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Genesis 46

    ²He heard him by a vision in the night calling him, and saying to him: Jacob, Jacob. And he answered him: Lo, here I am.

    ³God said to him: I am the most mighty God of thy father: fear not, go down into Egypt, for I will make a great nation of thee there.

    ⁴I will go down with thee thither, and will bring thee back again from thence: Joseph also shall put his hands upon thy eyes.

    ⁵And Jacob rose up from the well of the oath: and his sons took him up, with their children and wives in the wagons, which Pharao had sent to carry the old man,

    ⁶And all that he had in the land of Chanaan, and he came into Egypt with all his seed:"

    ⁷His sons, and grandsons, daughters, and all his offspring together.

    ⁸And these are the names of the children of Israel, that entered into Egypt, he and his children. His firstborn Ruben,

    ⁹The sons of Ruben: Henoch and Phallu, and Hesron and Charmi.

    ¹⁰The sons of Simeon: Jamuel and Jamin and Ahod, and Jachin and Sohar, and Saul the son of a woman of Chanaan.

    ¹¹The sons of Levi: Gerson and Caath and Merari.

    ¹²The sons of Juda: Her and Onan and Sela and Phares and Zara. And Her and Onan died in the land of Chanaan. And sons were born to Phares: Hesron and Hamul.

    ¹³The sons of Issachar: Thola and Phua and Job and Semron.

    ¹⁴The sons of Zabulon: Sared and Elo and Jahelel.

    ¹⁵These are the sons of Lia, whom she bore in Mesopotamia of Syria, with Dins his daughter. All the souls of her sons and daughters, thirty-three.

    ¹⁶The sons of Cad: Sephian and Haggi and Suni and Esebon and Heri and Arodi and Areli.

    ¹⁷The sons of Beer: Jamne and Jesua and Jessuri and Beria, and Sara their sister. The sons of Beria: Heber and Melchiel.

    ¹⁸These are the sons of Zelpha, whom Laban gave to Lia his daughter. And these she bore to Jacob, sixteen souls.

    ¹⁹The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.

    ²⁰And sons were born to Joseph, in the land of Egypt, whom Aseneth the daughter of Putiphare priest of Heliopolis bore him: Manasses and Ephraim.

    ²¹The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Bechor and Asbel and Gera and Naaman and Echi and Ros and Mophim and Ophim and Ared.

    ²²These are the sons of Rachel, whom she bore to Jacob: all the souls, four- teen.

    ²³The sons of Dan: Husim.

    ²⁴The sons of Nephtali: Jaziel and Guni and Jeser and Sallem.

    ²⁵These are the sons of Bala, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter: and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls, seven.

    ²⁶All the souls that went with Jacob into Egypt, and that came out of his thigh, besides his sons' wives, sixty-six.

    ²⁷And the sons of Joseph, that were born to him in the land of Egypt, two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, that entered into Egypt, were seventy.

    ²⁸And he sent Juda before him to Joseph, to tell him; and that he should meet him in Gessen.

    ²⁹And when he was come thither, Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet his father, in the same place: and seeing him, he fell upon his neck, and embracing him wept.

    ³⁰And the father said to Joseph: Now shall I die with joy, because I have seen thy face, and leave thee alive.

    ³¹And Joseph said to his brethren, and to all his father's house: I will go up, and will tell Pharao, and will say to him: My brethren and my father's house, that were in the land of Chanaan, are come to me:

    ³²And the men are shepherds, and their occupation is to feed cattle: their flocks and herds, and all they have, they have brought with them.

    ³³And when he shall call you, and shall say: What is your occupation?

    ³⁴You shall answer: We thy servants are shepherds, from our infancy until now, both we and our fathers. And this you shall say, that you may dwell in the land of Gessen, because the Egyptians have all shepherds in abomination.

Genesis 47

    ²Five men also the last of his brethren, he presented before the king:

    ³And he asked them: What is your occupation? They answered: Re thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.

    ⁴We are come to sojourn in thy land, because there is no grass for the flocks of thy servants, the famine being very grievous in the land of Chanaan: and we pray thee to give orders that we thy servants may be in the land of Gessen.

    ⁵The king therefore said to Joseph: Thy father and thy brethren are come to thee.

    ⁶The land of Egypt is before thee: make them dwell in the best place, and give them the land of Gessen. And if thou knowest that there are industrious men among them, make them rulers over my cattle.

    ⁷After this Joseph brought in his to the king, and presented him before him: and he blessed him.

    ⁸And being asked by him: How many are the days of the years of thy life?

    ⁹He answered: The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years, few, and evil, and they are not come up to the days of the pilgrimage of my fathers.

    ¹⁰And blessing the king, he went out.

    ¹¹But Joseph gave a possession to his father and his brethren in Egypt, in the best place of the land, in Ramesses, as Pharao had commanded.

    ¹²And he nourished them, and all his father's house, allowing food to every one.

    ¹³For in the whole world there was want of bread, and a famine had op- pressed the land: more especially of Egypt and Chanaan.

    ¹⁴Out of which he gathered up all the money for the corn which they bought, and brought it into the king's treasure.

    ¹⁵And when the buyers wanted money, all Egypt came to Joseph, saying: Give us bread: why should we die in thy presence, having now net money.

    ¹⁶And he answered them: Bring your cattle, and for them I will give you food, if you have no money.

    ¹⁷And when they had brought them, he gave them food in exchange for their horses, and sheep, and oxen, end asses and he maintained them that year for the exchange of their cattle.

    ¹⁸And they came the second year, and said to him: We will not hide from our lord, how that our money is spent, and our cattle also are gone: neither art thou ignorant that we have nothing now left but our bodies and our lands.

    ¹⁹Why therefore shall we die before thy eyes? we will be thins, both we and our lands: buy us to be the king's servants, and give us seed, lest for want of tillers the land be turned into a wilderness.

    ²⁰So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt, every man selling his possessions, because of the greatness of the famine. And he brought it into Pharao's hands:

    ²¹And all its people from one end of the borders of Egypt, even to the other end thereof,

    ²²Except the land of the priests, which had been given them by the king: to whom also a certain allowance of food was given out of the public stores, and therefore they were not forced to sell their possessions.

    ²³Then Joseph said to the people : Be- hold as you see, both you and your lands belong to Pharao: take seed and sow the fields,

    ²⁴That you may have corn. The fifth part you shall give to the king: the other four you shall have for seed, and for food for your families and children.

    ²⁵And they answered: Our life is in thy hand: only let my lord look favourably upon us, and we will gladly serve the king.

    ²⁶From that time unto this day, in the whole land of Egypt, the fifth part is paid to the king, and it is become as a law, except the land of the priests, which was free from this covenant.

    ²⁷So Israel dwelt in Egypt, that is, in the land of Gessen, and possessed it: and grew, and was multiplied exceedingly.

    ²⁸And he lived in it seventeen years: and all the days of his life came to a hundred and forty-seven years.

    ²⁹And when he saw that the day of his death drew nigh, he called his son Joseph, and said to him: If I have found favour in thy sight, put thy hand under my thigh; and thou shalt shew me this kindness and truth, not to bury me in Egypt:

    ³⁰But I will sleep with my fathers, end thou shalt take me away out of this land, and bury me in the burying place of my ancestors. And Joseph answered him: I will do what thou hast commanded.

    ³¹And he said: Swear then to me. And as he was swearing, Israel adored God, turning to the bed's head.

Genesis 48

    ²And it was told the old man: Behold I thy son Joseph cometh to thee. And being strengthened he sat on his bed.

    ³And when Joseph was come in to him, he said : God Almighty appeared to me at Lute, which is in the land of Chanaan: and he blessed me,

    ⁴And he said : I will cause thee to increase and multiply, and I will make of thee a multitude of people: and I will give this land to thee, and to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

    ⁵So thy two sons who were born to thee in the land of Egypt before I came hither to thee, shall be mine: Ephraim and Manasses shall be reputed to me as Ruben and Simeon.

    ⁶But the rest whom thou shalt have after them, shall be thine, and shall be called by the name of their brethren in their possessions.

    ⁷For, when I came out of Mesopotamia, Rachel died from me in the land of Ohanaan in the very journey, and it was springtime: and I was going to Ephrata, and I buried her near the way of Ephrata, which by another name is called Bethlehem.

    ⁸Then seeing his sons, he said to him: Who are these?

    ⁹He answered: They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said: Bring them to me that I may bless them.

    ¹⁰For Israel's eyes were dim by reason of his great age, and he could not see clearly. And when they were brought to him, he kissed and embraced them.

    ¹¹And said to his son: I am not deprived of seeing thee: moreover God hath shewed me thy seed.

    ¹²And when Joseph had taken them from his father's lap, he bowed down with his face to the ground.

    ¹³And he set Ephraim on his right bend, that is, towards the left hand of Israel; but Manasses on his left hand, to wit, towards his father's right hand, and brought them near to him.

    ¹⁴But he stretching forth his right hand, put it upon the head of Ephraim the younger brother; and the left upon the head of Manasses who was the elder, changing his hands.

    ¹⁵And Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph, and said: God, in whose sight my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, God that feedeth me from my youth until this day;

    ¹⁶The angel that delivereth me from all evils, bless these boys: and let my name be called upon them, and the names of my fathers Abraham, and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.

    ¹⁷And Joseph seeing that his father had put his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, was much displeased: and taking his father's hand he tried to lift it from Ephraims head, and to remove it to the head of Manasses.

    ¹⁸And he said to his father: It should not be so, my father: for this is the first- born, put thy right hand upon his head.

    ¹⁹But he refusing, said: I know, my son, I know: and this also shall become peoples, and shall be multiplied: but this younger brother shall be greater than he: and his seed shall grow into nations.

    ²⁰And he blessed them at that time, saying: In thee shall Israel be blessed, and it shall be said: God do to thee as to Ephraim, and as to Manasses. And he set Ephraim before Manasses.

    ²¹And he said to Joseph his son: Be- hold I die, and God will be with you, and will bring you back into the land of your fathers.

    ²²I give thee a portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorrhite a with my sword and bow.

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Matthew 13

    ²And great multitudes were gathered unto him, so that he went up into a boat and sat: and all the multitude stood on the shore.

    ³And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.

    ⁴And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up.

    ⁵And other some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much earth: and they sprung up immediately, because they had no deepness of earth.

    ⁶And when the sun was up they were scorched: and because they had not root, they withered away.

    ⁷And others fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked them.

    ⁸And others fell upon good ground: and they brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold.

    ⁹He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

    ¹⁰And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables?

    ¹¹Who answered and said to them: Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given.

    ¹²For he that hath, to him shall be given, and he shall abound: but he that hath not, from him shall be taken away that also which he hath.

    ¹³Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

    ¹⁴And the prophecy of Isaias is fulfilled in them, who saith: By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand: and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive.

    ¹⁵For the heart of this people is grown gross, and with their ears they have been dull of hearing, and their eyes they have shut: lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

    ¹⁶But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

    ¹⁷For, amen, I say to you, many prophets and just men have desired to see the things that you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the things that you hear and have not heard them.

    ¹⁸Hear you therefore the parable of the sower.

    ¹⁹When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, there cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart: this is he that received the seed by the way side.

    ²⁰And he that received the seed upon stony ground, is he that heareth the word, and immediately receiveth it with joy.

    ²¹Yet hath he not root in himself, but is only for a time: and when there ariseth tribulation and persecution because of the word, he is presently scandalized.

    ²²And he that received the seed among thorns, is he that heareth the word, and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choketh up the word, and he becometh fruitless.

    ²³But he that received the seed upon good ground, is he that heareth the word, and understandeth, and beareth fruit, and yieldeth the one an hundredfold, and another sixty, and another thirty.

    ²⁴Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seeds in his field.

    ²⁵But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat and went his way.

    ²⁶And when the blade was sprung up, and had brought forth fruit, then appeared also the cockle.

    ²⁷And the servants of the goodman of the house coming said to him: Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it cockle?

    ²⁸And he said to them: An enemy hath done this. And the servants said to him: Wilt thou that we go and gather it up?

    ²⁹And he said: No, lest perhaps gathering up the cockle, you root up the wheat also together with it.

    ³⁰Suffer both to grow until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather up first the cockle, and bind it into bundles to burn, but the wheat gather ye into my barn.