创世记 35-45
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
雅各回到伯特利
35 神對雅各說：“起來，上伯特利去，住在那裡；你要在那裡築一座壇給 神，就是從前你逃避你哥哥以掃的時候，向你顯現的那一位。” 2 雅各就對他的家人，和所有與他在一起的人說：“你們要除去你們中間外族人的神像，你們要潔淨自己，更換你們的衣服。 3 我們要起程，上伯特利去；我要在那裡給 神築一座祭壇，他就是在我遭患難的時候應允我的呼求，在我所行的路上與我同行的那一位。” 4 他們就把自己手中所有外族人的神像，和自己耳朵上的環子，都交給雅各；雅各把這些東西埋在示劍附近的橡樹底下。
5 他們出發了， 神使周圍的城市都非常懼怕，他們就不追趕雅各的兒子。 6 於是雅各和與他在一起的人，到了迦南地的路斯，就是伯特利。 7 他在那裡築了一座壇，就稱那地方為伊勒．伯特利，因為他逃避他哥哥的時候， 神曾經在那裡向他顯現。 8 利百加的乳母底波拉死了，葬在伯特利下邊的橡樹底下，所以給那棵樹起名叫亞倫．巴古。
9 雅各從巴旦．亞蘭回來以後， 神再次向他顯現，賜福給他。 10 神對他說：
“你的名原是雅各，
但以後不要再叫雅各，
以色列才是你的名。”
這樣， 神給他改名叫以色列。 11 神對他說：
“我是全能的 神，
你要繁衍增多，
必有一國和眾國從你而生，
又必有很多君王從你而出。
12 我賜給亞伯拉罕和以撒的地，
我要賜給你，
我也要把這地賜給你的後裔。”
13 神從與雅各談話的地方，離開他上升去了。 14 雅各就在 神與他談話的地方，立了一根石柱；在柱上澆了奠祭和油。 15 雅各給 神與他談話的地方起名叫伯特利。
拉結因難產而逝世
16 他們從伯特利起程，離以法他還有一段路程的時候，拉結產期到了；但她遇到難產。 17 她正在極辛苦的時候，接生婆對她說：“不要怕，你這次又得了一個兒子。” 18 拉結快要死了，正要斷氣的時候，她給她兒子起名叫便．俄尼；他的父親卻叫他便雅憫。 19 拉結死了，葬在通往以法他的路旁。以法他就是伯利恆。 20 雅各在她的墳墓上立了一根柱子，就是拉結的墓碑，到今天還在。 21 以色列又起程前行，在以得臺那邊支搭了帳棚。
以色列的眾子(A)
22 以色列在那地居住的時候，流本竟去與他父親的妾辟拉同睡；這事以色列也聽見了。雅各共有十二個兒子。 23 利亞的兒子有：雅各的長子流本，以及西緬、利未、猶大、以薩迦和西布倫。 24 拉結的兒子有：約瑟和便雅憫。 25 拉結的婢女辟拉的兒子有：但和拿弗他利。 26 利亞的婢女悉帕的兒子有：迦得和亞設。這些都是雅各在巴旦．亞蘭所生的兒子。 27 雅各來到基列．亞巴的幔利他父親以撒那裡，基列．亞巴就是希伯崙，是亞伯拉罕和以撒寄居過的地方。
以撒逝世
28 以撒一生的年日共一百八十歲。 29 以撒年紀老邁，享盡天年，就氣絕而死，歸到他的親族那裡去了；他兒子以掃和雅各把他葬了。
以掃的後代(B)
36 以下是以掃的後代（以掃就是以東）：
2 以掃娶了迦南的女子為妻，就是赫人以倫的女兒亞大，和希未人祭便的孫女，亞拿的女兒阿何利巴瑪； 3 又娶了以實瑪利的女兒、尼拜約的妹妹巴實抹。 4 亞大給以掃生了以利法；巴實抹生了流珥。 5 阿何利巴瑪生了耶烏施、雅蘭和可拉。這些都是以掃的兒子，是在迦南地生的。 6 以掃帶著他的眾妻子、兒女和家中所有的人，以及他的牲畜、所有的牲口和他在迦南地所得的一切財產，離開他的弟弟雅各到別的地方去了。 7 因為他們都有很多財物，所以不能住在一起；又因他們牲畜很多的緣故，他們寄居的地方也容不下他們。 8 於是，以掃住在西珥山上。以掃就是以東。 9 以下是西珥山以東人的始祖以掃的後代：
10 這些是以掃眾子的名稱：以利法是以掃的妻子亞大的兒子，流珥是以掃的妻子巴實抹的兒子。 11 以利法的兒子是提幔、阿抹、洗玻、迦坦和基納斯。 12 亭納是以掃的兒子以利法的妾；她給以利法生了亞瑪力。以上這些人是以掃的妻子亞大的子孫。 13 流珥的兒子是拿哈、謝拉、沙瑪和米撒。這些人是以掃的妻子巴實抹的子孫。 14 以下是祭便的孫女、亞拿的女兒、以掃的妻子阿何利巴瑪的兒子：她給以掃生了耶烏施、雅蘭和可拉。
15 以下是以掃子孫中的族長：以掃的長子以利法的子孫中，有提幔族長、阿抹族長、洗玻族長、基納斯族長、 16 可拉族長、迦坦族長、亞瑪力族長。這些人是以東地以利法的族長，都是亞大的子孫。 17 以掃的兒子流珥的子孫中，有拿哈族長、謝拉族長、沙瑪族長和米撒族長。這些人是以東地流珥的族長，都是以掃的妻子巴實抹的子孫。 18 以掃的妻子阿何利巴瑪的子孫中，有耶烏施族長、雅蘭族長和可拉族長。這些人是亞拿的女兒、以掃的妻子阿何利巴瑪的族長。 19 以上這些人就是以掃的子孫和他們的族長。以掃就是以東。
西珥的子孫(C)
20 以下是那地原有的居民，何利人西珥的兒子：羅坍、朔巴、祭便、亞拿、 21 底順、以察和底珊。這些人是以東地何利人西珥子孫中的族長。 22 羅坍的兒子是何利和希幔；羅坍的妹妹是亭納。 23 朔巴的兒子是亞勒文、瑪拿轄、以巴錄、示玻和阿南。 24 祭便的兒子是亞雅和亞拿。當年在曠野牧放他父親祭便的驢，發現了溫泉的，就是亞拿。 25 亞拿的兒子是底順；亞拿的女兒是阿何利巴瑪。 26 底順的兒子是欣但、伊是班、益蘭和基蘭。 27 以察的兒子是辟罕、撒番和亞干。 28 底珊的兒子是烏斯和亞蘭。 29 以下是何利人的族長：羅坍族長、朔巴族長、祭便族長、亞拿族長、 30 底順族長、以察族長、底珊族長。這些都是何利人的族長，在西珥地按著他們的宗族作族長的。
以東的眾王(D)
31 以色列人還沒有君王統治之前，在以東地作王的記在下面： 32 比珥的兒子比拉在以東作王，他的京城名叫亭哈巴。 33 比拉死後，波斯拉人謝拉的兒子約巴接替他作王。 34 約巴死後，從提幔地來的戶珊接替他作王。 35 戶珊死後，比達的兒子哈達接替他作王；這哈達就是在摩押原野上擊敗了米甸人的；他的京城名叫亞未得。 36 哈達死後，瑪士利加人桑拉接替他作王。 37 桑拉死後，大河邊的利河伯人掃羅接替他作王。 38 掃羅死後，亞革波的兒子巴勒．哈南接替他作王。 39 亞革波的兒子巴勒．哈南死後，哈達接替他作王；他的京城名叫巴烏；他的妻子名叫米希他別，是米．薩合的孫女、瑪特列的女兒。
以東的眾族長(E)
40 以下是以掃所出族長的名字（他們是按著自己的家族和住處命名的）：亭納族長、亞勒瓦族長、耶帖族長、 41 阿何利巴瑪族長、以拉族長、比嫩族長、 42 基納斯族長、提幔族長、米比薩族長、 43 瑪基疊族長和以蘭族長。這些都是以東人的族長，在所得作為產業的地上，按著他們的住處作族長。以東的始祖就是以掃。
約瑟和他的兄弟
37 雅各住在他父親寄居的地方，就是迦南地。 2 雅各的歷史記在下面：約瑟十七歲的時候，與他的哥哥們一同牧羊。他是個孩童，與他父親的妾，辟拉和悉帕的眾子，常在一起。約瑟把他們的惡行報告給父親。 3 以色列愛約瑟過於愛其他的兒子，因為約瑟是他年老時生的。他給約瑟做了一件彩色長衣。 4 約瑟的哥哥們見父親愛約瑟過於愛他們，就恨約瑟，不能與他和和氣氣地說話。
約瑟的夢
5 約瑟作了一個夢，把夢告訴哥哥們，他們就越發恨他。 6 約瑟對他們說：“請聽我所作的這個夢： 7 我們正在田間捆麥子，我的麥捆忽然站立起來，你們的麥捆都來圍著我的下拜。” 8 他的哥哥們對他說：“你真的要作我們的王嗎？真的要管轄我們嗎？”他們就為了約瑟的夢和他的話，越發恨他。 9 後來約瑟又作了一個夢，也把夢向哥哥們述說了。他說：“我又作了一個夢，我夢見太陽、月亮和十一顆星向我下拜。” 10 約瑟把夢向他父親和哥哥們述說了，他父親就斥責他，說：“你所作的這夢是甚麼夢呢？我和你母親，以及你的兄弟，真的要來俯伏在地向你下拜嗎？” 11 他哥哥們都嫉妒他，他父親卻把這事記在心裡。
約瑟被賣到埃及
12 約瑟的哥哥們去了示劍，牧放他們父親的羊群。 13 以色列對約瑟說：“你的哥哥們不是在示劍牧放羊群嗎？來吧，我要派你到他們那裡去。”約瑟回答他：“我在這裡。” 14 以色列對他說：“你去看看你的哥哥們是不是平安，羊群是不是平安，就回來告訴我。”於是打發他離開希伯崙谷，他就到示劍去了。 15 有人遇見約瑟在田間迷了路，就問他說：“你找甚麼？” 16 他回答：“我正在找我的哥哥們，請你告訴我他們在哪裡牧放羊群。” 17 那人說：“他們已經離開了這裡；我聽見他們說：‘我們要到多坍去。’”於是約瑟去追尋哥哥們，結果在多坍找到了他們。
18 他們遠遠就看見了他；趁他還沒有走近，大家就謀害他，要把他殺死。 19 他們彼此說：“看哪，那作夢的人來了。 20 來吧，我們把他殺了，丟在一個枯井裡，就說有猛獸把他吃了。我們要看看他的夢將來要怎麼樣。” 21 流本聽見了，要救約瑟脫離他們的手。他說：“我們不可取他的性命。” 22 流本又對他們說：“不可流他的血，可以把他丟在這曠野的枯井裡，不可下手害他。”流本的意思是要救他脫離他們的手，把他帶回去給他的父親。 23 約瑟到了哥哥們那裡，他們就脫去他的外衣，就是他穿在身上的那件彩衣。 24 他們拿住約瑟，把他丟在枯井裡。那井是空的，裡面沒有水。
25 他們坐下吃飯，舉目觀看，見有一群以實瑪利人從基列來。他們的駱駝載著香料、乳香和沒藥，要帶下埃及去。 26 猶大對他的眾兄弟說：“我們殺了我們的兄弟，把他的血隱藏起來，究竟有甚麼益處呢？ 27 我們不如把他賣給以實瑪利人，不要下手害他，因為他是我們的兄弟，我們的骨肉。”眾兄弟就聽從了他。 28 有些米甸的商人經過那裡，約瑟的哥哥們就把約瑟從枯井裡拉上來，以二十塊銀子把他賣給以實瑪利人。以實瑪利人就把約瑟帶到埃及去了。
29 流本回到枯井那裡，見約瑟不在井裡，就撕裂自己的衣服。 30 他回到兄弟們那裡去，說：“孩子不見了，我可到哪裡去呢？” 31 於是，他們宰了一隻公山羊，把約瑟的長衣蘸在血裡； 32 然後打發人把彩衣送到他們父親那裡，說：“這是我們找到的。請你認一認，是你兒子的長衣不是？” 33 他認出這件長衣，就說：“是我兒子的長衣，有猛獸把他吃了。約瑟真的被撕碎了。” 34 雅各就撕裂自己的衣服，腰束麻布，為他兒子哀悼了很多日子。 35 他所有的兒女都起來安慰他，他卻不肯接受他們的安慰，說：“我要悲悲哀哀地下到陰間，到我的兒子那裡去。”約瑟的父親就為他哀哭。 36 米甸人後來把約瑟賣到埃及去，賣給法老的一個臣宰，軍長波提乏。
猶大和他瑪
38 那時，猶大離開他的眾兄弟下去，到一個亞杜蘭人的家裡居住，那人名叫希拉。 2 猶大在那裡看見迦南人書亞的女兒，就娶了她，與她親近。 3 她就懷了孕，生了一個兒子，猶大給他起名叫珥。 4 她又懷孕，生了一個兒子，給他起名叫俄南。 5 她再懷孕，又生了一個兒子，就給他起名叫示拉。她生示拉的時候，猶大正在基悉。
6 猶大為自己的長子珥娶妻，名叫他瑪。 7 猶大的長子珥，在耶和華眼中是個惡人，所以耶和華取去他的性命。 8 於是猶大對俄南說：“你去與你哥哥的妻子親近，向她盡你作弟弟的本分，替你的哥哥立後。” 9 俄南知道生下來的孩子不會歸自己，所以每次與哥哥的妻子親近的時候，都遺精在地上，免得替自己的哥哥立後。 10 俄南所作的，在耶和華眼中是件惡事，所以耶和華也取去他的性命。 11 於是，猶大對他的媳婦他瑪說：“你回到你父親家裡去守寡，等我的兒子示拉長大。”因為他心裡想：“恐怕示拉也像他兩個哥哥一樣死去。”他瑪就回去，住在她父親的家裡。
12 過了很多日子，猶大的妻子，書亞的女兒死了。守喪的時間過了以後，猶大就和他的朋友亞杜蘭人希拉上亭拿去，到替他羊群剪毛的人那裡。 13 有人告訴他瑪說：“你的公公現在上亭拿去剪羊毛。” 14 他瑪見示拉已經長大了，還沒有娶她為妻，就脫去守寡的衣服，用帕子蒙臉，遮蔽自己，坐在亭拿路上，伊拿印的城門口。 15 猶大看見她，以為她是個妓女，因為她蒙著臉。 16 猶大就過到她那邊去，說：“來吧，讓我與你親近。”原來他不知道她就是自己的媳婦。他瑪說：“你與我親近要給我甚麼呢？” 17 猶大說：“我從羊群中拿一隻小山羊送給你。”他瑪說：“在你沒有送來以前，你可以留些東西作為保證嗎？” 18 猶大問：“你要我給你甚麼作保證呢？”他瑪回答：“你的印戒，連同印的帶子，以及你手裡的杖。”猶大就給了她，與她親近，她就從猶大懷了孕。 19 他瑪起來走了，脫去帕子，再穿上守寡的衣服。
20 猶大託自己的朋友亞杜蘭人，把一隻小山羊送去，要從那女人手中取回保證物，卻找不著她。 21 希拉問那地方的人說：“伊拿印路旁的妓女在哪裡呢？”他們回答：“這裡是沒有妓女的。” 22 那人回去見猶大，說：“我找不著她，並且那地的人都說：‘這裡是沒有妓女的。’” 23 猶大說：“那些東西任她拿去吧，免得我們被人嗤笑。我已經把這小山羊送了去，可是你找不著她。”
他瑪生雙生子
24 大約過了三個月，有人告訴猶大說：“你的媳婦他瑪作了妓女，並且因此懷了孕。”猶大說：“把她拉出來，燒死她。” 25 他瑪被拉出來的時候，派人去見她的公公說：“這些東西是誰的，我就是從誰懷了孕。”她又說：“請你認一認，這印戒、印的帶子和手杖是誰的？” 26 猶大認出那些東西，就說：“她比我更有理，因為我沒有把她給我的兒子示拉為妻。”從此猶大就不再與她親近了。
27 到了他瑪將要生產的時候，腹中竟是一對雙胎。 28 她正在生產的時候，一個孩子伸出一隻手來。接生婆拿了一根朱紅線，繫在他的手上，說：“這一個是先出生的。” 29 他把手收回去的時候，他的哥哥就出來了。接生婆說：“你為甚麼搶著出來呢？”因此，給他起名叫法勒斯。 30 接著，手上繫著一根朱紅線的弟弟也出來了。因此，給他起名叫謝拉。
約瑟在波提乏的家
39 約瑟被帶下埃及去了。有一個埃及人，是法老的臣宰，軍長波提乏，從那些帶約瑟下來的以實瑪利人手裡買了他。 2 耶和華與約瑟同在，約瑟就事事順利，住在他主人埃及人的家裡。 3 他的主人見耶和華與他同在，又見耶和華使他手裡所作的盡都順利， 4 約瑟就得主人的歡心，服事他的主人。他主人指派他管理他的家，把自己所有的一切都交在他手裡。 5 自從主人指派約瑟管理他的家，和他所有的一切，耶和華就因約瑟的緣故，賜福給那埃及人的家。他家裡和田間所有的一切，都蒙耶和華賜福。 6 波提乏把自己所有的一切，都交在約瑟的手裡。除了自己所吃的飯以外，其他的事他一概不管。約瑟生來體格壯健，容貌俊美。
約瑟被主母引誘陷害
7 這些事以後，約瑟主人的妻子以目傳情給約瑟，說：“與我同睡吧。” 8 約瑟不肯，對他主人的妻子說：“你看，家中的事我主人一概不管；他把他所有的一切，都交在我的手裡。 9 在這家裡沒有比我大的。除你以外，我主人沒有留下一樣不交給我，因為你是他的妻子。我怎可以作這極惡的事，得罪 神呢？” 10 她雖然天天對約瑟這樣說，約瑟卻不聽從她，不肯與她同睡，也不與她在一起。 11 有一天，約瑟到屋裡辦事，家裡的人沒有一個在屋裡。 12 婦人就抓住約瑟的衣服，說：“與我同睡吧。”約瑟把自己的衣服留在婦人的手裡，跑到外面去了。 13 婦人見約瑟把衣服留在她手裡，跑到外面去， 14 就把家裡的人都叫了來，對他們說：“你們看，我丈夫帶回家來的希伯來人想調戲我們。他進到我這裡來，要與我同睡，我就大聲呼叫。 15 他一聽見我高聲呼叫，就把衣服留在我身邊，跑到外面去了。” 16 婦人把約瑟的衣服放在她身邊，等她的主人回家。 17 她又用同樣的話對他說：“你帶回家來的希伯來奴隸，竟進到這裡來，要調戲我。 18 我高聲呼叫，他就把衣服留在我身邊，跑到外面去了。”
約瑟被囚獄中
19 約瑟的主人聽了他妻子對他所說的話，說：“你的僕人就是這樣對待我。”他就非常生氣。 20 於是，約瑟的主人拿住約瑟，把他關在監裡，就是王的囚犯被監禁的地方；約瑟就在那裡坐監。 21 但是，耶和華與約瑟同在，向他施慈愛，使他得到監獄長的歡心。 22 因此，監獄長把監裡所有的囚犯都交在約瑟手裡；他們在那裡所作的一切事務，都由約瑟負責處理。 23 凡交在約瑟手裡的事務，監獄長一概不聞不問；因為耶和華與約瑟同在，使他所作的盡都順利。
酒政和膳長各得一夢
40 這些事以後，埃及王的酒政和膳長，得罪了他們的主人埃及王。 2 法老就惱怒酒政和膳長這兩個臣宰， 3 把他們關在軍長府內的監房裡，就是約瑟被囚禁的地方。 4 軍長把他們交給約瑟，約瑟就侍候他們。他們在監房裡過了好些日子。 5 他們二人，就是被關在監裡的埃及王的酒政和膳長，同一夜各作了一個夢，二人的夢各有不同的解釋。 6 到了早晨，約瑟進去到他們那裡，見他們神色不安， 7 就問法老的兩個臣宰，就是與他一同關在他主人府內的監房裡的，說：“今天你們的臉色為甚麼這樣難看呢？” 8 他們回答他：“我們各人作了一個夢，但沒有人能夠解釋。”約瑟對他們說：“解夢不是出於 神嗎？請把夢告訴我吧。”
約瑟為酒政解夢
9 酒政就把自己的夢告訴約瑟，對他說：“在夢裡我看見我面前有一棵葡萄樹。 10 葡萄樹上有三根枝子；樹一發芽，就開了花，上頭的葡萄都成熟了。 11 法老的杯在我手裡，我拿了葡萄擠在法老的杯中，把杯遞在法老的手裡。” 12 約瑟對他說：“這夢的解釋是這樣：三根枝子就是三天。 13 三天之內，法老必使你抬起頭來，恢復你原來的職位；你仍要把杯遞在法老的手裡，好像先前作他的酒政時一樣。 14 不過，你一切順利的時候，求你記念我，施恩給我，在法老面前提拔我，救我脫離這監獄。 15 我實在是從希伯來人之地被拐來；就是在這裡，我也沒有作過甚麼事該被關在監牢裡的。”
約瑟為膳長解夢
16 膳長見夢解得好，就對約瑟說：“我也作了一個夢，在夢裡我看見自己頭上有三籃白餅。 17 最上面的籃子裡，有為法老烤的各種食物，但飛鳥來吃我頭上籃子裡的食物。” 18 約瑟回答：“這夢的解釋是這樣：三個籃子就是三天。 19 三天之內，法老必砍下你的頭來，把你掛在木頭上，必有飛鳥來吃你身上的肉。”
20 到了第三日，就是法老的生日，他為臣僕擺設筵席，在他們面前把酒政和膳長提出監來， 21 恢復了酒政原來的職位，叫他可以把杯遞在法老的手中； 22 法老卻把膳長掛起來，正如約瑟給他們的解釋一樣。 23 但是酒政並不記念約瑟，竟把他忘記了。
法老連作兩個夢
41 過了兩年，法老作了一個夢，夢見自己站在河邊。 2 有七頭母牛從河裡上來，又健美又肥壯，在蘆葦中吃草。 3 接著，又有另外七頭母牛從河裡上來，又醜陋又瘦弱，站在岸上其他母牛旁邊。 4 這些醜陋瘦弱的母牛，竟把那七隻健美肥壯的母牛吃掉，法老就醒了。 5 他又睡著，作了第二個夢，夢見一根麥莖，長出七個麥穗，又肥壯又美好。 6 接著，又長出七個麥穗，又乾瘦又被東風吹焦了。 7 這些乾瘦的麥穗，竟把那七個又肥壯又飽滿的麥穗吞下去，法老就醒了，原來是一個夢。 8 到了早晨，法老心裡煩亂，就派人去把埃及所有的術士和智慧人都召了來；法老把自己的夢告訴他們，但是沒有人能替法老解夢。
酒政推薦約瑟
9 那時酒政告訴法老說：“我今日想起了我的過錯。 10 從前法老惱怒臣僕，把我和膳長關在軍長府的監房裡。 11 我們二人在同一夜都作了夢；我們的夢各有不同的解釋。 12 在那裡有一個希伯來的少年人與我們在一起，他是軍長的僕人，我們把夢告訴了他，他就替我們解夢，各人的夢有不同的解釋。 13 結果，事情都照著他給我們的解釋實現了：我恢復了原職，膳長卻被掛起來。”
14 法老於是派人去召約瑟。他們就急忙把約瑟從監裡帶出來。他剃了頭、刮了臉、換了衣服，就進去見法老。 15 法老對約瑟說：“我作了一個夢，沒有人能夠解釋。我聽見人說，你聽了夢，就能解釋。” 16 約瑟回答法老，說：“解夢不在於我，但 神必給法老一個吉祥的解答。” 17 法老告訴約瑟：“在夢裡我看見我站在河邊。 18 有七頭母牛從河裡上來，又肥壯又健美，在蘆葦中吃草。 19 接著，又有另外七頭母牛上來，又軟弱又消瘦又十分醜陋，在埃及全地我沒有見過這樣醜陋的牛。 20 這又消瘦又醜陋的母牛，竟把先前七頭肥壯的母牛吃掉。 21 牠們吃了以後，卻看不出牠們是吃掉了肥牛，因為牠們醜陋的樣子仍是與先前一樣。我就醒了。 22 在夢裡我又看見一根麥莖，長出七個麥穗，又飽滿又美好。 23 接著，又長出了七個麥穗，又枯乾又乾瘦又被東風吹焦了。 24 這些乾瘦的麥穗，竟把那七個美好的麥穗吞下去。我把夢告訴了術士，但是沒有人能替我解答。”
約瑟為法老解夢
25 約瑟對法老說：“法老的夢都是同一個意思， 神已經把所要作的事告訴法老了。 26 七頭美好的母牛是七年，七個美好的麥穗也是七年；兩個夢都是同一個意思。 27 那接著上來的七頭又消瘦又醜陋的母牛是七年，那七個不結實、被東風吹焦了的麥穗也是七年，都是七年饑荒。 28 這就是我對法老所說： 神要作的事，他已經向法老顯明了。 29 看哪，埃及全地必有七年大豐收。 30 接著又必有七年饑荒；甚至埃及地所有的豐收都被人忘記了，饑荒必把這地毀滅。 31 因為接著而來的饑荒太嚴重了，使人不覺得這地有過豐收。 32 至於法老兩次作夢，是因為 神已經命定這事，並且要快快地實行。 33 因此，法老要找一個有見識有智慧的人，派他管理埃及地。 34 法老要這樣行，在國中指派官員，當七年豐收的時候，徵收埃及地出產的五分之一。 35 又叫他們把將要來的七個豐年的糧食收集起來，積蓄五穀歸在法老的手下，收在各城裡作糧食。 36 這些糧食要儲存起來，可以應付將來埃及地的七年饑荒，免得這地被饑荒所滅。”
約瑟在埃及居高位
37 法老和他的臣僕，都贊同這件事。 38 於是法老對臣僕說：“像這樣的人，有 神的靈在他裡面，我們怎能找得著呢？” 39 法老對約瑟說：“ 神既然把這事指示了你，就再沒有人像你這樣有見識有智慧了。 40 你可以掌管我的家，我的人民都要聽從你的話；只有在王位上我比你大。” 41 法老又對約瑟說：“你看，我任命你治理埃及全地。” 42 於是，法老脫下他手上打印的戒指，戴在約瑟的手上；給他穿上細麻的衣服，把金頸鍊掛在他的頸項上； 43 又叫約瑟坐在他的副車裡，有人在他前面喊著：“跪下。”這樣，法老任命了約瑟治理埃及全地。 44 法老對約瑟說：“我是法老，但在埃及全地，如果沒有你的許可，沒有人可以隨意作事。” 45 法老給約瑟起名叫撒發那忒．巴內亞，又把安城的祭司波提非拉的女兒亞西納，給約瑟為妻。約瑟出去巡行埃及全地。
46 約瑟侍立在埃及王法老面前的時候，年三十歲。約瑟從法老面前出來，遍行埃及全地。 47 在七個豐年的時候，地裡的出產非常豐盛。 48 約瑟把埃及七個豐年的一切糧食都收集起來，把糧食存放在城中；各城周圍田地所出的糧食，也存放在各城中。 49 約瑟積蓄了極多的五穀，好像海沙那樣多，甚至他不再記下數量，因為實在無法計算。
50 在荒年還沒有來到以前，約瑟生了兩個兒子，是安城的祭司波提非拉的女兒亞西納給約瑟生的。 51 約瑟給長子起名叫瑪拿西，因為他說：“ 神使我忘記我所有的困苦，以及我父的全家。” 52 他給次子起名叫以法蓮，因為他說：“ 神使我在受苦之地繁盛起來。”
豐年與荒年
53 埃及地的七年豐收一結束， 54 七年饑荒就隨著來了，正像約瑟所說的一樣。各地都有饑荒，只有埃及全地仍有糧食， 55 等到埃及全地也要挨餓的時候，人民就向法老求糧。法老對所有的埃及人說：“你們到約瑟那裡去，他吩咐你們甚麼，你們就作甚麼。” 56 當時饑荒遍及全國，約瑟就開了所有的糧倉，把糧食賣給埃及人，因為埃及地的饑荒非常嚴重。 57 各地的人都到埃及去，向約瑟買糧，因為各地的饑荒都非常嚴重。
雅各差遣眾子往埃及買糧
42 雅各見埃及有糧食，就對兒子們說：“你們為甚麼彼此對望呢？” 2 他又說：“我聽說埃及有糧食，你們下到那裡去，給我們買些糧食，使我們可以活下去，不至餓死。” 3 於是，約瑟的十個哥哥就下去了，要從埃及買五穀。 4 但雅各並沒有打發約瑟的弟弟便雅憫與哥哥們同去，因為雅各說：“恐怕他會遇到災害。” 5 以色列的眾子也在前來買糧的人群中，因為迦南地也有饑荒。 6 當時治理埃及地的官長是約瑟，賣糧給那地所有的人民的就是他。所以，約瑟的哥哥們來俯伏在地向他下拜。 7 約瑟看見他的哥哥們，就認得他們，可是他裝作陌生人，對他們說嚴厲的話，問他們：“你們是哪裡來的？”他們回答：“我們是迦南地來買糧食的。”
8 約瑟認得他的哥哥們，他們卻不認得他。 9 約瑟想起從前所作關於他們的兩個夢，就對他們說：“你們是間諜，是來偵察本地的虛實。” 10 他們對他說：“我主啊，不是這樣，僕人們實在是來買糧食的。 11 我們都是一個人的兒子，是誠實人；僕人們並不是間諜。” 12 約瑟對他們說：“不是的，你們實在是來偵察本地的虛實。” 13 他們說：“僕人們本是兄弟十二人，我們都是迦南地一個人的兒子。最小的現在與我們的父親在一起，還有一個不在了。” 14 約瑟對他們說：“我剛才對你們說：‘你們是間諜。’這話實在不錯。 15 我要這樣試試你們：我指著法老的性命起誓，如果你們最小的弟弟不到這裡來，你們就決不得離開這裡。 16 你們可以派你們中間一個人回去，把你們的弟弟帶來；其餘的人都要囚禁起來，好證明你們的話真實不真實。如果不真實，我指著法老的性命起誓，你們就是間諜。” 17 於是，約瑟把他們收在監房裡三天。
18 到了第三天，約瑟對他們說：“我是敬畏 神的，你們要這樣作，就可以活著； 19 如果你們是誠實人，就叫你們兄弟中一個人囚禁在監裡，你們其餘的人可以帶著糧食回去，解救你們家人的饑荒。 20 然後把你們最小的弟弟帶到我這裡來，這樣，就可以證明你們的話是真實的，你們就不必死了。”他們就照樣作了。 21 他們彼此說：“我們在對待弟弟的事上實在有罪。他向我們求情的時候，我們看見他心裡的痛苦，卻不肯聽他，所以這次苦難臨到我們身上了。” 22 流本回答他們，說：“我不是對你們說過：‘不要傷害那孩子’嗎？可是你們不肯聽，現在流他血的罪要向我們追討。” 23 他們不知道約瑟聽得明白，因為他們中間有人當傳譯。 24 約瑟轉身離開他們，哭了一陣，又回到他們那裡，與他們說話。然後從他們中間拉出西緬來，在他們眼前把他捆綁起來。
雅各的眾子返回迦南
25 約瑟吩咐人把五穀裝滿他們的袋，把他們的銀子放回各人的布袋裡；又給他們路上用的食物。一切就照樣辦了。 26 他們把糧食馱在他們的驢上，離開那裡去了。 27 到了住宿的地方，他們其中的一個人打開了布袋，要拿飼料餵驢的時候，才發現自己的銀子還在袋口那裡。 28 於是對兄弟們說：“我的銀子都歸還了。你們看，就在我的布袋裡。”他們就心裡驚慌，彼此戰戰兢兢地說：“ 神向我們作的是甚麼呢？”
29 他們回到迦南地他們的父親雅各那裡，把他們遭遇的一切事都告訴了他，說： 30 “那地的主人對我們說了一些嚴厲的話，把我們當作偵察那地的間諜。 31 我們對他說：‘我們是誠實人，並不是間諜。 32 我們本是兄弟十二人，都是一個父親的兒子；有一個不在了，最小的現在與我們的父親一起在迦南地。’ 33 那地的主人對我們說：‘我用這個辦法就可以知道你們是不是誠實人：你們兄弟中要留下一人在我這裡，其餘的人可以帶著糧食回去，解救你們家人的饑荒。 34 然後把你們最小的弟弟帶到我這裡來，我就知道你們不是間諜，而是誠實人了。這樣，我就把你們的兄弟交還給你們，你們也可以在這地自由來往。’”
35 後來他們倒布袋的時候，不料各人的銀包仍然在各人的布袋裡。他們和他們的父親看見了銀包，就都懼怕起來。 36 他們的父親雅各對他們說：“你們總是使我喪失兒子：約瑟沒有了，西緬也沒有了，你們還要把便雅憫帶走；每一件事都是針對我。” 37 流本對他父親說：“如果我不把他帶回來給你，你可以殺死我的兩個兒子；只管把他交給我吧，我必把他帶回來給你。” 38 雅各說：“我的兒子不可與你們一同下去，因為他的哥哥死了，只剩下他一個；如果他在你們所走的路上遇到不幸，你們就使我這白髮老人愁愁苦苦地下陰間去了。”
雅各再差遣眾子往埃及買糧
43 那地的饑荒十分嚴重。 2 他們把從埃及帶回來的糧食都吃完了。他們的父親就對他們說：“你們再去替我們買些糧食回來吧。” 3 猶大對他說：“那人認真地警告我們說：‘如果你們的弟弟不與你們一起來，你們就不得見我的面。’ 4 如果你讓我們的弟弟與我們同去，我們就下去替你買糧食。 5 如果你不讓他去，我們也不下去，因為那人對我們說：‘如果你們的弟弟不與你們一起來，你們就不得見我的面。’” 6 以色列說：“你們為甚麼這樣害我，告訴那人你們還有個弟弟呢？” 7 他們回答：“那人確實查問有關我們和我們親屬的事，說：‘你們的父親還活著嗎？你們還有其他的兄弟嗎？’我們就照著這些話回答他。我們怎麼知道他會說：‘你們必要把你們的弟弟帶下來’呢？” 8 猶大對他父親以色列說：“你若打發那孩子與我同去，我們就立刻起程，好叫我們和你，以及我們的孩子都可以存活，不至餓死。 9 我願意親自擔保他的安全，你可以從我手裡追回他。如果我不把他帶回來給你，交在你面前，我願終生承擔這罪。 10 要不是我們耽延，現在第二次也回來了。”
11 他們的父親以色列對他們說：“如果必須如此，你們就這樣作：你們把本地最好的出產放在袋裡，帶下去給那人作禮物，就是一點乳香、一點蜂蜜、香料、沒藥、粟子和杏仁。 12 你們手裡要多帶一倍銀子，因為你們要把那放回在你們袋口裡的銀子帶回去，那可能是弄錯了的。 13 你們帶著你們的弟弟，起程再到那人那裡去吧。 14 願全能的 神使那人憐憫你們，給你們釋放你們那個兄弟和便雅憫。至於我，如果要喪失兒子，就喪失了吧。” 15 於是，他們帶著這些禮物，手裡拿著多一倍的銀子，並且帶著便雅憫，起程下到埃及去，站在約瑟面前。
約瑟為兄弟擺設筵席
16 約瑟見便雅憫與他們同來，就對管家說：“把這些人帶到我家裡，要宰殺牲畜，預備筵席，因為在正午的時候，這些人要與我一起吃飯。” 17 管家就照著約瑟所吩咐的去作，把這些人帶到約瑟的家裡。 18 他們因為被領到約瑟的家裡，就害怕起來，說：“我們被領到這裡來，必定是為了頭一次放回在我們袋裡的銀子，現在他們想攻擊我們，制伏我們，逼我們作奴僕，又奪去我們的驢。” 19 他們於是走近約瑟的管家，在屋門口與他說話。 20 他們說：“先生啊，我們頭一次下來，實在是要買糧食的。 21 後來我們來到住宿的地方，打開布袋的時候，不料各人的銀子仍然在各人的袋口裡，分文不少；現在我們手裡又帶回來了。 22 我們手裡又另外帶來銀子，是買糧食用的。我們不知道頭一次誰把我們的銀子放在我們的布袋裡。” 23 管家說：“你們可以放心，不要害怕，是你們的 神，你們父親的 神，把財寶賜給你們，放在你們的布袋裡。你們的銀子我早已收到了。”接著他把西緬帶出來交給他們。 24 管家把他們領到約瑟的家裡，給他們水洗腳，又給他們飼料餵驢。 25 於是，他們預備好了禮物，等候約瑟中午到來，因為他們聽說他們要在那裡吃飯。
26 約瑟回到家裡，他們就把手中的禮物帶進屋裡送給他，又俯伏在地向他下拜。 27 約瑟先向他們問安，然後又問：“你們的父親，就是你們所說的那老人家平安嗎？他還在嗎？” 28 他們回答：“你僕人我們的父親平安，他還在。”於是他們低頭下拜。 29 約瑟舉目觀看，看見自己同母所生的弟弟便雅憫，就問：“這就是你們向我提過那最小的弟弟嗎？”又說：“我兒啊，願 神賜恩給你。” 30 約瑟愛弟弟之情激動起來，就急忙去找個可哭的地方。於是他進了自己的內室，在那裡哭了一陣。 31 他洗了面，然後出來，抑制著自己的感情，吩咐人說：“開飯吧。” 32 他們就給約瑟單獨擺了一席，給那些人另外擺了一席，又給那些與約瑟一同吃飯的埃及人擺了一席，因為埃及人不能與希伯來人一同吃飯，這是埃及人所厭惡的。 33 約瑟使眾兄弟在他面前排列坐下，都是照著他們長幼的次序。眾兄弟就彼此對望，驚奇不已。 34 約瑟拿起自己面前的食物，分給他們，但是便雅憫分得的食物，比別人多五倍。他們就與約瑟一同喝酒宴樂。
銀杯藏在便雅憫的布袋裡
44 約瑟吩咐管家說：“把糧食裝滿這些人的布袋，要盡他們所能攜帶的，又把各人的銀子放在他們的袋口； 2 把我的銀杯，放在最小的袋口，連同他買糧食的銀子放進去。”管家就照著約瑟吩咐的話去作。 3 早晨天一亮，那些人和他們的驢子都被打發走了。 4 他們出了城，走了不遠，約瑟就對管家說：“起來，追趕那些人；追上了，就對他們說：‘你為甚麼以惡報善呢？ 5 這不是我主人喝酒和占卜用的杯嗎？你們所作的，實在不對。’”
6 管家追上了他們，就對他們說了這些話。 7 他們對管家說：“我主為甚麼說這樣的話呢？你的僕人絕不會作這樣的事。 8 你看，我們從前在袋口發現的銀子，尚且從迦南地帶來還給你，我們又怎會從你主人的家裡偷取金銀呢？ 9 在你僕人當中，無論在誰那裡搜出來，誰就要死，我們也要作我主的奴僕。” 10 管家說：“現在就照你們的話作吧，只是在誰那裡搜出來，誰就要作我的奴僕，其餘的人都沒有罪。” 11 於是，他們急忙把自己的布袋卸在地上，各人打開自己的布袋。 12 管家就搜查，從最大的開始，查到最小的。那杯竟在便雅憫的布袋裡搜出來了。 13 他們就撕裂自己的衣服，各人又把擔子馱在驢上，回城去了。
14 猶大和他的兄弟來到約瑟的家裡，那時約瑟還在那裡；他們就在他面前俯伏在地。 15 約瑟對他們說：“你們所作的是甚麼事呢？你們不知道像我這樣的人必能占卜嗎？” 16 猶大說：“我們對我主可以說甚麼呢？我們還有甚麼可說的呢？我們怎能證明自己是清白的呢？ 神已經查出你僕人們的罪孽了。看哪，我們和那在他手裡搜出杯來的，都是我主的奴僕了。” 17 約瑟說：“我絕不能這樣作。在誰的手裡搜出杯來，誰就要作我的奴僕；你們其餘的人，可以平平安安地上你們父親那裡去。”
猶大替便雅憫求情
18 猶大走近約瑟身邊，說：“我主啊，求你容許僕人說一句話給我主聽，請不要向僕人發烈怒，因為你好像法老一樣。 19 我主曾經問僕人們說：‘你們還有父親或其他兄弟沒有？’ 20 我們曾經回答我主：‘我們還有年老的父親和最小的弟弟，是他年老時所生的。他的哥哥死了，他母親只剩下他一個孩子，他父親非常愛他。’ 21 你就對僕人們說：‘把他帶下來到我這裡，我要親眼看看他。’ 22 我們對我主說：‘那孩子是不能離開他父親的；如果離開了，他父親必定死。’ 23 你對僕人們說：‘如果你們最小的弟弟不與你們一同下來，你們就不得見我的面。’ 24 於是，我們上到你僕人我們的父親那裡，就把我主的話告訴了他。 25 後來我們的父親說：‘你們再去替我們買些糧食回來吧。’ 26 我們就說：‘我們不能下去，如果有我們最小的弟弟與我們同去，我們就下去；因為我們最小的弟弟不與我們同去，我們就不得見那人的面。’ 27 你僕人我的父親對我們說：‘你們知道我的妻子只給我生了兩個兒子。 28 一個已經離開我去了，我想他必定是被野獸撕碎了；直到現在，我也沒有見過他。 29 現在你們又要把這個從我面前帶去，如果他遇到不幸，你們就使我這個白髮老人，悲悲慘慘地下陰間去了。’ 30 我父親的命與這孩子的命，是相連在一起的。現在我回到你僕人我的父親那裡，如果沒有孩子與我們在一起， 31 他一見沒有孩子，就必定死；這樣，你僕人們就使你僕人我們的父親，這個白髮老人，愁愁苦苦地下陰間去了。 32 因為僕人曾經向父親擔保這孩子的安全，說：‘如果我不把他帶回來交還給你，我就在父親面前終生承擔這罪。’ 33 現在求你容許僕人留下，代替這孩子作我主的奴僕，讓這孩子與他的哥哥們一同上去。 34 因為如果孩子沒有與我同去，我怎能上去見我的父親呢？恐怕我會看見災禍臨到我父親身上。”
約瑟向他的兄弟表明身分
45 約瑟在所有侍立在他左右的人面前，不能自制，就喊叫說：“叫各人都離開我出去。”這樣，約瑟向他的兄弟們表白自己身分的時候，沒有別人在場。 2 於是他放聲大哭，埃及人聽到了；法老一家也聽聞這事。 3 約瑟對他的兄弟們說：“我就是約瑟，我的父親還在嗎？”他的兄弟們不能回答他，因為他們在約瑟面前都非常驚惶。 4 約瑟對他的兄弟們說：“請你們上前來。”他們就上前去。他說：“我就是被你們賣到埃及的弟弟約瑟。 5 現在你們不要因為把我賣到這裡來，而自憂自責。這原是 神差派我在你們以先來這裡，為要保全性命。 6 現在這地的饑荒已經有兩年了，還有五年不能耕種，也沒有收成。 7 神差派我在你們以先來這裡，為要給你們在地上留下餘種，大大施行拯救，保全你們的性命。 8 這樣看來，差派我到這裡來的，不是你們，而是 神。他立我作法老之父，作他全家之主，又作全埃及地的首相。 9 你們要趕快上到我父親那裡去，對他說：‘你的兒子約瑟這樣說： 神立我作了全埃及的主；請你下到我這裡來，不要耽延。 10 你和你的眾兒孫、牛羊，以及你一切所有的，都可以住在歌珊地，與我相近。 11 我要在那裡供養你，因為還有五年的饑荒，免得你和你的家人，以及你一切所有的，都陷入窮困裡。’ 12 看哪，你們和我弟弟便雅憫都親眼看見，是我親口對你們說話。 13 你們也要把我在埃及的一切尊榮，和你們所看見的一切，都告訴我的父親，又要趕快把我的父親接到這裡來。” 14 於是，約瑟伏在他弟弟便雅憫的頸項上，哭起來了；便雅憫也伏在約瑟的頸項上哭。 15 他又與眾兄弟親吻，擁抱著他們哭。然後，他的兄弟們就跟他說話。
法老命約瑟迎接父親
16 消息傳到法老的家裡，說：“約瑟的兄弟們來了。”法老和他的臣僕都很高興。 17 法老對約瑟說：“你要對你的兄弟們說：‘你們要這樣作：使你們的牲口載滿貨物，起程到迦南地去， 18 把你們的父親和家人都接到我這裡來；我要把埃及地美好的產物賜給你們，你們也可以吃這地肥美的食物。’ 19 現在我再吩咐你對他們說：‘你們要這樣作：從埃及地帶些車輛回去，用來接你們的孩子和妻子，並且把你們的父親接來。 20 不要顧惜你們的家具，因為埃及全地美好的產物都是你們的。’”
21 以色列的兒子們就照樣作了。約瑟照著法老所吩咐的，給了他們一些車輛和路上用的食物。 22 又給了他們各人一套新衣服，但是給便雅憫三千四百二十克銀子和五套衣服。 23 約瑟送去給他父親的，有公驢十頭，載著埃及美好的產物，以及母驢十頭，載著五穀、餅和給他父親在路上用的食物。 24 於是，約瑟打發他的兄弟們回去，他們走的時候，約瑟對他們說：“你們在路上不要爭吵。”
兄弟回家迎接父親
25 他們離開埃及，上到迦南地他們父親雅各那裡去， 26 告訴他，說：“約瑟還在，並且作了埃及全地的首相。”雅各的心冷淡麻木，因為他不相信他們。 27 他們就把約瑟對他們所說的一切話，都告訴了他。他們的父親雅各看見了約瑟派來接他的車輛，心才甦醒過來。 28 以色列說：“夠了！約瑟我的兒子還在；在我還沒有死以前，我要去看看他。”
Genesis 35-42
English Standard Version
God Blesses and Renames Jacob
35 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to (A)Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you (B)when you fled from your brother Esau.” 2 So Jacob said to his (C)household and to all who were with him, “Put away (D)the foreign gods that are among you and (E)purify yourselves and change your garments. 3 Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God (F)who answers me in the day of my distress and (G)has been with me wherever I have gone.” 4 So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under (H)the terebinth tree that was near Shechem.
5 And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. 6 And Jacob came to (I)Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him, 7 and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel,[a] because (J)there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother. 8 And (K)Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth.[b]
9 God appeared[c] to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; (L)no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but (M)Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel. 11 And God said to him, (N)“I am God Almighty:[d] be (O)fruitful and multiply. (P)A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.[e] 12 (Q)The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you.” 13 Then God (R)went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him. 14 And Jacob (S)set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it. 15 So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him (T)Bethel.
The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac
16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance[f] from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor. 17 And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for (U)you have another son.” 18 And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni;[g] (V)but his father called him Benjamin.[h] 19 So (W)Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to (X)Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem), 20 and Jacob set up a pillar over her tomb. It is (Y)the pillar of Rachel's tomb, which is there to this day. 21 Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
22 While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and (Z)lay with Bilhah his father's concubine. And Israel heard of it.
Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. 23 The sons of Leah: (AA)Reuben (Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. 24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. 25 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant: Dan and Naphtali. 26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
27 And Jacob came to his father Isaac at (AB)Mamre, or (AC)Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned. 28 Now the days of Isaac were 180 years. 29 And Isaac breathed his last, and he died (AD)and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And (AE)his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Esau's Descendants
36 These are the generations of Esau (that is, (AF)Edom). 2 Esau (AG)took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, (AH)Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter[i] of Zibeon the Hivite, 3 and (AI)Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth. 4 And Adah bore to Esau, (AJ)Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel; 5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
6 Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his livestock, all his beasts, and all his property that he had acquired in the land of Canaan. He went into a land away from his brother Jacob. 7 (AK)For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together. (AL)The land of their sojournings could not support them because of their livestock. 8 So Esau settled in (AM)the hill country of Seir. ((AN)Esau is Edom.)
9 These are the generations of Esau the father of (AO)the Edomites in the hill country of Seir. 10 These are the names of Esau's sons: (AP)Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. 11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 (Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau's son; she bore (AQ)Amalek to Eliphaz.) These are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife. 13 These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. 14 These are the sons of (AR)Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
15 These are (AS)the chiefs of the sons of Esau. (AT)The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: the chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, 16 Korah, Gatam, and Amalek; these are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah. 17 These are the sons of (AU)Reuel, Esau's son: the chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah; these are the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. 18 These are the sons of (AV)Oholibamah, Esau's wife: the chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the chiefs born of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. 19 These are the sons of Esau ((AW)that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.
20 (AX)These are the sons of (AY)Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom. 22 The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna. 23 These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 24 These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he pastured the donkeys of Zibeon his father. 25 These are the children of Anah: Dishon and (AZ)Oholibamah the daughter of Anah. 26 These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. 27 These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. 28 These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. 29 These are the chiefs of the Horites: the (BA)chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 30 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, chief by chief in the land of Seir.
31 (BB)These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the Israelites. 32 Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, the name of his city being Dinhabah. 33 Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place. 34 Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. 35 Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place, the name of his city being Avith. 36 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. 37 Samlah died, and Shaul of (BC)Rehoboth on the Euphrates[j] reigned in his place. 38 Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. 39 Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place, the name of his city being Pau; his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.
40 These are the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their clans and their dwelling places, by their names: the chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, 41 Oholibamah, Elah, (BD)Pinon, 42 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, 43 Magdiel, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom (that is, Esau, the father of (BE)Edom), according to their dwelling places in the land of their possession.
Joseph's Dreams
37 Jacob lived in (BF)the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.
2 These are the generations of Jacob.
Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought (BG)a bad report of them to their father. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was (BH)the son of his old age. And he made him (BI)a robe of many colors.[k] 4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him.
5 Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more. 6 He said to them, “Hear this dream that I have dreamed: 7 Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, (BJ)my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and (BK)bowed down to my sheaf.” 8 His brothers said to him, “Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
9 Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, “Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” 10 But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and (BL)your mother and your brothers indeed come (BM)to bow ourselves to the ground before you?” 11 And (BN)his brothers were jealous of him, (BO)but his father kept the saying in mind.
Joseph Sold by His Brothers
12 Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near (BP)Shechem. 13 And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Here I am.” 14 So he said to him, “Go now, see if it is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring me word.” So he sent him from the Valley of (BQ)Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15 And a man found him wandering in the fields. And the man asked him, “What are you seeking?” 16 “I am seeking my brothers,” he said. “Tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock.” 17 And the man said, “They have gone away, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to (BR)Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at (BS)Dothan.
18 They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them (BT)they conspired against him to kill him. 19 They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer. 20 Come now, (BU)let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits.[l] Then we will say that a fierce animal has devoured him, and we will see what will become of his dreams.” 21 But when (BV)Reuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.” 22 And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him”—(BW)that he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father. 23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, (BX)the robe of many colors that he wore. 24 And they took him and (BY)threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.
25 Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a (BZ)caravan of (CA)Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing (CB)gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt. 26 Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it (CC)if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? 27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and (CD)let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him. 28 Then (CE)Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and (CF)sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels[m] of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt.
29 When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he (CG)tore his clothes 30 and returned to his brothers and said, “The boy (CH)is gone, and I, where shall I go?” 31 Then they took (CI)Joseph's robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. 32 And they sent the robe of many colors and brought it to their father and said, “This we have found; please identify whether it is your son's robe or not.” 33 And he identified it and said, “It is my son's robe. (CJ)A fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces.” 34 Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days. 35 All his sons and all his daughters (CK)rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, (CL)I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him. 36 Meanwhile (CM)the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, (CN)the captain of the guard.
Judah and Tamar
38 It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and (CO)turned aside to a certain (CP)Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2 There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was (CQ)Shua. He took her and went in to her, 3 and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name (CR)Er. 4 She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name (CS)Onan. 5 Yet again she bore a son, and she called his name (CT)Shelah. Judah[n] was in Chezib when she bore him.
6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. 7 But Er, Judah's firstborn, (CU)was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord put him to death. 8 Then Judah said to Onan, “Go in to (CV)your brother's wife and (CW)perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.” 9 But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his. So whenever he went in to his brother's wife he would waste the semen on the ground, so as not to give offspring to his brother. 10 And what he did was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death also. 11 Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, (CX)“Remain a widow in your father's house, till Shelah my son grows up”—for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and remained (CY)in her father's house.
12 In the course of time the wife of Judah, Shua's daughter, died. When Judah (CZ)was comforted, he went up to (DA)Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13 And when Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,” 14 she took off her widow's garments (DB)and covered herself with a veil, wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to (DC)Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown up, (DD)and she had not been given to him in marriage. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face. 16 He turned to her at the roadside and said, “Come, let me come in to you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?” 17 He answered, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” And she said, “If you give me a pledge, until you send it—” 18 He said, “What pledge shall I give you?” She replied, (DE)“Your signet and your cord and your staff that is in your hand.” So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him. 19 Then she arose and went away, and taking off (DF)her veil she put on the garments of her widowhood.
20 When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to take back the pledge from the woman's hand, he did not find her. 21 And he asked the men of the place, “Where is the cult prostitute[o] who was at (DG)Enaim at the roadside?” And they said, “No cult prostitute has been here.” 22 So he returned to Judah and said, “I have not found her. Also, the men of the place said, ‘No cult prostitute has been here.’” 23 And Judah replied, “Let her keep the things as her own, or we shall be laughed at. You see, I sent this young goat, and you did not find her.”
24 About three months later Judah was told, “Tamar your daughter-in-law (DH)has been immoral.[p] Moreover, she is pregnant by immorality.”[q] And Judah said, “Bring her out, and (DI)let her be burned.” 25 As she was being brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, “By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant.” And she said, “Please identify whose these are, (DJ)the signet and the cord and the staff.” 26 Then Judah identified them and said, (DK)“She is more righteous than I, since (DL)I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not know her again.
27 When the time of her labor came, there were twins in her womb. 28 And when she was in labor, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.” 29 But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. And she said, “What a breach you have made for yourself!” Therefore his name was called (DM)Perez.[r] 30 Afterward his brother came out with the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called (DN)Zerah.
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
39 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and (DO)Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, (DP)had bought him from the (DQ)Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. 2 (DR)The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master. 3 His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord (DS)caused all that he did to succeed in his hands. 4 So Joseph (DT)found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house (DU)and put him in charge of all that he had. 5 From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house (DV)for Joseph's sake; the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field. 6 So he left all that he had in Joseph's charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate.
Now Joseph was (DW)handsome in form and appearance. 7 And after a time his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.” 8 But he refused and said to his master's wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and (DX)he has put everything that he has in my charge. 9 He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and (DY)sin against God?” 10 And as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he (DZ)would not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be with her.
11 But one day, when he went into the house to do his work and none of the men of the house was there in the house, 12 (EA)she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house. 13 And as soon as she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled out of the house, 14 she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to laugh at us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice. 15 And as soon as he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me and fled and got out of the house.” 16 Then she laid up his garment by her until his master came home, 17 and she told him the same story, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to laugh at me. 18 But as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment beside me and fled out of the house.”
19 As soon as his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, “This is the way your servant treated me,” his anger was kindled. 20 And Joseph's master took him and (EB)put him into the (EC)prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison. 21 But (ED)the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love (EE)and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 And the keeper of the prison (EF)put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it. 23 The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph's charge, because (EG)the Lord was with him. And whatever he did, the Lord made it succeed.
Joseph Interprets Two Prisoners' Dreams
40 Some time after this, the (EH)cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker committed an offense against their lord the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, 3 (EI)and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined. 4 The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be with them, and he attended them. They continued for some time in custody.
5 And one night they both dreamed—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—each his own dream, and each dream with its own interpretation. 6 When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled. 7 So he asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in custody in his master's house, (EJ)“Why are your faces downcast today?” 8 They said to him, (EK)“We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them.” And Joseph said to them, (EL)“Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to me.”
9 So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph and said to him, “In my dream there was a vine before me, 10 and on the vine there were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters ripened into grapes. 11 Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup and placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand.” 12 Then Joseph said to him, (EM)“This is its interpretation: (EN)the three branches are three days. 13 In three days Pharaoh will (EO)lift up your head and restore you to your office, and you shall place Pharaoh's cup in his hand as formerly, when you were his cupbearer. 14 Only remember me, when it is well with you, and please do me the kindness to mention me to Pharaoh, and so get me out of this house. 15 For (EP)I was indeed stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and (EQ)here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the pit.”
16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream: there were three cake baskets on my head, 17 and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my head.” 18 And Joseph answered and said, (ER)“This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days. 19 (ES)In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from you!—and (ET)hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat the flesh from you.”
20 On the third day, which was Pharaoh's (EU)birthday, he made a feast for all his servants and (EV)lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. 21 (EW)He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, and (EX)he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand. 22 But he (EY)hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. 23 Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.
Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dreams
41 After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile, 2 and behold, there came up out of the Nile seven cows, attractive and plump, and they fed in the reed grass. 3 And behold, seven other cows, ugly and thin, came up out of the Nile after them, and stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile. 4 And the ugly, thin cows ate up the seven attractive, plump cows. And Pharaoh awoke. 5 And he fell asleep and dreamed a second time. And behold, seven ears of grain, plump and good, were growing on one stalk. 6 And behold, after them sprouted seven ears, thin and (EZ)blighted by the east wind. 7 And the thin ears swallowed up the seven plump, full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream. 8 So in the morning (FA)his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the (FB)magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was none who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “I remember my offenses today. 10 When Pharaoh was (FC)angry with his servants (FD)and put me and the chief baker in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, 11 (FE)we dreamed on the same night, he and I, each having a dream with its own interpretation. 12 A young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. When we told him, (FF)he interpreted our dreams to us, giving an interpretation to each man according to his dream. 13 And (FG)as he interpreted to us, so it came about. I was restored to my office, and the baker was hanged.”
14 (FH)Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they (FI)quickly brought him (FJ)out of the pit. And when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh. 15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. (FK)I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.” 16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, (FL)“It is not in me; (FM)God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”[s] 17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, (FN)in my dream I was standing on the banks of the Nile. 18 Seven cows, plump and attractive, came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass. 19 Seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt. 20 And the thin, ugly cows ate up the first seven plump cows, 21 but when they had eaten them no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were still as ugly as at the beginning. Then I awoke. 22 I also saw in my dream seven ears growing on one stalk, full and good. 23 Seven ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprouted after them, 24 and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. And (FO)I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”
25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one; (FP)God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do. 26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one. 27 The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears blighted by the east wind are also (FQ)seven years of famine. 28 It is as I told Pharaoh; (FR)God has shown to Pharaoh what he is about to do. 29 There will come (FS)seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt, 30 but after them there will arise (FT)seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. (FU)The famine will consume the land, 31 and the plenty will be unknown in the land by reason of the famine that will follow, for it will be very severe. 32 And the doubling of Pharaoh's dream means that the (FV)thing is fixed by God, and God will shortly bring it about. 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land and take one-fifth of the produce of the land[t] of Egypt during the seven plentiful years. 35 And (FW)let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. 36 That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine that are to occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish through the famine.”
Joseph Rises to Power
37 This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants. 38 And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, (FX)in whom is the Spirit of God?”[u] 39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are. 40 (FY)You shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command.[v] Only as regards the throne will I be greater than you.” 41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, (FZ)I have set you over all the land of Egypt.” 42 Then Pharaoh (GA)took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and (GB)clothed him in garments of fine linen (GC)and put a gold chain about his neck. 43 And he made him ride in his second chariot. (GD)And they called out before him, “Bow the knee!”[w] Thus he set him (GE)over all the land of Egypt. 44 Moreover, Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and (GF)without your consent no one shall lift up hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.” 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah. And he gave him in marriage Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On. So Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
46 Joseph was thirty years old when he (GG)entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt. 47 During the seven plentiful years the earth produced abundantly, 48 and he gathered up all the food of these seven years, which occurred in the land of Egypt, and put the food in the cities. He put in every city the food from the fields around it. 49 And Joseph stored up grain in great abundance, (GH)like the sand of the sea, until he ceased to measure it, for it could not be measured.
50 Before the year of famine came, (GI)two sons were born to Joseph. Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore them to him. 51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house.”[x] 52 The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has (GJ)made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”[y]
53 The seven years of plenty that occurred in the land of Egypt came to an end, 54 and (GK)the seven years of famine began to come, (GL)as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 55 When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do.”
56 So when the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened all the storehouses[z] and (GM)sold to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt. 57 Moreover, all the earth came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe (GN)over all the earth.
Joseph's Brothers Go to Egypt
42 When (GO)Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?” 2 And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down and buy grain for us there, that we may (GP)live and not die.” 3 So ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt. 4 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, (GQ)Joseph's brother, with his brothers, for (GR)he feared that harm might happen to him. 5 Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6 Now Joseph was governor (GS)over the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came and (GT)bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground. 7 Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and (GU)spoke roughly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.” 8 And Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him. 9 And Joseph (GV)remembered the dreams that he had dreamed of them. (GW)And he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 35:7 El-bethel means God of Bethel
- Genesis 35:8 Allon-bacuth means oak of weeping
- Genesis 35:9 Or had appeared
- Genesis 35:11 Hebrew El Shaddai
- Genesis 35:11 Hebrew from your loins
- Genesis 35:16 Or about two hours' distance
- Genesis 35:18 Ben-oni could mean son of my sorrow, or son of my strength
- Genesis 35:18 Benjamin means son of the right hand
- Genesis 36:2 Hebrew; Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac son; also verse 14
- Genesis 36:37 Hebrew the River
- Genesis 37:3 See Septuagint, Vulgate; or (with Syriac) a robe with long sleeves. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain; also verses 23, 32
- Genesis 37:20 Or cisterns; also verses 22, 24
- Genesis 37:28 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
- Genesis 38:5 Hebrew He
- Genesis 38:21 Hebrew sacred woman; a woman who served a pagan deity by prostitution; also verse 22
- Genesis 38:24 Or has committed prostitution
- Genesis 38:24 Or by prostitution
- Genesis 38:29 Perez means a breach
- Genesis 41:16 Or (compare Samaritan, Septuagint) Without God it is not possible to give Pharaoh an answer about his welfare
- Genesis 41:34 Or over the land and organize the land
- Genesis 41:38 Or of the gods
- Genesis 41:40 Hebrew and according to your command all my people shall kiss the ground
- Genesis 41:43 Abrek, probably an Egyptian word, similar in sound to the Hebrew word meaning to kneel
- Genesis 41:51 Manasseh sounds like the Hebrew for making to forget
- Genesis 41:52 Ephraim sounds like the Hebrew for making fruitful
- Genesis 41:56 Hebrew all that was in them
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