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Genesis 47:21 40 Genesis 48:19

for the Egyptians solde euery man his ground be- great number of people of thee, and will giue this
cause the famine was sore vpon the: so the land lande vnto thy seede after thee for an euerlasting
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became Pharaohs. 21 And he remoued the people possession. And now thy two sonnes, Manasseh
vnto the cities, from one side of Egypt euen to and Ephraim, which are borne vnto thee in the
the other. 22 Onely the lande of the Priestes lande of Egypt, before I came to thee into Egypt,
bought he not: for the Priestes had an ordinarie shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
of Pharaoh, and they did eate their ordinarie, 6 But the linage, which thou hast begotten after
which Pharaoh gaue them: wherefore they solde them, shalbe thine: they shall be called after
not their grounde. 23 Then Ioseph sayd vnto the names of their brethren in their inheritance.
the people, Behold, I haue bought you this daye, 7 Nowe when I came from Padan, Rahel died vpon
and your lande for Pharaoh: lo, here is seede mine hande in the lande of Canaan, by the way
for you: sowe therefore the grounde. 24 And when there was but halfe a dayes iourney of
of the encrease ye shall giue the fifth part vnto grounde to come to Ephrath: and I buryed her
Pharaoh, and foure partes shalbe yours for the there in the way to Ephrath: the same is Beth-
seede of the fielde, and for your meate, and for lehem. 8 Then Israel beheld Iosephs sonnes and
them of your housholdes, and for your children sayd, Whose are these? 9 And Ioseph sayd vnto
to eate. 25 Then they answered, Thou hast saued his father, They are my sonnes, which God hath
our liues: let vs finde grace in the sight of my giuen mee here. Then he sayd, I pray thee, bring
Lord, and we will be Pharaohs seruants. 26 Then them to me, that I may blesse them: 10 (For the
Ioseph made it a lawe ouer the land of Egypt eyes of Israel were dimme for age, so that hee
vnto this day, that Pharaoh should haue the fift coulde not well see) Then he caused them to
part, except the land of the priests only, which come to him, and he kissed them and embraced
was not Pharaohs. 27 And Israel dwelt in the them. 11 And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph, I had not
lande of Egypt, in the countrey of Goshen: and thought to haue seene thy face: yet lo, God hath
they had their possessions therein, and grewe shewed me also thy seede. 12 And Ioseph tooke
and multiplied exceedingly. 28 Moreouer, Iaakob them away from his knees, and did reuerence
liued in the lande of Egypt seuenteene yeeres, so downe to the ground. 13 Then tooke Ioseph them
that the whole age of Iaakob was an hundreth both, Ephraim in his right hand towarde Israels
fourtie and seuen yeere. 29 Now when the time left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward
drewe neere that Israel must dye, he called his Israels right hand, so he brought them vnto him.
sonne Ioseph, and sayde vnto him, If I haue nowe 14 But Israel stretched out his right hand, and
founde grace in thy sight, put thine hand nowe layde it on Ephraims head, which was the yonger,
vnder my thigh, and deale mercifully and truely and his left hande vpon Manassehs head (direct-
with me: burie me not, I pray thee, in Egypt. ing his handes of purpose) for Manasseh was the
30 But when I shall sleepe with my fathers, thou elder. 15 Also he blessed Ioseph and sayde, The
shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury mee in their God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Izhak
buryall. And he answered, I will doe as thou hast did walke, the God, which hath fed me al my life
sayde. 31 The he said, Sweare vnto me. And he long vnto this day, blesse thee. 16 The Angel,
sware vnto him. And Israel worshipped towardes which hath deliuered me from all euill, blesse the
children, and let my name be named vpon them,
the beds head. and the name of my fathers Abraham and Izhak,
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1 Againe after this, one sayd to Ioseph, Loe, the middes of the earth. 17 But when Ioseph sawe
thy father is sicke: then hee tooke with him his that his father layde his right hande vpon the
two sonnes, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 Also one head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he stayed
told Iaakob, and said, Behold, thy sonne Ioseph his fathers hand to remooue it from Ephraims
is come to thee, and Israel tooke his strength head to Manassehs head. 18 And Ioseph sayde
vnto him and sate vpon the bed. 3 Then Iaakob vnto his father, Not so, my father, for this is the
sayde vnto Ioseph, God almightie appeared vnto eldest: put thy right hand vpon his head. 19 But
me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me. his father refused, and sayd, I know well, my
4 And he sayde vnto me, Behold, I wil make thee sonne, I know well: he shalbe also a people, and
fruitefull, and will multiplie thee, and will make a