Study the Basic English Bible in 1 year

27 : Basic English : Genesis 48,49; Gospel of Matthew 28 1. Now after these things, word came to Joseph that his father was ill: and he took with him his sons Manasseh and Ephraim.
2. And when they said to Jacob, Your son Joseph is coming to see you: then Israel, getting all his strength together, had himself lifted up in his bed.
3. And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,
4. And said to me, Truly, I will make you fertile and give you increase and will make of you a great family of nations: and I will give this land to your seed after you to be their heritage for ever.
5. And now your two sons who came to birth in Egypt before I came to you here, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, in the same way as Reuben and Simeon are.
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26 : Basic English : Genesis 46,47; Gospel of Matthew 27 1. And Israel went on his journey with all he had, and came to Beer-sheba, where he made offerings to the God of his father Isaac.
2. And God said to Israel in a night-vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
3. And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:
4. I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will see that you come back again, and at your death Joseph will put his hands on your eyes.
5. Then Jacob went on from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Jacob took their father and their little ones and their wives in the carts which Pharaoh had sent for them.
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25 : Basic English : Genesis 44,45; Gospel of Matthew 26 1. Then he gave orders to the servant who was over his house, saying, Put as much food into the men's bags as will go into them, and put every man's money in the mouth of his bag;
2. And put my cup, my silver cup, in the youngest one's bag, with his money. So he did as Joseph said.
3. And at dawn the men, with their asses, were sent away.
4. And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good?
5. Is not this the cup from which my lord takes wine and by which he gets knowledge of the future? Truly, you have done evil.
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24 : Basic English : Genesis 42,43; Gospel of Matthew 25 1. Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another?
2. And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.
3. So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.
4. But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him.
5. And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.
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23 : Basic English : Genesis 41; Gospel of Matthew 24 1. Now after two years had gone by, Pharaoh had a dream; and in his dream he was by the side of the Nile;
2. And out of the Nile came seven cows, good-looking and fat, and their food was the river-grass.
3. And after them seven other cows came out of the Nile, poor-looking and thin; and they were by the side of the other cows.
4. And the seven thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows. Then Pharaoh came out of his sleep.
5. But he went to sleep again and had a second dream, in which he saw seven heads of grain, full and good, all on one stem.
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