41:1And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. 41:2And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favored and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass. 41:3And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. 41:4And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. 41:5And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of grain came up upon one stalk, rank and good. 41:6And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. 41:7And the thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. 41:8And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
41:9Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: 41:10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker: 41:11and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. 41:12And there was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. 41:13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
41:14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. 41:15And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it. 41:16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace. 41:17And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river: 41:18and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored: and they fed in the reed-grass: 41:19and, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: 41:20and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: 41:21and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke. 41:22And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good: 41:23and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: 41:24and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
41:25And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: what God is about to do he hath declared unto Pharaoh. 41:26The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. 41:27And the seven lean and ill-favored kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven years of famine. 41:28That is the thing which I spake unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do he hath showed unto Pharaoh. 41:29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: 41:30and there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; 41:31and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous. 41:32And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. 41:33Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. 41:34Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. 41:35And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. 41:36And the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
41:37And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. 41:38And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is? 41:39And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou: 41:40thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. 41:41And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. 41:42And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; 41:43and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he set him over all the land of Egypt. 41:44And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt. 41:45And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
41:46And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. 41:47And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. 41:48And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. 41:49And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number. 41:50And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bare unto him. 41:51And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, said he, God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. 41:52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction. 41:53And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end. 41:54And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 41:55And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. 41:56And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt. 41:57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all the earth.
11:1And when they draw nigh unto Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth two of his disciples, 11:2and saith unto them, Go your way into the village that is over against you: and straightway as ye enter into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat; loose him, and bring him. 11:3And if any one say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye, The Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him back hither. 11:4And they went away, and found a colt tied at the door without in the open street; and they loose him. 11:5And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt? 11:6And they said unto them even as Jesus had said: and they let them go. 11:7And they bring the colt unto Jesus, and cast on him their garments; and he sat upon him. 11:8And many spread their garments upon the way; and others branches, which they had cut from the fields. 11:9And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: 11:10Blessed is the kingdom that cometh, the kingdom of our father David: Hosanna in the highest. 11:11And he entered into Jerusalem, into the temple; and when he had looked round about upon all things, it being now eventide, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve. 11:12And on the morrow, when they were come out from Bethany, he hungered. 11:13And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find anything thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season of figs. 11:14And he answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit from thee henceforward for ever. And his disciples heard it. 11:15And they come to Jerusalem: and he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and them that bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold the doves; 11:16and he would not suffer that any man should carry a vessel through the temple. 11:17And he taught, and said unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers. 11:18And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, for all the multitude was astonished at his teaching. 11:19And every evening he went forth out of the city. 11:20And as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots. 11:21And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Rabbi, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. 11:22And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. 11:23Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he saith cometh to pass; he shall have it. 11:24Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. 11:25And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. 11:26But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses. 11:27And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders; 11:28and they said unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? or who gave thee this authority to do these things? 11:29And Jesus said unto them, I will ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 11:30The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? answer me. 11:31And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; He will say, Why then did ye not believe him? 11:32But should we say, From men--they feared the people: for all verily held John to be a prophet. 11:33And they answered Jesus and say, We know not. And Jesus saith unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
7:1Is there not a warfare to man upon earth?
And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
7:2As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow,
And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:
7:3So am I made to possess months of misery,
And wearisome nights are appointed to me.
7:4When I lie down, I say,
When shall I arise, and the night be gone?
And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust;
My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.
7:6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
7:7Oh remember that my life is a breath:
Mine eye shall no more see good.
7:8The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more;
Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
7:9As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away,
So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.
7:10He shall return no more to his house,
Neither shall his place know him any more.
7:11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
7:12Am I a sea, or a sea-monster,
That thou settest a watch over me?
7:13When I say, My bed shall comfort me,
My couch shall ease my complaint;
7:14Then thou scarest me with dreams,
And terrifiest me through visions:
7:15So that my soul chooseth strangling,
And death rather than these my bones.
7:16I loathe my life; I would not live alway:
Let me alone; for my days are vanity.
7:17What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him,
And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,
7:18And that thou shouldest visit him every morning,
And try him every moment?
7:19How long wilt thou not look away from me,
Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
7:20If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men?
Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee,
So that I am a burden to myself?
7:21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity?
For now shall I lie down in the dust;
And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
11:1I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 11:2God did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he pleadeth with God against Israel: 11:3Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 11:4But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have left for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal. 11:5Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 11:6But if it is by grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. 11:7What then? that which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened: 11:8according as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this very day. 11:9And David saith,
Let their table be made a snare, and a trap,
And a stumblingblock, and a recompense unto them:
11:10Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see,
And bow thou down their back always.
11:11I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy. 11:12Now if their fall, is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? 11:13But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry; 11:14if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them. 11:15For if the casting away of them is the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? 11:16And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 11:17But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive, wast grafted in among them, and didst become partaker with them of the root of the fatness of the olive tree; 11:18glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee. 11:19Thou wilt say then, Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in. 11:20Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 11:21for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee. 11:22Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God's goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. 11:23And they also, if they continue not in their unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again. 11:24For if thou wast cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree? 11:25For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in; 11:26and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written,
There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer;
He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
11:27And this is my covenant unto them,
When I shall take away their sins.
11:28As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake. 11:29For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of. 11:30For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience, 11:31even so have these also now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also may now obtain mercy. 11:32For God hath shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all. 11:33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out! 11:34For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? 11:35or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? 11:36For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. Amen.