they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house, for he was yet there; and they fell before him on the ground. 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? And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. 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. Then Judah came near unto him, and said, O my lord, thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons; and the one went out from me, and I said, surely he is torn in pieces, and I saw him not since; and

if

ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. Now, therefore, when thy servant my father seeth that the lad is not with us, seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life, he will die, and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs

of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. 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. 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.

VI.-Joseph and his Brethren-
concluded.

Pos-ter'i-ty, those who Char'i-ot, a carriage of

come after us.

pleasure or state.

De-liv'er-ance, relief,or the Oc-cu-pa'tion, employ

act of being freed. Tar'ry, to delay; to linger. Re-vive, to return to life. Sac'ri-fice, the thing offered to Heaven.

ment; trade. [ney, Pil'grim-age, a long jourAt-tain', to arrive at. Multi-ply, to increase in number.

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. And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. 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. 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. Now, therefore, be not grieved nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither; for God did send me before you to preserve life. 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. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now, it was not you that sent me hither, but God. Haste you, 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. 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: And there will I nourish thee, for there are yet five years of famine. 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. And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. Moreover, he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

And it was told Pharaoh that Joseph's brethren were come: And it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, Lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan: And take your father and your households, and come unto me; and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt: Take you waggons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father and come. And the children of Israel did so: And Joseph gave them waggons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. To all his brethren he gave change of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. And to his father he sent ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and other ten asses laden with corn and bread for his father by the way. So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

And they came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, 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. And they told him all the words of Joseph which he had said unto them: and when he saw the

waggons which Joseph had sent, the spirits of Jacob their father revived: And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

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. And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. 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. I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again and Joseph shall put his hand upon thino eyes. And Jacob rose up from Beersheba and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the waggons which Pharaoh had

sent.

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. And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

And when Jacob was gathered unto his people, Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's house.