The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. Translated according to the Ebrue and Greke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languges. VVith moste profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance as may appeare in the epistle to the reader

CHAP. XLII.

3 Iosephs brethren come into Egypt to bye corhe. 7 He knoweth them, and tryeth them. 24. 25. Simeón is put in prison. 26 The other returne to their father to fet Ben∣iamin.

1 THena Iaakób sawe that there was fode in Egypt, and Iaakób said vnto his son∣nes, Whyb gaze ye one vpon another?

2 And he said, Behold, I haue heard that there is fode in Egypt, *Get you downe thether and bye vs fode thence, that we may liue, and not dye.

3 ¶ So went Iosephs ten brethren downe to bye corne of the Egyptians.

4 But Beniamin Iosephs brother wolde not Iaakób send with his brethren: for he said, Lest death shulde” befall him.

5 And the sonnes of Israél came to bye fode among thē that came: for there was famine in the land of Canáan.

6 Now Ioséph was gouerner of the land who solde to all the people of the land: then Io∣sephs brethren came, and bowed their face to the grounde before him.

7 And whē Ioséph sawe his brethrē, he kne we them, andc made him selfe strange toward them, and spake to them roughly, & said vn∣to them, Whence come ye? Who answered, Out of the land of Canáan, to bye vitaile.

8 [Now Ioséph knewe his brethren, but they knewe not him.

9 And Ioséph remēbred the * dreames, which he dreamed of them] and he said vnto them, Ye are spies, (and) are come to se the”

weakenes of the land.

10 But they said vnto him, Nay, my Lord, but to bye vitaile thy seruantes are come.

11 We are al one mans sonnes: we meane trne∣ly, and thy seruantes are no spies.

12 But he said vnto them, Nay, but ye are come to sethe weakenes of the land.

13 And they said, We thy seruantes are twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the land of Canáan: and beholde, the yongest (is) this day with our father, and one is not.

14 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Ioséph said vnto thē, This is it that I spake vnto you, saying, Ye are spies.

15 Hereby ye shalbe proued:d (by) the life of Pharaóh, ye shal not go hence, except your yongest brother come hether.

16 Send one of you whiche may fet your bro∣ther, and ye shal be kept in prison, that your wordes may be proued, whether there be trueth in you: or els (by) the life of Pharaóh ye are but spies.

17 So he put them in warde thre dayes.

18 Then Ioséph said vnto them the third day, This do, and liue: (for) Ie feare God.

19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bounde in your prison house, (and) go ye, carie fode (for) the famine of your houses:

20 * But bring your yonger brother vnto me, that your wordes may be tried, and that ye die not: and they did so.

21 ¶ And they said one to an other,f We haue verely sinned against our brother, in that we sawe the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of his soule, when he be∣soght vs, & we wolde not heare (him:) ther∣fore is this trouble come vpon vs,

22 And Reubén answered thē, saying, Warned I not you, saying, *Sinne not against the child and ye wolde not heare? and lo, hisg blood is now required.

23 [And they were not aware that Ioséph vn∣derstode them: for he” spake vnto them by an interpreter.]

24 Then he turned from them, andh wept and turned to them againe, and communed with them, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Simeôn from among them, and bounde him before their eyes.

25 ¶ So Ioséph commanded that they shulde 〈◊〉〈◊〉 their sackes with wheat, and put 〈◊〉〈◊〉 mans money againe in his sacke, & giue thē vitaile for the iourney: and thus did he vnto them.

26 And they laied their vitaile vpon their asses and departed thence.

27 And as one of them opened his sacke for to giue his asse prouandre in the ynne, he espied his money: for lo, it was in his sackes mouthe.

28 Then he said vnto his brethren, My money is restored? for lo, it is euen in my sacke. And their hearts” failed them, & they werei asto∣nished, and said one to an other, What is this (that) God hathe done vnto vs?

29 ¶ And they came vnto Iaakób their father vnto the land of Canáan, and tolde hym all that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 be fallen them, saying.

30 The man, (who is) Lord of the land, speake roughly to vs, and put vs (in prison) as spies of the countrey.

31 And we said vnto him, We are true men, (and) are not spies.

32 We be twelue brethren, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of our fa∣ther: one is“ not, and the yongest (is) this day with our father in the land of Canáan.

33 Then the Lord of the countrey said vnto vs Hereby shal I knowe if ye be true mē: Leaue one of your brethren with me, & take (fode) for the famine of your houses and departe.

34 And bring your yongest brother vnto me, that I may knowe that ye are no spies, but true men: (so) wil I deliuer you your brother and ye shal occupie in the land.

35 ¶ And as they empted their sackes, beholde euerie mans būdel of monei was in his sacke and when they and their father sawe the bū∣dels of their money, they were afraied.

36 Then 〈◊〉〈◊〉 their father said to them, Ye haue robbed me of my children: Ioséph is not, and Simeôn is not, and ye wil take Benia min: all these things“ are againstk me.

37 Then Reubén answered his father, saying, Slay my two sōnes, if I bring him not to thee againe: deliuer him to mine hand and I will bring him to thee againe.

38 But he said, My sonne shall not go downe with you: for his brother is dead, & he is left alone: if death come vnto him by the way, which ye go, thē ye shal bring my graie head with sorowe vnto the graue.

Notes

• a

  This storie she∣weth plainely that al thingsare gouerned by Gods prowidence for the profite of his Churche.
• b

  As men desti∣tute of counsell.
• Act. 7. 12.
• ”

  Ebr. shuld 〈◊〉〈◊〉 him.
• c

  This dissc̄bling is not to be sol∣lowed, nor any 〈◊〉〈◊〉 facts of the father snot 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ouedby Gods Worde.
• Chap. 37. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• ”

  Ebr nakednes, or, 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• "Or is, dead.
• d

  The egyptians which were ido 〈◊〉〈◊〉 vsed to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by their 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉: 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 for biddeth to sweare bi ary 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉: yet 〈◊〉〈◊〉 dwelling 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the wicked 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of their corruptions.
• e

  And 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• Chap. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• f

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ac∣knowledge 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 o∣ther wise they wolde dissemble Chap. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• g

  God will take vengeance vpon vs, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 measure.
• ”

  Ebr. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thē.
• h

  Thogh he she∣wed him selfe 〈◊〉〈◊〉 gorous, yet hys 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• ”

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• i

  Because 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 accu∣sed them of their 〈◊〉〈◊〉, thei thoght God wolde 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 them to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• “

  〈◊〉〈◊〉, can not be founde.
• “

  Or, light vpon me.
• k

  For thei semed not to be touched with any loue 〈◊〉〈◊〉 their 〈◊〉〈◊〉, which increased his so∣rowe: & partely as 〈◊〉〈◊〉 he suspected thē for Ioséph.