and said: 'I have not found her; and also the men of the place said: There hath been no harlot here.' 23 And Judah said: 'Let her take it, lest we be put to shame; behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.' 24And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying: "Tamar thy daughterin-law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by harlotry.' And Judah said: 'Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.' 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying: 'By the man, whose these are, am I with child'; and she said: 'Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and the cords, and the staff.' 26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said: 'She is more righteous than I; forasmuch as I gave her not to Shelah my son.' And he knew her again no more. 27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. 28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand; and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying: 'This came out first.' 29And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out; and she said: 'Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself?' Therefore his name was called "Perez. 30And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand; and his name was called Zerah. 39 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had brought him down thither. And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. And Joseph found favour in his sight, and he ministered unto him. And he appointed him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. And it came to pass from the time that he appointed him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field. "And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and, having him, he knew not aught save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was of beautiful form, and fair to look upon. 'And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said: 'Lie with me.' But he refused, and said unto his master's wife: 'Behold, my master, having me, knoweth not what is in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand; he is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?' 1oAnd it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. "And it came to pass on a certain day, when he went into the house to do his work, and there was none of the men of the house there within, 12that she caught him by his garment, saying: 'Lie with me.' And he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. 13And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, 14that she called unto the men of her house, and spoke unto them, saying: 'See, That is, A breach. he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us guard charged Joseph to be with them, to mock us; he came in unto me to lie and he ministered unto them; and with me, and I cried with a loud voice. they continued a season in ward. And 15 And it came to pass, when he heard they dreamed a dream both of them, that I lifted up my voice and cried, each man his dream, in one night, that he left his garment by me, and each man according to the interpretafled, and got him out.' 16And she laid tion of his dream, the butler and the up his garment by her, until his master baker of the king of Egypt, who were came home. 17And she spoke unto bound in the prison. And Joseph him according to these words, saying: came in unto them in the morning, 'The Hebrew servant, whom thou and saw them, and, behold, they were hast brought unto us, came in unto sad. "And he asked Pharaoh's officers me to mock me. 18And it came to pass, that were with him in the ward of as I lifted up my voice and cried, that his master's house, saying: 'Wherefore he left his garment by me, and fled look ye so sad to-day?" And they out.' 19And it came to pass, when said unto him: 'We have dreamed a his master heard the words of his dream, and there is none that can wife, which she spoke unto him, say- interpret it.' And Joseph said unto ing: 'After this manner did thy servant them: 'Do not interpretations belong to me'; that his wrath was kindled. to God? tell it me, I pray you.' 'And 20 And Joseph's master took him, and the chief butler told his dream to put him into the prison, the place Joseph, and said to him: 'In my where the king's prisoners were bound; and he was there in the prison. 21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness unto him, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. 23The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand, because the LORD was with him; and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper. 40 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt. 2And Pharaoh was wroth against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph, was bound. And the captain of the dream, behold, a vine was before me; 10and in the vine were three branches; and as it was budding, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes; "and Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.' 12And Joseph said unto him: 'This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days; 13within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee unto thine office; and thou shalt give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. 14But have me in thy remembrance when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house. 15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews; and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.' 16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph: 'I also saw in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head; 17and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.' 18 And Joseph answered and said: "This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days; 19 within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.' 20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief baker among his servants. 21And he restored the chief butler back unto his butlership; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. 22But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. 23Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgot him. behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. "And the thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof; and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. Then spoke the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying: 'I make mention of my faults this day: 10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in the ward of the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker. "And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. 12And there was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. 13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was: I was restored unto mine office, and he was hanged.' 41 And it came to pass at the end Then Pharaoh sent and called Joof two full years, that Pharaoh seph, and they brought him hastily dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the out of the dungeon. And he shaved ariver. And, behold, there came up himself, and changed his raiment, and out of the river seven kine, well- came in unto Pharaoh. 15And Pharaoh favoured and fat-fleshed; and they fed said unto Joseph: 'I have dreamed a in the reed-grass. And, behold, seven dream, and there is none that can other kine came up after them out of interpret it; and I have heard say of the river, ill-favoured and lean-fleshed; thee, that when thou hearest a dream and stood by the other kine upon the thou canst interpret it.' 16And Joseph brink of the river. 4 And the ill- answered Pharaoh, saying: 'It is not favoured and lean-fleshed kine did in me; God will give Pharaoh an eat up the seven well-favoured and fat answer of peace.' 17 And Pharaoh kine. So Pharaoh awoke. And he spoke unto Joseph: 'In my dream, slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, I stood upon the brink of the behold, seven ears of corn came up river. 18And, behold, there came up upon one stalk, rank and good. And, out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed מקץ That is, the Nile. and well-favoured; and they fed in the reed-grass. 19And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness. 20 And the lean and illfavoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine. 21And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favoured as at the beginning. So I awoke. 22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good. 23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. 24And the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. And I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.' 25And Joseph said unto Pharaoh: "The dream of Pharaoh is one; what God is about to do He hath declared unto Pharaoh. 26The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. 27And the seven leard ill-favoured kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven years of famine. 28That is the thing which I spoke unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do He hath shown unto Pharaoh. 29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt. 30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; 31and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous. 32And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to 36 pass. 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty. 35And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. And the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.' 37And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. 38And Pharaoh said unto his servants: 'Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is?' 39And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'Forasmuch as God hath shown thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou. 40Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled; only in the throne will I be greater than thou.' 41And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.' 42And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck. 43And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him: 'Abrech'; and he set him over all the land of Egypt. 4And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.' 45And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.-46And Joseph was thirty upon another?' And he said: 'Beyears old when he stood before Pha- hold, I have heard that there is corn raoh king of Egypt.-And Joseph went in Egypt. Get you down thither, out from the presence of Pharaoh, and and buy for us from thence; that we went throughout all the land of Egypt. may live, and not die.' And Joseph's 47 And in the seven years of plenty ten brethren went down to buy corn the earth brought forth in heaps. from Egypt. But Benjamin, Joseph's 48 And he gathered up all the food of the brother, Jacob sent not with his brethseven years which were in the land of ren; for he said: 'Lest peradventure Egypt, and laid up the food in the harm befall him.' 5And the sons of cities; the food of the field, which was Israel came to buy among those that round about every city, laid he up in | came; for the famine was in the land the same. 49And Joseph laid up corn as of Canaan. "And Joseph was the the sand of the sea, very much, until governor over the land; he it was that they left off numbering; for it was with- sold to all the people of the land. And out number. 50And unto Joseph were Joseph's brethren came, and bowed born two sons before the year of famine down to him with their faces to the came, whom Asenath the daughter of earth. And Joseph saw his brethren, Poti-phera priest of On bore unto him. and he knew them, but made himself 51 And Joseph called the name of the strange unto them, and spoke roughly first-born Manasseh: 'for God hath with them; and he said unto them: made me forget all my toil, and all my 'Whence come ye?' And they said: father's house.' 52And the name of the 'From the land of Canaan to buy second called he "Ephraim: 'for God food.' And Joseph knew his brethhath made me fruitful in the land of ren, but they knew not him. And my affliction.' 53 And the seven years Joseph remembered the dreams which of plenty, that was in the land of he dreamed dithem, and said unto Egypt, came to an end. 54And the them: 'Ye are spies; to see the nakedseven years of famine began to come, ness of the land ye are come.' 10And according as Joseph had said; and they said unto him: 'Nay, my lord, there was famine in all lands; but in but to buy food are thy servants come. all the land of Egypt there was bread. "We are all one man's sons; we are 55 And when all the land of Egypt was upright men, thy servants are no spies.' famished, the people cried to Pharaoh 12And he said unto them: 'Nay, but to for bread; and Pharaoh said unto all see the nakedness of the land ye are the Egyptians: 'Go unto Joseph; come.' 13 And they said: 'We thy what he saith to you, do.' 56And the servants are twelve brethren, the sons famine was over all the face of the of one man in the land of Canaan; and, earth; and Joseph opened all the store- behold, the youngest is this day with houses, and sold unto the Egyptians; our father, and one is not.' 14And and the famine was sore in the land of Joseph said unto them: 'That is it Egypt. 57And all countries came into that I spoke unto you, saying: Ye are Egypt to Joseph to buy corn; because spies. Hereby ye shall be proved: the famine was sore in all the earth. as Pharaoh liveth, ye shall not go forth 42 Now Jacob saw that there was hence, except your youngest brother corn in Egypt, and Jacob said come hither. 16Send one of you, and unto his sons: Why do ye look one let him fetch your brother, and ye That is, Making to forget. b From a Hebrew word signifying to be fruitful. |