1At that time the children of Tarshish came against the sons of Ishmael, and

2And the children of Ishmael were small in number in those days, and they

3And the old men of the Ishmaelites sent a record to the king of Egypt,

4And Pharaoh sent Joseph with the mighty men and host which were with him,

5And they went to the land of Havilah to the children of Ishmael, to assist

6And when the land of Tarshish was subdued, all the Tarshishites ran away,

7And at the revolution of the year, in the second year of Joseph's reigning

8And Joseph at that time had officers under him, and they collected all the

9And at any time when they gathered the food Joseph commanded that they

10And Joseph did according to this year by year, and he heaped up corn like

11And also all the inhabitants of Egypt gathered all sorts of food in their

12And all the food which Joseph and the Egyptians had gathered during the

13And the inhabitants of Egypt filled each man his store and his concealed

14And Joseph placed all the food that he had gathered in all the cities of

15And Joseph's wife Osnath the daughter of Potiphera bare him two sons,

16And the lads grew up and they went in his ways and in his instructions,

17And the Lord was with the lads, and they grew up and had understanding and

18And the seven years of plenty that were throughout the land were at an

19And all the people of Egypt saw that the famine had commenced in the land

20And they found all the food that was in their stores, full of vermin and

21And they said unto Pharaoh, Give food unto thy servants, and wherefore

22And Pharaoh answered them, saying, And wherefore do you cry unto me? did

23And the people of Egypt answered the king, saying, As thy soul liveth, our

24And when the famine prevailed over thy servants we opened our stores, and

25And when the king heard all that had befallen the inhabitants of Egypt,

26And all the people of Egypt went forth and came unto Joseph, and said unto

27And when Joseph heard all the words of the people of Egypt and what had

28And the famine prevailed throughout the land, and the famine was in all

29And all the inhabitants of Egypt came unto Joseph to buy corn, for the

30And all the inhabitants of the land of Canaan and the Philistines, and

31And Joseph opened the stores of corn and placed officers over them, and

32And Joseph knew that his brethren also would come to Egypt to buy corn,

33It is the pleasure of the king, of his second and of their great men, that

34And any man leading two or three beasts shall die, for a man shall only

35And Joseph placed sentinels at the gates of Egypt, and commanded them,

36And Joseph placed officers throughout the land of Egypt, and he commanded

37And Joseph did all these things, and made these statutes, in order that he

38And all the inhabitants of the east and west country, and of all the

39And all the officers of Egypt did as Joseph had commanded, and all that

Chapter 50

Joseph goes to help the Ishmaelites against their Enemies. Great