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And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father"s house;

Kings" daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king"s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:

And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob"s heart fainted, for he believed them not.

And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,

So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.

To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is your"s.

Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh"s house, saying, Joseph"s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

And he fell upon his brother Benjamin"s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.