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Bible Reading for January 14

Genesis 43
[1] And the famine was sore in the land. [2] And it came to pass, when they
had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father
said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
[3] And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us,
saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. [4] If
thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
[5] But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said
unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. [6] And
Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether
ye had yet a brother?
[7] And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our
kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we
told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know
that he would say, Bring your brother down? [8] And Judah said unto Israel
his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may
live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
[9] I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring
him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for
ever:
[10] For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
[11] And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this;
take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man
a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and
almonds:
[12] And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought
again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure
it was an oversight:
[13] Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: [14] And God
Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other
brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
[15] And the men took that present, and they took double money in their
hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before
Joseph.
[16] And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his
house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall
dine with me at noon.
[17] And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
[18] And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's
house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks
at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us,
and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. [19] And they
came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at
the door of the house,
[20] And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
[21] And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our
sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our
money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. [22] And
other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell
who put our money in our sacks. [23] And he said, Peace be to you, fear
not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your
sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
[24] And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water,
and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender. [25] And
they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard
that they should eat bread there. [26] And when Joseph came home, they
brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed
themselves to him to the earth. [27] And he asked them of their welfare,
and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet
alive? [28] And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he
is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. [29] And
he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and
said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said,
God be gracious unto thee, my son. [30] And Joseph made haste; for his
bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he
entered into his chamber, and wept there. [31] And he washed his face, and
went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
[32] And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and
for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the
Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination
unto the Egyptians.
[33] And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright,
and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at
another. [34] And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but
Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank,
and were merry with him.

Genesis 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 every man's money in his
sack's mouth.
[2] And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest,
and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had
spoken. [3] As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they
and their asses.
[4] And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph
said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost
overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good? [5]
Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth?
ye have done evil in so doing. [6] And he overtook them, and he spake unto
them these same words. [7] And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord
these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this
thing: [8] Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we
brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal
out of thy lord's house silver or gold?
[9] With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we
also will be my lord's bondmen.
[10] And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words; he with
whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless. [11] Then
they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every
man his sack.
[12] And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest:
and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. [13] Then they rent their
clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
[14] And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet
there: and they fell before him on the ground. [15] And Joseph said unto
them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I
can certainly divine? [16] And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord?
what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out
the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we,
and he also with whom the cup is found.
[17] And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand
the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in
peace unto your father.
[18] Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant,
I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn
against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. [19] My lord asked his
servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? [20] And we said unto my
lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little
one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his
father loveth him. [21] And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down
unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
[22] And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he
should leave his father, his father would die. [23] And thou saidst unto
thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see
my face no more. [24] And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant
my father, we told him the words of my lord.
[25] And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. [26] And we
said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we
go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be
with us.
[27] And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
[28] And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces;
and I saw him not since:
[29] And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall
bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. [30] Now therefore when
I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that
his life is bound up in the lad's life; [31] It shall come to pass, when he
seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall
bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the
grave. [32] For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father,
saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my
father for ever. [33] Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide
instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his
brethren. [34] For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with
me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

Genesis 45
[1] Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by
him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no
man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. [2] And he
wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. [3] And
Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And
his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
[4] And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And
they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into
Egypt. [5] Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye
sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. [6] For
these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five
years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. [7] And God
sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save
your lives by a great deliverance. [8] So now it was not you that sent me
hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all
his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
[9] Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son
Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
[10] And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near
unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy
flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
[11] And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine;
lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. [12]
And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is
my mouth that speaketh unto you. [13] And ye shall tell my father of all my
glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring
down my father hither. [14] And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck,
and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
[15] Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after
that his brethren talked with him.
[16] And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's
brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. [17] And
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your
beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; [18] And take your father
and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the
land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
[19] Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of
Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and
come.
[20] Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
[21] And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons,
according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the
way.
[22] To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he
gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. [23] And
to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good
things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for
his father by the way.
[24] So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto
them, See that ye fall not out by the way. [25] And they went up out of
Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
[26] And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all
the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
[27] And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto
them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the
spirit of Jacob their father revived:
[28] And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go
and see him before I die.

Genesis 46
[1] And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to
Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. [2]
And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob,
Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
[3] And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into
Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: [4] I will go down
with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and
Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. [5] And Jacob rose up from
Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their
little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry
him.
[6] And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in
the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
[7] His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons'
daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. [8] And these
are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and
his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. [9] And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch,
and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. [10] And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and
Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish
woman. [11] And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. [12] And the
sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and
Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and
Hamul.
[13] And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. [14]
And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. [15] These be the
sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter
Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
[16] And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and
Arodi, and Areli.
[17] And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and
Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. [18] These
are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she
bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. [19] The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife;
Joseph, and Benjamin. [20] And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born
Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of
On bare unto him. [21] And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and
Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. [22]
These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were
fourteen.
[23] And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
[24] And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
[25] These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his
daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven. [26] All
the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins,
besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six; [27]
And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all
the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and
ten.
[28] And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto
Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. [29] And Joseph made ready
his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and
presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a
good while.
[30] And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy
face, because thou art yet alive.
[31] And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will
go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's
house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; [32] And the men
are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have
brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. [33] And it
shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is
your occupation?
[34] That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our
youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in
the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the
Egyptians.

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