Iamin and I wilbe as a ma robbed of his childern. 15 Thus toke they the present and twise so moch more money with them and Ben Iamin. And rose vp went downe to Egipte and presented them selfe to Ioseph. 16 When Ioseph sawe Ben Iamin with them he sayde to the ruelar of his house: brynge these men home and sley and make redie: for they shall dyne with me at none. 17 And the man dyd as Ioseph bad and brought them in to Iosephs house. 18 When they were brought to Iosephs house they were afrayde ad sayde: be cause of the money yt came in oure sackes mouthes at the first tyme are we brought to pyke a quarell with vs and to laye some thinge to oure charge: to brynge us in bondage and oure asses also. 19 Therfore came they to the man that was the ruelar ouer Iosephs house and comened with him at the doore 20 and sayde:Sir we came hither at the first tyme to bye foode 21 and as we came to an Inne and opened oure sackes: beholde euery mannes money was in his sacke with full weghte: But we haue broght it agene with us 22 and other mony haue we brought also in oure handes to bye foode but we can not tell who put oure money in oure sackes. 23 And he sayde: be of good chere feare not: Youre God and the God of youre fathers hath put you that treasure in youre sackes for I had youre money. And he brought Simeon out to them 24 ad led the into Iosephs house and gaue the water to washe their fete and gaue their asses prauender: 25 And they made redie their present agaynst Ioseph came at none for they herde saye that they shulde dyne there. 26 When Ioseph came home they brought the present in to the house to him which they had in their handes ad fell flat on the grounde befor him. 27 And he welcomed the curteously sainge: is youre father that old man which ye tolde me of in good health? and is he yet alyue?
28 they answered: thy servaunte oure father is in good health ad is yet alyue. And they bowed them selues and fell to the grounde. 29 And he lyfte vp his eyes and behelde his brother Ben Iamin his mothers sonne and sayde: is this youre yongest brother of whome ye sayde vnto me? And sayde: God be mercyfull vnto ye my sonne. 30 And Ioseph made hast (for his hert dyd melt apon his brother) and soughte for to wepe and entred in to his chambre for to wepe there. 31 And he wasshed his face and came out and refrayned himselfe and bad sett bread on the table 32 And they prepared for him by himselfe and for them by them selues and for the Egiptians which ate with him by them selues because the Egyptians may not eate bread with the Hebrues for that is an abhomynacyon vnto the Egiptians. 33 And they satt before him: the eldest acordynge vnto his age and the yongest acordyng vnto his youth. And the men marveled amonge them selves. 34 And they broughte rewardes vnto them from before him: but Ben Iamins parte was fyue tymes so moch as any of theirs. And they ate and they dronke and were dronke wyth him. Chapter 44 1 And he commaunded the rueler of his house saynge: fyll the mens sackes with food as moch as they can carie 2 and put euery mans money in his bagge mouth and put my syluer cuppe in the sackes mouth of the yongest and his corne money also. And he dyd as Ioseph had sayde. 3 And in ye mornynge as soone as it was lighte the me were let goo with their asses. 4 And when they were out of the cytie and not yet ferre awaye Ioseph sayde vnto the ruelar of his house: vp and folowe after the men and ouertake them and saye vnto them: wherefore haue ye rewarded euell for good? 5 is that not the cuppe of which my lorde drynketh ad doth he not prophesie therin? ye haue euell done that ye haue done. 6 And he ouertoke them and sayde the same wordes vnto them. 7 And they answered him: wherfore sayth my lorde soch wordes? God forbydd that thy servauntes shulde doo so. 8 Beholde the money which we founde in oure sackes mouthes we brought agayne vnto the out of the lande of Canaa: how then shulde we steale out of my lordes house ether syluer or golde? 9 with whosoeuer of thy seruauntes it be founde let him dye and let vs also be my lordes bondmen. 10 And he sayde: Now therfore acordynge vnto youre woordes he with whom it is found shalbe my seruaunte: but ye shalbe harmelesse. 11 And attonce euery man toke downe his sacke to the grounde ad every man opened his sacke. 12 And he serched and began at the eldest and left at the yongest. And the cuppe was founde in Ben Iamins sacke. 13 Then they rent their clothes and laded euery man his asse and went agayne vnto the cytie. 14 And Iuda and his brethre came to Iosephs house for he was yet there ad they fell before him on the grounde. 15 And Ioseph sayde vnto the: what dede is this which ye haue done? wist ye not that soch a man as I can prophesie?.
16 Then sayde Iuda: what shall we saye vnto my lorde what shall we speake or what excuse can we make? God hath founde out ye wekednesse of thy seruauntes. Beholde both we and he with whom the cuppe is founde are thy seruauntes. 17 And he answered: God forbyd ye I shulde do so the man with whom the cuppe is founde he shalbe my seruaunte: but goo ye in peace vn to youre father. 18 Then Iuda went vnto him and sayde: oh my lorde let thy servaunte speake a worde in my lordes audyence and be not wrooth with thi servaunte: for thou art euen as Pharao. 19 My lorde axed his seruaunte sainge: haue ye a father or a brother? 20 And we answered my lord we haue a father that is old and a yonge lad which he begat in his age: ad the brother of the sayde lad is dead and he is all that is left of that mother. And his father loueth him. 21 Then sayde my lorde vnto his seruauntes brynge him vnto me that I maye sett myne eyes apon him. 22 And we answered my lorde that the lad coude not goo from his father for if he shulde leaue his father he were but a deed man. 23 Than saydest thou vnto thy servauntes: excepte youre yongest brother come with you loke that ye se my face no moare. 24 And when we came vnto thy servaunt oure father we shewed him what my lorde had sayde. 25 And when oure father sayde vnto vs goo agayne and bye vs a litle fode: 26 we sayd yt we coude not goo. Neverthelesse if oure youngeste brother go with vs then will we goo for we maye not see the mannes face excepte oure yongest brother be with vs. 27 Then sayde thy servaunt oure father vnto vs. Ye knowe that my wyfe bare me .ij. sonnes. 28 And the one went out from me and it is sayde of a suertie that he is torne in peaces of wyld beastes and I sawe him not sence. 29 Yf ye shall take this also awaye fro me and some mysfortune happen apon him then shall ye brynge my gray heed with sorow vnto the grave. 30 Now therfore whe I come to thy servaunt my father yf the lad be not with me: seinge that his lyfe hageth by the laddes lyfe 31 then as soone as he seeth that the lad is not come he will dye. So shall we thy servautes brynge the gray hedde of thy servaunt oure father with sorow vnto the grave. 32 For I thy servaunt became suertie for the lad vnto my father and sayde: yf I bringe him not vnto the agayne. I will bere the blame all my life loge. 33 Now therfore let me thy servaunt byde here for ye lad and be my lordes bondman: and let the lad goo home with his brethern. 34 For how can I goo vnto my father and the lad not wyth me: lest I shulde see the wretchednes that shall come on my father. Chapter 45 1 And Ioseph coude no longer refrayne before all them that stode aboute him but commaunded that they shuld goo all out from him and that there shuld be no man with him whyle he vttred him selfe vnto his brethern. 2 And he wepte alowde so that the Egiptians and the house of Pharao herde it. 3 And he sayde vnto his brethern: I am Ioseph: doth my father yet lyue? But his brethern coude not answere him for they were abasshed at his presence. 4 And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethern: come nere to me and they came nere. And he sayde: I am Ioseph youre brother whom ye sold in to Egipte.
5 And now be not greued therwith nether let it seme a cruel thinge in youre eyes that ye solde me hither. For God dyd send me before you to saue lyfe. 6 For this is the seconde yere of derth in the lande and fyue moo are behynde in which there shall nether be earynge nor hervest. 7 Wherfore God sent me before you to make prouision that ye myghte continue in the erth and to save youre lyues by a greate delyuerance. 8 So now it was not ye that sent me hither but God: and he hath made me father vnto Pharao and lorde ouer all his house and rueler in all the land of Egipte. 9 Hast you ad goo to my father and tell him this sayeth thy sonne Ioseph: God hath made me lorde ouer all Egipte. Come downe vnto me and tarye not 10 And thou shalt dwell in the londe of Gosan and be by me: both thou and thi childern and thi childerns childern: and thy shepe and beestes and all that thou hast. 11 There will I make provision for the: for there remayne yet v yeres of derth lest thou and thi houshold and all that thou hast perish. 12 Beholde youre eyes do se and the eyes also of my brother Ben Iamin that I speake to you by mouth. 13 Therfore tell my father of all my honoure which I haue in Egipte and of all that ye haue sene ad make hast and brynge in father hither. 14 And he fell on his brother Ben Iamis necke and wepte and Ben Iamin wepte on his necke. 15 Moreouer he fylled all his brethern and wepte apon them. And after that his brethern talked with him. 16 And when the tidynges was come vnto Pharaos housse that Iosephes brethern were come it pleased Pharao well and all his seruauntes. 17 And Pharao spake vnto Ioseph: saye vnto thy brethern this do ye: lade youre beestes ad get you hence And when ye be come vnto the londe of Canaan 18 take youre father and youre housholdes and come vnto me and I will geue you the beste of the lande of Egipte and ye shall eate the fatt of the londe. 19 And commaunded also. This do ye: take charettes with you out of the lande of Egipte for youre childern and for youre wyues: and brynge youre father and come. 20 Also regarde not youre stuff for the goodes of all the londe of Egipte shalbe youres. 21 And the childern of Israell dyd euen so And Ioseph gaue them charettes at the commaundment of Pharao and gaue them vitayle also to spende by the waye. 22 And he gaue vnto eche of them chaunge of rayment: but vnto Ben Iamin he gaue .iij. hundred peces of syluer and .v. chaunge of rayment. 23 And vnto his father he sent after the same maner: .x. he asses laden with good out of Egipte and .x. she asses laden with corne bred and meate: to serue his father by the waye. 24 So sent he his brethern awaye and they departed. And he sayde vnto them: se that ye fall nor out by the waye. 25 And they departed from Egipte and came in to the land of Canaan vnto Iacob their father and told him saynge. 26 Ioseph is yet a lyue and is gouerner ouer all the land of Egipte. And Iacobs hert wauered for he beleued tho not. 27 And they tolde him all the wordes of Ioseph which he had sayde vnto them. But when he sawe the charettes which Ioseph had sent to carie him then his sprites reviued. 28 And Israel sayde. I haue ynough yf Ioseph my sonne be yet alyue: I will goo and se him yer that I dye. Chapter 46
1 Israel toke his iourney with all that he had and came vnto Berseba and offred offrynges vnto the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God sayde vnto Israel in a vision by nyghte and called vnto him: Iacob Iacob. And he answered: here am I. 3 And he sayde: I am that mightie God of thy father feare not to goo downe in to Egipte. For I will make of the there a great people. 4 I will go downe with ye in to Egipte and I will also bringe the vp agayne and Ioseph shall put his hand apon thine eyes. 5 And Iacob rose vp from Berseba. And ye sonnes of Israel I caried Iacob their father ad their childern and their wyues in the charettes which Pharao had sent to carie him. 6 And they toke their catell ad the goodes which they had gotten in the land of Canaan and came in to Egipte: both Iacob and all his seed with him 7 his sonnes and his sonnes sonnes with him: his doughters and his sonnes doughters and all his seed brought he with him in to Egipte. 8 These are the names of the childern of Israel which came in to Egipte both Iacob and his sonnes: Rube Iacobs first sonne. 9 The childern of Ruben: Hanoch Pallu Hezron and Charmi. 10 The childern of Simeon: Iemuel Iamin Ohad Iachin Zohar and Saul the sonne of a Cananitish woman 11 The childern of Leui: Gerson Rahath and Merari. 12 The childern of Iuda: Er Onan Sela Pharez and Zerah but Er and Onan dyed in the lande of Canaan. The childern of Pharez Hezro and Hamul. 13 The childern of Isachar: Tola Phuva Iob and Semnon. 14 The childern of Sebulon: Sered Elon and Iaheleel. 15 These be the childern of Lea which she bare vnto Iacob in Mesopotamia with his doughter Dina. All these soulles of his sonnes and doughters make .xxx and .vi. 16 The childern of Gad: Ziphion Haggi Suni Ezbon Eri Arodi and Areli. 17 The childern of Asser: Iemna Iesua Iesui Brya and Serah their sister. And the childern of Brya were Heber and Malchiel. 18 These are the childern of Silpha whom Laba gaue to Lea his doughter. And these she bare vnto Iacob in nombre xvi. soules. 19 The childern of Rahel Iacobs wife: Ioseph and ben Iamin. 20 And vnto Ioseph in the lode of Egipte were borne: Manasses and Ephraim which Asnath the doughter of Potiphera preast of On bare vnto him. 21 The childern of BenIamin: Bela Becher Asbel Gera Naeman Ehi Ros Mupim Hupim and Aro. 22 These are the childern of Rahel which were borne vnto Iacob: xiiij. soules all to gether. 23 The childern of Dan: Husim. 24 The childern of Nepthali? Iahezeel Guni Iezer and Sillem. 25 These are the sonnes of Bilha which Laban gaue vnto Rahel his doughter and she bare these vnto Iacob all together .vij. soulles 26 All the soulles that came with Iacob into Egipte which came out of his loyns (besyde his sonnes wifes) were all togither .lx. and .vi. soulles. 27 And the sonnes of Ioseph which were borne him in egipte were .ij. soules: So that all the soulles of the house of Iacob which came in to Egipte are lxx. 28 And he sent Iuda before him vnto Ioseph that the waye myghte be shewed him vnto Gosan and they came in to the lande of Gosan 29 And Ioseph made redie his charett and went agaynst Israell his father vnto Gosan ad presented him selfe vnto him and fell on his necke and wepte vpon his necke a goode whyle.
30 And Israel sayd vnto Ioseph: Now I am cotet to dye in somoch I haue sene the that thou art yet alyue. 31 And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethre and vnto his fathers house: I will goo and shewe Pharao and tell him: that my brethern and my fathers housse which were in the lade of Canaan are come vnto me 32 and how they are shepardes (for they were men of catell) and they haue brought their shepe and their oxen and all that they haue with them. 33 Yf Pharao call you and axe you what youre occupation 34 is saye: thi seruauntes haue bene occupyed aboute catell fro oure chilhode vnto this tyme: both we and oure fathers that ye maye dwell in the lande of Gosan. For an abhominacyon vnto the Egiptians are all that feade shepe. Chapter 47 1 And Ioseph wet and tolde Pharao and sayde: my father and my brethern their shepe and their beastes and all that they haue are come out of the lade of Canaan and are in the lande of Gosan. 2 And Ioseph toke a parte of his brethern: euen fyue of them and presented them vnto Pharao. 3 And Pharao sayde vnto his brethern: what is youre occupation? And they sayde vnto Pharao: feaders of shepe are thi seruauntes both we ad also oure fathers. 4 They sayde moreouer vnto Pharao: for to sogcorne in the lande are we come for thy seruauntes haue no pasture for their shepe so sore is the fameshment in the lande of Canaan. Now therfore let thy seruauntes dwell in the lande of Gosan. 5 And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: thy father and thy brethren are come vnto the. 6 The londe of Egipte is open before the: In the best place of the lande make both thy father and thy brothren dwell: And even in the lond of Gosan let them dwell. Moreouer yf thou knowe any men of actiuyte amonge them make them ruelars ouer my catell. 7 And Ioseph brought in Iacob his father and sett him before Pharao And Iacob blessed Pharao. 8 And Pharao axed Iacob how old art thou? 9 And Iacob sayde vnto Pharao: the dayes of my pilgremage are an hundred and .xxx. yeres. Few and euell haue the dayes of my lyfe bene and haue not attayned vnto the yeres of the lyfe of my fathers in the dayes of their pilgremages. 10 And Iacob blessed Pharao and went out from him. 11 And Ioseph prepared dwellinges for his father and his brethern and gaue them possessions in the londe of Egipte in the best of the londe: eue in the lande of Raemses as Pharao commaunded. 12 And Ioseph made prouysion for his father his brethern and all his fathers housholde as yonge childern are fedd with bread. 13 There was no bread in all the londe for the derth was exceadige sore: so yt ye lode of Egipte and ye lode of Canaan were fameshyd by ye reason of ye derth. 14 And Ioseph brought together all ye money yt was founde in yt lade of Egipte and of Canaan for ye corne which they boughte: and he layde vp the money in Pharaos housse. 15 When money fayled in the lade of Egipte and of Canaan all the Egiptians came vnto Ioseph and sayde: geue us sustenaunce: wherfore suffrest thou vs to dye before the for oure money is spent. 16 Then sayde Ioseph: brynge youre catell and I well geue yow for youre catell yf ye be without money. 17 And they brought their catell vnto Ioseph. And he gaue them bread for horses and shepe and oxen and asses: so he fed them with bread for all their catell that yere.
18 When that yere was ended they came vnto him the nexte yere and sayde vnto him: we will not hydest from my lorde how that we haue nether money nor catell for my lorde: there is no moare left for my lorde but euen oure bodies and oure londes. 19 Wherfore latest thou us dye before thyne eyes and the londe to goo to noughte? bye us and oure landes for bread: and let both vs and oure londes be bonde to Pharao. Geue vs seed that we may lyue and not dye and that the londe goo not to wast. 20 And Ioseph boughte all the lande of Egipte for Pharao. For the Egiptians solde euery man his londe because the derth was sore apo them: and so the londe be came Pharaos. 21 And he appoynted the people vnto the cities from one syde of Egipte vnto the other: 22 only the londe of the Prestes bought he not. For there was an ordinauce made by Pharao for ye preastes that they shulde eate that which was appoynted vnto them: which Pharao had geuen them wherfore they solde not their londes. 23 Then Ioseph sayde vnto the folke: beholde I haue boughte you this daye ad youre landes for Pharao. Take there seed and goo sowe the londe. 24 And of the encrease ye shall geue the fyfte parte vnto Pharao and .iiij. partes shalbe youre awne for seed to sowe the feld: and for you and them of youre housholdes and for youre childern to eate. 25 And they answered: Thou haste saued oure lyves Let vs fynde grace in the syghte of my lorde and let us be Pharaos servautes. 26 And Ioseph made it a lawe ouer the lade of Egipte vnto this daye: that men must geue Pharao the fyfte parte excepte the londe of the preastes only which was not bond vnto Pharao. 27 And Israel dwelt in Egipte: euen in the countre of Gosan. And they had their possessions therein and they grewe and multiplyed exceadingly. 28 Moreouer Iacob lyued in the lande of Egipte .xvij. yeres so that the hole age of Iacob was an hundred and .xlvij. yere. 29 When the tyme drewe nye that Israel must dye: he sent for his sonne Ioseph and sayde vnto him: Yf I haue founde grace in thy syghte put thy hande vnder my thye and deale mercifully ad truely with me that thou burie me not in Egipte: 30 but let me lye by my fathers and carie me out of Egipte and burie me in their buryall. And he answered: I will do as thou hast sayde. 31 And he sayde: swere vnto me: ad he sware vnto him. And than Israel bowed him vnto the beddes head. Chapter 48 1 After these deades tydiges were brought vnto Ioseph: that his father was seke. And he toke with him his ij. sones Manasses and Ephraim. 2 Then was it sayde vnto Iacob: beholde thy sonne Ioseph commeth vnto the. And Israel toke his strength vnto him and satt vp on the bedd 3 and sayde vnto Ioseph: God all mightie appeared vnto me at lus in the lande of Canaan ad blessed me 4 and sayde vnto me: beholde I will make the growe and will multiplye the and will make a great nombre of people of the and will geue this lande vnto the and vnto thy seed after ye vnto an euerlastinge possession. 5 Now therfore thy .ij. sones Manasses ad Ephraim which were borne vnto the before I came to the in to Egipte shalbe myne: euen as Ruben and Simeo shall they be vnto me. 6 And the childern which thou getest after them shalbe thyne awne: but shalbe called with the names of their brethern in their enheritaunces.