Genesis 37-41
1599 Geneva Bible
37 2 Joseph accuseth his brethren. 5 He dreameth and is hated of his brethren. 28 They sell him to the Ishmaelites. 34 Jacob bewaileth Joseph.
1 Jacob now dwelt in the land, wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
2 These are the [a]generations of Jacob when Joseph was seventeen years old, he kept sheep with his brethren, and the child was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, And Joseph brought unto their father their evil [b][c]saying.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he begat him in his old age and he made him a coat of many [d]colors.
4 So when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, then they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
5 ¶ And Joseph [e]dreamed a dream, and told his brethren, who hated him so much the more.
6 For he said unto them, Hear, I pray you this dream which I have dreamed.
7 Behold now, we were binding sheaves in the midst of the field: and lo, my sheaf arose and also stood upright, and behold, your sheaves compassed round about, and did reverence to my sheaf.
8 Then his brethren said to him, What, shalt thou reign over us, and rule us? or shalt thou have altogether dominion over us? And they [f]hated him so much the more, for his dreams, and for his words.
9 ¶ Again he dreamed another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have had one dream more, and behold, the Sun and the Moon and eleven stars did reverence to me.
10 Then he told it unto his father and to his brethren, and his father [g]rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this thy dream, which thou hast dreamed? shall I, and thy mother, and thy brethren come indeed and fall on the ground before thee?
11 And his brethren envied him, but his father [h][i]noted the saying.
12 ¶ Then his brethren went to keep their father’s sheep in Shechem.
13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren keep in Shechem? come and I will send thee to them.
14 And he answered him, I am here. Then he said unto him, Go now, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and how the flocks prosper, and bring me word again: so he sent him from the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
15 ¶ Then a man found him: for lo, he was wandering in the field, and the man asked him, saying, what seekest thou?
16 And he answered, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they keep sheep.
17 And the man said, they are departed hence: for I heard them say, Let us go unto Dothan. Then went Joseph after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came at them, they [j]conspired against him for to slay him.
19 For they said one to another, Behold, this [k]dreamer cometh.
20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, A wicked beast hath devoured him: then we shall see, what will come of his dreams.
21 (A)But when Reuben heard that, he delivered him out of their hands, and said, [l]Let us not kill him.
22 Also Reuben said unto them, Shed not blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him. Thus he said, that he might deliver him out of their hand, and restore him to his father.
23 ¶ Now when Joseph was come unto his brethren, they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his parti-colored coat that was upon him.
24 And they took him, and cast [m]him into a pit, and the pit was empty, without water in it.
25 Then they sat them down to eat bread: and lift up their eyes and looked, and behold, there came a company of Ishmaelites from Gilead, and their camels laden with spicery, and [n]balm, and myrrh, and were going to carry it down into Egypt.
26 Then Judah said to his brethren, What availeth it, if we slay our brother, though we keep his blood secret?
27 Come and let us (B)sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hands be upon him: for he is our brother, and our flesh: and his brethren obeyed.
28 Then the [o]Midianites’ merchant men passed by, and they drew forth, and lift Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: who brought Joseph into Egypt.
29 ¶ Afterward Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit: then he rent his clothes,
30 And returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not yonder, and I, whither shall I go?
31 And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood.
32 So they sent that parti-colored coat, [p]and they brought it unto their father, and said, This have we found: see now, whether it be thy son’s coat, or no.
33 Then he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat: a wicked beast hath (C)devoured him: Joseph is surely torn in pieces.
34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth about his loins, and sorrowed for his son a long season.
35 Then all his sons and his daughters arose up to comfort him, but he would not be comforted, but said, [q]Surely I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning: so his father wept for him.
36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar [r]an Eunuch of Pharaoh’s and his [s]chief steward.
38 2 The marriage of Judah. 7, 9 The trespass of Er and Onan, and the vengeance of God that came thereupon. 18 Judah lieth with his daughter-in-law Tamar. 24 Tamar is judged to be burnt for whoredom. 29, 30 The birth of Perez and Zerah.
1 And at that time [t]Judah went down from his brethren, and turned into a man called Hirah an Adullamite.
2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a man called (D)Shua a [u]Canaanite: and he took her to wife, and went into her.
3 So she conceived and bare a son, and he called his name Er.
4 (E)And she conceived again and bare a son, and she called his name Onan.
5 Moreover she bare yet a son, whom she called Shelah: and Judah was at Chezib when she bare him.
6 Then Judah took a wife to Er his firstborn son, whose name was Tamar.
7 (F)Now Er the firstborn of Judah was wicked in the sight of the Lord: therefore the Lord slew him.
8 And Judah said to Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and do the office of a kinsman unto her, and raise [v]up seed unto thy brother.
9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his: therefore when he went in unto his brother’s wife, he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
10 And it was wicked in the eyes of the Lord, which he did: wherefore he slew him also.
11 Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, [w]Remain a widow in thy father’s house, till Shelah my son grow up (for he thought thus, Lest he die as well as his brethren,) So Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
12 ¶ And in process of time also the daughter of Shua Judah’s wife died. Then Judah, when he [x]had left mourning, went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he, and his neighbor Hirah the Adullamite.
13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnath, to shear his sheep.
14 Then she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat down in [y]Pethah-enam which is by the way to Timnah, because she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
15 When Judah saw her, he judged her an whore: for she had covered her face.
16 And he turned to the way towards her, and said, Come, I pray thee, let me lie with thee, (for he [z]knew not that she was his daughter-in-law.) And she answered, What wilt thou give me for to lie with me?
17 Then said he, I will send thee a kid of the goats from the flock, and she said, Well, if thou wilt give me a pledge, till thou send it.
18 Then he said, What is the pledge that I shall give thee? And she answered, Thy signet and thy [aa]cloak and thy staff that is in thine hand. So he gave it her, and lay by her, and she was with child by him.
19 Then she rose, and went and put her veil from her and put on her widow’s raiment.
20 Afterward Judah sent a kid of the goats by the hand of his [ab]neighbor the Adullamite, for to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.
21 Then asked he the men of the place, saying, Where is the whore, that sat in Enaim by the wayside? and they answered, There was no whore there.
22 He came therefore to Judah again, and said, I cannot find her, and also the men of the place said, There was no whore there.
23 Then Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be [ac][ad]shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
24 ¶ Now after three months, one told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the whore, and lo, with playing the whore, she is great with child. Then Judah said, Bring ye her forth and let her be [ae]burnt.
25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man, unto whom these things pertain, am I with child: and said also, Look I pray thee, whose these are, the seal, and the cloak, and the staff.
26 Then Judah knew them, and said, She is [af]more righteous than I: for she hath done it because I gave her not to Shelah my son. So he lay with her [ag]no more.
27 ¶ Now, when the time was come that she should be delivered, behold, there were twins in her womb.
28 And when she was in travail, the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound a red thread about his hand, saying, this is come out first.
29 But when he [ah]plucked his hand back again, lo, his brother came out, and the midwife said, How hast [ai]thou broken the breach upon thee? and his name was called (G)Perez.
30 And afterward came out his brother that had the red thread about his hand, and his name was called Zerah.
39 1 Joseph sold to Potiphar. 2 God prospereth him. 7 Potiphar’s wife tempteth him. 13, 20 He is accused and cast in prison. 23 God showeth him favor.
1 Now Joseph was brought down into Egypt: and Potiphar [aj]an Eunuch of Pharaoh’s (and his chief steward an Egyptian) bought him at the hand of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him thither.
2 And the [ak]Lord was with Joseph, and he was a man that prospered and was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
4 So Joseph found favor in his sight, and served him: and made him [al]ruler of his house, and put all that he had in his hand.
5 And from that time that he had made him ruler over his house and over all that he had, the Lord [am]blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake: and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
6 Therefore he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand, [an]and took account of nothing, that was with him, save only of the bread, which he did eat. And Joseph was a fair person, and well favored.
7 Now therefore after these things, his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and said, [ao]Lie with me.
8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what he hath in the house with me, but hath committed all that he had to mine hand.
9 There is no man greater in this house than I: neither hath he kept anything from me, but only thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness and so sin against [ap]God?
10 And albeit she spake to Joseph day by day, yet he hearkened not unto her, to lie with her, or to be in her company.
11 Then on a certain day Joseph entered into the house to do his business: and there was no man of the household in the house.
12 Therefore she caught him by his garment, saying, Sleep with me: but he left his garment in her hand and fled, and got him out.
13 Now when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled out,
14 She called unto the men of her house, and told them, saying, Behold, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us [aq]to mock us: who came in to me for to have slept with me: but I [ar]cried with a loud voice.
15 And when he heard that I lift up my voice and cried, he left his garments with me, and fled away, and got him out.
16 So she laid up his garment by her, until her lord came home.
17 Then she told him [as]according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came into me, to mock me.
18 But as soon as I lift up my voice and cried, he left his garment with me, and fled out.
19 Then when his master heard the words of his wife, which she told him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me, his anger was kindled.
20 And Joseph’s master took him and put him in [at][au]prison, in the place, where the king’s prisoners lay bound: and there he was in prison.
21 ¶ But the Lord was with Joseph, and [av]showed him mercy, and got him favor in the sight of the [aw]master of the prison.
22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison, and [ax]whatsoever they did there, that did he.
23 And the keeper of the prison looked unto nothing that was under his hand, seeing that the Lord was with him: for whatsoever he did, the Lord made it to prosper.
40 8 The interpretation of dreams is of God. 12, 19 Joseph expoundeth the dreams of the two prisoners. 23 The ingratitude of the butler.
1 And after these things, the butler of the King of Egypt and his baker offended their Lord the King of Egypt.
2 And Pharaoh was angry against his two [ay]Officers, against the chief butler, and against the chief baker.
3 Therefore he put them in ward in his chief steward’s house, in the prison and place where [az]Joseph was bound.
4 And the chief steward gave Joseph charge over them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
5 ¶ And they both dreamed a dream, either of them his dream in one night, [ba]each one according to the interpretation of his dream, both the butler and the baker of the King of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
6 And when Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, behold, they were sad.
7 And he asked Pharaoh’s officers, that were with him in his master’s ward, saying, Wherefore [bb]look ye so sadly today?
8 Who answered him, We have dreamed each one a dream, and there is none to interpret the same. Then Joseph said unto them, [bc]Are not interpretations of God? tell them me now.
9 So the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said unto him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me,
10 And in the vine were three branches, and as it budded, her flower came forth: and the clusters of grapes waxed ripe.
11 And I had Pharaoh’s cup in mine hand, and I took the grapes, and wrung them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
12 Then Joseph said unto him, This [bd]is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days.
13 Within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thine [be]office, and thou shalt give Pharaoh’s cup into his hand after the old manner, when thou wast his butler,
14 But have me in remembrance with thee, when thou art in good case, and show mercy, I pray thee unto me, and [bf]make mention of me to Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring me out of this house.
15 For I was stolen away by theft out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing, wherefore they should put me [bg]in the dungeon.
16 And when the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, Also me thought in my dream that I had three [bh]white baskets on mine head.
17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner bakemeats for Pharaoh: and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon mine head.
18 Then Joseph answered, and said, [bi]This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
19 Within three days shall Pharaoh take thine head from thee, and shall hang thee on a tree and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
20 ¶ And so the third day, which was Pharaoh’s [bj]birthday, he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler, and the chief baker among his servants.
21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership, who gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
22 But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted unto them.
23 Yet the chief butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.
41 26 Pharaoh’s dreams are expounded by Joseph. 40 He is made ruler over all Egypt. 45 Joseph’s name is changed. 50 He hath two sons Manasseh and Ephraim.
1 And [bk]two years after, Pharaoh also [bl]dreamed, and behold, he stood by a river.
2 And lo, there came out of the river seven [bm]goodly kine and fat-fleshed, and they fed in a [bn]meadow.
3 And lo, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, evil favored and lean fleshed, and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
4 And the evil favored and lean fleshed kine did eat up the seven well favored and fat kine: so Pharaoh awoke.
5 Again he slept, and dreamed the [bo]second time: and behold, seven ears of corn grew upon one stalk, rank and goodly.
6 And lo, seven thin ears, and blasted with the East wind, sprang up after them.
7 And the thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears, then Pharaoh awaked, and lo it was a dream.
8 Now when the morning came, his spirit was [bp]troubled: therefore he sent and called all the soothsayers of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof, and Pharaoh told them his dreams: but [bq]none could interpret them to Pharaoh.
9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I [br]call to mind my faults this day.
10 Pharaoh being angry with his servants, put me in ward in the chief steward’s house, both me, and the chief baker.
11 Then we dreamed a dream in one night both I, and he: we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
12 And there was with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant unto the chief steward, whom when we told, he declared our dreams to [bs]us, to everyone he declared according to his dream.
13 And as he declared unto us, so it came to pass: for he restored me to mine office, and hanged him.
14 (H)Then sent Pharaoh, and called [bt]Joseph and they brought him hastily out of prison, and he shaved him, and changed his raiment, and came to Pharaoh.
15 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and no man can interpret it, and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream, thou canst interpret it.
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, [bu]Without me God shall [bv]answer for the wealth of Pharaoh.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: In my dream, behold, I stood by the bank of the river:
18 And lo, there came up out of the river seven fat fleshed, and well favored kine. and they fed in the meadow.
19 Also lo, seven other kine came up after them poor and very [bw]evil favored kine, and lean fleshed: I never saw the like in all the land of Egypt, for evil favored.
20 And the lean and the evil favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine.
21 And when they [bx]had eaten them up: it could not be known that they had eaten them, but they were still as evil favored, as they were at the beginning: so did I awake.
22 Moreover I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears sprang out of one stalk, full and fair.
23 And lo, seven ears withered, thin, and blasted with the East wind, sprang up after them.
24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. Now I have told the soothsayers, and none can declare it unto me.
25 ¶ Then Joseph answered Pharaoh, [by]Both Pharaoh’s dreams are one. God hath showed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26 The seven good Kine are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years: this is one dream.
27 Likewise the seven thin and evil favored kine, that came out after them, are seven years: and the seven empty ears blasted with the East wind, are seven years of famine.
28 This is the thing which I have said unto Pharaoh, that God hath showed unto Pharaoh, what he is about to do.
29 Behold, there come seven years of great [bz]plenty in all the land of Egypt.
30 Again, there shall arise after them seven years of famine, so that all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine shall consume the land:
31 Neither shall the plenty [ca]be known in the land, by reason of this famine that shall come after, for it shall be exceeding great.
32 And therefore the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh the second time, because the thing is established by God, and God hasteth to perform it.
33 Now therefore let Pharaoh [cb]provide for a man of understanding and wisdom, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 Let Pharaoh make and appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
35 Also let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh for food, in the cities, and let them keep it.
36 So the food shall be for the provision of the land, against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land perish not by famine.
37 ¶ And the saying pleased Pharaoh and all his servants.
38 Then said Pharaoh unto his servants, Can we find such a man as this, in whom is the [cc]Spirit of God?
39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is no man of understanding, or wisdom like unto thee.
40 (I)Thou shalt be over mine house, and at thy [cd][ce]word shall all my people be armed, only in the king’s throne will I be above thee.
41 Moreover Pharaoh said to Joseph, Behold, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42 And Pharaoh took off his [cf]ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in garments of fine linen, and put a golden chain about his neck.
43 So he sat him upon the [cg]best chariot that he had, save one: and they cried before him, [ch]Abrech, and placed him over all the land of Egypt.
44 Again Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in the land of Egypt.
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name [ci]Zaphnath-Paaneah: and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-Pherah [cj]Prince of On: then went Joseph abroad in the land of Egypt.
46 ¶ And Joseph was [ck]thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh King of Egypt: and Joseph departing from the presence of Pharaoh, went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth [cl]brought forth store.
48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven plenteous years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, that was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
49 So Joseph gathered wheat, like unto the sand of the sea in multitude out of measure, until he left numbering: for it was without number.
50 Now unto Joseph were born (J)two sons (before the year of famine came) which Asenath the daughter of Poti-Pherah prince of On bare unto him.
51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: for God, said he, hath made me forget all my labor and all my [cm]father’s household.
52 Also he called the name of the second, Ephraim: For God, said he, hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53 ¶ So the seven years of the plenty that was in the land of Egypt were ended.
54 (K)Then began the seven years of famine to come, according as Joseph had said: and the famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt was [cn]bread.
55 At the length all the land of Egypt was famished, and the people cried unto Pharaoh for bread. And Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph: what he saith to you, do ye.
56 When the famine was upon all the land, Joseph opened all places, wherein the store was, and sold unto the Egyptians: for the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
57 And all the countries [co]came to Egypt to buy corn of Joseph, because the famine was sore in all lands.
Footnotes
- Genesis 37:2 That is, the story of such things as came to him and his family, as Gen. 5:1.
- Genesis 37:2 Or, slander.
- Genesis 37:2 He complained of the evil words and injuries which they spake and did against him.
- Genesis 37:3 Or, pieces.
- Genesis 37:5 God revealed to him by a dream what should come to pass.
- Genesis 37:8 The more that God showed himself favorable to his, the more doth the malice of the wicked rage against them.
- Genesis 37:10 Not despising the vision, but seeking to appease his brethren.
- Genesis 37:11 Or, kept diligently.
- Genesis 37:11 He knew that God was author of the dream, but he understood not the meaning.
- Genesis 37:18 The holy Ghost covereth not men’s faults, as do vain writers, which make vice virtue.
- Genesis 37:19 Or, master of dreams.
- Genesis 37:21 Hebrew, let us not smite his life.
- Genesis 37:24 Their hypocrisy appeareth in this that they feared man more than God: and thought it was not murder, if they shed not his blood: or else had an excuse to cover their fault.
- Genesis 37:25 Or, rosen, turpentine, or treacle.
- Genesis 37:28 Moses writing according to the opinion of them which took the Midianites and Ishmaelites to be both one, doth here confound their names: as also appeareth, verse 36 and Gen. 39:1, or else he was first offered to the Midianites, but sold to the Ishmaelites.
- Genesis 37:32 To wit, the messengers which were sent.
- Genesis 37:35 Or, I will mourn for him so long as I live.
- Genesis 37:36 Which word doth not always signify him that is gelded, but also him that is in some high dignity.
- Genesis 37:36 Or, captain of the guard.
- Genesis 38:1 Moses describeth the genealogy of Judah, because the Messiah should come of him.
- Genesis 38:2 Which affinity notwithstanding was condemned of God.
- Genesis 38:8 This order was for the preservation of the stock, that the child begotten by the second brother should have the name and inheritance of the first: which is in the new Testament abolished.
- Genesis 38:11 For she could not marry in any other family so long as Judah would retain her in his.
- Genesis 38:12 Hebrew, was comforted.
- Genesis 38:14 Or, in the door of the fountain, or, where were two ways.
- Genesis 38:16 God had wonderfully blinded him that he could not know her by her talk.
- Genesis 38:18 Or, tyre of thine head.
- Genesis 38:20 That his wickedness might not be known to others.
- Genesis 38:23 Hebrew, in contempt.
- Genesis 38:23 He feareth man more than God.
- Genesis 38:24 We see that the Law, which was written in man’s heart, taught them that whoredom should be punished with death: albeit no law, as yet was given.
- Genesis 38:26 That is, she ought rather to accuse me than I her.
- Genesis 38:26 For the horror of the sin condemned him.
- Genesis 38:29 Their heinous sin was signified by this monstrous birth.
- Genesis 38:29 Or the separation between thee and thy brother.
- Genesis 39:1 Read Gen. 37:36.
- Genesis 39:2 The favor of God is the fountain of all prosperity.
- Genesis 39:4 Because God prospered him: and so he made religion to serve his profit.
- Genesis 39:5 The wicked are blessed by the company of the godly.
- Genesis 39:6 For he was assured that all things should prosper well: therefore he ate and drank and took no care.
- Genesis 39:7 In this word he declareth the sum whereunto all her flatteries did tend.
- Genesis 39:9 The fear of God preserved him against her continual tentations.
- Genesis 39:14 Or, to do us villainy and shame.
- Genesis 39:14 This declareth that where incontinence is, thereunto is joined extreme impudency and craft.
- Genesis 39:17 Or, after this manner.
- Genesis 39:20 Hebrew, in the prison house.
- Genesis 39:20 His evil intreatment in the prison may be gathered of Ps. 105:18.
- Genesis 39:21 Hebrew, inclined mercy unto him.
- Genesis 39:21 Or, lord.
- Genesis 39:22 That is, nothing was done without his commandment.
- Genesis 40:2 Or, eunuchs, the word signifieth them, that were in high estate, or them that were gelded.
- Genesis 40:3 God worketh many wonderful means to deliver his.
- Genesis 40:5 That is, every dream had his interpretation, as the thing afterward declared.
- Genesis 40:7 Hebrew, why are your faces evil?
- Genesis 40:8 Cannot God raise up such as shall interpret such things?
- Genesis 40:12 He was assured by the spirit of God, that his interpretation was true.
- Genesis 40:13 Hebrew, place.
- Genesis 40:14 He refused not the means to be delivered, which he thought God had appointed.
- Genesis 40:15 Or, in the pit.
- Genesis 40:16 That is made of white twigs, or as some read, baskets full of holes.
- Genesis 40:18 He showeth that the ministers of God ought not to conceal that, which God revealeth unto them.
- Genesis 40:20 Which was an occasion to appoint his officers, and so to examine them that were in prison.
- Genesis 41:1 Hebrew, at the end of two years of days.
- Genesis 41:1 This dream was not so much for Pharaoh, as to be a means to deliver Joseph, and to provide for God’s Church.
- Genesis 41:2 Or, fair to behold.
- Genesis 41:2 Or, staggie place.
- Genesis 41:5 All these means God used to deliver his servant, and to bring him into favor and authority.
- Genesis 41:8 This fear was enough to teach him that this vision was sent of God.
- Genesis 41:8 The wise of the world understand not God’s secrets, but to his servants his will is revealed.
- Genesis 41:9 He confesseth his fault against the king before he speak of Joseph.
- Genesis 41:12 Read Gen. 40:5.
- Genesis 41:14 The wicked seek to the Prophets of God in their necessity, whom in their prosperity they abhor.
- Genesis 41:16 As though he would say, if I interpret thy dream it cometh of God, and not of me.
- Genesis 41:16 Hebrew, answer peace.
- Genesis 41:19 Hebrew, naught.
- Genesis 41:21 Hebrew, were gone into their inward parts.
- Genesis 41:25 Both his dreams tend to one end.
- Genesis 41:29 Or, abundance and saturity.
- Genesis 41:31 Or, they shall remember no more the plenty.
- Genesis 41:33 The office of a true Prophet is not only to show the evils to come, but also the remedies for the same.
- Genesis 41:38 None should be preferred to honor that have not gifts of God meet for the same.
- Genesis 41:40 Hebrew, mouth.
- Genesis 41:40 Some read, the people shall kiss thy mouth, that is shall obey thee in all things.
- Genesis 41:42 Or, his signet.
- Genesis 41:43 Hebrew, second chariot.
- Genesis 41:43 In sign of honor: which word some expound, tender father, or father of the king, or kneel down.
- Genesis 41:45 Or, the expounder of secrets.
- Genesis 41:45 Or, priest.
- Genesis 41:46 His age is mentioned both to show that his authority came of God, and also that he suffered imprisonment and exile twelve years and more.
- Genesis 41:47 Hebrew, made for gatherings.
- Genesis 41:51 Notwithstanding that his father’s house was the true Church of God: yet the company of the wicked and prosperity caused him to forget it.
- Genesis 41:54 Or, food.
- Genesis 41:57 Or, came to Egypt to Joseph.
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