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Joseph's advice to Pharaoh.

CENESIS, XLL ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, such] B. C. 1718. as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:

20 And the lean and the ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

21 And when they had 4 eaten them up, it could not be known

come to the inward parts of them.

5 or, small. 1 ver.8. Dan.4.7.

He is appointed governor.

of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.

37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, u and in the eyes of all his servants.

38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this

that they had eaten them; but they m Dan.2.29. is, a man in whom v the Spirit of

were still ill-favoured, as at the beginning. SI awoke.

Rev.4.1.

n 2 Ki.8.1.

22 And I saw in my dream, and, o ver.47. behold, seven ears came up in one p ver.54. stalk, full and good:

ch.47.13.

23 And, behold, seven ears, 5 with-heavy. ered, thin, and blasted with the east 7 ch.37.7,9. wind, sprung up after them: 7 or, prepared of God. Num.23.19. Is.46.10.

24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told this unto the magicians; but there was Done that could declare it to me. 25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: t Pr.6.6-8. God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about m to do.

8 or, overseers.

22.3.

26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are 9 be not cut seven years: the dream is one. off. 27 And the seven thin and ill-u Acts 7.10. favoured kine, that came up after them, are seven years; and the seven empty ears, blasted with the east wind, shall be seven n years of famine.

This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: what God 1s about to do, he sheweth unto Pharaoh.

29 Behold, there come seven o years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; p and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume q the land:

31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land, by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.

32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; r it is pecanse the thing is 7 established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.s

Nu.27.18.
Job 32.8.
Pr.2.6.

Da.4.S,18.

5.11.

w Ps. 105.21. 10 be armed, or, kiss. x Dan.6.3. y Est.3. 10. 8.2,8,15.

11 or, silk. z Da.5.7,29. 12 or, tender father. 13 Abrech. a ch.45.8.26. Acts.7.10. 14 which in the Coptic signifies, a revealer of secrets, or, the man

to whom secrets are revealed. 15 or, prince. b Ex.2.16. 2Sam.8.18. c 1Sa. 16.21.

Dan.1.19. Lu.21.36. d ch.22.17. Jude 7.12.

33 Now, therefore, let Pharaoh look ont a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint &officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. t 35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and e ch.46.20. lay up corn under the hand of Pharach, and let them keep food in the 16 or, prince. 17. e. for getting.

Cities.

36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years

C

1Sam. 13.5. Ps.78.27.

48.5.

49

God is?

39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:

40 Thou shalt be over my house, w and according unto thy word shall all my people 10 be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. 41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee z over all the land of Egypt.

42 And Pharaoh took off his ring y from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of 11 fine linen, and put a gold chainz about his neck:

43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had: and they cried before him, 12 13 Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land a of Egypt.

44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no nan lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; 14 and he gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-pherah, 15 priest b of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

46 T And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before e Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. 48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, 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.

49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, d very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.

50 And unto Joseph were born two sons e before the years of famine came; which Asenath, the daughter of Poti-pherah, 16 priest of On, bare unto him.

51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn 17 Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house, 52 And the name of the second

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GENESIS, XLII. B. C. 1715.

Joseph's providence. called he 18 Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful f in the land of my affliction.

53 And the seven years of plenteousness that was in the land of Egypt were ended.

18 i.e. fruit

ful. fch.49.22.

Lam.4.4.

54 And the seven years of dearth & ver.30. began to come, according as Josephh Jer. 14.1,2. had said: g and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, h the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh

19 all where

in was.

ch.42.6.
47.14,24.

(CHAP. 42.)

said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. 56 And the famine was over alla Acts 7.12. the face of the earth. And Joseph b ch.43.8. opened 19 all the store-houses, and Ps. 118. 17. sold i unto the Egyptians; and the c ver.38. famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.

57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

CHAPTER XLII.

1 Jacob sendeth his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt: 17 they are imprisoned by Joseph as spies.

OW when a Jacob saw that

Nthere was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may b live, and not die.

3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. 4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren: for he said, Lest peradventure mischiefc befall him.

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

6 And Joseph was the governor d over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake I roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food.

8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

d ch.41.41.

hard things with them.

e ch.37.5-9.

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9 And Joseph remembered the o dreams which he dreamed e of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

Mat.5.44. Ro. 12. 17,

20.

Eph.4.2.

He supplieth his brethren. 10 And they said unto him, Nay my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

11 We are all one man's sons: we are true men; thy servants are no spies.

12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

13 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 f is not. That is it that I spake unto you, 14 And Joseph said unto them, saying, Ye are spies:

15 Hereby ye shall be proved; By the life of Pharaoh g ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be 1 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. 17 And he 2 put them all together into ward three days.

18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for l fear God.

19 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:

20 But bring i your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty k concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the chuld: and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is n required. 23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for 3 he spake unto them by an interpreter.

21 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.

25 T Then Joseph 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: 0 and thus did he unto them.

26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

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GENESIS, XXXVIII.

Shechen! cune, and I will ml B. C. 1729, I drew and lifted up Joseph out o
Jacob mourns for Joseph.
the pit, and sold Joseph d to the
m 1 Sa. 17.17. Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of sil
La.20.13.
ver! and they brought Joseph into
Egypt.

end thee unto them. And he said to him, Here I

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14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, 3 see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hers, and he came to Shechem. 15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the feld: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?o And he said, I seek my brethren: tell p me, I pray thee, where

see the peace of thy bre thren, &c.

Jude 4.22. n ch.35.27. 2Ki.6.19,

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Cant. 1.7. 2K1.6.13. Ps.31.13.

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they feed their docks. And the man said, They are depated bence; for I heard them Let us go to Dothan. And fough went after his brethren, and,

say,

18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto then, they conspired r against him

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29 T And Reuben returned unto in the pit: and he rent e his clothes. the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not 30 And he returned unto his bre and I, whither shall I go? thren, and said, The child ƒ is not;

31 And they took Joseph's coat, g and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood: Mat.21.38. 32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be

27.1.

Jno.11.53.

master of Acts 23.12. pm, 16. dreams. Pr.1.11,16. 27.4.

eh.42.22. Mat.27.28.

or, pieces.

w Ps.35.7.

v ver.3.

Lam.4.20.

Am.6.6.

ver.28,36.

20 Come now, therefore, and let Pr.30.20. us slay him,s and cast him into end; y en beast hath devoured him: and me pit; and we will say, Some we shall see what will become of has dreams.

21 And Renben heard it, and he

z Jer.8.22.
a ch.4.10.

Job 16.18,

b 1 Sa. 18.17.
2 Sa. 12.9.

33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hhath doubt rent in pieces. devoured him: Joseph is without

34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth i upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

35 And all his sons and all his daughters k rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comfort ed: and he said, For I will go dowr into the grave unto my son mourn. ing. Thus his father wept for him. 36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt, unto Potiphar, an 7 of

delivered him out of their hands; hearkened. ficer of Pharaoh's, and 8 captain of

and said, Let us not kill him.

22 And Rethen said unto them,

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Shed no blood, t but cast him into d Ps. 105.17, 1 Judah begetteth Er, Onan, and She

this it that is in the wilderness,

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to deliver him to his father again. e Num. 14.6. A that Judah went down from

Ju.11.35.

Job 1.20. Joel 2.13. fch.42.13,

Jer.31.35.

g ver.23.

h ch.44.28.

Est.4.1.

his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph u out of his coat, his coat of many colours v that was on him: 24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: w and the pit was 2 Ki. 19.1. empty, there was no water in it. 25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a 42Sa.12.17. Company of y Ishmeelites came 7 Heb. eufm Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and z balm and my, ging to carry it down to Egypt.

25 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay or better, and conceal a his

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Is.32.11.
Jon.3.5.

2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.

3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. 4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.

5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

nuch, chamberlain, or, courtier. 8 or, chief marshal. Heb. chief 6 And Judah took a wife for Er of the his firstborn, whose name was Taslaughter. mar.

7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was ecutionera. wicked in the sight of the LORD; a and the LORD slew him.

men, or ex

(CHAP. 38.)

bether, and our flesh. And his a 1Chr.2.3.

6

brethren were content.

Then there passed by Midian

tes, merchantmen; and they]

8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go Deut.25.5. in unto b thy brother's wife, and Mat.22.24. marry her, and raise up seed to thy

brother.

Tamar deludeth Judah.

GENESIS, XXXIX.

Birth of Pharez and Zarah.

9 And Onan knew that the seed] B. C. 1729. I was no harlot in this place.
should not be his: and it came to
pass, when he went in unto his 1
brother's wife, that he spilled it on
the ground, lest that he should
give seed to his brother.

10 And the thing which he did 1 displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.

11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. 12 T And 2 in process of time the daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

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was evil in
the eyes of
the LORD
the days
were mul-
tiplied.

c Jos. 15.10.

Jude 14.1.

the door of
eyes, or, of
Enajim.
d Pr.7.12.
4a kid of the
goats.
e ver.25.
f2Sa.14.2,5.
5 or, in
Enajim.

13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth ups become a cto Timnath to shear his sheep.

14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in 3 an open place, d which is by the way to Timnath: for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; be-k cause she had covered her face.

16 And he turned unto her by the

contempt. g Pr.6.33.

Rom.6.21.
Ep.5.12.

h Jude 19.2.
Ho.3.3
Lev.21.9.

De.22.21.

2 Sam. 12.5. ch.37.32.

Z ver. 18.

way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, m 1Sa.24.17. let me come in unto thee; (for hen ver. 14. knew not that she was his daugh- o Job 34.31, ter-in-law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

17 And he said, I will send thee 4a7 kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?

18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, e and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her; and she conceived by him.

19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and

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32. Rom.13.12. Tit.2.11, 12. or, wherefore hast thou made this breach against thee?

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Nu.26.20.

1Chr.2.4. Mat. 1.3.

23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: g behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

24 T And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughterin-law hath played the harlot; hand also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.i 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, k I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.

26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more m righteous than I; because that 1 gave her not to n Shelah my son. And he knew her again no o more.

27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.

28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, 7 How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called 8 Pharez.p

30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.

CHAPTER XXXIX. 1 Joseph, advanced in Potiphar's house, 7 resisteth his mistress's temptation: 13 he is falsely accused, 20 and cast into prison.

ND Joseph was brought down A to ad Potiphar, a an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. 2 And the LORD was with b Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and

put on the garments f of her wi-(CHAP. 39.) he was in the house of his master dowhood.

a ch.37.36.

Ps. 105. 17.

18.14,28. Acts 7.9.

20 And Judah sent th kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, 1Sa. 16. 18. to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not. 21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly 5 by the way-side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.

c Jos. 1.7,8. 1Ch.22.13.

Ps. 1.3.

d ver.21. 1Sa. 16.22.

22 And he returned to Judah, and I cannot find her; and also e ch.24.2. of the place said, that there

the Egyptian.

3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper c in his hand.

4 And Joseph found grace d in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer e over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and crer all that

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GENESIS, XL

and imprisonment. he hal, that the LORD blessed the B. C. 1729. Iwere bound: and he was there in

Egyptian's house f for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had, in the horse, and in the field.

6 And be let all that he had in Joseph's hand and he knew not aught he had,sive the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a podriers, and well favoured. 7lada came to pass after these And it things, that his master's wife cast beres i upon Joseph; and she said, Lie k with ine.

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De.28.3-6.

1Sa. 16.12.
17.42.

Job 31.1.
Ps. 119.37.

Sa. 13.11.
Pr.1.10.
nt Lev.20.10.
Pr.6.29,32.

n2Sa. 12. 13.
Ps.51.4.

the prison.

21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and 2 showed him mercy, and gave him v favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.

23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him and that which he did, the LORD w made it to prosper. CHAPTER XL.

Jer.25.16.1 The butler and baker of Pharaoh o Pr.22.14. are imprisoned: 5 Joseph interpreteth their dreams. 23.27.

8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; 9 There is none greater in this haze than 1; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, p Pr.7.13. because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wicked-4 Dess, m and sin n against God? 10 And it came to pass, as she yake to Joseph day by day, o that 1 great. heartened not unto her, to lie Ex.23.1. by her, or to be with her.

Ec.7.25.

r Eze.22.5.

Ps.37.14.

120.3. Pr.12.19.

And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the hose to do his business; and there t Pr.6.34,35. Cant.8.6.

tas none of the men of the house there within

12 And she caught himp by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and be let his garment in her hand, and fed, and got him out.

13 And it came to pass,

when she

w that he had left his garment

in ber hand, and was fled forth,

u ch.41.14.

Ps. 105.18.

2 extended
kindness

A things, the left a of ND it came to pass after these things, that the butler a of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

unto him.

2 And Pharaoh was wroth b against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

3 And he put them in ward in the into the prison, c the place where house of the captain of the guard, Joseph was bound.

4 And the captain of the guard. charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream d in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the

14 That she called unto the menu Ex.12.36. butler and the baker of the king of

of her house, and spake unto them," ging, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock r us: he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a 1 loud voice: 15 And it came to pass, when he

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leand that I lifted up my voice and (CHAP. 40.) that were with him in the ward of

cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.

a Ne.1.11.

16 And she laid up his garment by b Pr. 16.14.

her, until his lord came home.

19.19.

17 And she spake unto him sac-e ch.39.20,

curling to these words, saying, The

23.

his lord's house, saying, Wherefore 1 look ye so sadly to day?

8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no g interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations

Hebrew servant, which thou hast d Job 33.15- belong h to God? tell me them, I

brought unto us, came in unto me

to mock me:

18 And it came to pass, as I lifted e Dan.4.5.

voice, and cried, that he left

his garment with me, and fled out. 19 And it came to pass, when his

17.

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evil?

faces

master heard the words of his wife, f Ne.2.2.

which she spake unto him, saying,

After this manner did thy servant

g ch.41.15.

pray you.

9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, i behold, a vine was before me;

10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof

to me, that his wrath t was kindled. A Da.2.11,28, brought forth ripe grapes:

And

Joseph's master took him, and put him into the u prison, a alace where the king's prisoners' i Ju.7.13.

11 And Pharaoh's cup toas in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup.

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