Torah
Bereshit41
Genesis · Chapter 41
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the
other kine upon the brink of the river.
And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold,
it was a dream.
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Mitsrayim, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but
there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both
me and the chief baker:
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
And
there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
Then Pharaoh sent and called Yoseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved
himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
And Pharaoh said unto Yoseph, I have dreamed a dream, and
there is
none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee,
that
thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
And Yoseph answered Pharaoh, saying,
It is not in me: Elohim shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
And Pharaoh said unto Yoseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Mitsrayim for badness:
And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they
were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin,
and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told
this
unto the magicians; but
there was none that could declare
it to me.
And Yoseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh
is one: Elohim hath shewed Pharaoh what he
is about to do.
The seven good kine
are seven years; and the seven good ears
are seven years: the dream
is one.
And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them
are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
This
is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What Elohim
is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Mitsrayim:
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Mitsrayim; and the famine shall consume the land;
And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it
shall be very grievous.
And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice;
it is
because the thing
is established by Elohim, and Elohim will shortly bring it to pass.
Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Mitsrayim.
Let Pharaoh do
this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Mitsrayim in the seven plenteous years.
And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Mitsrayim; that the land perish not through the famine.
And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find
such a one
as this
is, a man in whom the Ruach of Elohim is?
And Pharaoh said unto Yoseph, Forasmuch as Elohim hath shewed thee all this,
there is none so discreet and wise as thou
art:
Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
And Pharaoh said unto Yoseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Mitsrayim.
And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Yoseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
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 Mitsrayim.
And Pharaoh said unto Yoseph, I
am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Mitsrayim.
And Pharaoh called Yoseph’s name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah kohen of On. And Yoseph went out over
all the land of Mitsrayim.
And Yoseph
was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Mitsrayim. And Yoseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Mitsrayim.
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Mitsrayim, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which
was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
And Yoseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for
it was without number.
And unto Yoseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah kohen of On bare unto him.
And Yoseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For Elohim,
said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For Elohim hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Mitsrayim, were ended.
And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Yoseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Mitsrayim there was bread.
And when all the land of Mitsrayim was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Yoseph; what he saith to you, do.
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Yoseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Mitsrayim.
And all countries came into Mitsrayim to Yoseph for to buy
corn;
because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
Torah
Bereshit42
Genesis · Chapter 42
Now when Ya'aqov saw that there was corn in Mitsrayim, Ya'aqov said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Mitsrayim: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
And Yoseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Mitsrayim.
But Benjamin, Yoseph’s brother, Ya'aqov sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
And the sons of Yisra'el came to buy
corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
And Yoseph
was the governor over the land,
and he
it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Yoseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him
with their faces to the earth.
And Yoseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
And Yoseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
And Yoseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye
are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
We
are all one man’s sons; we
are true
men,
thy servants are no spies.
And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
And they said, Thy servants
are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest
is this day with our father, and one
is not.
And Yoseph said unto them, That
is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye
are spies:
Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether
there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye
are spies.
And he put them all together into ward three days.
And Yoseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live;
for
I fear Elohim:
If ye
be true
men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
And they said one to another, We
are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his nephesh, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
And they knew not that Yoseph understood
them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
Then Yoseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it
was in his sack’s mouth.
And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo,
it is even in my sack: and their heart failed
them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What
is this
that
Elohim hath done unto us?
And they came unto Ya'aqov their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
The man,
who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
And we said unto him, We
are true
men; we are no spies:
We
be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one
is
not, and the youngest
is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye
are true
men; leave one of your brethren
here with me, and take
food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye
are no spies, but
that ye
are true
men: so
will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money
was in his sack: and when
both
they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
And Ya'aqov their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved
of my children: Yoseph
is not, and Simeon
is not, and ye will take Benjamin
away: all these things are against me.
And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Torah
Bereshit43
Genesis · Chapter 43
And the famine
was sore in the land.
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Mitsrayim, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
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.
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
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.
And Yisra'el said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
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?
And Judah said unto Yisra'el 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.
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:
For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
And their father Yisra'el 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:
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:
Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
And Elohim 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.
And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Mitsrayim, and stood before Yoseph.
And when Yoseph 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.
And the man did as Yoseph bade; and the man brought the men into Yoseph’s house.
And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Yoseph’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.
And they came near to the steward of Yoseph’s house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
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.
And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
And he said, Peace
be to you, fear not: your Elohim, and the Elohim of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
And the man brought the men into Yoseph’s house, and gave
them
water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
And they made ready the present against Yoseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
And when Yoseph came home, they brought him the present which
was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
And he asked them of
their welfare, and said,
Is
your father well, the old man of whom ye spake?
Is he yet alive?
And they answered, Thy servant our father
is in good health, he
is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
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, Elohim be gracious unto thee, my son.
And Yoseph 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.
And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
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.
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.
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.