50:1And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. 50:2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. 50:3And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him three-score and ten days.
50:4And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 50:5My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. 50:6And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. 50:7And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 50:8and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. 50:9And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company. 50:10And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. 50:11And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan. 50:12And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: 50:13for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. 50:14And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
50:15And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him. 50:16And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, 50:17So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto thee evil. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. 50:18And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we are thy servants. 50:19And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? 50:20And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. 50:21Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
50:22And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years. 50:23And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees. 50:24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die; but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 50:25And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. 50:26So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
3:1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 3:2in the highpriesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 3:3And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins; 3:4as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight. 3:5Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways smooth; 3:6And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. 3:7He said therefore to the multitudes that went out to be baptized of him, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 3:8Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 3:9And even now the axe also lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 3:10And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do? 3:11And he answered and said unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath food, let him do likewise. 3:12And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do? 3:13And he said unto them, Extort no more than that which is appointed you. 3:14And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said unto them, Extort from no man by violence, neither accuse any one wrongfully; and be content with your wages. 3:15And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether haply he were the Christ; 3:16John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire: 3:17whose fan is in his hand, thoroughly to cleanse his threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire. 3:18With many other exhortations therefore preached he good tidings unto the people; 3:19but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother's wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done, 3:20added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison. 3:21Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 3:22and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. 3:23And Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, 3:24the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, 3:25the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, 3:26the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, 3:27the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, 3:28the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, 3:29the son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, 3:30the son of Symeon, the son of Judas, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, 3:31the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, 3:32the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, 3:33the son of Amminadab, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, 3:34the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, 3:35the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah 3:36the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 3:37the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, 3:38the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
16:1Then Job answered and said,
16:2I have heard many such things:
Miserable comforters are ye all.
16:3Shall vain words have an end?
Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
16:4I also could speak as ye do;
If your soul were in my soul's stead,
I could join words together against you,
And shake my head at you.
16:5But I would strengthen you with my mouth,
And the solace of my lips would assuage your grief.
16:6Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged;
And though I forbear, what am I eased?
16:7But now he hath made me weary:
Thou hast made desolate all my company.
16:8And thou hast laid fast hold on me, which is a witness against me:
And my leanness riseth up against me,
It testifieth to my face.
16:9He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me;
He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth:
Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
16:10They have gaped upon me with their mouth;
They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully:
They gather themselves together against me.
16:11God delivereth me to the ungodly,
And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
16:12I was at ease, and he brake me asunder;
Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces:
He hath also set me up for his mark.
16:13His archers compass me round about;
He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare;
He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
16:14He breaketh me with breach upon breach;
He runneth upon me like a giant.
16:15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin,
And have laid my horn in the dust.
16:16My face is red with weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
16:17Although there is no violence in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.
16:18O earth, cover not thou my blood,
And let my cry have no resting -place.
16:19Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven,
And he that voucheth for me is on high.
16:20My friends scoff at me:
But mine eye poureth out tears unto God,
16:21That he would maintain the right of a man with God,
And of a son of man with his neighbor!
16:22For when a few years are come,
I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
17:1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct,
The grave is ready for me.
17:2Surely there are mockers with me,
And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.
17:3Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself;
Who is there that will strike hands with me?
17:4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding:
Therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
17:5He that denounceth his friends for a prey,
Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
17:6But he hath made me a byword of the people;
And they spit in my face.
17:7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow,
And all my members are as a shadow.
17:8Upright men shall be astonished at this,
And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
17:9Yet shall the righteous hold on his way,
And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
17:10But as for you all, come on now again;
And I shall not find a wise man among you.
17:11My days are past, my purposes are broken off,
Even the thoughts of my heart.
17:12They change the night into day:
The light, say they, is near unto the darkness.
17:13If I look for Sheol as my house;
If I have spread my couch in the darkness;
17:14If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father;
To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister;
17:15Where then is my hope?
And as for my hope, who shall see it?
17:16It shall go down to the bars of Sheol,
When once there is rest in the dust.
4:1Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 4:2Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. 4:3But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. 4:4For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. 4:5Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God. 4:6Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not to go beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other. 4:7For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it? 4:8Already are ye filled, already ye are become rich, ye have come to reign without us: yea and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. 4:9For, I think, God hath set forth us the apostles last of all, as men doomed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, both to angels and men. 4:10We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor. 4:11Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place; 4:12and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; 4:13being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now. 4:14I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children. 4:15For though ye have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel. 4:16I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me. 4:17For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every church. 4:18Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you. 4:19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of them that are puffed up, but the power. 4:20For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 4:21What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?