Joseph's death. cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Ca GENESIS. B. C. 1689. B. C. 1689. 17. Ac. 8. naan, fwhich Abraham bought fch.23.16. h2 Sa. 1. 31 (There they buried Abra- Ech.23.19 ham and Sarah his wife; bthere & 25. 9. they buried Isaac and Rebekah hch. 35. his wife; and there I buried 29. Leah.) 2. il Sa. 31. 13. He is buried in Canaan. both chariots and horsemen:and it was a very great company. 10 And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is be yond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. 11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a griev ous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was That is, called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan. the 32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein, was from the children of Heth. 33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and iwas gathered unto his peo-iver. 29. keh. 49. Fle. CHAPTER L. The mourning for Jacob, 1. 4 Joseph getteth leave of Pharaoh to go to bury him. 7 The funeral. 15 Joseph comforteth his brethren, who craved his pardon. 22 His age. 23 He seeth the third generation of his sons. 24 He prophesieth unto his brethren of their return. 25 He taketh an oath of them for his bones. 26 He dieth, and is chested. ND Joseph "fell upon his fa- ach. 46. 4. ning of the Egyp tians. 29,30.Ac. Ich.23.16. 12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: 13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and bu ried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying-place of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. 14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. 15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was A ther's face, and wept upon b2Ki. 13. mJob 15. dead, they said, Joseph will him, and kissed him. 14. 21, 22. 2 And Joseph cominanded his 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians † dmourned for him threescore and ten days. 7.&19.39, 40. 13. peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. 16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and "Pr. 28. their sin; "for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the 29.De.34. ch.49. 25 servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. Pch. 37.7, 18 And his brethren also went and Pfell down before his face: and they said, Behold, we be thy servants. 8. "Es. 4. 2. 4 And when the days of his tHeb. mourning were past, Joseph wept. spake unto the house of Pha- dNu. 20. raoh, saying, Ifnow I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. 6And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. 7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren,and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. 9 And there went up with him The children of Israel, after Joseph's death, do multiply,1. 8 The more they are oppressed by a new king,the more they multiply. 15 The godliness of the midwives, in saving the menchildren alive. 22 Pharaoh commandeth the male children to be cast into the river. EXODUS. B. C. 1706. Now these are the names of "Ge.46.8. 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 And all the souls that came out of the t loins of Jacob were b seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. 6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that genera tion. 7¶dAnd the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. 8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. ↑ Heb. b Ge. 45. 20.De.10. 26,27.ver 22. 1635. B. C. 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, "in mch.2.23. mortar, and in brick, and in all &6.9.Nu. manner of service in the field: 20.15. Ac. all their service wherein they 7. 19, 34. made them serve was with riPs.81.6 gour. cir. 1635. "Pr. 16.6. PDa. 3.16 Ac. 5. 29. 18.&6.13. Ge.50.26 See Jos. 9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and Ps. 10.2. mightier than we. "Pr.11.18 15 T And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives (of which the name of one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah;) 16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. 17 But the midwives "feared God, and did not Pas the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive. 18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the menchildren alive? 219 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. 20 "Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the He. 6 10. people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. 29. 1 Ki.2 & 83.3.4. See 1 Sa 10 Come on, let us bdeal wise-Job 5.13 2.35. 2Sa. ly with them, lest they multiply, Pr. 16.25.7.11.13,27 Ps.105,25 and it come to pass, that, when & 21.30. 24. & 11 there falleth out any war, they Ac. 7. 19. join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. 11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters, ito afflict them with their kburdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasurecities, Pithom,land Raamses. 12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. 13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour. Moses is born, 1; 3 and in an ark cast into the flags. 5 He is found, and brought up by Pharaoh's daughter. 11 He slayeth an Egyptian. 13 He reproveth an Hebrew. 15 He fleeth into Midian, 21 He marrieth Zip porah. 22 Gershom is born. 23 God respecteth the Israelites' cry. ND there went a man of the theymul 1Ch 23.14 AND tiplied, 1571. wife a daughter of Levi. bAc.7.20. 2 And the woman conceived He.11.23. and bare a son: and bwhen she Moses fleeth into Midian." saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. 4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. God appeareth unto him. had seven daughters: "and they came and drew water, and filled "Ge 24.11 the troughs to water their fa&29.10.1. ther's flock. Sa. 9. 11. PGe29.10 ch. 15.20 q Nu. 10. Nu.26.59. 29. called alsoJeth20. ore ther, ch.3 1. & 4. 18. &18.1&c 6 And the ddaughter of Pha-Ac.7.21. raoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side: and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. 7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go, and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother. 9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away and nurse it for me and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child and nursed it. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became "her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, because I drew him out of the water. Ac. 7.21. That is drawn out. &43. 25. 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and Pwatered their flock. 18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day? 19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the land of the shepherds, and also drew wa ter enough for us, and watered the flock. 20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call Ge 31.54 him, that he may 'eat bread. 21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses, Zipporah his daughter. 22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been "a stranger in a strange land. ch. 4. 25 & 18.2. That is, a stranger here. ch. 18. 3. 14. 23 And it came to pass, in "Ac.7.29. He.11.13, process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried; and "their cry came up unto God, by 16.De.26. reason of the bondage. ch. 7. 7. Ac. 7. 30 y Nu. 20. 7.Ps.12.5. 24 And God "heard their groanGe.18.20 ing, and God bremembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. ch. 3. 9 & 22. 23, 27. De.24.15. Ja. 5. 4. a ch. 6. 5. b ch. 6, 5. Ps. 105.8. 42. & 106. 45. 11 And it came to pass in those days, fwhen Moses was fAc.7.23. Ge.15.14 grown, that he went out unto his 24.He.11 & 46. 4. brethren, and looked on their 24, 25, 26, deh. 4.31. burdens: and he spied an Sch. 1. 11. Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he hslew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. 1531. bAc.7.24. 13 And when he went out the iAc. 7.26. second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? 1 Sa. 1.11. 2Sa. 16.12 Lu. 1. 25. ↑ Heb. knew. ech. 3. 7. 1491. ach. 2. 16. beh. 18. 5. 1Ki. 19.8. De33. 16 Is. 63. 9. Ac. 7. 30. dPs.111.2 kAc.7.27, Ac. 7. 31. eDe 33.16 14 And he said, kWho made 28. thee ta prince and a judge over + Heb. a us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And man, a prince. Moses feared, and said, Surely Ge. 13. 8. fch.19.12. this thing is known. 1Ac. 7.29. Jos. 5.15. 15 Now when Pharaoh heard He.11.27. Ac. 7. 33. this thing, he sought to slay Mo-m Ge. 24. Ge 28.13 ses. But Moses fled from the 11.&29.2. n ch. 3. 1. 4. 5. Mat. face of Pharaoh,and dwelt in the 22.32.Ma. land of Midian: and he sat down by ma well. 16 "Now the I priest of Midian ver.15.ch | Or, 12.26.Lu. prince as 20.37. Ac. Ge. 41.45 7. 32. 25 And God dlooked upon the children of Israel, and God † had respect unto them. CHAPTER III. Moses keepeth Jethro's flock, 1. 2God appeareth to him in a burning bush. 9 He sendeth him to deliver Israel. 14 The name of God. 15 His message to Israel. NOW Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back side of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 2 And the Angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this dgreat sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses! And he said, Here am I. 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: fput off thy shoes from off thy feet; for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses Ged sendeth Moses CHAPTER IV. hid his face; for hhe was afraid B.C 1491, B.C.1491. to look upon God. hSo. 1 Ki 77 And the LORD said, I have 19.13.; Is.. surely seen the affliction of my 6 1,5. Ne. people which are in Egypt, and 9. 9. Ps. have heard their cry kby reason 106. 44. of their taskmasters; for I know Ac. 7. 34. their sorrows: ich. 2. 23, dch.4.31. ch.5.1,3. fNu. 23.3. to deliver Israel. zites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. 18 And dthey shall hearken to thy voice; and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath fmet 8 And I am come down to 24. "deliver them out of the hand keh.1.11.4, 15, 16. with us; and now let us go(webe. of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land,"unto good land, and a large, unto a land Pflowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. seech thee) three days' journey into the wilderness,that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. 19 TAnd I am sure that the king 2.ino, not by a mighty hand. of Egypt will not let you go, Ge. 18.21 cli. 2, 25 mGe. 11. 5,7. & 18. 21. & 50. gch. 5. ch.6.6.8 & 7. 4. Or, but & 12. 51. "De. 1.25. by strong & 8.7,8,9. hund. Pver. 17. hch. 6. 6. ch. 13. 5. & 7.5. & & 33. 3.9. 15. 9 Now therefore, behold, "the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. Nu.13.27. ich.7.3. & 10 Come now therefore, and I De. 26.9, 11.9. De will send thee unto Pharaoh,& 32.22. 9. 10. Ps. 15. Je. 11. 6. 22. Ne. that thou mayest bring forth my Ez. 20. 6. 105. 27. & people, the children of Israel, 135. 9. Je. out of Egypt. 32. 20.Ac. 736. See ch. 2. 23. cl. 7. to ch. 1. 11. ch. 13 Ge. 15. 18. 11 T And Moses said unto God, "Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Is-13, 14, 22. kch. 12. rael out of Egypt? tPs. 105. 31. 1. 6. mGe. 15. *Ge.31.3. 14. ch. 11. 12 And he said, Certainly I 26.Mi.6.4. Ich. 11. 3. will be with thee; and this shall "See ch.6 & 12. 36. be a token unto thee, that 12. 1 Sa. Ps. 106. have sent thee: When thou hast 18. 18. Is. 46 Pr. 16. brought forth the people out of 6.5,8.Jer. 7. Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. 13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What] is his name? What shall I say anto them? 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: And he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the De.31.23, 2&12. 35, Jos, 1. 5. 36. Ro. 8. 31. Job 27. 17. Pr. 13. 22.Ez. 39. 10. JOr, Egypt. hand, and smite Egypt with iall 20 And I will stretch out my my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and kafter that he will let you go. 21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not 5o empty: 22 "But every woman shall bor row of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and "ye shall spoil the Egyptians. CHAPTER IV. Moses's rod is turned into a serpent, 1. 6 His hand is leprous. 10 He is loth to be sent. 14 Aaron is appointed to assist him. 18 Moses departeth from Jethro. 21 God's message to Pharaoh. 24 Zipporah circumciseth her son. 27 Aaron is sent to meet Mo ses. 31 The people believeth them. AND Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee. 2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, "A rod. children of Israel, I AM hath ch. 6, 3. ver. 17, 3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent: and Moses fled from before it. 4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: 5 That they may bbelieve that the God of Abraham, the God the LORD God of their fathers, of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. 6 TAnd the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous das snow. 7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom 55 Aaron appointed to assist Moses. again, and plucked it out of his B.C.1491. B.C.1491. which I have put in thine hand: bosom, and behold, it was turn-De. 32. ch. 7.3, he shall not let the people go. but "I will harden his heart, that ed again as his other flesh. 8 And it shall come to pass, if 22 And thou shalt say unto Phathey will not believe thee, neiraoh, Thus saith the LORD, *Is ther hearken to the voice of the rael is my son, even my firstfirst sign, that they will believe born. the voice of the latter sign. 39.Nu.12. 13. &9.12, 23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even Ho.11.1 thy first-born. Ro. 9.4.2 Co. 6. 18. Ja. 1. 18. Je. 31.9. 9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest fch. 7. 19. out of the river shall become tHeb. blood upon the dry land. shall be ch. 11.5. aNu. 22. & 12. 29. tHeb. a 22. man of words. 3. 10 T And Moses said unto the and shall LORD, O my Lord, I am not jelo-be. quent, neither theretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 11 And the LORD said unto him, hWho hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be iwith thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. 13 And he said, O my Lord, of him whom thou wilt send. 18 T And Moses went, and returned to tJethro his father-inlaw, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. 19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for 'all the men are dead which sought thy life. Ge.17.14 Jos. 5. 2, tHeb. day. ch. 6. 12. dver. 14. 9. Mat. 10. 24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to bkill him. 25 Then Zipporah took Casharp of her son, and tcast it at his stone, and cut off the foreskin feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. 26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision. 27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him. the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs 29 ¶ And Moses and Aaron which he had commanded him. 28 And Moses ftold Aaron all hwent, and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel. 30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then "they bowed their heads and worshipped. CHAPTER V Pharaoh chideth Moses and Aaron for their message, 1. 5 He increaseth the Israelites' task. 15 He checketli their complaints. 19 They cry out upon Moses and Aaron. 22 Moses complaineth to God. ND afterward Moses and Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold "a feast unto me in the wilderness. b2 Ki. 18. 2 And Pharaoh said, bWho is 35.Job21. the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will 1 let Israel go. |