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9 JUDAH is a Lion's Whelp; from the Prey, my Son, thou art gone up: he ftooped down, he couched as a Lion, and as an old Lion; who fhall roufe him up.

10 1* The SCEPTRE shall not depart from JUDAH, nor a LAW-GIVER from between his FEET, until SHILOH come, and unto him fhall the GATHERING of the PEOPLE

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12 His Eyes fhall be red with Wine, and his Teeth white with Milk.

13 ZEBULUN fhall dwell at the Haven of the Sea : and he fhall be for a Haven of Ships; and his Border fhall be unto Zidon.

14 ISSACHAR is a ftrong Afs, couching down between two Burdens.

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2 And the SPIRIT of the LORD fhall

REST UPON HIM, the SPIRIT OF WISDOM
and UNDERSTANDING, the SPIRIT of
Counfel and MIGHT, the Spirit of
Knowledge, and of the Fear of the
LORD.

10 And in that Day there fhall be for an ENSIGN of the People; to it a Roor of JESSE, which fhall ftand fhall the GENTILES SEEK, and his REST fhall be GLORIOUS.

Ifa. xlii. 1 Behold my Servant whom I uphold, mine ELECT, in whom my SouL DELIGHTETH: I have put my SPIRIT upon him, he fhall bring forth JUDGMENT to the GENTILES.

2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor caufe his Voice to be heard in the

Street.

BREAK, and the fmoaking Flax fhall he not quench.

3 A BRUISED REED fhall he NOT

Ifa. ix. 6 For unto us a CHILD, is the GOVERNMENT fhall be upon his BORN, unto us a SoN is given, and Shoulder: and his Name shall be called, WONDERFUL, COUNSELLER, The MIGHTY GOD, The EVERLASTING FA

15 And he faw that Reft THER, The PRINCE of PEACE. was good, and the Land that it was pleasant; and bowed his Shoulder to bear, and became a Servant unto Tribute.

7 Of the INCREASE of his GOVERNMENT and PEACE there fhall be No END, upon the THRONE of DAVID, and upon his KINGDOM.

16 DAN fhall judge his People, as one of the Tribes of Ifrael.

17 DAN fhall be a Serpent by the Way, an Adder in the Path; that biteth the Horfe Heels, fo that his Rider fhall fall backward.

18 I have waited for thy Salvation, O LORD.

19 GAD, a Troop fhall overcome him but he shall overcome at last.

Note, This Prophecy relating to the Coming of the MESSIAH, was literally fulfilled as the Time of OUR SAVIOUR's Birth, Herod an Idumean teing then King of Judea.

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20 Out of ASHER his Bread fhall be fat, and he fhall yield Royal Dainties.

21 NAPHTALI is a Hind let loofe he giveth goodly Words.

22 JOSEPH is a fruitfu! Bough, even a fruitful Bough by a Well; whofe Branches run over the Wall.

23 The Archers have forely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him..

24 But his Bow abode in Strength, and the Arms of his Hands were made ftrong by the Hands of the mighty GoD of Jacob: from thence is the Shepherd, the Stone of Ifrael.

25 Even by the GOD of thy Father, who fhall help thee, and by the ALMIGHTY, who fhall bless thee with Bleffings of Heaven above, Bleffings of the Deep that lieth under, Bleffings of the Breasts, and of the Womb.

26 The Bleffings of thy Father, have prevailed above the Bleffings of my Progenitors, unto the utmost Bound of the everlasting Hills; they fhall be on the Head of Jofeph, and on the Crown of the Head of him that was separate from his Brethren.

27 BENJAMIN fhall ravin as a Wolf: in the Morning he fhall devour the Prey, and at Night he fhall divide the Spoil.

28 All these are the twelve Tribes of Ifrael: and this is it that their Father fpake unte them, and bleffed them; every one according to his Bleffing, he bleffed them.

29 And he charged them, and faid unto them, I am to be gathered unto my People: bury me with my Fathers, in the Cave that is in the Field of Ephron the Hittite.

30 In the Cave that is in the Field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the Land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the Field of Ephron the Hittite, for a Poffeffion of a Burying-place.

31 (There they buried Abraham and Sarah his Wife, there they buried Ifaac and Rebekah his Wife, and there ĺ buried Leah)

32 The Purchase of the Field, and of the Cave that is therein, was from the Children of Heth.

33 And when Jacob had made and end of commanding his Sons, he gathered up his Feet into the Bed, and yielded up the Ghost, and was gathered unto his People.

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CHA P. L.

1 The Mourning for Jacob. 7 The Funeral. 7 The Funeral. 24 Joseph prophefieth to his Brethren of their Return: 26 His Death.

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ND Jofeph fell upon his Father's Face, and wept upon him, and kiffed him.

2 And Jofeph commanded his Servants the Physicians to embalm his Father: and the Phyficians embalmed Ifrael.

15 And when Jofeph's Brethren faw that their Father was dead, they faid, Jofeph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the Evil which we did unto him.

16 And they fent Meffengers unto Jofeph, faying, Thy Father did command before he died, faying,

17 So fhall ye fay unto Jofeph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the Trefpafs of thy Brethren, and their Sin; for they did unto thee Evil: And now, we pray thee, forgive the Trefpafs of the Servants of the GOD of thy Father. And Jofeph wept when they spake unto him.

18 And his Brethren alfo went and fell down before his Face and they faid, Behold, we be thy Servants.

19 And Jofeph faid unto them, Fear not for am I in the Place of GOD?

zo But as for you, ye thought Evil against me; but GOD meant it unto Good, to bring to pafs, as it is this Day, to fave much People alive.

21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you and your Little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

22 And Jofeph dwelt in Egypt, he and his Father's House and Jofeph lived an hundred and ten Years.

23 And Jofeph faw Ephraim's Children of the third Generation: the Children alfo of Machir the Son of Manaffeh, were brought up upon Jofeph's Knees.

24 m And JOSEPH faid unto his Brethren, I die: and GOD will furely vifit you, and

BRING YOU OUT OF THIS

LAND, unto the Land which he fware to Abraham, to Ifaac,

Heb. xi. 22 BY FAITH JOSEPH when he died, made mention of the DEPARTING of the CHILDREN of IsRAEL; and gave Commandment concerning his Bones.

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25 And Jofeph took an Oath of the Children of Ifrael, faying, GoD will furely vifit you, and ye fhall carry up my

Bones from hence.

26 So Jofeph died, being an hundred and ten Years old : and they embalmed him, and he was put in a Coffin in Egypt.

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CHAP. I.

The Children of Ifrael, after Jofeph's Death, multiply: 8 They are oppreffed. 17 The Godliness of the Midwives 22 Pharaoh commandeth

in faving the Men-children alive.

the Male-children to be caft into the River.

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3 Iffachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Afher.

5 And all the Souls that came out of the Loyns of Jacob were SEVENTY Souls: for Jofeph was in Egypt already.

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