And it happened as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not listen to her to lie with her, or to be with her.

And she caught him by his robe, saying, Lie with me. And he left his robe in her hand and fled, and got out.

And it happened at the end of two years of days, Pharaoh dreamed. And behold, he stood by the river.

And behold! Seven other cows came up after them out of the river, evil in appearance, and lean of flesh! And they stood by the other cows on the river bank.

And when they had eaten them up, it could not be seen that they had eaten them; but they were still evil of appearance, as at the beginning. And I awoke.

And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, blasted by the east wind, sprang up after them.

And the seven thin and evil-appearing cows that came up after them are seven years. And the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.

And there shall arise after them seven years of famine. And all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine shall consume the land.

And the plenty shall not be known in the land because of the famine following; for it shall be very grievous.

And since the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

That food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt, so that the land does not perish through the famine.

You shall be over my house, and all my people shall kiss the hand at your word. Only in the throne will I be greater than you.

And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had, and they cried before him, Bow the knee! And he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

And in the seven years of plenty, the earth brought forth by handfuls.

And the name of the second he called Ephraim, saying, For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

And all the earth came into Egypt to buy, to Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the earth.

And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy for us from there, so that we may live and not die.

And Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

And Joseph saw his brothers, and he knew them, but remained a stranger to them, and spoke roughly to them. And he said to them, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

And they said to him, No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

By this you shall be proved; as Pharaoh lives you shall not go forth from here unless your youngest brother comes here.

Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and you shall be kept in prison so that your words may be proved, whether any truth is in you. Or else, as Pharaoh lives, surely you are spies.

If you are honest, let one of your brothers be bound in the house of your prison. You go carry grain for the famine of your houses.

But bring your youngest brother to me, and let your words be confirmed, be proved true, and you shall not die. And they did so.

Then Joseph commanded their sacks to be filled with grain, and returned their silver, each into his sack, and to give them provision for the way. And so he did to them.

And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, By this I shall know that you are honest. Leave one, your brother, with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and go.

And he said, My son shall not go down with you. For his brother is dead, and he is left alone. And if mischief should happen to him by the way you go, then you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

And it happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.

If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food.

And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the boy with me, and we will arise and go, so that we may live and not die, both we and you, also our little ones.

I will be surety for him. You shall require him of my hand. If I do not bring him to you and set him before you, I shall be a sinner against you all the days.

And their father Israel said to them, If it be so now, do this. Take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and bring a present down to the man, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds.

and said, Oh sir, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.

And we have brought down other silver in our hands to buy food. We cannot tell who put our silver in our sacks.

And they set it on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians may not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.

Is this not that in which my lord drinks, and by which indeed he divines? You have done evil in so doing.

And they said to him, Why does your lord say these words? Far be it that your servants should do according to this thing.

With whomever of your servants it may be found, both let him die, and we all will be my lord's bondmen.

And he said, Now also let it be according to your word. He with whom it is found shall be my servant, and you shall be blameless.

And he said, Be it far from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant. And as for you, you go in peace to your father.

And we said to my lord, The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, he would die.

And our father said, Go again. Buy us a little food.

And now when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us, since his life is bound up in his life,

it shall be, when he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. And your servants shall bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

For your servant became surety for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not bring him to you, then I shall bear the blame to my father forever.

And now please let your servant remain instead of the boy as a slave to my lord. And let the boy go up with his brothers.

For how shall I go up to my father, and the boy is not with me lest perhaps I see the evil that will find my father?

Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him. And he cried, Cause every man to go out from me! And no man stood before him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

And now do not be grieved, nor angry with yourselves that you sold me here. For God sent me before you to preserve life.

For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be no plowing nor harvest.

And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you and your sons and your sons' sons, and your flocks, and your herds, and all that you have.

And to his father he sent this: ten asses loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses loaded with grain and bread and food for his father by the way.

And it shall be when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants for Pharaoh. And give us seed, that we may live and not die, that the land be not desolate.

Only he did not buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore they did not sell their land.

And it shall be, as you gather you shall give the fifth part to Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for those of your household, and for food for your little ones.

And they said, You have saved our lives. Let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who are born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; like Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

And your issue, which you father after them, shall be yours, and shall be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.

the Angel who 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 like the fishes into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

And his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great, but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he is, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die. But God shall be with you, and bring you again into the land of your fathers.

And I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

Oh my soul, do not come into their secret. Let not my honor be united with their assembly. For in their anger they killed a man, and in their self-will they hamstrung a bull.

Let their anger be cursed, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

Judah, may your brothers praise you. May your hand be in the neck of your enemies. May your father's sons bow before you.

His eyes shall be sparkling with wine, and his teeth white from milk.

Zebulun shall live at the sea shore. And he shall be a haven for ships, and his border beside Sidon.

Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse's heels, so that its rider shall fall backward.

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

Joseph is a fruitful son, a fruitful son by a well, whose branches run over the wall.

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 the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel);

by the God of your father, who shall help you. And may the Almighty bless you with blessings of Heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

The blessings of your father are above the blessings of my ancestors, to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. They shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him, the ruler, the leader of his brothers.

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

Come, let us deal slyly with them, lest they multiply, and it will be when there comes a war, they join also to our enemies, and fight against us, and get out of the land.

And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah.

But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of papyrus for him, and daubed it with bitumen and with pitch, and put the child in it. And she laid it in the reeds by the river's edge.

And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. And her maidens walked along by the riverside. And when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her slave-girl to bring it.

And she opened it, and she saw the child. And behold, a boy wept. And she had pity on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' sons.

And when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian. And he sat down by a well.

And He said, I will be with you. And this shall be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God upon this mountain.

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

And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. And it shall be that when you go, you shall not go empty.

And Jehovah said to Moses, Put forth your hand and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand, --

And it will be, if they will not believe you, neither listen to the voice of the first sign, then they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

And also it will be, if they will not believe these two signs, neither listen to your voice, then you shall take from the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land. And the water which you take out of the river shall become blood on the dry land.

And now go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say.

And he said, O my Lord, I pray You, send by the hand of him whom You will send.

And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses. And He said, Do I not know Aaron the Levite, your brother that he can speak well? And also, behold, he comes forth to meet you. And when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

And you shall speak to him, and you shall put words in his mouth. And I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.

And it will be, he shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be for a mouth to you. And you shall be to him a god.

And it happened by the way, in the inn, that Jehovah met him and sought to kill him.

Let more work be laid upon the men, and let them labor in it. And do not let them regard vain words.

Go and get straw where you can find it, yet not any of your work shall be taken away.

Therefore go now and work, for there shall be no straw given to you; yet you shall deliver the number of bricks.

And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty. But I was not known to them by the name JEHOVAH.