25. And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. 26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of || Or, princes, the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.

y ver. 22.

ver, 22,

z ver. 11.

a ch. 46. 3.

1689. † Heb. the days of the years of his life. See ver. 9.

b So Deut. 31. 14.

1 Kings 2. 1.

c ch. 24. 2. d ch. 24. 49. e So ch, 50. 25.

ƒ2 Sam.19.37. gch. 49. 29. & 50. 5, 13.

h ch, 48. 2.

27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and "grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was a hundred forty and seven years.

29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and d deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

30 But ƒI will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed him

1 Kings 1.47. self upon the bed's head.

Heb. 11. 21.

1689.

a ch. 28.13, 19. & 35. 6,9,&c.

b ch. 17. 8.

c ch. 41. 50. & 46. 20,

CHAPTER XLVIII.

1 Joseph with his sons visiteth his sick father. 2 Jacob strengthenith himself to bless them. 3 He repeateth the promise. 5 He taketh Ephraim and Manasseh as his own. 7 He telleth Joseph of his mother's grave. 9 He blesseth Ephraim and Manasseh. 17 He preferreth the younger before the elder, 21 He prophesieth their return to Čanaan.

Ah it came to pass liter hold,

ND it came to pass after these things,

ther is sick and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at "Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

5 And now thy "two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the Josh, 13.7.& land of Egypt, before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

14. 4.

19.

6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, d ch. 35. 9, 16, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth-lehem.

e So ch. 33. 5.

fch. 27. 4. y ch. 27. 1.

† Heb. heavy, Is. 6.10. & 59. 1.

h ch. 27. 27.

i ch. 45. 26.

8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

10 Now the eyes of Israel were † dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not

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13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near untok ver. 19. him.

14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, " before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

16 The Angel "which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. 17 And when Joseph saw that his father Plaid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly "his younger brother shall be great-teh.46,4,&50. er than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die; but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

22 Moreover "I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

CHAPTER XLIX.

3 Their

1 Jacob calleth his sons to bless them. blessing in particular. 29 He charyeth them about his burial. 33 He dieth.

AND Jacob called unto his sons, that

said, Gather yourselves together, that I may "tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

3 Reuben, thou art dmy firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

5 Simeon and Levi are ibrethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

21.

u Josh. 24.32. 1 Chr. 5. 2. John 4. 5.

ch. 15.16. & 31. 28. Josh. 17. 14, &c.

a Deut. 33. 1.
Amos 3. 7.

6 Num. 24.14.
Deut. 4. 30.
Is.2.2.&39.6.
Jer. 23. 20,
Dan. 2.28,29.
Acts 2. 17.
Heb. 1. 2.

c Ps. 34. 11.

d ch. 29. 32.
e Dout. 21. 17,
Ps. 78. 51.

+ Heb. do not
thou excel.

ƒ 1 Chr. 5. 1.

y ch. 35. 22.
Deut. 27. 20.
1 Chr. 5. 1.
¡¡ Or, my couch
is gone,

|h ch. 29.33,34, Prov. 18. 9.

Or, their สายยา ไง are Weapons of violence.

A ch. 34. 25. Prov. 1, 15, 16.

B. C. 1689. and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in p Josh.19.1.& | Israel. 21. 5, 6, 7.

1 Chr. 4, 24, *39.

g ch. 29. 35. Deut. 33. 7. r Ps. 18. 49. 8 ch. 27. 29. 1 Chr. 5. 2. t Hos. 5. 14. Rev. 5. 5.

8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: "thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.

9 Judah is ta lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: "he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, u Num.23.24. until Shiloh come; band unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

& 21. 9.

Num. 24.17. Jer. 30. 21.

Zech. 10. 11. y Ps. 60. 7. &

108. 8. or, Num. 21. 18. z Deut. 28.57.

a I9.11.1.& 62. 11.

Ez. 21. 27. Dan. 9. 25. Matt. 21. 9.. Luke 1. 32, 33.

b Is. 2. 2. & 11. 10. & 42. 1, 4. & 49. 6, 7, 22, 23. & 55. 4, 5, & 60, 1, 3, 4, 5. Hag. 2. 7. Luke 2. 30, 31, 32,

c 2 Kin. 18.32.

d Prov. 23. 29.

e Deut. 33. 18, 19.

Josh. 19. 10,
11.

ƒ 1 Sam. 10. 9.
Deut. 33. 22.
Judg. 18. 1,2.
Judg. 18.27.

† Heb. an ar-
rowsnake.

i Ps. 25. 5. & 119. 166, 174. Is. 25. 9.

Deut. 33. 20.

11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:

12 His deyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for a haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. 14¶ Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

16

blessing, and death.

B. C. 1689.

30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the fch, 23. 16. field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.

25.9.

A ch, 35, 29.

31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah ch. 23, 19. & his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. 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 was gathered unto his people.

CHAPTER L.

1 The mourning for Jacob. 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.

iver. 29.

AND Joseph-fell upon his father's face, ach. 46. 4.

and 6 wept upon him, and kissed him.

2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.

20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose t branches run over the wall:

23 The archers have "sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

8

24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of "the mighty God of Jacob; (from 1 Chr. 5. 18. thence "is the shepherd, the stone of IsDeut. 33. 24. | rael ;) Josh. 19. 24. 25 Even by the God of thy father, who in Deut.33.23. shall help thee; "and by the Almighty, who + Heb, daugh- | shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

27 ¶ Benjamin shall raven as a wolf:. in the morning he shall devour the prey, band at night he shall divide the spoil.

28 ¶ All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

z Deut. 33, 16. a Judg. 20. 21, 25. Ez. 22. 25,27. b Num, 23, 24. Esth. 8. 11. Ez. 39. 10. Zech. 14. 1.7. c ch. 15. 15. & 25. 8. d cli, 47.30. 2 Sam. 19. 37. e ch. 50, 13.

I

5 f My father made me swear, saying, Lo, 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.

6 And 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 both chariots and horsemen and it was a very great company.

10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond 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 grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called "Abel-mizraim, which | is beyond Jordan.

12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

62 Kin. 13. 14.

c ver. 26.
2 Chr. 16. 14.
Matt. 26. 12.
Mark 14. 8.&

16. 1.
Luke 24. 1.
John 12. 7.&

19. 39, 40.

Heb. wept,
Num. 20.29.

Deut. 34, 8.

13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession ch. 23. 16. of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

14 ¶ And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with

Joseph comforteth his brethren.

B. C. 1689.

him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that m Job 15. 21, their father was dead, "they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

22.

† Heb. charged.

n Prov, 28. 13. o ch. 49, 25. p ch. 37. 7, 10,

9 ch. 45, 5. r Deut. 32.35. 2 Kings 5. 7. Job 34. 29. Rom, 12. 19. Heb. 10.30.

8 PA. 55. 5. 1. 10. 7.

t ch, 45, 5, 7.

Acts 3.13,14, 15,

B. C. 1706.

ch. 6. 14,

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 their sin; "for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

18 And his brethren also went and "fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.

19 And Joseph said unto them, 9 Fear not: "for am I in the place of God?

20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but tGod meant it unto good, to bring

́ Joseph's age and death.

to pass, as it is this day, to save much peo- | B. C. 1689. ple alive.

21 Now therefore fear ye not: "I will nourand And he comlittle ones. your ish you, forted them, and spake † kindly unto them. 22 ¶ And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.

23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were † brought | up upon Joseph's knees.

24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die; and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land 6 which lie sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

26 So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

1 The children of Israel, after Joseph's death, do multiply. 8 The more they are oppressed by a new king, the more they multiply, 15 The godliness of the midwives, in saving the men children alive. 22 Pharaoh commandeth the male children to be cast into the river.

a Gen. 46. 8. NOW these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

† Heb. thigh.

b Gen. 46. 26, 27. ver. 20.

2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

5 And all the souls that came out of the Deut. 10. 22. tloins of Jacob were b seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

c Gen. 50, 28. Acts 7. 15.

1635.

d Gen. 46. 3. Deut. 26. 5. Ps. 105. 24. Acts 7. 17. • Acts 7. 18. ƒPs. 105. 21. g Ps. 10.2.&83. 3, 4.

h Job 5. 13. Ps.. 105. 25. Prov. 16. 25. & 21. 30. Acts 7: 19.

i Gen. 15. 13. ch. 3. 7. Deut. 26. 6. tch.2.11. & đi 4, 5. Ps. 81. 6.

Gen. 47. 11.

† Heb. And

6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

7 ¶ dAnd the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them..

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their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

15

And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shipbrah, 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.

uch, 47, 12. Matt. 5. 44. † Heb.to their hearts. ch. 34. 3. 1635.

≈ Job 42. 16. y Num. 32.39. z ch. 30. 3.

† Heb. borne. a ch. 15, 14. & 46.4.& 48.21. Ex. 3. 16, 17 Heb. 11. 22.

b ch. 15. 18. & 26.3. & 35.12. & 46, 4.

c Ex. 13. 19. Josh. 24. 32. Acts 7. 16.

¿ ver. 2

1635.

B. C. 1635.

17 But the midwives feared God, and did | about 1635. not as the king of Egypt commanded them, o Prov. 16. 6. 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 men children alive?

19 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 people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

t Acts 7. 19.

a ch. 6. 20. Num. 26, 59.

1 Chr. 23. 14. 1571.

b Acts 7. 20: Heb. 11. 23.

Moses fleeth into Midian.

B. C. 1571.

cch, 15, 20, Num. 26. 59. d Acts 7, 21.

e Acts 7. 21.

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.

5 And the ddaughter of Pharaoh 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.

6 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: is, and she said, Because I drew him out of the

That Drawn out.

water.

11 And it came to pass in those days, fActs 7.23,24.f when Moses was grown, that he went out Heb. 11. 24, unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.

25, 26 g ch. 1. 11.

1531.

12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he A slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

13 And i when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove to gether and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

14 And he said, & Who made thee ta prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

16 "Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

17 And the shepherds came and drove them away but Moses stood up and helped them, and "watered their flock.

18 And when they came to Reuel their Gen.31.54.&father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?

43.25.

God appeareth to him.

came up unto God by reason of the bond- | age.

24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his "covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

CHAPTER III.

1 Moses keepeth Jethro's flock. 2 God 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 appearede 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 great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

e

B. C. 1531.

a ch. 6. 5. b ch. 6. 5. Ps. 105, 8, 42. & 106, 45. c Gen. 15. 14. & 46. 4.

d ch. 4.31. 1 Sam. 1. 11. 2 Sam, 16, 12, Luke 1. 25.

† Heb. knew. e ch. 3. 7.

1491.

a ch. 2, 16,

6 ch. 18. 5.
1 Kings 19.8.
Deut. 33. 16.

Is. 63. 9.
Acts 7, 30,

Ps. 111. 2. Acts 7. 31,

e Deut. 33. 16.

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.cli. 19. 12. 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 hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry kby reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

Josh. 5. 15. Acts 7. 33. g Gen. 28. 13. ver. 15. ch, 4. 5.

Matt, 22.32.
Mark 12. 26.
Luke 20, 37.
Acts 7, 32.

h So 1 Kings 19. 13.

Is. 6. 1, 5.

i ch. 2. 23, 24, 25.

Nch, 9. 9.
Ps. 106, 44.
Acts 7. 34.

Gen. 18. 21.

ch. 2, 25.

8 And I am come down to "deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and toch. 1. 11. bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing 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.

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.

10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

11 ¶ And Moses said unto God, "Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of 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 unto them?

m Gen. 11.5,7. & 18, 21, & 50. 24.

nchi, 6, 6, 8. & 12. 51.

o Deut. 1.25, & 8. 7, 8, 9. p ver. 17. ch. 13. 5. & 33. 3.

Num. 13. 27.
Deut. 26. 9,

15.

Jer. 11. 5. & 32. 22. Ez. 20. 6. 7 Gen. 15. 18. » ch. 2. 23.

s ch. 1. 11, 13, 14, 22.

t Ps. 105. 26. Mic, 6. 4.

u See ch. 6.12. 1 Sam. 18.18. 13. 6. 5, 8. Jer. 1. 6.

Gen. 31, 3. Deut. 31. 23. Josh. 1: 5. Rom. 8. 31.

14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent y ch. 6. 3. me unto you.

15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of ls

Jolin 8. 58.

2 Cor. 1. 20. Heb. 13. 8. Rev. 1. 4.

| rael, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this z Ps. 135. 13. is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

Hos. 12. 5.

a ch. 4. 29.

Gen. 50. 24. ch, 2, 25. & 4.

His message to Pharaoh.

believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

31.

Luke 1. 68.

16.

17 And I have said, "I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.

18 And they 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 ƒ met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God..

19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt I will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after 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 go empty :

22" But every woman shall borrow 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.

AND Moses answered and said, But, be

hold, 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.

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 believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.

6 And 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 again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.

8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not

10 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not teloquent, neither hereto fore, 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, & Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh

B. C. 1491.

fch. 7. 19. + Heb. skall

be and shall be.

Heb. a man of words. † Heb. since yesterday, nor since the third day.

Jer. 1. 6. h Ps. 91. 9.

the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the ch. 6. 12. blind? have not I the LORD? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt Is. 50. 4. say.

13 And he said, O my Lord, k send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, the cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

15 And "thou shalt speak unto him, and "put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.

17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.

18 And Moses went and returned to †Jethro his father in law, 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.

20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

21 And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those twonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but "I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

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22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

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 thy firstborn.

a

Jer. 1. 9. Matt. 10. 19. Mark 13. 11.

24 And it came to pass by the way in the y Jer. 31. 9. inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

James 1. 18. ch.11.5.& 12.

29.

a Num.22.22.

25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and † cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody hus-Gen. 17. 14. band art thou to me. c Josh. 5. 2,3. 26 So he let him go: then she said, A | || Or, knife. bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

27

Heb. made it

touch.

And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he d ver. 14.