Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
103 1 He provoketh all to praise the Lord, which hath pardoned his sins, delivered him from destruction and given him sufficient of all good things. 10 Then he addeth the tender mercies of God, which he showeth like a most tender Father toward his children. 14 The frailty of man’s life. 20 An exhortation to man and Angels to praise the Lord.
A Psalm of David.
1 My soul, [a]praise thou the Lord, and all that is within me, praise his holy Name.
2 My soul, praise thou the Lord, and forget not all his benefits.
3 Which [b]forgiveth all thine iniquity, and healeth all thine infirmities.
4 Which redeemeth thy life from the [c]grave; and crowneth thee with mercy and compassions.
5 Which satisfieth thy mouth with good things: and thy [d]youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment to all that are oppressed.
7 He made his ways known unto [e]Moses, and his works unto the children of Israel.
8 The Lord is full of compassion and mercy, slow to anger and of great kindness.
9 He will not always [a]chide, neither keep his anger forever.
10 He hath not [b]dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heaven is above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12 As far as [c]the East is from the West: so far hath he removed our sins from us.
13 As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him.
53 ¶ So the seven years of the plenty that was in the land of Egypt were ended.
54 (A)Then began the seven years of famine to come, according as Joseph had said: and the famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt was [a]bread.
55 At the length all the land of Egypt was famished, and the people cried unto Pharaoh for bread. And Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph: what he saith to you, do ye.
56 When the famine was upon all the land, Joseph opened all places, wherein the store was, and sold unto the Egyptians: for the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
57 And all the countries [b]came to Egypt to buy corn of Joseph, because the famine was sore in all lands.
42 3 Joseph’s brethren come into Egypt to buy corn. 7 He knoweth them, and tryeth them. 24 Simeon is put in prison. 34 The others go to fetch Benjamin.
1 Then [c]Jacob saw that there was [d]food in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why [e]gaze ye one upon another?
2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is food in Egypt, (B)Get you down thither, and buy us food thence, that we may live and not die.
3 ¶ So went Joseph’s ten brethren down to buy corn of the Egyptians.
4 But Benjamin Joseph’s brother, would not Jacob send with his brethren: for he said, Lest death should [f]befall him.
5 And the sons of Israel came to buy food among them that came: for there was famine in the land of Canaan.
6 Now Joseph was governor of the land, who sold to all the people of the land: then Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed their faces to the ground before him.
7 And when Joseph saw his brethren, he knew them, and [g]made himself strange toward them, and spake to them roughly, and said unto them, Whence come ye? Who answered, Out of the land of Canaan, to buy vittles.
8 (Now Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
9 And Joseph remembered the (C)dreams, which he dreamed of them) and he said unto them, Ye are spies, and are come to see the [h]weakness of the land.
10 But they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy vittles thy servants are come.
11 We are all one man’s sons: we mean truly, and thy servants are no spies.
12 But he said unto them, Nay, but ye are come to see the weakness of the land.
13 And they said, We 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 [i]is not.
14 Again Joseph said unto them, This is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies.
15 Hereby ye shall be proved: [j]by the life of Pharaoh, ye shall not go hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
16 Send one of you which may fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh ye are but spies.
17 So he put them in ward three days.
9 [a]And the Patriarchs moved with envy, sold (A)Joseph into Egypt: but God was [b]with him,
10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and (B)gave him [c]favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who made him governor over Egypt, and over his whole house.
11 ¶ Then came there a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, that our fathers found no sustenance.
12 But when (C)Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent our fathers first:
13 (D)And at the second time Joseph was known of his brethren, and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
14 Then sent Joseph and caused his father to be brought, and all his kindred, even threescore and fifteen souls.
15 So (E)Jacob went down into Egypt, and he (F)died, and our fathers,
16 And were [d]removed into Shechem, and were put in the sepulcher, that Abraham had bought (G)for money of the sons of Hamor, son of Shechem.
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