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- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 Ви́дѣвъ же і҆а́кѡвъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ кꙋ́плѧ є҆́сть (пшени́цы) во є҆гѵ́птѣ, речѐ сынѡ́мъ свои̑мъ: почто̀ не радитѐ;
1 Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”
2 сѐ, слы́шахъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ є҆́сть пшени́ца во є҆гѵ́птѣ: и҆ди́те та́мѡ и҆ кꙋпи́те на́мъ ма́лѡ пи́щи, да жи́ви бꙋ́демъ и҆ не ᲂу҆́мремъ.
2 He said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.”
3 И҆до́ша же бра́тїѧ і҆ѡ́сифѡвы де́сѧть кꙋпи́ти пшени́цы во є҆гѵ́петъ.
3 Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
4 Венїамі́на же, бра́та і҆ѡ́сифова, не ѿпꙋстѝ съ бра́тїею є҆гѡ̀, рече́ бо: да не когда̀ слꙋчи́тсѧ (на пꙋтѝ) є҆мꙋ̀ ѕло̀.
4 But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”
5 Прїидо́ша же сы́нове і҆и҃лєвы кꙋпи́ти съ приходѧ́щими: бѧ́ше бо гла́дъ въ землѝ ханаа́нстѣй.
5 The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6 І҆ѡ́сифъ же бѧ́ше кнѧ́зь землѝ: се́й продаѧ́ше всѣ̑мъ лю́демъ землѝ (тоѧ̀). Прише́дше же бра́тїѧ і҆ѡ́сифѡвы, поклони́шасѧ є҆мꙋ̀ лице́мъ до землѝ.
6 Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.
7 Ви́дѣвъ же і҆ѡ́сифъ бра́тїю свою̀, позна̀: и҆ ѿчꙋжда́шесѧ и҆́хъ, и҆ глаго́лаше и҆̀мъ же́стокѡ, и҆ речѐ и҆̀мъ: ѿкꙋ́дꙋ прїидо́сте; Ѻ҆ни́ же рѣ́ша: ѿ землѝ ханаа́нскїѧ кꙋпи́ти пи́щи.
7 Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”
8 Позна́ же і҆ѡ́сифъ бра́тїю свою̀: ѻ҆ни́ же не позна́ша є҆гѡ̀.
8 Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.
9 И҆ помѧнꙋ̀ і҆ѡ́сифъ сны̀ своѧ̑, ꙗ҆̀же ви́дѣ ѻ҆́нъ: и҆ речѐ и҆̀мъ: соглѧда̑таи є҆стѐ, соглѧ́дати пꙋті́й страны̀ (сеѧ̀) прїидо́сте.
9 Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land.”
10 Ѻ҆ни́ же рѣ́ша: нѝ, господи́не, рабѝ твоѝ прїидо́хомъ кꙋпи́ти пи́щи:
10 They said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
11 всѝ є҆смы̀ сы́нове є҆ди́нагѡ человѣ́ка: ми́рницы є҆смы̀, не сꙋ́ть рабѝ твоѝ соглѧда̑таи.
11 We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies.”
12 Рече́ же и҆̀мъ: нѝ, но пꙋти̑ землѝ (сеѧ̀) прїидо́сте соглѧ́дати.
12 He said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”
13 Ѻ҆ни́ же рѣ́ша: двана́десѧть є҆смы̀ бра́тїѧ рабѝ твоѝ въ землѝ ханаа́ни: и҆ сѐ, ме́ньшїй (ѿ на́съ) со ѻ҆тце́мъ на́шимъ дне́сь, а҆ дрꙋга́гѡ нѣ́сть.
13 They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is today with our father, and one is no more.”
14 Рече́ же и҆̀мъ і҆ѡ́сифъ: сїѐ є҆́сть, є҆́же реко́хъ ва́мъ, глаго́лѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ соглѧда̑таи є҆стѐ:
14 Joseph said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies!’
15 въ се́мъ ꙗ҆вите́сѧ: та́кѡ мѝ здра́вїѧ фараѡ́нѧ, не и҆зы́дете ѿсю́дꙋ, а҆́ще бра́тъ ва́шъ ме́ньшїй не прїи́детъ сѣ́мѡ:
15 By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.
16 посли́те ѿ себє̀ є҆ди́наго, и҆ возми́те бра́та ва́шего: вы́ же держи́ми бꙋ́дите, до́ндеже ꙗ҆́вѣ бꙋ́дꙋтъ словеса̀ ва̑ша, а҆́ще и҆́стинствꙋете, и҆лѝ нѝ: а҆́ще же нѝ, та́кѡ мѝ здра́вїѧ фараѡ́нѧ, вои́стиннꙋ соглѧда̑таи є҆стѐ.
16 Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies.”
17 И҆ дадѐ ѧ҆̀ под̾ стра́жꙋ на трѝ дни̑.
17 He put them all together into custody for three days.
18 Рече́ же и҆̀мъ въ де́нь тре́тїй: сїѐ сотвори́те, и҆ жи́ви бꙋ́дете: бг҃а бо а҆́зъ бою́сѧ:
18 Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.
19 а҆́ще ми́рницы є҆стѐ, бра́тъ ва́шъ да ᲂу҆де́ржитсѧ є҆ди́нъ под̾ стра́жею: са́ми же и҆ди́те и҆ ѿвези́те кꙋ́пленꙋю пшени́цꙋ ва́шꙋ,
19 If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.
20 и҆ бра́та ва́шего ме́ньшаго приведи́те ко мнѣ̀, и҆ вѣ̑рна бꙋ́дꙋтъ словеса̀ ва̑ша: а҆́ще же нѝ, ᲂу҆́мрете. И҆ сотвори́ша та́кѡ.
20 Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.” They did so.
21 И҆ речѐ кі́йждо къ бра́тꙋ своемꙋ̀: є҆́й, во грѣсѣ́хъ бо є҆смы̀ бра́та ра́ди на́шегѡ, ꙗ҆́кѡ презрѣ́хомъ скорбѣ́нїе дꙋшѝ є҆гѡ̀, є҆гда̀ молѧ́шесѧ на́мъ, и҆ не послꙋ́шахомъ є҆гѡ̀: и҆ сегѡ̀ ра́ди прїи́де на ны̀ скорбѣ́нїе сїѐ.
21 They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”
22 Ѿвѣща́въ же рꙋви́мъ, речѐ и҆̀мъ: не рѣ́хъ ли ва́мъ, глаго́лѧ: не преѡби́дите дѣ́тища; и҆ не послꙋ́шасте менѐ: и҆ сѐ, кро́вь є҆гѡ̀ взыскꙋ́етсѧ.
22 Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.”
23 Ті́и же не вѣ́дѣша, ꙗ҆́кѡ разꙋмѣ́етъ і҆ѡ́сифъ: толма́чь бо междꙋ̀ и҆́ми бѧ́ше.
23 They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
24 Ѿврати́всѧ же ѿ ни́хъ, пропла́касѧ і҆ѡ́сифъ: и҆ па́ки прїи́де къ ни̑мъ и҆ речѐ и҆̀мъ. И҆ поѧ̀ сѷмеѡ́на ѿ ни́хъ, и҆ свѧза̀ є҆го̀ пред̾ ни́ми.
24 He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.
25 Повелѣ́ же і҆ѡ́сифъ напо́лнити сосꙋ́ды и҆́хъ пшени́цы и҆ возврати́ти сребро̀ и҆́хъ комꙋ́ждо во вре́тище своѐ и҆ да́ти и҆̀мъ бра́шно на пꙋ́ть. И҆ бы́сть и҆̀мъ та́кѡ.
25 Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man’s money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.
26 И҆ возложи́вше пшени́цꙋ на ѻ҆слы̀ своѧ̑, ѿидо́ша ѿтꙋ́дꙋ.
26 They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.
27 Ѿрѣши́въ же є҆ди́нъ вре́тище своѐ да́ти пи́щꙋ ѻ҆слѡ́мъ свои̑мъ, и҆дѣ́же ста́ша, и҆ ви́дѣ ᲂу҆́золъ сребра̀ своегѡ̀, и҆ бѣ̀ верхꙋ̀ ᲂу҆́стїѧ вре́тищнагѡ.
27 As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.
28 И҆ речѐ бра́тїи свое́й: возвращено́ ми є҆́сть сребро̀, и҆ сѐ, сїѐ во вре́тищи мое́мъ. И҆ ᲂу҆жасе́сѧ се́рдце и҆́хъ: и҆ возмѧто́шасѧ, дрꙋ́гъ ко дрꙋ́гꙋ глаго́люще: что̀ сїѐ сотворѝ бг҃ъ на́мъ;
28 He said to his brothers, “My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!” Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”
29 Прїидо́ша же ко і҆а́кѡвꙋ, ѻ҆тцꙋ̀ своемꙋ̀, въ зе́млю ханаа́ню и҆ повѣ́даша є҆мꙋ̀ всѧ̑ слꙋчи̑вшаѧсѧ и҆̀мъ, глаго́люще:
29 They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
30 глаго́ла мꙋ́жъ господи́нъ землѝ (ѻ҆́ныѧ) къ на́мъ же́стокѡ и҆ вве́рже на́съ въ темни́цꙋ, а҆́ки соглѧ́дающихъ зе́млю:
30 “The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
31 рѣ́хомъ же є҆мꙋ̀: ми́рницы є҆смы̀, нѣ́смы соглѧда̑таи:
31 We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.
32 двана́десѧть бра́тїѧ є҆смы̀, сы́нове ѻ҆тца̀ на́шегѡ: є҆ди́нагѡ нѣ́сть, а҆ ме́ньшїй со ѻ҆тце́мъ на́шимъ дне́сь въ землѝ ханаа́ни:
32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is today with our father in the land of Canaan.’
33 рече́ же на́мъ мꙋ́жъ господи́нъ землѝ (тоѧ̀): по семꙋ̀ ᲂу҆вѣ́мъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ми́рницы є҆стѐ: бра́та є҆ди́наго ѡ҆ста́вите здѣ̀ ᲂу҆ менє̀, а҆ кꙋ́пленꙋю пшени́цꙋ до́мꙋ ва́шемꙋ взе́мше ѿиди́те
33 The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.
34 и҆ приведи́те ко мнѣ̀ бра́та ва́шего ме́ньшаго: и҆ ᲂу҆вѣ́мъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ не соглѧда̑таи є҆стѐ, но ꙗ҆́кѡ ми́рницы є҆стѐ: и҆ бра́та ва́шего ѿда́мъ ва́мъ, и҆ кꙋ́плю твори́те въ землѝ.
34 Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.’”
35 Бы́сть же є҆гда̀ и҆спразднѧ́хꙋ врє́тища своѧ̑, и҆ бѧ́ше ᲂу҆́золъ сребра̀ во вре́тищи коегѡ́ждо и҆́хъ: и҆ ви́дѣша ᲂу҆́злы сребра̀ своегѡ̀ са́ми и҆ ѻ҆те́цъ и҆́хъ, и҆ ᲂу҆боѧ́шасѧ.
35 As they emptied their sacks, behold, each man’s bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
36 Рече́ же и҆̀мъ і҆а́кѡвъ ѻ҆те́цъ и҆́хъ: менѐ безча́дна сотвори́сте: і҆ѡ́сифа нѣ́сть, сѷмеѡ́на нѣ́сть, и҆ венїамі́на ли по́ймете; на мѧ̀ бы́ша сїѧ̑ всѧ̑.
36 Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”
37 Рече́ же рꙋви́мъ ѻ҆тцꙋ̀ своемꙋ̀, глаго́лѧ: двои́хъ сынѡ́въ мои́хъ ᲂу҆бі́й, а҆́ще не приведꙋ̀ є҆гѡ̀ къ тебѣ̀: да́ждь є҆го̀ въ рꙋ́цѣ моѝ, и҆ а҆́зъ приведꙋ̀ є҆го̀ къ тебѣ̀.
37 Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”
38 Ѻ҆́нъ же речѐ: не по́йдетъ сы́нъ мо́й съ ва́ми, ꙗ҆́кѡ бра́тъ є҆гѡ̀ ᲂу҆́мре, и҆ то́й є҆ди́нъ ѡ҆ста̀: и҆ слꙋчи́тсѧ є҆мꙋ̀ ѕло̀ на пꙋтѝ, во́ньже а҆́ще по́йдете, и҆ сведе́те ста́рость мою̀ съ печа́лїю во а҆́дъ.
38 He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”
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Betrayed and enslaved, he rose to rule Egypt and saved his family from famine.
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- 1 Acts 7:12; Joshua 7:10; Exodus 20:18; Genesis 42:2; Exodus 5:19
- 2 Genesis 43:8; Matthew 4:4; Psalm 118:17; Genesis 43:2; Genesis 45:9
- 3 Genesis 42:13; Genesis 42:5
- 4 Genesis 42:38; Genesis 43:29; Genesis 3:22; Genesis 11:4; Genesis 35:16–19
- 5 Genesis 41:57; Genesis 12:10; Acts 7:11; Genesis 26:1; Acts 11:28
- 6 Genesis 41:55–56; Genesis 45:26; Acts 7:10; Genesis 19:1; Genesis 44:14
- 7 Genesis 42:30; Genesis 42:19–20; Genesis 42:14–17; Genesis 42:9–12; Matthew 15:23–26
- 8 Genesis 37:2; John 20:14; John 21:4; Luke 24:16
- 9 Genesis 37:5–9; Exodus 32:35; Genesis 42:34; Judges 1:24; Numbers 13:16–20
- 10 Genesis 37:8; Genesis 27:37; 1 Kings 18:7; Genesis 27:29; Genesis 44:9
- 11 2 Corinthians 6:4; Genesis 42:19; Genesis 42:33–34; John 7:18
- 13 Genesis 37:30; Genesis 44:20; Genesis 42:32; Genesis 43:7; Matthew 2:16
- 14 Matthew 15:21–28; Genesis 42:9–11; Job 13:24; Job 19:11
- 15 1 Samuel 17:55; Genesis 42:16; Genesis 42:30; Matthew 23:16–22; 1 Samuel 1:26
- 16 Genesis 42:11
- 17 Genesis 40:4; Hebrews 12:10; Genesis 40:7; Genesis 41:10; Isaiah 24:22
- 18 Leviticus 25:43; Nehemiah 5:15; Genesis 20:11; Luke 18:2; Luke 18:4
- 19 Genesis 42:26; Genesis 40:3; Isaiah 42:7; Isaiah 42:22; Genesis 42:1–2
- 20 Genesis 42:34; Genesis 43:5; Genesis 44:23; Genesis 42:15; John 2:5
- 21 Hosea 5:15; Genesis 37:23–28; Job 36:8–9; Mark 9:43–45; 1 Kings 17:18
- 22 Psalm 9:12; 1 Kings 2:32; 2 Chronicles 24:22; Genesis 37:21–22; Genesis 9:5–6
- 23 2 Corinthians 5:20; John 16:13–14
- 24 Genesis 43:30; Genesis 43:14; Isaiah 63:9; Genesis 45:14–15; Luke 19:41
- 25 1 Peter 3:9; Romans 12:17–21; Genesis 45:21; Isaiah 55:1; Matthew 5:44
- 27 Exodus 4:24; Genesis 43:21–22; Luke 10:34; Genesis 44:11; Luke 2:7
- 28 Lamentations 3:37; Isaiah 45:7; Song of Songs 5:6; Lamentations 2:17; 1 Kings 10:5
- 30 Genesis 42:7
- 31 Genesis 42:11
- 33 Genesis 42:19–20; Genesis 42:15
- 34 Genesis 34:10; Genesis 34:21; 1 Kings 10:15; Ezekiel 17:4
- 35 Genesis 43:21; Genesis 43:15; Genesis 42:27–28; Genesis 43:12
- 36 Genesis 43:14; Romans 8:31; 1 Samuel 27:1; Matthew 14:31; Romans 8:28
- 37 Genesis 46:9; Micah 6:7; Genesis 43:9; Genesis 44:32–34
- 38 Genesis 37:35; Genesis 42:4; Genesis 37:33; Genesis 42:13; Genesis 35:16–18
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… brethren who detained her for ten days; Jeroboam also, who received the ten sceptres (tribes), and the ten courts of the tabernacle, and the columns of ten cubits [high], and the ten sons of Jacob who were at first sent into Egypt to buy corn, and the ten apostles to whom the Lord appeared after His resurrection,--Thomas being absent,--represented, according …