1 After two years, Pharaoh saw a dream. He thought himself to be standing above a river, 2 from which ascended seven cows, exceedingly beautiful and stout. And they pastured in marshy places. 3 Likewise, another seven emerged from the river, filthy and thoroughly emaciated. And they pastured on the same bank of the river, […]
Category Archives: Genesis
Genesis 42
1 Then Jacob, hearing that food was being sold in Egypt, said to his sons: “Why are you negligent? 2 I have heard that wheat is being sold in Egypt. Go down and buy necessities for us, so that we may be able to live, and not be consumed by destitution.” 3 And so, when […]
Genesis 43
1 Meanwhile, the famine pressed heavily on all the land. 2 And having consumed the provisions that they had brought out of Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, “Return and buy us a little food.” 3 Judah answered: “The man himself declared to us, under the attestation of an oath, saying: ‘You will not see […]
Genesis 44
1 Then Joseph instructed the steward of his house, saying: “Fill their sacks with grain, as much as they are able to hold. And place each one’s money at the top of the sack. 2 But place my silver bowl, and the price that he gave for the wheat, in the mouth of the sack […]
Genesis 45
1 Joseph was unable to restrain himself any longer, standing before so many. Therefore, he instructed that all should go outside, and that no stranger should be among them as they recognized one another. 2 And he lifted up his voice with weeping, which the Egyptians heard, along with the entire house of Pharaoh. 3 […]
Genesis 46
1 And Israel, setting out with all that he had, arrived at the Well of the Oath. And sacrificing victims there to the God of his father Isaac, 2 he heard him, by a vision in the night, calling him, and saying to him: “Jacob, Jacob.” And he answered him, “Behold, here I am.” 3 […]
Genesis 47
1 And so Joseph entered and reported to Pharaoh, saying: “My father and brothers, their sheep and herds, and everything that they possess, have arrived from the land of Canaan. And behold, they stand together in the land of Goshen.” 2 Likewise, he stood in the sight of the king five men, the last of […]
Genesis 48
1 After these things were done, it was reported to Joseph that his father was sick. And taking his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim, he went directly to him. 2 And it was told to the old man, “Behold, your son Joseph is coming to you.” And being strengthened, he sat up in bed. 3 […]
Genesis 49
1 Then Jacob called his sons, and he said to them: “Gather together, so that I may announce what will happen to you in the last days. 2 Gather together and listen, O sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father. 3 Reuben, my firstborn, you are my strength and the beginning of my sorrow: […]
Genesis 50
1 Joseph, realizing this, fell upon his father’s face, weeping and kissing him. 2 And he instructed his servant physicians to embalm his father with aromatics. 3 And while they were fulfilling his orders, forty days passed. For this was the method of embalming dead bodies. And Egypt wept for him for seventy days. 4 […]