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Jacob presented to Pharaoh.

ch.12.10, Famine (2). ch.11.31, Canaan.

ch.45.10, Goshen, Ex.8.22.

Pr.16.15, King's Favor.

ch.39.5, Promotion.
p.p.1 K.11.28.
ch.30.24, Joseph, ch.48.1.

ch.27.27, Blessings (5).

ch.15.15, Old Age. ch.25.26, Jacob, ch.48.2. ch.5.4, Longevity (2). Life Brief, 1 Chr.29.15.

Pilgrimage, Ex.6.4.
D.p.v.7.

Rameses, Ex.12.37.

Filial Honor (2), 1 S.22.3.

ch.13.9, Unselfishness.

De.28.48, Want. ch.12.10, Famine (2).

p.p.ch.41.56. Je.32.10, Money. ch.41.49, Grain.

ch.39.6, Fidelity (1).

Eze.4.16, Bread (3).

ch.1.25, Cattle. ch.34.10, Trading.

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land are we come; for thy serv- 17 And they brought their cat-
ants have no pasture for their tle unto Joseph: and Jo'seph
flocks; for the famine is sore gave them bread in exchange Barter, 1 K.5.10.
in the land of Ca'nǎan: now for horses, and for the flocks, De.17.16, Horses.
therefore, we pray thee, let thy and for the cattle of the herds,

servants dwell in the land of and for the asses: and he fed ch.22.3, Asses.
Gō'shen.
them with bread for all their
5 And Pha'raōh spake unto Jō'- cattle for that year.
seph, saying, Thy father and 18 When that year was ended,
thy brethren are come unto they came unto him the second
thee:
year, and said unto him, Wel
6 The land of Egypt is before will not hide it from my lord,
thee; in the best of the land how that our money is spent; Je.32.10, Money.
make thy father and brethren my lord also hath our herds of ch.18.7, Herds, Ex.10.9.
to dwell; in the land of Go- cattle; there is not ought left See Poverty (1), (Index).
shen let them dwell: and if in the sight of my lord, but our

thou knowest any men of ac- bodies, and our lands:

tivity among them, then make 19 Wherefore shall we die be-
them rulers over my cattle. fore thine eyes, both we and our
7 And Joseph brought in Ja'- land? buy us and our land for
cob his father, and set him bread, and we and our land will
before Pha'raōh: and Ja'cob be servants unto Pha'raōh: and
blessed Pha ́raōh.
give us seed, that we may live,

8 And Pha'raōh said unto Ja- and not die, that the land be
cob, How old art thou?
not desolate.

9 And Jacob said unto Pha- 20 And Jo'seph bought all the
raoh, The days of the years of land of Egypt for Pha'raōh; for
my pilgrimage are an hundred the E-gyptians sold every man

and thirty years: few and evil his field, because the famine ch.12.10, Famine (2).
have the days of the years of prevailed over them: so the

my life been, and have not at- land became Pha'raōh's.

tained unto the days of the 21 And as for the people, he

years of the life of my fathers removed them to cities from one ch.11.4, Cities.

in the days of their pilgrimage. end of the borders of Egypt

10 And Ja'cob blessed Pha'- even to the other end thereof.

raōh, and went out from before 22 Only the land of the priests p.p.Ezr.7.24.
|Pharaoh.
bought he not; for the priests
11 ¶And Jo'seph placed his fa- had a portion assigned them of
ther and his brethren, and gave Pha'raōh, and did eat their por-
them a possession in the land tion which Pha'raōh gave them:
of Egypt, in the best of the wherefore they sold not their
land, in the land of Rã-mē ́sēs, lands.

as Pha'raōh had commanded. 23 Then Jo'seph said unto the

12 And Joseph nourished his people, Behold, I have bought ch.37.28, Traffic in Men.
father, and his brethren, and you this day and your land for

all his father's household, with Pha'raōh: lo, here is seed for
bread, according to their fam- you, and ye shall sow the land.
ilies.

24 And it shall come to pass in

13 ¶ And there was no bread the increase, that ye shall give ch.26.12, Increase.
in all the land; for the famine the fifth part unto Pha'raōh,

was very sore, so that the land and four parts shall be your p.p.ch.41.34.
of Egypt and all the land of own, for seed of the field, and
Ca'nǎan fainted by reason of for your food, and for them of
the famine.

your households, and for food

14 And Joseph gathered up for your little ones.

all the money that was found in 25 And they said, Thou hast
the land of Egypt, and in the saved our lives: let us find

land of Ca'nǎan, for the corn grace in the sight of my lord, Ex.3.21, Human Favor.
which they bought: and Jo'şeph and we will be Pharaoh's serv- ch.25.23, Subjection,
brought the money into Pha-ants.

raōh's house.

26 And Jō'seph made it a law

15 And when money failed in over the land of Egypt unto
the land of Egypt, and in the this day, that Pharaoh should

land of Ca ́năan, all the E-gyp'- have the fifth part; except the p.p.v.22.
tians came unto Jo'şeph, and land of the priests only, which

said, Give us bread: for why became not Phā'raōh's.

should we die in thy presence? 27 ¶ And Iş'ra-el dwelt in the p.p.v.11.
for the money faileth.

land of Egypt, in the country

[ch.49.15.

16 And Jō'şeph said, Give your of Go'shen; and they had pos- ch.45.10, Goshen. cattle; and I will give you for sessions therein, and grew, and p.p.ch.35.11; Ex.1.7. your cattle, if money fail.

multiplied exceedingly.

Jacob blesseth

p.p.v.9.

ch.5.4. Longevity (2).
p.p.De.31.2,14; 1 K.2.1.
2 S.14.14, Death Universal.

p.p.ch.24.2,49.

ch.31.30, Love of Home. p.p.De.31.16.

Burying-places, Nu.19.16. v.12, Filial Honor (2).

GENESIS, 48

Ephraim and Manasseh.

p.p.ch.27.4.

[Jos.24.3.

28 And Ja'cob lived in the sons, and said, Who are these?
land of Egypt seventeen years: 9 And Jo'şeph said unto his
so the whole age of Ja'cob was father, They are my sons, whom ch.33.5, Children (1),
an hundred forty and seven God hath given me in this
place. And he said, Bring them,
years.
29 And the time drew nigh I pray thee, unto me, and I will
that Iş'ra-el must die: and he bless them.
called his son Jo'şeph, and said 10 Now the
unto him, If now I have found were dim for
grace in thy sight, put, I pray could not see.
thee, thy hand under my thigh, them near unto him; and he ch.27.27, Kiss (1).
and deal kindly and truly with kissed them, and embraced ch.31.28, Paternal Love.
me; bury me not, I pray thee, in them.

eyes of Iş'ra-el

[1 S.3.2. age, so that he ch.27.1, Dimness of Vision, And he brought

11 And Iş'ra-el said unto Jo-
Egypt:
30 But I will lie with my fa-seph, I had not thought to see
thers, and thou shalt carry me thy face: and, lo, God hath Ps.17.7, Loving-kindness.
out of Egypt, and bury me in shewed me also thy seed.

their buryingplace. And he 12 And Jo'şeph brought them
said, I will do as thou hast said. out from between his knees, and

31 And he said, Swear unto he bowed himself with his face ch.47.12, Filial Honor (2).

ch.26.31. Oaths (3), ch.50.25. me. And he sware unto him. to the earth.

B.C.1689.

ch.30.24, Joseph, ch.50.1.

2 K.20.1, Sickness (2). p.p.ch.41.51,52.

ch.25.26, Jacob, ch.49.33.

See Beth-el, ch.28.19. ch.1.28, Blessings (4).

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AND it came to pass after his right hand, and laid it upon Laying on Hands (3)

[Mt.19.15. ch.41.52,Ephraim,1 Chr.7.20.

these things, that one told E'phră-im's head, who was the Jo'seph, Behold, thy father is younger, and his left hand upon sick: and he took with him Mã-nas'seh's head, guiding his ch.41.51, Manasseh (a), his two sons, Mã-năs ́seh and hands wittingly; for Ma-năs ́seh Ephrǎ-im.

was the firstborn.

[Jos.16.4.

2 And one told Ja'cob, and 15 And he blessed Jo'seph, p.p.He.11.21.
said, Behold, thy son Jo'şeph and said, God, before whom my ch.17.1,Walk before God.
cometh unto thee: and Iş'ra-el fathers A ́bră-hăm and I'şaac did

my life long unto this day,

De.2.7, Divine Supplies. strengthened himself, and sat walk, the God which fed me all ch.1.29, Food (1). upon the bed. 3 And Ja'cob said unto Jo'- 16 The Angel which redeemed Ps.31.5, Redemption (1). [Jos.14.13. ch.12.7,Divine Appearances. şeph, God Almighty appeared me from all evil, bless the lads; ch.27.27, Blessings (5). unto me at Luz in the land of and let my name be named on them, and the name of my See Adoption, ch.15.3. Ca'nǎan, and blessed me, 4 And said unto me, Behold, I fathers A'bra-hăm and I'şaac; will make thee fruitful, and mul- and let them grow into a multitiply thee, and I will make of tude in the midst of the earth. thee a multitude of people; and 17 And when Jo'seph saw that will give this land to thy seed his father laid his right hand after thee for an everlasting upon the head of E'phră-im, it ch.41.52, Ephraim. displeased him: and he held [eous. possession. sons, up his father's hand, to remove 5 And now thy two ch.41.52, Ephraim, v.14. ch.41.51, Manasseh (a), v.14. E ́phră-im and Ma-năs ́seh, which it from Ephră-im's head unto were born unto thee in the land Mã-năs ́seh's head.

ch.15.5, Posterity Promised. ch.12.7, Promised Land.

Ps.25.13, Seed of the Right

ch.15.3, Adoption, Ex.2.10

Nu.36.2, Inheritance. ch.29.6, Rachel. ch.11.31, Canaan.

ch.41.51, Manasseh (a).

of Egypt before I came unto 18 And Jo'seph said unto his
thee into Egypt, are mine; as father, Not so, my father: for
Reuben and Sim'e-on, they this is the firstborn; put thy Ex.13.2, First-born.
right hand upon his head.
shall be mine.

6 And thy issue, which thou 19 And his father refused, and
begettest after them, shall be said, I know it, my son, I know
thine, and shall be called after it: he also shall become a peo-
the name of their brethren in ple, and he also shall be great:
but truly his younger brother
their inheritance.

7 And as for me, when I came shall be greater than he, and ch.25.23,Supremacy, ch.49.8.
from Pa'dan, Ra'chel died by his seed shall become a multi- ch.15.5, Posterity Promised.
me in the land of Ca'năan in tude of nations.

the way, when yet there was 20 And he blessed them that ch.27.27, Blessings (5).
but a little way to come unto day, saying, In thee shall İş'ra-el

See Burying-places,ch.35.19. Eph'răth: and I buried her there bless, saying, God make thee as
in the way of Eph'rath; the E'phră-im and as Mã-năs ́seh:
and he set E'phră-im before
same is Beth'-le-hem.

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21 And Iş'ra-el said unto Jo'- 12 His eyes shall be red with 2 S.14.14, Death Universal. şeph, Behold, I die: but God wine, and his teeth white with shall be with you, and bring milk.

ch.28.15. Divire Presence. p.p.ch.50.24.

Nu.14.8, Confidence in God. fathers. p.p.Jn.4.5.

his sons together.

you again unto the land of your 13 ¶ Zeb'u-lun shall dwell at ch.30.20, Zebulun. the haven of the sea; and he p.p.De.33.18. 22 Moreover I have given to shall be for an haven of ships; ch.25.28, Parental Partiality, thee one portion above thy and his border shall be unto

[1 Chr.26.10.

ch.10.19, Sidon, Jos.13.6.

See Birthright, 1 Chr.5.1. brethren, which I took out of Zi'don. ch.10.16, Amorites, Ex.23.23. the hand of the Am'ôr-ite with 14 ¶ Is ́sa-char is a strong ass ch.30.18, Issachar, Jos.19.17. my sword and with my bow.

B.C.1689.

p.p.De.33.1.

Nu.11 25, Inspiration (3).

p.p.Nu.24.14.

Is.2.2, Last Days.

ch.29.32, Reuben.

Ex.13.2, First-born.

Ps.106.13, Instability (2).

Ro.1.26, Evil Passions. p.p.ch.35.22.

ch.29.33, Simeon, Ex.6.15.

ch.29.34, Levi, Ex.6.16.

Cruelty (1), Ps.27.12.

p.p.Ps.64.2.

ch.4.5, Man's Wrath.

ch.4.8, Murder (2), Jud.9.5.

ch.33.19, Hamor, Jos.24.32.

De.1.43, Self-will.

Ps.37.8, Anger.

p.p.Jos.19.1.

ch.29.35, Judah, Nu.26.19. ch.27.27, Blessings (5). p.p.Ps.18.40.

ch.25.23, Supremacy. p.p.1 Chr.5.2. p.p.Re.5.5.

De.33.22, Lions (2).

Sceptres, Nu.24.17.

R.V. Nor the ruler's staff p.p.Ps.60.7.

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couching down between two
burdens:

15 And he saw that rest was
pronounceth curses on Reuben, 5 good, and the land that it was
and on Simeon and Levi; 8 a bless-pleasant; and bowed his shoul-
ing on Judah, etc. 28 He charges

them concerning his burial; 33 his der to bear, and became a serv-ch.25.23, Subjection,
ant unto tribute.

death.

AN

[Jos.10.24.

ND Jacob called unto his 16 ¶Dan shall judge his people, ch.30.6, Dan, Ex.1.4.
sons, and said, Gather your- as one of the tribes of Is'ra-el.

selves together, that I may tell 17 Dăn shall be a serpent by

you that which shall befall you the way, an adder in the path, Adders, Ps.58.4.
in the last days.
that biteth the horse heels, so

2 Gather yourselves together, that his rider shall fall back-
and hear, ye sons of Ja'cob; ward.

and hearken unto Is'ra-el your 18 I have waited for thy sal- Waiting for God, Ps.33.20.
father.
vation, O LORD.
Ps.27.1, Salvation of God.

3 Reuben, thou art my first- 19 Găd, a troop shall over- ch.30.11, Gad, Ex.1.4.
born, my might, and the begin- come him: but he shall over-
ning of my strength, the excel- come at the last.
lency of dignity, and the excel-
lency of power:

4 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.

20 ¶ Out of Ash'er his bread ch.30.13, Asher, De.33.24.
shall be fat, and he shall yield p.p.De.33.24.
royal dainties.

21 ¶ Năph'ta-li is a hind let ch.30.8, Naphtali.
loose: he giveth goodly words. See Wise Words, Jb.6.25.
22 ¶ Jo'seph is a fruitful ch.30.24, Joseph.
bough, even a fruitful bough See Fruitfulness, Mt.3.8.
5¶ Sim ́e-on and Le'vi are by a well; whose branches run
brethren; instruments of cru- over the wall:

elty are in their habitations. 23 The archers have sorely De.8.5, Affliction (3).
60 my soul, come not thou grieved him, and shot at him, Ps.7.1, Persecution (5).
into their secret; unto their and hated him:
ch.27.41, Hatred (2).

assembly, mine honour, be not 24 But his bow abode in
thou united: for in their anger strength, and the arms of his
they slew a man, and in their hands were made strong by the Ex.15.2, God our Strength.
selfwill they digged down a wall. hands of the mighty God of De.5.15, God's Hand.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it Ja'cob; (from thence is the
was fierce; and their wrath, for shepherd, the stone of Is'ra-el:)

it was cruel: I will divide them 25 Even by the God of thy

in Ja'cob, and scatter them in father, who shall help thee; and De.33.29, Divine Helper.
Iş ́ra-el.
by the Almighty, who shall bless

8 Ju'dah, thou art he whom thee with blessings of heaven ch.24.35, Temporal Bless-
thy brethren shall praise: thy above, blessings of the deep
[ings.
hand shall be in the neck of that lieth under, blessings of
thine enemies; thy father's the breasts, and of the womb:
children shall bow down before 26 The blessings of thy father ch.27.27, Blessings (5).
thee.
have prevailed above the bless-
9 Judah is a lion's whelp: ings of my progenitors unto the
from the prey, my son, thou art utmost bound of the everlasting
gone up: he stooped down, he hills: they shall be on the head
couched as a lion, and as an old of Jo'şeph, and on the crown of
lion; who shall rouse him up? the head of him that was sep-
10 The sceptre shall not de- arate from his brethren.

part from Ju'dah, nor a lawgiver 27 Ben'ja-min shall ravin as ch.35.18, Benjamin.
from between his feet, until a wolf: in the morning he shall p.p.Jud.20.21,25.
ch.3.15, Messianic Prophe- Shiloh come; and unto him devour the prey, and at night
[cies, De.18.15. shall the gathering of the peo- he shall divide the spoil.
ple be.

p.p.Ps.2.6-9; 72.8.

28 All these are the twelve

11 Binding his foal unto the tribes of Is'ra-el: and this is it vine, and his ass's colt unto the that their father spake unto Le.26.5, Plenty Promised. choice vine; he washed his gar- them, and blessed them; every p.p.Is.63.2. ments in wine, and his clothes one according to his blessing he blessed them.

in the blood of grapes:

1

The death and

Nu.27.23, Charges. p.p.ch.25.8.

p.p.ch.23.16.

ch.19.30, Caves. ch.23.19, Machpelah.

ch.11.31, Canaan, Ex.6.4.

ch.47.30, Burying-places. ch.11.27, Abraham. ch.11.29, Sarah.

ch.17.19, Isaac, He.11.17. ch.24.15, Rebekah. ch.29.25, Leah.

ch.10.15, Heth, 1 Chr.1.13.

ch.25.26, Jacob, ch.50.13.

GENESIS, 50

29 And he charged them, and ones, and their flocks, and their
said unto them, I am to be gath- herds, they left in the land of
ered unto my people: bury me Gō'shen.

burial of Jacob.

ch.45.10, Goshen.

with my fathers in the cave 9 And there went up with him
that is in the field of E'phron both chariots and horsemen : ch.41.43, Chariots (2).
the Hit'tite,
and it was a very great com- ch.37.25, Caravans.
30 In the cave that is in the pany.

field of Mach-pe ́lah, which is 10 And they came to the
before Măm're, in the land of Ca'- threshingfloor of A'tăd, which Threshing-floor, Jud.6.37.
năan, which A ́bră-hăm bought is beyond Jôr'dan, and there
with the field of Ephron the they mourned with a great and
Hit'tite for a possession of a very sore lamentation: and he Lamentations, Jud.11.40.
buryingplace.
made a mourning for his father v.3, Mourning.
31 There they buried A'bră- seven days.
ch.2.3, Seven Days.
hăm and Sa'rah his wife; there 11 And when the inhabitants
they buried I'saac and Re-běk ́ah of the land, the Ca'nǎan-ites, ch.10.18, Canaanites.
his wife; and there I buried saw the mourning in the floor of
Le'ah.
A'tăd, they said, This is a griev-
32 The purchase of the field ous mourning to the E-gyp'-
and of the cave that is therein tians: wherefore the name of
was from the children of Heth. it was called à ́bel-miz'ra-im,
33 And when Ja'cob had made which is beyond Jôr'dan.

them:

an end of commanding his sons, 12 And his sons did unto him Pr.1.8, Filial Obedience. he gathered up his feet into the according as he commanded bed, and yielded up the ghost, [Righteous. and was gathered unto his peo- 13 For his sons carried him ch.25.26, Jacob. ple. into the land of Ca'nǎan, and ch.11.31, Canaan. buried him in the cave of the De.10.6, Burials.

Nu.23.10, Death of the p.p.ch.35.29.

B.C.1689.

ch.30.24, Joseph, v.26. ch.23.2, Grief.

ch.27.27, Kiss (1).

Physicians, 2 Chr.16.12.
Embalming, v.26.

CHAPTER 50

The mourning for Jacob:7 his fu- field of Măch-pe'lah, which ch.19.30, Caves, Jos.10.16.
neral. 24 Joseph prophesieth to his A'bră-hăm bought with the ch.23.19, Machpelah.
field for a possession of a bury- ch.47.30, Burying-places.

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2 And Jo'şeph commanded his Egypt, he, and his brethren, ch.12.10, Egypt.
servants the physicians to em- and all that went up with him

balm his father: and the physi- to bury his father, after he had
cians embalmed Iş'ra-el.

buried his father.

ch.7.17,Forty Days,Ex.24.18. 3 And forty days were fulfilled 15 ¶And when Jo'seph's breth-
for him; for so are fulfilled the ren saw that their father was
days of those which are em- dead, they said, Jō'şeph will per-
balmed: and the E-gyp'tians adventure hate us, and will cer- ch.3.8, Guilty Fear.
mourned for him threescore and tainly requite us all the evil
ten days.

Mourning, Nu.20.29.

p.p.ch.47.29.

which we did unto him.

4 And when the days of his 16 And they sent a messenger
mourning were past, Jo'seph unto Jo'seph, saying, Thy father
spake unto the house of Pha'- did command before he died,
raōh, saying, If now I have saying,

found grace in your eyes, speak, 17 So shall ye say unto Jo'seph, Jb.9.13, Proud Humbled.

I pray you, in the ears of Pha'- Forgive, I pray thee now, the Mk.11.25, Forgiveness (2).
raōh, saying,
trespass of thy brethren, and

[Sin (3).

5 My father made me swear, their sin; for they did unto thee saying, Lo, I die: in my grave evil: and now, we pray thee, Nu.23.34, Confession of which I have digged for me in forgive the trespass of the servthe land of Ca'nǎan, there shalt ants of the God of thy father. thou bury me. Now therefore And Jo'seph wept when they let me go up, I pray thee, and spake unto him. ch.47.12, Filial Honor (2). bury my father, and I will come 18 And his brethren also went again.

Ex.3.16, Elders.

and fell down before his face; ch.37.7, Obeisance.

6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and they said, Behold, we be thy ch.32.10, Humility (3). and bury thy father, according servants.

as he made thee swear.

19 And Jō'şeph said unto them, Ex.14.13, Encouragement.

7 ¶ And Joseph went up to Fear not: for am I in the place p.p.De.32.35.
bury his father: and with him of God?

went up all the servants of Pha'- 20 But as for you, ye thought De.15.9, Evil Thoughts.
raoh, the elders of his house, evil against me; but God meant De.4.39, Sovereignty of God.
and all the elders of the land of it unto good, to bring to pass, as Pr.17.9, Charitableness.
Egypt,
it is this day, to save much peo- ch.24.50, The Lord's Doings.
8 And all the house of Jo'seph, ple alive.

and his brethren, and his fa- 21 Now therefore fear ye not:

ther's house: only their little I will nourish you, and your lit- ch.45.15, Good for Evil.

The children of Israel

ch.13.9, Unselfishness,

[Nu.11.29. Comfort (4), 1 Chr.7.22. Kind Words, 2 Chr.10.7. Kindness (2), Ex.2.17.

ch.5.4, Longevity (2).

Machir, Nu.26.29.

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tle ones.
And he comforted brethren, I die: and God will 2 S.14.14, Death Universal.
them, and spake kindly unto surely visit you, and bring you De.7.9, Divine Faithfulness.
them.
out of this land unto the land Nu.14.8, Confidence in God.
22 And Jo'seph dwelt in which he sware to A'bră-hăm, ch.12.7, Promised Land,
Egypt, he, and his father's to I'şaac, and to Ja'cob.
[Ex.6.8.
house: and Jō'şeph lived an 25 And Jo'seph took an oath of ch.26.31, Oaths (3), Jos.9.15.
hundred and ten years.
the children of Is'ra-el, saying,

23 And Jo'seph saw E'phră- God will surely visit you, and p.p.ch.47.29.
im's children of the third gen-ye shall carry up my bones
eration: the children also of from hence.

Ma'chir the son of Mâ-năs ́seh 26 So Joseph died, being an ch.30.24, Joseph, Ex.13.19.
were brought up upon Jo'seph's hundred and ten years old: and v.2, Embalming, 2 Chr.16.14.
knees.
they embalmed him, and he was See Death of the Righteous,
24 And Jō'şeph said unto his put in a coffin in Egypt.

[Nu.23.10.

B.C.1706.

Ge.12.10, Egypt.

Ge.25.26, Jacob.
Ge.29.32, Reuben.
Ge.29.35, Judah.
Ge.30.18, Issachar.
Ge.35.18, Benjamin.
Ge.30.6, Dan, Nu.26.42.
Ge.30.11, Gad, Nu.26.15.

p.p.Ge.46.26. Ge.30.24, Joseph.

2 S.14.14, Death Universal.

p.p.Ge.46.3; De.26.5. See Posterity Promised,

p.p.Ac.7.18.

p.p.Ps.105.24.

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of Is'ra-el.
13 And

Now these are the names the child the of gyptians made Israel Humbled, Le.26.17.

which came into Egypt; every with rigour:

man and his household came 14 And they made their lives

with Ja'cob.

bitter with hard bondage, in Oppression (2), ch.5.8.

2 Reuben, Sim'e-on, Le'vi, and morter, and in brick, and in all Mortar, Le.14.42.

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7 And the children of Is'ra-el upon the stools; if it be a son, Infanticide, Mt.2.16. were fruitful, and increased then ye shall kill him: but if it ch.20.13, Murder (1). abundantly, and multiplied, be a daughter, then she shall

[Ge.15.5. and waxed exceeding mighty; live.

Is.29.14, Worldly Wisdom.
Ge.3.1, Craftiness.
Ps.36.4, Evil Devices.

v.13, Israel Humbled.

Taskmasters, ch.5.6.

1 K.19.2, Persecution (1).

and the land was filled with 17 But the midwives feared Ne.5.15, Godly Fear.
them.
God, and did not as the king of 1 S.1.15, Devout Women.
8 Now there arose up a new Egypt commanded them, but p.p.Da.3.16.
king over Egypt, which knew saved the men children alive.
not Jo'seph.
18 And the king of Egypt

9 And he said unto his people, called for the midwives, and
Behold, the people of the chil- said unto them, Why have ye
dren of Isra-el are more and done this thing, and have saved
mightier than we:
the men children alive?

10 Come on, let us deal wisely 19 And the midwives said unto
with them; lest they multiply, Pha'raōh, Because the Hebrew Ge.14.13, Hebrews.
and it come to pass, that, when women are not as the E-gyp'-
there falleth out any war, they tian women; for they are live-
join also unto our enemies, and ly, and are delivered ere the
fight against us, and so get midwives come in unto them.
them up out of the land.

20 Therefore God dealt well Ge.4.4, Divine Favor.
11 Therefore they did set over with the midwives: and the Ge.15 1, Reward (3).
them taskmasters to afflict them people multiplied, and waxed
with their burdens. And they very mighty.

Bondage of Israel, ch.2.11. built for Pha'raōh treasure cit- 21 And it came to pass, be- Ne.5.15, Godly Fear. ies, Pi'thom and Râ-ăm ́sēs. cause the midwives feared God, ch.19.5, Obedience (3). 12 But the more they afflict- that he made them houses.

See Affliction (2), Jb.5.17.

De.4.40,Godliness Profitable.

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