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Torah Genesis 41:1-44:17 Prophets Zechariah 2:14-4:7 Gospel Luke 24:13-29
TORAH
Genesis
41:1 | Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dream
Genesis 41:37 | Joseph's Rise to Power
Genesis 42:1 | Joseph's Brothers Go to Egypt
Genesis 42:26 | Joseph's Brothers Return to Canaan
Genesis 43:1 | The Brothers Come Again, Bringing
Benjamin
Genesis 44:1 | Joseph Detains Benjamin
(1)
Then it came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh had a dream;
and behold, he stood by the r
(2)
Suddenly there came up out of the river seven cows, fine looking and fat; and
they fed in the meadow.
(3)
Then behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ugly and
gaunt, and stood by the other cows on the bank of the river.
(4) And
the ugly and gaunt cows ate up the seven fine looking and fat cows. So Pharaoh
awoke.
(5) He
slept and dreamed a second time; and suddenly seven heads of grain came up on
one stalk, plump and good.
(6)
Then behold, seven thin heads, blighted by the east wind, sprang up after them.
(7) And
the seven thin heads devoured the seven plump and full heads. So Pharaoh awoke,
and indeed, it was a dream.
(8) Now
it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and
called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told
them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.
(9)
Then the chief butler spoke to Pharaoh, saying: "I remember my faults this
day.
(10)
"When Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the
house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker,
(11)
"we each had a dream in one night, he and I. Each of us dreamed according
to the interpretation of his own dream.
(12)
"Now there was a young Hebrew man with us there, a servant of the captain
of the guard. And we told him, and he interpreted our dreams for us; to each
man he interpreted according to his own dream.
(13)
"And it came to pass, just as he interpreted for us, so it happened. He
restored me to my office, and he hanged him."
(14)
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him quickly out of the
dungeon; and he shaved, changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.
(15)
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have had a dream, and there is no one who
can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that you can understand a
dream, to interpret it."
(16) So
Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh
an answer of peace."
(17)
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: "Behold, in my dream I stood on the bank of
the river.
(18)
"Suddenly seven cows came up out of the river, fine looking and fat; and
they fed in the meadow.
(19)
"Then behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and
gaunt, such ugliness as I have never seen in all the land of Egypt.
(20)
"And the gaunt and ugly cows ate up the first seven, the fat cows.
(21)
"When they had eaten them up, no one would have known that they had eaten
them, for they were just as ugly as at the beginning. So I awoke.
(22)
"Also I saw in my dream, and suddenly seven heads came up on one stalk,
full and good.
(23)
"Then behold, seven heads, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind,
sprang up after them.
(24)
"And the thin heads devoured the seven good heads. So I told this 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; God has shown
Pharaoh what He is about to do:
(26)
"The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven
years; the dreams are one.
(27)
"And the seven thin and ugly cows which came up after them are seven
years, and the seven empty heads blighted by the east wind are seven years of
famine.
(28)
"This is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh
what He is about to do.
(29)
"Indeed seven years of great plenty will come throughout all the land of
Egypt;
(30)
"but after them seven years of famine will arise, and all the plenty will
be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine will deplete the land.
(31)
"So the plenty will not be known in the land because of the famine
following, for it will be very severe. (32) "And the dream was repeated to
Pharaoh twice because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly
bring it to pass.
(33)
"Now therefore, let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him
over the land of Egypt.
(34)
"Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, to
collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven plentiful
years.
(35)
"And let them gather all the food of those good years that are coming, and
store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the
cities.
(36)
"Then that food shall be as a reserve for the land for the seven years of
famine which shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land may not perish during
the famine."
(37) So
the advice was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.
(38)
And Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find such a one as this, a man
in whom is the Spirit of God?" (39) Then Pharaoh said to Joseph,
"Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and
wise as you.
(40)
"You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to
your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you."
(41)
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "See, I have set you over all the land of
Egypt."
(42)
Then Pharaoh took his signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph's hand; and
he clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.
(43)
And he had him ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried out
before him, "Bow the knee!" So he set him over all the land of Egypt.
(44)
Pharaoh also said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no
man may lift his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt."
(45)
And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-Paaneah. And he gave him as a wife
Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. So Joseph went out over all
the land of Egypt.
(46)
Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And
Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land
of Egypt.
(47)
Now in the seven plentiful years the ground brought forth abundantly.
(48) So
he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt,
and laid up the food in the cities; he laid up in every city the food of the
fields which surrounded them.
(49)
Joseph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea, until he stopped
counting, for it was immeasurable.
(50)
And to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath,
the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him.
(51)
Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: "For God has made me
forget all my toil and all my father's house."
(52)
And the name of the second he called Ephraim: "For God has caused me to be
fruitful in the land of my affliction."
(53)
Then the seven years of plenty which were in the land of Egypt ended,
(54)
and the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph had said. The famine was
in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
(55) So
when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread.
Then Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph; whatever he says to
you, do."
(56)
The famine was over all the face of the earth, and Joseph opened all the
storehouses and sold to the Egyptians. And the famine became severe in the land
of Egypt.
(57) So
all countries came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was
severe in all lands.
Chapter 42
(1)
When Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, "Why
do you look at one another?" (2) And he said, "Indeed I have heard
that there is grain in Egypt; go down to that place and buy for us there, that
we may live and not die."
(3) So
Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.
(4) But
Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said,
"Lest some calamity befall him."
(5) And
the sons of Israel went to buy grain among those who journeyed, for the famine
was in the land of Canaan.
(6) Now
Joseph was governor over the land; and it was he who sold to all the people of
the land. And Joseph's brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces
to the earth.
(7)
Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he acted as a stranger to them
and spoke roughly to them. Then he said to them, "Where do you come
from?" And they said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."
(8) So
Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
(9)
Then Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed about them, and said to
them, "You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the
land!"
(10)
And they said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy
food.
(11)
"We are all one man's sons; we are honest men; your servants are not
spies."
(12)
But he said to them, "No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the
land."
(13)
And they said, "Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in
the land of Canaan; and in fact, the youngest is with our father today, and one
is no more."
(14)
But Joseph said to them, "It is as I spoke to you, saying, 'You are
spies!'
(15)
"In this manner you shall be tested: By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not
leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
(16)
"Send one of you, and let him bring your brother; and you shall be kept in
prison, that your words may be tested to see whether there is any truth in you;
or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies!"
(17) So
he put them all together in prison three days.
(18)
Then Joseph said to them the third day, "Do this and live, for I fear God:
(19)
"If you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined to your
prison house; but you, go and carry grain for the famine of your houses.
(20)
"And bring your youngest brother to me; so your words will be verified,
and you shall not die." And they did so.
(21)
Then they said to one another, "We are truly guilty concerning our
brother, for we saw the anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us, and we
would not hear; therefore this distress has come upon us."
(22)
And Reuben answered them, saying, "Did I not speak to you, saying, 'Do not
sin against the boy'; and you would not listen? Therefore behold, his blood is
now required of us."
(23)
But they did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through
an interpreter.
(24)
And he turned himself away from them and wept. Then he returned to them again,
and talked with them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their
eyes.
(25)
Then Joseph gave a command to fill their sacks with grain, to restore every
man's money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. Thus he
did for them.
(26) So
they loaded their donkeys with the grain and departed from there.
(27)
But as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey feed at the encampment,
he saw his money; and there it was, in the mouth of his sack.
(28) So
he said to his brothers, "My money has been restored, and there it is, in
my sack!" Then their hearts failed them and they were afraid, saying to
one another, "What is this that God has done to us?"
(29)
Then they went to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan and told him all
that had happened to them, saying:
(30)
"The man who is lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us for
spies of the country.
(31)
"But we said to him, 'We are honest men; we are not spies.
(32)
'We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest
is with our father this day in the land of Canaan.'
(33)
"Then the man, the lord of the country, said to us, 'By this I will know
that you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me, take food for
the famine of your households, and be gone.
(34)
'And bring your youngest brother to me; so I shall know that you are not spies,
but that you are honest men. I will grant your brother to you, and you may
trade in the land.' "
(35)
Then it happened as they emptied their sacks, that surprisingly each man's
bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw the bundles
of money, they were afraid.
(36)
And Jacob their father said to them, "You have bereaved me: Joseph is no
more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin. All these things are
against me."
(37)
Then Reuben spoke to his father, saying, "Kill my two sons if I do not
bring him back to you; put him in my hands, and I will bring him back to
you."
(38)
But he said, "My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead,
and he is left alone. If any calamity should befall him along the way in which
you go, then you would bring down my gray hair with sorrow to the grave."
Genesis 43
(1) Now
the famine was severe in the land.
(2) And
it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought from
Egypt, that their father said to them, "Go back, buy us a little
food."
(3) But
Judah spoke to him, saying, "The man solemnly warned us, saying, 'You
shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.'
(4)
"If you send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food.
(5)
"But if you will not send him, we will not go down; for the man said to
us, 'You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.' "
(6) And
Israel said, "Why did you deal so wrongfully with me as to tell the man
whether you had still another brother?"
(7) But
they said, "The man asked us pointedly about ourselves and our family,
saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' And we told him
according to these words. Could we possibly have known that he would say,
'Bring your brother down'?"
(8)
Then Judah said to Israel his father, "Send the lad with me, and we will
arise and go, that we may live and not die, both we and you and also our little
ones.
(9)
"I myself will be surety for him; from my hand you shall require him. If I
do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame
forever.
(10)
"For if we had not lingered, surely by now we would have returned this
second time."
(11)
And their father Israel said to them, "If it must be so, then do this:
Take some of the best fruits of the land in your vessels and carry down a
present for the man--a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh,
pistachio nuts and almonds.
(12)
"Take double money in your hand, and take back in your hand the money that
was returned in the mouth of your sacks; perhaps it was an oversight.
(13)
"Take your brother also, and arise, go back to the man.
(14)
"And may God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release
your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved, I am bereaved!"
(15) So
the men took that present and Benjamin, and they took double money in their
hand, and arose and went down to Egypt; and they stood before Joseph.
(16)
When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house,
"Take these men to my home, and slaughter an animal and make ready; for
these men will dine with me at noon."
(17)
Then the man did as Joseph ordered, and the man brought the men into Joseph's
house.
(18)
Now the men were afraid because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they
said, "It is because of the money, which was returned in our sacks the first
time, that we are brought in, so that he may make a case against us and seize
us, to take us as slaves with our donkeys."
(19)
When they drew near to the steward of Joseph's house, they talked with him at
the door of the house,
(20)
and said, "O sir, we indeed came down the first time to buy food;
(21)
"but it happened, when we came to the encampment, that we opened our
sacks, and there, each man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in
full weight; so we have brought it back in our hand.
(22) "And
we have brought down other money in our hands to buy food. We do not know who
put our money in our sacks."
(23)
But he said, "Peace be with you, do not be afraid. Your God and the God of
your father has given you treasure in your sacks; I had your money." Then
he brought Simeon out to them.
(24) So
the man brought the men into Joseph's house and gave them water, and they
washed their feet; and he gave their donkeys feed.
(25)
Then they made the present ready for Joseph's coming at noon, for they heard that
they would eat bread there.
(26)
And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand
into the house, and bowed down before him to the earth.
(27)
Then he asked them about their well-being, and said, "Is your father well,
the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?"
(28)
And they answered, "Your servant our father is in good health; he is still
alive." And they bowed their heads down and prostrated themselves.
(29)
Then he lifted his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and
said, "Is this your younger brother of whom you spoke to me?" And he
said, "God be gracious to you, my son."
(30)
Now his heart yearned for his brother; so Joseph made haste and sought
somewhere to weep. And he went into his chamber and wept there.
(31)
Then he washed his face and came out; and he restrained himself, and said,
"Serve the bread."
(32) So
they set him a place by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who
ate with him by themselves; because the Egyptians could not eat food with the
Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.
(33)
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the
youngest according to his youth; and the men looked in astonishment at one
another.
(34)
Then he took servings to them from before him, but Benjamin's serving was five
times as much as any of theirs. So they drank and were merry with him.
Chapter 44
(1) And he commanded the steward of his house,
saying, "Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and
put each man's money in the mouth of his sack.
(2)
"Also put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the
youngest, and his grain money." So he did according to the word that
Joseph had spoken.
(3) As
soon as the morning dawned, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.
(4)
When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to
his steward, "Get up, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say to
them, 'Why have you repaid evil for good?
(5) 'Is
not this the one from which my lord drinks, and with which he indeed practices
divination? You have done evil in so doing.' "
(6) So
he overtook them, and he spoke to them these same words.
(7) And
they said to him, "Why does my lord say these words? Far be it from us
that your servants should do such a thing.
(8)
"Look, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan the money which we
found in the mouth of our sacks. How then could we steal silver or gold from
your lord's house?
(9)
"With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will
be my lord's slaves."
(10)
And he said, "Now also let it be according to your words; he with whom it
is found shall be my slave, and you shall be blameless."
(11)
Then each man speedily let down his sack to the ground, and each opened his
sack.
(12) So
he searched. He began with the oldest and left off with the youngest; and the
cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
(13)
Then they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey and returned to
the city.
(14) So
Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was still there; and they
fell before him on the ground.
(15)
And Joseph said to them, "What deed is this you have done? Did you not
know that such a man as I can certainly practice divination?"
(16)
Then Judah said, "What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or
how shall we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants;
here we are, my lord's slaves, both we and he also with whom the cup was
found."
(17)
But he said, "Far be it from me that I should do so; the man in whose hand
the cup was found, he shall be my slave. And as for you, go up in peace to your
father."
Zechariah
Chapter 2
(13) Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD:
for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
Chapter 3
(1) And he shewed me Joshua the high priest
standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to
resist him.
(2) And
the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that
hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
(3) Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
(4) And
he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the
filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine
iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
(5) And
I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon
his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by.
(6) And
the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,
(7) Thus
saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my
charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and
I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.
(8)
Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee:
for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the
BRANCH.
(9) For
behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven
eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and
I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. (10) In that day, saith the
LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under
the fig tree.
Chapter
4
(1) And the angel that talked with me came
again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
(2) And
said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a
candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps
thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:
(3) And
two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon
the left side thereof.
(4) So
I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my
lord?
(5)
Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not
what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
(6)
Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto
Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the
LORD of hosts.
(7) Who
art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he
shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace
unto it.
Luke
Chapter 24
(13)
And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which
was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
(14)
And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
(15)
And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus
himself drew near, and went with them.
(16)
But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
(17)
And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one
to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
(18)
And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou
only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to
pass there in these days?
(19)
And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of
Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the
people:
(20)
And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to
death, and have crucified him. (21) But we trusted that it had been he which
should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since
these things were done.
(22)
Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early
at the sepulchre;
(23)
And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a
vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
(24)
And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even
so as the women had said: but him they saw not.
(25)
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the
prophets have spoken:
(26)
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
(27)
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the
scriptures the things concerning himself.
(28) And
they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he
would have gone further.
(29)
But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and
the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
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