Then he had another dream, and gave his brothers an account of it, saying, I have had another dream: the sun and the moon and eleven stars gave honour to me.

And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?

And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?

And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.

Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.

But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.

And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.

And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?

And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.

He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?

Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put to death,

And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?

And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.

Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah.

Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.

Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and do what it is right for a husband's brother to do; make her your wife and get offspring for your brother.

And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.

Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Go back to your father's house and keep yourself as a widow till my son Shelah becomes a man: for he had in his mind the thought that death might come to him as it had come to his brothers. So Tamar went back to her father's house.

She took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife.

And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?

And he said, I will give you a young goat from the flock. And she said, What will you give me as a sign till you send it?

And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she became with child by him.

Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.

Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.

And while she was being taken out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, The man whose property these things are, is the father of my child: say then, whose are this ring and this cord and this stick?

And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.

And while she was in the act of giving birth, one of them put out his hand; and the woman who was with her put a red thread round his hand, saying, This one came out first.

But then he took his hand back again, and his brother came first to birth: and the woman said, What an opening you have made for yourself! So he was named Perez.

And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.

But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;

And pulling at his coat, she said, Come to my bed; but slipping out of his coat, he went running away.

And hearing it he went running out without his coat.

And when I gave a loud cry he went running out without his coat.

And hearing his wife's account of what his servant had done, he became very angry.

And the captain put them in Joseph's care, and he did what was needed for them; and they were kept in prison for some time.

Then they said to him, We have had a dream, and no one is able to give us the sense. And Joseph said, Does not the sense of dreams come from God? what was your dream?

And on the vine were three branches; and it seemed as if it put out buds and flowers, and from them came grapes ready for cutting.

But keep me in mind when things go well for you, and be good to me and say a good word for me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison:

Now when the chief bread-maker saw that the first dream had a good sense, he said to Joseph, I had a dream; and in my dream there were three baskets of white bread on my head;

And in the top basket were all sorts of cooked meats for Pharaoh; and the birds were taking them out of the baskets on my head.

After three days Pharaoh will take you out of prison, hanging you on a tree, so that your flesh will be food for birds.

And out of the Nile came seven cows, good-looking and fat, and their food was the river-grass.

And after them seven other cows came out of the Nile, poor-looking and thin; and they were by the side of the other cows.

And the seven thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows. Then Pharaoh came out of his sleep.

And the seven thin heads made a meal of the good heads. And when Pharaoh was awake he saw it was a dream.

And in the morning his spirit was troubled; and he sent for all the wise men of Egypt and all the holy men, and put his dream before them, but no one was able to give him the sense of it.

And it came about as he said: I was put back in my place, and the bread-maker was put to death by hanging.

Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they took him quickly out of prison; and when his hair had been cut and his dress changed, he came before Pharaoh.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have had a dream, and no one is able to give me the sense of it; now it has come to my ears that you are able to give the sense of a dream when it is put before you.

And out of the Nile came seven cows, fat and good-looking, and their food was the river-grass;

And even with the fat cows inside them they seemed as bad as before. And so I came out of my sleep.

And the seven thin heads made a meal of the seven good heads; and I put this dream before the wise men, but not one of them was able to give me the sense of it.

Then Joseph said, These two dreams have the same sense: God has made clear to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

As I said to Pharaoh before, God has made clear to him what he is about to do.

And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.

And this dream came to Pharaoh twice, because this thing is certain, and God will quickly make it come about.

And let them get together all the food in those good years and make a store of grain under Pharaoh's control for the use of the towns, and let them keep it.

Then Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and he had him clothed with the best linen, and put a chain of gold round his neck;

Now Joseph was thirty years old when he came before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from before the face of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.

So he got together a store of grain like the sand of the sea; so great a store that after a time he gave up measuring it, for it might not be measured.

And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it.

Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another?

Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.

And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was.

And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;

And come back to me with your youngest brother, so that your words may be seen to be true, and you will not be put to death. This is what you are to do.

Now at their night's resting-place one of them, opening his bag to give his ass some food, saw his money in the mouth of the bag.

And he said to his brothers, My money has been given back: it is in my bag; then their hearts became full of fear, and turning to one another they said, What is this which God has done to us?

And when they took the grain out of their bags, it was seen that every man's parcel of money was in his bag; and when they and their father saw the money, they were full of fear.

And they said, The man put a number of questions to us about ourselves and our family, saying, Is your father still living? have you another brother? And we had to give him answers; how were we to have any idea that he would say, Come back with your brother?

Then their father Israel said to them, If it has to be so, then do this: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels to give the man, perfumes and honey and spices and nuts:

And take twice as much money with you; that is to say, take back the money which was put in your bags, for it may have been an error;

And may God, the Ruler of all, give you mercy before the man, so that he may give you back your other brother and Benjamin. If my children are to be taken from me; there is no help for it.

So they took what their father said for the man, and twice as much money in their hands, and Benjamin, and went on their journey to Egypt, and came before Joseph.

Now the men were full of fear because they had been taken into Joseph's house and they said, It is because of the money which was put back in our bags the first time; he is looking for something against us, so that he may come down on us and take us and our asses for his use.

So they went up to Joseph's chief servant at the door of the house,

And when we came to our night's resting-place, on opening our bags we saw that every man's money was in the mouth of his bag, all our money in full weight: and we have it with us to give it back;

As well as more money, with which to get food: we have no idea who put our money in our bags.

Then the servant said, Peace be with you: have no fear: your God, even the God of your father, has put wealth in your bags for you: I had your money. Then he let Simeon come out to them.

Then Joseph's heart went out to his brother, and he went quickly into his room, for he was overcome with weeping.

Then, after washing his face, he came out, and controlling his feelings said, Put food before us.

And they were all given their seats before him in order of birth, from the oldest to the youngest: so that they were looking at one another in wonder.

And at dawn the men, with their asses, were sent away.

And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good?

And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:

If it comes to light that any of your servants has done this, let him be put to death, and we will be your lord's servants.

And he said, Let it be as you say: he in whose bag it is seen will become my servant; and you will not be responsible.

Then every man quickly got his bag down and undid it.

And Joseph said, What is this thing which you have done? had you no thought that such a man as I would have power to see what is secret?

And Judah said, What are we to say to my lord? how may we put ourselves right in his eyes? God has made clear the sin of your servants: now we are in your hands, we and the man in whose bag your cup was seen.

Then he said, Far be it from me to do so: but the man who had my cup will be my servant; and you may go back to your father in peace.

And so loud was his weeping, that it came to the ears of the Egyptians and all Pharaoh's house.

So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Now truly, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which says these things to you.

And news of these things went through Pharaoh's house, and it was said that Joseph's brothers were come; and it seemed good to Pharaoh and his servants.

And they said to him, Joseph is living, and is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And at this word Jacob was quite overcome, for he had no faith in it.

And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is still living; I will go and see him before my death.

I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will see that you come back again, and at your death Joseph will put his hands on your eyes.