8 Not by your counsel was I sent hither, but | Which when Jacob heard, he awaked a by the will of God: who hath made me as it out of a deep sleep, yet did not believ were a father to Pharao, and lord of his whole 27 They, on the other side, told the w house, and governor in all the land of Egypt.der of the thing. And when he saw t 9 Make haste, and go ye up to my father, and gons and all that he had sent, his spirit say to him: Thus saith thy son Joseph: God 28 And he said: It is enough for me, if hath made me lord of the whole land of Egypt: my son, be yet living: I will go and come down to me, linger not. before I die. 10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gessen: and thou shalt be near me, thou and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, thy sheep, and thy herds, and all things that thou hast. 11 And there I will feed thee, (for there are yet five years of famine remaining,) lest both thou perish, and thy house, and all things that thou hast. 12 Behold, your eyes, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see that it is my mouth that speaketh to you. 13 You shall tell my father of all my glory, and all things that you have seen in Egypt: make haste and bring him to me. 14 And falling upon the neck of his brother Benjamin, he embraced him and wept: and Benjamin in like manner wept also on his neck. 15 And Joseph kissed all his brethren, and wept upon every one of them: after which they were emboldened to speak to him. 16 And it was heard, and the fame was abroad in the king's court: The brethren of Joseph are come: and Pharao with all his family was glad. 17 And he spoke to Joseph that he should give orders to his brethren, saying: Load your beasts, and go into the land of Chanaan. 18 And bring away from thence your father and kindred, and come to me: and I will give you all the good things of Egypt, that you may eat the marrow of the land. 19 Give orders also that they take waggons out of the land of Egypt, for the carriage of their children and their wives: and say: Take up your father, and make haste to come with all speed: 20 And leave nothing of your household-stuff: for all the riches of Egypt shall be yours. 21 And the sons of Israel did as they were bid. And Joseph gave them waggons according to Pharao's commandment: and provisions for the way. 22 He ordered also to be brought out for every one of them two robes: but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver with five robes of the best: 23 Sending to his father as much money and raiment, adding besides ten he-asses to carry of all the riches of Egypt, and as many she-asses, carrying wheat and bread for the journey. 24 So he sent away his brethren, and at their departing said to them: Be not angry in the way. 25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Chanaan to their father Jacob. 26 And they told him, saying: Joseph thy son is living: and he is ruler in all the land of Egypt. A.M. 2298. A. C. 1706.-b Acts, 7. 15.- Jos. 24. 5. Ps. 101. 23. Isai. 52. 4.- Exod. 1. 2. & 6. 14. Numb. 26. 5. 1 Par. 3. & 4. 21.- 1 Par. 7. 1.- 1 Par. 7. 30.- Supra, 41. 50. 5. 1. & 3.- Exod. 6. 15. 1 Par. 4. 24.- 1 Par. 6. 1.- 1 Par. 2. 1 Par. 7. 6. & 8. 1. Ch. 46. v. 1. The well of the oath. Bersabce. CHAP. XLVI. Israel, warranted by a vision from God, goe into Egypt with all his family. AND Israel taking his journey, with had, came to the well of the oa killing victims there to the God of his Isaac, I 2 He heard him by a vision in the nig ing him, and saying to him: Jacob, And he answered him: Lo, here I am. 3 God said to him: I am the most migh of thy father: fear not, go down into Eg will make a great nation of thee ther 4 I will go down with thee thither, a bring thee back again from thence: Jose shall put his hands upon thy eyes. 5 And Jacob rose up from the well oath: band his sons took him up, wit children and wives in the waggons, whic rao had sent to carry the old man, 6 And all that he had in the land of Ch and he came into Egypt with all his se 7 His sons, and grandsons, daughters, his offspring together. 8 And these are the names of the child Israel, that entered into Egypt, he and h dren. His first-born Ruben. 9 The sons of Ruben: Henoch and I and Hesron and Charmi. e 10 The sons of Simeon: Jamuel and and Ahod, and Jachin and Sohar, and S son of a woman of Chanaan. 11 The sons of Levi: Gerson and and Merari. 12 The sons of Juda: Her and Ona Sela and Phares and Zara. And Her and died in the land of Chanaan. And sons born to Phares: Hesron and Hamul. 13 The sons of Issachar: Tholaand and Job and Semron. h 14 The sons of Zabulon: Sared and Eld Jahelel. 15 These are the sons of Lia, whom sh in Mesopotamia of Syria with Dina his d ter. All the souls of her sons and daug thirty-three. 16 The sons of Gad: Sephian and Hag Suni and Esebon and Heri and Arodi and 17 The sons of Aser: Jamne and Jesu Jessuri and Beria, and Sara their sister. sons of Beria: Heber and Melchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zelpha, whor ban gave to Lia his daughter. And the bore to Jacob, sixteen souls. 19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife: J and Benjamin. 20 And sons were born to Joseph, land of Egypt, whom Aseneth the daugh Putiphare priest of Heliopolis bore him: nasses and Ephraim. 21 The sons of Benjamin: Bela and B and Asbel and Gera and Naaman and Echi and Ros and Mophim and Ophim and Ared. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, whom she bore to Jacob: all the souls, fourteen. 23 The sons of Dan; Husim. 24 The sons of Nephtali: Jaziel and Guni and Jeser and Sallem. 25 These are the sons of Bala, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter: and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls, seven. 26 All the souls, that went with Jacob into Egypt, and that came out of his thigh, besides his sons' wives, sixty-six. 27 And the sons of Joseph, that were born to him in the land of Egypt, two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, that entered into Egypt, were seventy. 28 And he sent Juda before him to Joseph, to tell him; and that he should meet him in Gessen. 29 And when he was come thither, Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet his father, in the same place: and seeing him, he fell upon his neck, and embracing him wept. 30 And the father said to Joseph: Now shall I die with joy, because I have seen thy face, and leave thee alive. 31 And Joseph said to his brethren, and to all his father's house: I will go up, and will tell Pharao, and will say to him; My brethren and my father's house, that were in the land of Chanaan, are come to me: 32 And the men are shepherds, and their occupation is to feed cattle: their flocks and herds, and all they have, they have brought with them. 33 And when he shall call you, and shall say: What is your occupation? 34 You shall answer: We thy servants are shepherds, from our infancy until now, both we and our fathers. And this you shall say, that you may dwell in the land of Gessen, because the Egyptians have all shepherds in abomina tion. CHAP. XLVII. are industrious men among them, make them rulers over my cattle. 7 After this Joseph brought in his father to the king, and presented him before him: and he blessed him. 8 And being asked by him: How many are the days of the years of thy life? 9 He answered: The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years, few, and evil, and they are not come up to the days of the pilgrimage of my fathers. 10 And blessing the king, he went out. 11 But Joseph gave a possession to his father and his brethren in Egypt, in the best place of the land, in Ramesses, as Pharao had commanded. 12 And he nourished them, and all his father's house, allowing food to every one. 13 For in the whole world there was want of bread, and a famine had oppressed the land; more especially of Egypt and Chanaan. 14 Out of which he gathered up all the money for the corn which they bought, and brought it into the king's treasure. 15 And when the buyers wanted money, all Egypt came to Joseph, saying: 'Give us bread: why should we die in thy presence, having now no money? 16 And he answered them: Bring me your cattle; and for them I will give you food, if you have no money. 17 And when they had brought them, he gave them food in exchange for their horses, and sheep and oxen, and asses: and he maintained them that year for the exchange of their cattle. 18 And they came the second year, and said to him: We will not hide from our lord, how that our money is spent, and our cattle also are gone: neither art thou ignorant that we have nothing now left but our bodies and our lands. 19 Why therefore shall we die before thy eyes? we will be thine, both we and our lands: buy us to be the king's servants, and give us seed, lest for want of tillers the land be turned into a wilderness. Jacob and his sons are presented before Pharao: he giveth them the land of Gessen. The famine forceth the Egyptians to sell all their possessions to the king. 20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt, evTH HEN Joseph went in and told Pharao, say-ery man selling his possessions, because of the ing: My father and brethren, their sheep greatness of the famine. And he brought it into and their herds, and all that they possess, are Pharao's hands: come out of the land of Chanaan: and behold they stay in the land of Gessen. 2 Five men also the last of his brethren, he presented before the king: 3 And he asked them: What is your occupation? They answered: We thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers. 4 We are come to sojourn in thy land, because there is no grass for the flocks of thy servants, the famine being very grievous in the land of Chanaan: and we pray thee to give orders that we thy servants may be in the land of Gessen. 5 The king therefore said to Joseph: Thy father and thy brethren are come to thee. 6 The land of Egypt is before thee: make them dwell in the best place, and give them the land of Gessen. And if thou knowest that there Deut. 10. 22.b A. M. 2300. A. C. 1704. Ch. 47 v. 2. The last. Extremos. Some interpret this word of the chiefest, and most sightly: but Joseph seems 21 And all its people from one end of the borders of Egypt, even to the other end thereof, 22 Except the land of the priests, which had been given them by the king: to whom also a certain allowance of food was given out of the public stores, and therefore they were not forced to sell their possessions. 23 Then Joseph said to the people: Behold as you see, both you and your lands belong to Pharao; take, seed and sow the fields, 24 That you may have corn. The fifth part you shall give to the king: the other four you shall have for seed, and for food for your families and children. 25 And they answered: Our life is in thy hand; only let my lord look favourably upon us, and we will gladly serve the king. rather to have chosen out such as had the meanest appearance, that Pharao might not think of employing them at court, with danger of their morals and religi 26 From that time unto this day, in the whole 10 For Israel's eyes were dim by rea land of Egypt, the fifth part is paid to the king, great age, and he could not see clear and it is become as a law, except the land of when they were brought to him, he k the priests, which was free from this covenant. embraced them. 27 So Israel dwelt in Egypt, that is, in the land of Gessen, and possessed it: and grew, and was multiplied exceedingly. 28 And he lived in it seventeen years: and all the days of his life came to a hundred and forty-seven years. a 29 And when he saw that the day of his death drew nigh, he called his son Joseph, and said to him: If I have found favour in thy sight, put thy hand under my thigh; and thou shalt show me this kindness and truth, not to bury me in Egypt: b 30 But I will sleep with my fathers, and thou shalt take me away out of this land, and bury me in the burying place of my ancestors. And Joseph answered him: I will do what thou hast commanded. 31 And he said: Swear then to me. And as he was swearing, Israel adored God, turning to the bed's head. CHAP. XLVIII. 11 And said to his son: I am not d seeing thee: moreover God hath sh thy seed. 12 And when Joseph had taken them father's lap, he bowed down with h the ground. 13 And he set Ephraim on his right 1 is, towards the left hand of Israel; but on his left hand, to wit, towards hi right hand, and brought them near to 14 But he stretching forth his right it upon the head of Ephraim the you ther; and the left upon the head of I who was the elder, changing his han 15 And Jacob blessed the sons of Jo said: God, in whose sight my fathers and Isaac walked, God that feedeth my youth until this day; 16 The angel that delivereth me. evils, bless these boys: and let my called upon them, and the names of m Abraham, and Isaac, and may they a multitude upon the earth. Joseph visiteth his father in his sickness, who adopted his two sons Manasses and Ephraim, and blesseth them, preferring the younger before the elder. 17 And Joseph seeing that his father A that his father was sick : and he set out to much displeased; and taking his fath FTER these things, it was told Joseph his right hand upon the head of Ephr go to him, taking his two sons Manasses and Ephraim. 2 And it was told the old man: son Joseph cometh to thee. strengthened he sat on his bed. Behold thy And being 3 And when Joseph was come in to him, he said: God almighty appeared to me at Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan: and he blessed me, 4 And he said: I will cause thee to increase and multiply, and I will make of thee a multitude of people: and I will give this land to thee, and to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. 5 So thy two sons who were born to thee in the land of Egypt before I came hither to thee, shall be mine: Ephraim and Manasses shall be reputed to me as Ruben and Simeon. 6 But the rest whom thou shalt have after them, shall be thine, and shall be called by the name of their brethren in their possessions. 7 For, when I came out of Mesopotamia, hRachel died from me in the land of Chanaan in the very journey, and it was spring time: and I was going to Ephrata, and I buried her near the way of Ephrata, which by another name is called Bethlehem. 8 Then seeing his sons, he said to him: Who are these? 9 He answered: They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said: Bring them to me that I may bless them. A. M. 2315. A. C. 1689.-b Supra, 24. 2.- Supra, 23. 17. d A. M. 2315.- Supra, 28. 13. Supra, 41. 50. Jos. 13. 7. & 29.-h Supra, 35. 19.- Heb. 11. 21. Supra, 31. 29. & 32 Mat. 18. 10.- Jos. 16. 1. & 15. 7. he tried to lift it from Ephraim's hea remove it to the head of Manasses. 18 And he said to his father: It shou so, my father: for this is the first-born right hand upon his head. 19 But he refusing, said: I know, m know: and this also shall become peo shall be multiplied: but this younge shall be greater than he: and his se grow into nations. 20 And he blessed them at that time. In thee shall Israel be blessed, and it sha God do to thee as to Ephraim, and as to ses. And he set Ephraim before Mana 21 And he said to Joseph his son: die, and God will be with you, and w you back into the land of your fathers. 22 I give thee a portion above thy b which I took out of the hand of the A with my sword and bow. CHAP. XLIX. Jacob's prophetical blessings of his twelve death. AND Jacob called his sons, and said Gather yourselves together that I you the things that shall befall you in days. 2 Gather yourselves together, and hea sons of Jacob, hearken to Israel your f 3 Ruben, my first-born, thou art my st and the beginning of my sorrow: exce gifts, greater in command. of it, signifies both a bed and a rod. And to ve these sentences, we must understand that Jacol on Joseph's rod adored, turning towards the he bed: which adoration, inasmuch as it was re Ver. 31. To the bed's head. St Paul, Heb. xi. 21., fol- God, was an absolute and sovereign worship: lowing the Greek translation of the Septuagint, reads much as it was referred to the rod of Joseph, as adored the top of his rod. Where note, that the same of the sceptre, that is, of the royal dignity of Ch word in the Hebrew, according to the different pointing only an inferior and relative honour. 4 Thou art poured out as water, grow thou in the path, that biteth the horse's heels that not: because thou wentest up to thy father's his rider may fall backward. bed, and didst defile his couch. 5 Simeon and Levi brethren: vessels of iniquity, waging war. 6 Let not my soul go into their counsel, nor my glory be in their assembly: because in their fury they slew a man, and in their selfwill they undermined a wall. 7 Cursed be their fury, because it was stubborn: and their wrath because it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and will scatter them in Israel. 18 I will look for thy salvation, O Lord. 19 Gad, being girded, shall fight before him: and he himself shall be girded backward. 20 Aser, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield dainties to kings. 21 Nephtali, a hart let loose, and giving words of beauty. 22 Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and comely to behold: the daughters run to and fro upon the wall. 23 But they that held darts provoked him, 8 Juda, thee shall thy brethren praise: thy and quarrelled with him, and envied him. hands shall be on the necks of thy enemies: the 24 His bow rested upon the strong, and the sons of thy father shall bow down to thee. bands of his arms and his hands were loosed, 9 Juda is a lion's whelp: to the prey, my by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob: thence son, thou art gone up: resting thou hast couch- he came forth a pastor, the stone of Israel. ed as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse 25 The God of thy father shall be thy helper, him? and the Almighty shall bless thee with the 10 The sceptre shall not be taken away from blessings of heaven above, with the blessings Juda, nor a ruler from his thigh, till he come of the deep that lieth beneath, with the blessings that is to be sent, and he shall be the expectation of nations. 11 Tying his foal to the vineyard, and his ass, O my son, to the vine. He shall wash his robe in wine, and his garment in the blood of the grape. 12 His eyes are more beautiful than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk. 13 Zabulon shall dwell on the sea-shore, and in the road of ships, reaching as far as Sidon. 14 Issachar shall be a strong ass lying down between the borders. 15 He saw rest that it was good: and the land that it was excellent: and he bowed his shoulder to carry, and became a servant under tribute. 16 Dan shall judge his people like another tribe in Israel. 17 Let Dan be a snake in the way, a serpent Joe. 21. 8. Deut. 13. 6.-b Supra, 34. 26. Par. 5. 2.- Mat. 2. 6. John, 1. 45.- 1 Par. 5. 1. Jos. 19. 1. Ch. 49. v. 3. My strength, &c. He calls him his strength, as being born whilst his father was in his full strength and vigour: he calls him the beginning of his Sorrow, because cares and sorrows usually come on with the birth of children. Excelling in gifts,&c. because the first-born had a title to a double portion, and to have the command over his brethren, which Ruben forfeited by his sin; being poured out as water, that is spilt and lost. Ver. 4. Grow thou not. This was not meant by way of a curse or imprecation: but by way of a prophecy, foretelling that the tribe of Ruben should not inherit the pre-eminences usually annexed to the first birth-right, tiz, the double portion, the being prince or lord over the other brethren, and the priesthood: of which the double portion was given to Joseph, the princely office to Juda, and the priesthood to Levi. of the breasts of the womb. 26 The blessings of thy father are strengthened with the blessings of his fathers: until the desire of the everlasting hills should come; may they be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren. 27 Benjamin a ravenous wolf, in the morning shall eat the prey, and in the evening shall divide the spoil. 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: these things their father spoke to them, and he blessed every one, with their proper blessings. 29 And he charged them, saying: I am now going to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the double cave, which is in the field of Ephron the Hethite, 30 Over-against Mambre in the land of Chanaan, "which Abraham bought together with 1poral and very imperfect, the holy patriarch (v. 18.) aspires after another kind of deliverer, saying: I will look for thy salvation, O Lord. Ver. 19. Gad being girded, &c. It seems to allude to the tribe of Gad; when after they had received for their lot the land of Galaad, they marched in arms before the rest of the Israelites, to the conquest of the land of Cha naan: from whence they afterwards returned loaded with spoils. See Josue, 1. & 22. Ver. 22. Run to and fro, &c. To behold his beauty; whilst his envious brethren turned their darts against him, 4. Ver. 24. His bow rested upon the strong, &c. That is, upon God, who was his strength: who also loosed his bands, and brought him out of prison to be the pastor, that is, the feeder and ruler of Egypt, and the stone, that is, the rock and support of Israel." Ver. 26. The blessings of thy father, &c. That is, thy Ver. 6. Slew a man, viz., Sichem the son of Hemor, father's blessings are made more prevalent and effectwith all his people, Gen. 34., mystically and prophet-ual in thy regard, by the additional strength they receive ically it alludes to Christ, whom their posterity, viz., the priests and the scribes, put to death. Ver. 9. A lion's whelp, &c. This blessing of Juda foretelleth the strength of his tribe, the fertility of his inheritance; and principally that the sceptre and legislative power should not be utterly taken away from his race till about the time of the coming of Christ: as in effect it never was: which is a demonstration against the modern Jews, that the Messiah is long since come; for the sceptre has long since been utterly taken away from Juda. from his inheriting the blessings of his progenitors Abraham and Isaac. The desire of the everlasting hills, &c. These blessings all looked forward towards Christ, called the desire of the everlasting hills, as being longed for as it were, by the whole creation. Mystically, the patriarchs and prophets are called the everlasting hills, by reason of the eminence of their wisdom and holiness. The Na zarite. This word signifies one separated: and agrees to Joseph, as being separated from, and more eminent than, his brethren. As the ancient Nazarites were so called from their being set aside for God, and vowed to him. Ver. 16. Dan shall judge, &c. This was verified in Sam- Ver. 29. To be gathered to my people. That is, I am goBon, who was of the tribe of Dan, and began to delivering to die, and so to follow my ancestors that are gone beIsrael, Jud. 13. 5. But as this deliverance was but tem- fore me, and to join their company in another world. the field, of Ephron the Hethite for a possession Egyptians. And therefore the na to bury in. place was called, The mourning of 12 So the sons of Jacob did as h manded them. 31 There they buried him, and Sara his wife: there was Isaac buried with Rebecca his wife: there also Lia doth lie buried. 32 And when he had ended the commandments, wherewith he instructed his sons, he drew up his feet upon the bed, and died: and he was gathered to his people. CHAP. L. The mourning for Jacob, and his interment. Joseph's kindness towards his brethren. His death. AND when Joseph saw this, he fell upon his 13 And carrying him into the land o they buried him in the double c Abraham had bought together with a possession of a burying place, of I Hethite over-against Mambre. 14 And Joseph returned into Egy brethren, and all that were in his co ter he had buried his father. 15 Now he being dead, his brethren v and talked one with another: Lest should remember the wrong he su father's face weeping and kissing him. 2 And he commanded his servants the physi-requite us all the evil that we did to cians, to embalm his father. 3 And while they were fulfilling his com- Thy father commanded us before he 16 And they sent a message to hir mands, there passed forty days: for this was the manner with bodies that were embalmed, him: I beseech thee to forget the wic 17 That we should say thus much to and Egypt mourned for him seventy days. 4 And the time of the mourning being ex-tised against thee: we also pray thee. thy brethren, and the sin and malice pired, Joseph spoke to the family of Pharao: If I have found favour in your sight, speak in the servants of the God of thy father th ness. And when Joseph heard this 5 For my father made me swear to him, say-shipping prostrate on the ground t 18 And his brethren came to him: ing: Behold I die: thou shalt bury me in my We are thy servants. sepulchre which I have digged for myself in the land of Chanaan. So I will go up and bury my father, and return. the ears of Pharao: 6 And Pharao said to him: Go up and bury thy father according as he made thee swear. 7 So he went up, and there went with him all the ancients of Pharao's house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt. 8 And the house of Joseph with his brethren, except their children, and their flocks and herds, which they left in the land of Gessen. 9 He had also in his train chariots and horsemen: and it was a great company. 10 And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is situated beyond the Jordan: where celebrating the exequies with a great and vehement lamentation, they spent full seven days. 11 And when the inhabitants of Chanaan saw this, they said: This is a great mourning to the Supra, 23. 17.- A. M. 2315. A. C. 1689- Supra, 47. 29. Num. 32. 39. Heb. 11. 22.- Exod. 13. 19. Jos. 24. 32. - A. M. 2369. A. C. 1635. 19 And he answered them: Fear no resist the will of God? e turned it into good, that he might exal son of Manasses were born on Josepl 23 After which he told his brethre will visit you after my death, and v he swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jac you go up out of this land, to the la 24 And he made them swear to him. God will visit you, icarry my bones out of this place: 25 kAnd he died being a hundred and old. And being embalmed he was coffin in Egypt. THE BOOK OF EXODUS. THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES is called EXODUS, from the Greek word ExoDOS, which signifies g because it contains the history of the going out of the children of Israel out of Egypt. The Hebre the words with which it begins, call it VEELLE SEMOTH: These are the names. It contains transa 145 years; that is, from the death of Joseph to the erecting of the tabernacle. they went in, every man with his household:" up into multitudes, and growing exce 2 Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda, 3 Issachar. Zabulon, and Beniamin. strong they filled the land. 8 In the mean time there arose a net |