Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

23 A Psalm of David. Jehovah [is] my shepherd, I do not lack,

² In pastures of tender grass He causeth me to lie down, By quiet waters He doth lead me.

³ My soul He refresheth, He leadeth me in paths of righteousness, For His name's sake,

⁴ Also -- when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou [art] with me, Thy rod and Thy staff -- they comfort me.

⁵ Thou arrangest before me a table, Over-against my adversaries, Thou hast anointed with oil my head, My cup is full!

⁶ Only -- goodness and kindness pursue me, All the days of my life, And my dwelling [is] in the house of Jehovah, For a length of days!

²⁸ And Judah he hath sent before him unto Joseph, to direct before him to Goshen, and they come into the land of Goshen;

²⁹ and Joseph harnesseth his chariot, and goeth up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and appeareth unto him, and falleth on his neck, and weepeth on his neck again;

³⁰ and Israel saith unto Joseph, `Let me die this time, after my seeing thy face, for thou [art] yet alive.'

³¹ And Joseph saith unto his brethren, and unto the house of his father, `I go up, and declare to Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and the house of my father who [are] in the land of Canaan have come in unto me;

³² and the men [are] feeders of a flock, for they have been men of cattle; and their flock, and their herd, and all that they have, they have brought.'

³³ `And it hath come to pass when Pharaoh calleth for you, and hath said, What [are] your works?

³⁴ that ye have said, Thy servants have been men of cattle from our youth, even until now, both we and our fathers, -- in order that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen, for the abomination of the Egyptians is every one feeding a flock.'

47 And Joseph cometh, and declareth to Pharaoh, and saith, `My father, and my brethren, and their flock, and their herd, and all they have, have come from the land of Canaan, and lo, they [are] in the land of Goshen.'

² And out of his brethren he hath taken five men, and setteth them before Pharaoh;

³ and Pharaoh saith unto his brethren, `What [are] your works?' and they say unto Pharaoh, `Thy servants [are] feeders of a flock, both we and our fathers;'

⁴ and they say unto Pharaoh, `To sojourn in the land we have come, for there is no pasture for the flock which thy servants have, for grievous [is] the famine in the land of Canaan; and now, let thy servants, we pray thee, dwell in the land of Goshen.'

⁵ And Pharaoh speaketh unto Joseph, saying, `Thy father and thy brethren have come unto thee:

⁶ the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land cause thy father and thy brethren to dwell -- they dwell in the land of Goshen, and if thou hast known, and there are among them men of ability, then thou hast set them heads over the cattle I have.'

4 And as they are speaking unto the people, there came to them the priests, and the magistrate of the temple, and the Sadducees --

² being grieved because of their teaching the people, and preaching in Jesus the rising again out of the dead --

³ and they laid hands upon them, and did put them in custody unto the morrow, for it was evening already;

⁴ and many of those hearing the word did believe, and the number of the men became, as it were, five thousand.