He rained down meat on them like dust, birds as numerous as the sand on the seashores. ¹ 

He waters the mountains from the upper rooms of his palace; ¹  the earth is full of the fruit you cause to grow. ² 

O Israel, hope in the Lord, for the Lord exhibits loyal love, ¹  and is more than willing to deliver. ² 

He ¹  brings peace to your territory. ²  He abundantly provides for you ³  the best grain.

The reward ¹  for humility ²  and fearing the Lord ³  is riches and honor and life.

It was beautiful in its loftiness, in the length of its branches; for its roots went down deep to plentiful waters.

I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will make them lie down, declares the sovereign Lord.

The threshing floors are full of grain; the vats overflow with fresh wine and olive oil.

And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Many gave false testimony against him, but their testimony did not agree.

For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression ¹  either.

For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it I died. ¹ 

Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away ¹  from the body and at home with the Lord.

“These men are at peace with us. So let them live in the land and travel freely in it, for the land is wide enough ¹  for them. We will take their daughters for wives, and we will give them our daughters to marry. ² 

But his attendant said, “How can I feed a hundred men with this?” ¹  He replied, “Set it before the people so they may eat, for this is what the Lord says, ‘They will eat and have some left over.’” ² 

Joy and gladness will disappear from the fruitful land of Moab. ¹  I will stop the flow of wine from the winepresses. No one will stomp on the grapes there and shout for joy. ²  The shouts there will be shouts of soldiers, not the shouts of those making wine. ³ 

Then the seven years of famine began, ¹  just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.

Take double the money with you; ¹  you must take back ²  the money that was returned in the mouths of your sacks – perhaps it was an oversight.

We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!”

Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to the number of their little children.