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LESSON III, SECOND QUARTER.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
from King James (Authorized) Version

Genesis 37:1-28

       1.   And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
      2   These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
      3   Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
      4   And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
      5.   And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
      6   And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
      7   For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
      8   And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
      9   And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
      10   And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
      11   And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
      12.   And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
      13   And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
      14   And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, 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 Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
      15   And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
      16   And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
      17   And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
      18   And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
      19   And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
      20   Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
      21   And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
      22   And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
      23.   And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
      24   And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was 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 company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
      26   And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
      27   Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
      28   Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

Genesis 42:1-24

       1.   Now when Jacob saw that there 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 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 mischief 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 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 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.
      9   And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
      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 is not.
      14   And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
      15   Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh 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 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 put them all together into ward three days.
      18   And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I 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 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 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 child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
      23   And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
      24   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.

Genesis 43:1-34

       1.   And the famine was sore in the land.
      2   And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
      3   And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
      4   If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
      5   But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
      6   And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
      7   And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
      8   And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
      9   I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
      10   For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
      11.   And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
      12   And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
      13   Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
      14   And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
      15.   And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and 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 these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
      17   And the man did as Joseph bade; 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 money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
      19   And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
      20   And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
      21   And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
      22   And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
      23   And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
      24   And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
      25   And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
      26.   And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
      27   And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
      28   And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
      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 ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
      30   And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
      31   And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
      32   And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
      33   And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
      34   And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

Genesis 44:1-34

       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 every man's money in his sack's mouth.
      2   And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
      3   As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
      4   And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
      5   Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
      6   And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
      7   And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
      8   Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?
      9   With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.
      10   And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
      11   Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
      12   And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
      13   Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
      14   And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
      15   And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
      16   And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
      17   And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
      18.   Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
      19   My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
      20   And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
      21   And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
      22   And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
      23   And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
      24   And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
      25   And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
      26   And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.
      27   And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
      28   And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
      29   And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
      30   Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
      31   It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
      32   For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
      33   Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
      34   For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

Genesis 45:1-15

       1.   Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
      2   And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
      3   And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
      4   And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
      5   Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
      6   For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
      7   And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
      8   So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
      9   Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
      10   And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
      11   And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
      12   And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
      13   And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
      14   And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
      15   Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

Genesis 49:23, 24

       23   The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
      24   But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

Romans 12:21

       21   Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

 

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