Genesis 43 Cross References - MKJV

¹ And the famine was severe in the land. ² 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. ³ And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man solemnly protested to us, saying, You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you. ⁴ If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food. ⁵ But if you will not send him, we will not go down. For the man said to us, You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you. ⁶ And Israel said, Why have you dealt ill with me, to tell the man whether you had yet a brother? ⁷ And they said, The man asked us strictly of our state and of our kindred, saying, Is your father still alive? Have you yet 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? ⁸ 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. ⁹ 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. ¹⁰ For unless we had lingered, surely now we would have returned the second time. ¹¹ 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. ¹² And take double silver in your hand, and the silver that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand. Perhaps it was an oversight. ¹³ Take also your brother, and arise, go again to the man. ¹⁴ And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, so that he may send away your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved, I am bereaved. ¹⁵ And the men took that present, and they took double silver in their hand, and Benjamin. And they rose up and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. ¹⁶ And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring the men into the house, and kill an animal and make ready. For the men shall dine with me at noon. ¹⁷ And the man did as Joseph said. And the man brought the men into Joseph's house. ¹⁸ And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house. And they said, Because of the silver that was returned in our sacks at the first time we are brought in, to throw himself on us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. ¹⁹ And they came near to the man over Joseph's house, and they talked with him at the door of the house, ²⁰ and said, Oh sir, we indeed came down the first time to buy food. ²¹ And it happened, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's silver was in the mouth of his sack, our silver in full weight. And we have brought it again in our hands. ²² And we have brought down other silver in our hands to buy food. We cannot tell who put our silver in our sacks. ²³ And he said, Peace to you, do not fear. Your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks. I had your silver. And he brought Simeon out to them. ²⁴ And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. And he gave fodder to their asses. ²⁵ And they made ready the presents for the coming of Joseph at noon. For they heard that they should eat bread there. ²⁶ And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. ²⁷ And he asked them as to their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive? ²⁸ And they answered, Your servant, our father, is in good health. He is still alive. And they bowed down their heads and fell before him. ²⁹ And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother of whom you spoke to me? And he said, God bless you, my son. ³⁰ And Joseph made haste, for his bowels yearned toward his brother. And he sought a place to weep. And he entered into his room and wept there. ³¹ And he washed his face, and went out, and controlled himself, and said, Set the bread on. ³² 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. ³³ And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth. And the men marveled at one another. ³⁴ And one took portions to them from before him. But Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

⁵ and surely the blood of your lives will I require. At the hand of every animal will I require it, and at the hand of man. At the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

¹⁰ And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down into Egypt to stay there, for the famine was grievous in the land.

² And Abram said, Lord God, what will You give me, since I am going childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

¹ And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, Jehovah appeared to Abram and said to him, I am the Almighty God! Walk before Me and be perfect.

⁴ Let a little water, I pray, be brought, and wash Your feet, and rest under the tree.

¹³ And Jehovah said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I, who am old, truly bear a child?

² and said, Behold now, my lords, please turn into your servant's house and stay all night, and wash your feet, and you shall rise up early and go your way. And they said, No, but we will stay in the street.

¹⁶ And he lingered, the angel laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters (Jehovah being merciful to him), and they brought him forth and set him outside the city.

⁸ And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast the day that Isaac was weaned.

¹⁴ And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Will See; so that it is said until this day, In the mount of Jehovah it will be seen.

² And Abraham said to the oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, I pray you, put your hand under my thigh. ³ And I will make you swear by Jehovah, the God of Heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell. ⁴ But you shall go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife to my son Isaac. ⁵ And the servant said to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I necessarily bring your son again to the land from which you came? ⁶ And Abraham said to him, Take care that you do not bring my son there again. ⁷ Jehovah, the God of Heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: He shall send His Angel before you. And you shall take a wife to my son from there. ⁸ And if the woman will not be willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath of mine. Only do not bring my son there again. ⁹ And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning the matter. ¹⁰ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed. For all the goods of his master were in his hand. And he arose, and went to Mesopotamia to the city of Nahor.

³² And the man came into the house. And he unloaded his camels, and gave straw and fodder to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men that were with him.

³⁰ And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

²⁹ Let people serve you, and let nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone that curses you, and blessed be he that blesses you.

³ And may God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, so that you may be a multitude of peoples.

²² And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. ²³ And she conceived and bore a son, and she said, God has taken away my reproach. ²⁴ And she called his name Joseph. And she said, May Jehovah add another son to me.

³⁹ That which was mangled I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it. You required it at my hand, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

⁵⁴ And Jacob offered sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brothers to eat bread. And they ate bread and stayed all night in the mountain.

¹¹ Deliver me, I pray You, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau. For I fear him, lest he come and strike me, from mother to sons. ¹² And You said, I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. ¹³ And he lodged there that night. And he took of that which came to his hand, a present for Esau his brother

¹³ And he lodged there that night. And he took of that which came to his hand, a present for Esau his brother ¹⁴ two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,

¹⁴ two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, ¹⁵ thirty milk camels with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.

¹⁵ thirty milk camels with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals. ¹⁶ And he delivered into the hands of his servants, every drove by themselves. And he said to his servants, Pass over in front of me and put a space between drove and drove.

¹⁶ And he delivered into the hands of his servants, every drove by themselves. And he said to his servants, Pass over in front of me and put a space between drove and drove. ¹⁷ And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets you, and asks you saying, To whom do you belong? and, Where do you go? And whose are these before you?

¹⁷ And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets you, and asks you saying, To whom do you belong? and, Where do you go? And whose are these before you? ¹⁸ Then you shall say, Your servant Jacob's. It is a present sent to my lord Esau. And, behold, he also is behind us.

¹⁸ Then you shall say, Your servant Jacob's. It is a present sent to my lord Esau. And, behold, he also is behind us. ¹⁹ And so he commanded the second and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, In this way you shall speak to Esau when you find him.

¹⁹ And so he commanded the second and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, In this way you shall speak to Esau when you find him. ²⁰ And also you shall say, Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.

²⁰ And also you shall say, Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me. ²¹ And the present went over before him. And he himself lodged that night in the camp.

²¹ And the present went over before him. And he himself lodged that night in the camp. ²² And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two slave women, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. ²³ And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over what he had. ²⁴ And Jacob was left alone. And a Man wrestled there with him until the breaking of the day. ²⁵ And when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He touched the hollow of his thigh. And the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint as he wrestled with Him. ²⁶ And He said, Let Me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let You go except You bless me. ²⁷ And He said to him, What is your name? And he said, Jacob. ²⁸ And He said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for like a prince you have power with God and with men, and have prevailed.

¹⁰ And Jacob said, No, please, if now I have found grace in your sight, then receive my present at my hand. For therefore have I seen your face, as though I had seen the face of God, and you were pleased with me.

¹¹ And God said to him, I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall be from you, and kings shall come out of your loins.

¹⁷ And it happened when she was in hard labor in her bearing, the midwife said to her, Do not fear, you shall have this son also. ¹⁸ And it happened as her soul was departing (for she died) that she called his name Benoni. But his father called him Benjamin.

⁷ For behold! We were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and lo, my sheaf arose and also stood upright. And behold, your sheaves stood around and bowed down to my sheaf.

⁷ For behold! We were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and lo, my sheaf arose and also stood upright. And behold, your sheaves stood around and bowed down to my sheaf. ⁸ And his brothers said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have the rule over us? And they hated him still more for his dreams and for his words. ⁹ And he dreamed still another dream, and told it to his brothers. And he said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream. And behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars bowed down to me. ¹⁰ And he told it to his father and to his brothers. And his father rebuked him and said to him, What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I, and your mother, and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the earth before you?

¹⁴ And he said to him, please go see whether it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks. And bring me word again. And he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

¹⁹ And they said to one another, Behold, this dreamer comes. ²⁰ Therefore come now, and let us kill him, and throw him into some pit, and we will say some evil beast has devoured him. And we shall see what will become of his dreams.

²⁵ And they sat down to eat bread. And they lifted up their eyes, and looked. And behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

⁴ And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him. And he made him overseer over his house, and he put into his hand all he had. ⁵ And it happened from the time he had made him overseer in his house, and over all he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake. And the blessing of Jehovah was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field.

²¹ But Jehovah was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

¹⁶ And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, Not I. God shall answer the welfare of Pharaoh.

⁵⁴ And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said. And the famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. ⁵⁵ And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. And Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do. ⁵⁶ And the famine was over all the face of the earth. And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold to the Egyptians. And the famine was severe on the land of Egypt. ⁵⁷ And all the earth came into Egypt to buy, to Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the earth.

¹ And when Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do you look upon one another? ² 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.

² 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. ³ And Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

⁵ And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan. ⁶ And Joseph was the potentate over the land. He was the one selling to all the people of the earth. And Joseph's brothers came and bowed down themselves before him, their faces to the earth.

¹⁰ And they said to him, No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food. ¹¹ We are all one man's sons. We are honest; your servants are not spies.

¹³ And they said, Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. And behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

¹⁵ By this you shall be proved; as Pharaoh lives you shall not go forth from here unless your youngest brother comes here. ¹⁶ 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. ¹⁷ And he put them together into custody three days. ¹⁸ And Joseph said to them the third day, Do this and live. I fear God. ¹⁹ 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. ²⁰ 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. ²¹ And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul when he begged us, and we would not hear. Therefore this distress has come upon us.

²⁴ And he turned from them, and wept. And he returned to them again and talked with them, and took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes. ²⁵ 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.

²⁷ And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass fodder in the inn, he saw his silver. For, behold, it was in the mouth of the sack.

²⁷ And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass fodder in the inn, he saw his silver. For, behold, it was in the mouth of the sack. ²⁸ And he said to his brothers, My silver has been put back. And, also look in my sack. And their hearts failed, and they each were afraid, saying to one another, What is this God has done to us?

²⁸ And he said to his brothers, My silver has been put back. And, also look in my sack. And their hearts failed, and they each were afraid, saying to one another, What is this God has done to us? ²⁹ And they came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that happened to them, saying, ³⁰ The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. ³¹ And we said to him, We are honest, we are not spies. ³² We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. ³³ 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.

³³ 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. ³⁴ And bring your youngest brother to me. Then I shall know that you are not spies, but that you are honest. And I will deliver you your brother, and you shall trade in the land.

³⁴ And bring your youngest brother to me. Then I shall know that you are not spies, but that you are honest. And I will deliver you your brother, and you shall trade in the land. ³⁵ And it happened they emptied their sacks, behold, every man's bundle of silver was in his sack. And when they and their father saw the bundles of silver, they were afraid.

³⁵ And it happened they emptied their sacks, behold, every man's bundle of silver was in his sack. And when they and their father saw the bundles of silver, they were afraid. ³⁶ And Jacob their father said to them, You have bereaved me. Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and you will take Benjamin. All these things are against me. ³⁷ And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Kill my two sons if I do not bring him to you. Deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to you again. ³⁸ 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.

³ And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man solemnly protested to us, saying, You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you. ⁴ If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food. ⁵ But if you will not send him, we will not go down. For the man said to us, You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.

⁷ And they said, The man asked us strictly of our state and of our kindred, saying, Is your father still alive? Have you yet 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?

¹¹ 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. ¹² And take double silver in your hand, and the silver that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand. Perhaps it was an oversight.

¹⁴ And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, so that he may send away your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved, I am bereaved. ¹⁵ And the men took that present, and they took double silver in their hand, and Benjamin. And they rose up and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. ¹⁶ And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring the men into the house, and kill an animal and make ready. For the men shall dine with me at noon.

¹⁹ And they came near to the man over Joseph's house, and they talked with him at the door of the house, ²⁰ and said, Oh sir, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.

²⁶ And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. ²⁷ And he asked them as to their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive? ²⁸ And they answered, Your servant, our father, is in good health. He is still alive. And they bowed down their heads and fell before him.

¹ And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each one's silver in his sack's mouth.

⁴ They had gone out of the city, not having gone far. And Joseph said to his steward, Rise up, follow after the men and overtake them, and say to them, Why have you rewarded evil for good?

²³ And you said to your servants, Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.

²⁶ And we said, We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, we will go down, for we may not see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.

³² 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. ³³ 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.

¹ 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. ² And he wept aloud. And the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

⁸ And now you did not send me here, but God. And He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler over all the land of Egypt.

¹⁴ And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck and wept. And Benjamin wept upon his neck. ¹⁵ And he kissed all his brothers, and wept upon them. And afterwards his brothers talked with him.

¹⁹ Now you are commanded; do this. Take wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

²² To all of them he gave each man changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of clothing.

²⁹ And Joseph made his chariot ready, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself to him. And he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

³⁴ Then you shall say, Your servants have been men of cattle from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers, so that you may live in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.

⁸ and all the house of Joseph, and his brothers, and his father's house. They left only their little ones and their flocks and their herds in the land of Goshen.

²¹ And now do not fear. I will nourish you and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke to their hearts.

²⁶ And Moses said, It is not right to do so, for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Jehovah our God. Lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?

⁷ And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed down to him, and kissed him. And they asked each other of their welfare. And they came into the tent.

¹² Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land which Jehovah your God gives you.

²⁴ But I have said to you, You shall inherit their land, and I, I am giving it to you to possess it, a land that flows with milk and honey. I am Jehovah your God, who has separated you from the nations.

²⁵ Jehovah make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you.

³¹ But your little ones, which you said should be a prey, I will bring them in and they shall know the land which you have despised.

¹⁴ and makes shameful charges against her, and brings up an evil name on her, and says, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I did not find in her the tokens of virginity,

¹⁷ And, lo, he has made shameful charges against her, saying, I have not found in your daughter the tokens of virginity. And yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

⁶ Let Reuben live and not die, and let not his men be few.

¹⁴ and for the precious fruits of the sun, and with the best yield of the months.

¹⁹ And Joshua said to Achan, My son, I pray you, give glory to Jehovah, the God of Israel, and make confession to Him. And tell me now what you have done. Do not hide it from me.

²³ And Jehovah said to him, Peace to you. Do not fear. You shall not die.

²² And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die because we have seen God.

⁴ But his father and his mother did not know that it was from Jehovah, that He was looking for an occasion against the Philistines. For at that time the Philistines had the rule over Israel.

¹⁵ And they turned in that way, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, to the house of Micah, and greeted him.

²⁰ And the old man said, Peace be with you. Yet all that you lack shall be on me. Only do not stay in the street.

⁵ But to Hannah he gave one double portion, for he loved Hannah. But Jehovah had shut up her womb.

⁷ Then Saul said to his young man, But behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread in our vessels is gone, and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?

²² And Samuel took Saul and his young man and brought them into the room, and gave them a place at the head of the invited ones, about thirty persons. ²³ And Samuel said to the cook, Bring that part which I gave you, of which I said to you, Set it beside you. ²⁴ And the cook took up the shoulder and that on it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is reserved! Set it before you and eat. For until this set time it has been kept for you, since I said, I have invited the people. And Saul ate with Samuel that day.

²² And David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage and ran into the army, and came and greeted his brothers.

⁵ And David sent out ten young men. And David said to the young men, Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name. ⁶ And you shall say this, Long life and peace be to you, and peace to your house, and peace to all that you have.

¹¹ Shall I then take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men about whom I know not where they come from?

²⁷ And now this blessing which your handmaid has brought to my lord, let it even be given to the young men who follow my lord.

² on the third day, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes torn and earth upon his head. And it happened when he came to David, he fell to the earth and bowed to him.

¹³ And he said, Good! I will cut a covenant with you, but one thing I ask of you, saying, You shall not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come to see my face.

⁸ And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and wash your feet. And Uriah left the king's house. And a gift from the king went out after him.

⁴ And the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, and bowed and said, Save, O, King!

²⁴ And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. And Absalom returned to his own house, and did not see the king's face.

²⁸ And Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem and did not see the king's face.

³² And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come here so that I may send you to the king, to say, Why have I come from Geshur? It was good for me to be there still. And now let me see the king's face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.

¹⁶ And Bathsheba bowed and knelt before the king. And the king said, What shall I do for you?

²¹ And it will be, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, my son Solomon and I shall be offenders.

²⁶ And the woman whose son was the living child said to the king, for her womb yearned over her son. And she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor yours; divide it!

²¹ And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought presents and served Solomon all the days of his life.

¹⁵ apart from the merchant men, and and from the traffic of the traders, and from all the kings of Arabia, and from the governors of the lands.

²⁵ And every man brought his presents, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and clothing and armor, and spices, horses and mules, so much year by year.

¹⁹ There is a treaty between you and me, between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold. Come and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he may depart from me.

⁴ If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we still sit here, we also shall die. And now come and let us fall to the army of the Syrians. If they save us alive, we shall live. And if they kill us, we shall only die.

¹³ And one of his servants answered and said, Please let some take five of the horses which remain, which are left in the city; behold, they are like all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; behold, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed. And we will send and see.

⁸ And the king said to Hazael, Take a present in your hand and go to meet the man of God, and ask of Jehovah by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

⁸ And Ahaz took the silver and gold which was found in the house of Jehovah and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent a present to the king of Assyria.

¹² At that time Berodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah. For he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

¹⁸ And the Spirit came on Amasai, chief of the Thirty. And he said, We are yours, David, and on your side, son of Jesse. Peace, peace be on you, and peace on your helpers. For your God has helped you. And David received them and made them captains of the band.

¹⁰ he sent Hadoram his son to King David to ask of his welfare, and to praise him because he had fought against Hadarezer and had beaten him. For Hadarezer had war with Tou. And he sent all kinds of vessels of gold and silver and bronze.

¹⁷ And after the death of Jehoiada the rulers of Judah came and bowed down to the king. And the king listened to them.

¹¹ My sons, do not be negligent now. For Jehovah has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and that you should minister to Him and burn incense.

¹⁷ The message the king sent to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions who dwell in Samaria, and to the rest Beyond the River, Peace! And now,

²⁷ Blessed be Jehovah, the God of our fathers, who has put this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem,

²¹ Then I called a fast there at the river Ahava, so that we might humble ourselves before our God, in order to seek from Him a right way for us and for our little ones, and for all our goods.

¹¹ O Jehovah, I pray You, let now Your ear be open to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who desire to fear Your name. And I pray You, bless Your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. (For I was the king's cupbearer.)

¹⁶ Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat nor drink three days, night or day. My maidservants and I will also fast in the same way. And so I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law. And if I perish, I perish.

²¹ A dreadful sound of things is in his ears; the destroyer shall come to him in peace.

³ Please lay down a pledge for me with Yourself; who is he who will strike hands with me?

¹⁴ As through a wide break they came on; they roll under a ruin.

⁵ Roll your way on Jehovah; trust also in Him, and He will work. ⁶ And He shall bring forth your righteousness like the light, and your judgment like the noonday. ⁷ Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for Him; do not fret yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of him who practices wickedness.

⁵ There they dreaded with dread, where no dread was; for God has scattered the bones of him who camps against you; you have put them to shame because God rejects them.

¹ To the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. May God be merciful to us, and bless us, and cause His face to shine on us. Selah.

²⁹ Because of Your temple in Jerusalem, kings shall bring a present to You.

⁹ Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before Him; and His enemies shall lick the dust. ¹⁰ The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

¹⁶ When I thought deeply in order to understand this, it was painful for me,

¹¹ Vow, and pay to Jehovah your God; let all that are around Him bring presents to the Fearful One.

⁷ Show us Your mercy, O Jehovah, and grant us Your salvation.

⁵ For Jehovah is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endures to all generations.

⁴ He has made His wonderful works to be remembered; Jehovah is gracious and full of pity.

⁴ To the upright there arises light in the darkness; he is gracious and full of pity and righteousness.

¹⁷ I shall not die, but live and declare the works of Jehovah.

⁴¹ VAU: Let Your mercies come to me, O Jehovah, even according to Your salvation, according to Your Word.

¹²² Be surety for Your servant for good; let not the proud press me down.

¹ A Song of degrees; of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity! ² It is like the precious ointment on the head that ran down on the beard, Aaron's beard, that went down to the mouth of his garments;

¹ The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

² she has killed her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

¹⁶ Better is a little with the fear of Jehovah than great treasure and tumult with it.

⁷ When a man's ways please Jehovah, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

¹⁸ Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

¹⁸ A man lacking heart strikes hands; he pledges in the presence of his friend.

¹⁶ A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

⁶ Many will beg the favor of a ruler, and all are friends to a man who gives gifts.

¹ The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He will.

¹⁴ A gift in secret quiets anger; and a bribe in the bosom quiets strong wrath.

⁶ Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to those who are of heavy hearts.

¹⁶ She considers a field, and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.

¹ For all this I took to heart, even to make all this clear, that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. No man knows either love or hatred by all that is before them. ² All happens alike to all; there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him who sacrifices, and to him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner. He who swears is as he who fears an oath.

⁷ Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now is pleased with your works.

¹⁹ Bread is made for laughter, and wine makes merry; but silver answers all things.

¹⁰ How fair is your love, My sister, My spouse! How much better is your love than wine, and the smell of your ointments than all spices!

¹⁴ spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices;

¹ I have come into My garden, My sister, My spouse; I have gathered My myrrh with My spice; I have eaten My honeycomb with My honey; I have drunk My wine with My milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O Beloved.

¹⁴ Hurry, my Beloved, and be like a gazelle, or a young deer, the stag, on the mountains of spices.

² And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is allied with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the woods are moved by the wind.

¹⁹ For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; you shall weep no more; He will be very gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When He hears it, He will answer you.

² O Jehovah, be gracious to us; we have waited for You; be their arm in the mornings; our salvation also in the time of trouble.

¹⁴ I have kept silence from forever; I have been still and refrained Myself. Now I will cry like a woman in pangs of labor, I will pant and gasp at once.

¹³ Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break out into singing, O mountains; for the Lord has comforted His people, and will have mercy on His afflicted.

²² Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the healing of the daughter of My people not come?

¹⁶ So says Jehovah: Hold back your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says Jehovah. And they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

²⁰ Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? For as often as I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still. Therefore My heart is troubled for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says Jehovah.

¹⁰ Our skin is hot like an oven because of the fever heat of famine.

¹⁸ When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you do not give him warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked one shall die in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at your hand.

²⁰ And when the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and when I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.

¹⁵ The sons of Dedan were your merchants; many coastlands were the traffic of your hand. They brought as your gift tusks of ivory and ebony.

¹⁷ Judah and the land of Israel were your merchants with wheat from Minnith and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm, they gave for your goods.

⁶ But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned; if the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity. But I will require his blood at the watchman's hand.

⁸ When I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die; if you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked one shall die in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at your hand.

⁸ How shall I give you up, Ephraim? How shall I deliver you, Israel? How shall I make you like Admah? How shall I set you as Zeboim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassions are kindled together.

⁶ For lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, the bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land to possess homes not their own.

⁹ And now entreat the face of God, that He favor us. This has been by your hands, will He lift up your faces, says Jehovah of Hosts?

² And behold, they brought to Him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Child, be of good cheer. Your sins are forgiven you.

²² But turning and seeing her, Jesus said, Daughter, be comforted; your faith has saved you. And the woman was saved from that hour.

¹⁹ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man who is a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners. But wisdom was justified by her children.

²⁶ And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a phantom! And they cried out for fear. ²⁷ But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, Be of good cheer, I AM! Do not fear.

¹⁶ But hearing Herod said, It is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead!

²⁴ And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answering again said to them, Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

⁵⁰ And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.

⁴⁴ And He turned to the woman and said to Simon, Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, yet you gave Me no water for My feet. But she has washed My feet with tears, and has wiped them with the hair of her head.

⁵ And into whatever house you enter, first say, Peace to this house.

⁵⁰ so that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

³⁶ And as they spoke this, Jesus Himself stood in their midst, and said to them, Peace to you!

¹⁰ And he said to him, Every man at the beginning sets forth good wine, and when men have drunk well, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now.

³³ Then when He saw her weeping, and also the Jews who came with her weeping, Jesus groaned in the spirit and troubled Himself. ³⁴ And He said, Where have you laid him? They said to Him, Lord, come and see. ³⁵ Jesus wept. ³⁶ Then the Jews said, Behold how He loved him! ³⁷ And some of them said, Was not this Man who opened the eyes of the blind able also to cause that even this one should not have died? ³⁸ Then Jesus, groaning in Himself again, came to the tomb. And it was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

⁴ He rose up from supper and laid aside His garments. And He took a towel and girded Himself. ⁵ After that He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded. ⁶ Then He came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to Him, Lord, do You wash my feet? ⁷ Jesus answered and said to him, You do not know what I do now, but you shall know hereafter. ⁸ Peter said to Him, You shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me. ⁹ Simon Peter said to Him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and head. ¹⁰ Jesus said to him, He who is bathed has no need except to wash his feet, but is clean every whit. And you are clean, but not all. ¹¹ For He knew who would betray Him. Therefore He said, You are not all clean. ¹² So after He had washed their feet and had taken His garments and had reclined again, He said to them, Do you know what I have done to you? ¹³ You call Me the Teacher, and Lord, and you say well, for I AM. ¹⁴ If then I, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. ¹⁵ For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. ¹⁶ Truly, truly, I say to you, A servant is not greater than his master, neither is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. ¹⁷ If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

²⁷ Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

¹⁹ Then the same day at evening, being the first of the sabbaths, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, Peace to you!

²¹ Then Jesus said to them again, Peace to you. As My Father has sent Me, even so I send you.

²⁶ And after eight days the disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst and said, Peace to you!

¹⁰ and plucked him out from all his afflictions, and He gave him favor and wisdom over against Pharaoh king of Egypt. And he appointed him governor over Egypt and all his household. ¹¹ But a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and a great affliction. And our fathers found no food. ¹² But hearing grain was in Egypt, Jacob sent out our fathers first. ¹³ And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's race was made known to Pharaoh.

³⁴ "I have seen, the affliction of My people in Egypt, and I have heard their groan; and I came down to pluck them out. And now come, I will send you into Egypt."

¹⁹ serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and many tears and temptations happening to me through the plots of the Jews;

²⁵ And now, behold, I know that you all will see my face no more, among whom I went proclaiming the kingdom of God.

³¹ Therefore watch and remember that for the time of three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.

³⁷ And there was much weeping of all, and falling on the neck of Paul, they ardently kissed him, ³⁸ grieving most of all over the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. And they went with him to the ship.

¹⁴ And he not being persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

⁸ But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, worked in me all kinds of lust. For apart from law sin was dead.

¹⁷ Repay no one evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

⁸ Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves another has fulfilled the Law.

¹¹ For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God."

²¹ providing for honest things, not only before the Lord, but also before men.

⁸ For God is my witness how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

¹ If there is therefore any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tendernesses and mercies,

¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly ones, and of earthly ones, and of ones under the earth; ¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

⁸ Finally, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are right, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think on these things.

¹² Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender feelings of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering,

⁶ not to go beyond and defraud his brother in this matter (because the Lord is the avenger concerning all these, as we also have forewarned you and testified).

²¹ Prove all things, hold fast to the good.

² to Timothy, my own son in the faith. Grace, mercy and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹⁶ But for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all long-suffering, as a pattern to those being about to believe on Him to life everlasting.

⁸ But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an infidel.

⁶ But godliness with contentment is great gain. ⁷ For we brought nothing into the world, and it is clear that we can carry nothing out. ⁸ But having food and clothing, we will be content.

⁴ greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, so that I may be filled with joy,

⁴ to Titus, a true child according to our common faith. Grace mercy and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

¹⁸ If he has wronged you or owes you in anything, put that on my account. ¹⁹ I, Paul, wrote it with my own hand; I will repay, that I do not say to you that you owe even yourself to me also.

²² by so much was Jesus made a surety of a better covenant.

¹ Let brotherly love continue.

⁵ Let your way of life be without the love of money, and be content with such things as you have, for He has said, "Not at all will I leave you, not at all will I forsake you, never!"

⁸ Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever.

¹⁸ Pray for us; for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

¹² having your conduct honest among the nations, in that which they speak against you as evildoers, they may glorify God in a day of His visitation, seeing your good works.

¹⁰ For he that wants to love life and to see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile.

¹⁶ having a good conscience, that while they speak against you as evildoers they may be shamed, those falsely accusing your good behavior in Christ. ¹⁷ But whoever has this world's goods and sees his brother having need, and shuts up his bowels from him, how does the love of God dwell in him?

³ Grace will be with you, mercy and peace from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.