Chapter 58
them, but a strange man instead, who is not of their brethren; for the souls of all the children of Esau were embittered, every man against his son, brother and friend, on account of the evil they sustained from their brethren when they fought against the children of Seir.
40. Therefore the sons of Esau swore, saying, from that day forward they would not choose a king from their brethren, but one from a strange land unto this day.
41. And there was a man there from the people of king Angeas of Dinhabah; his name was Bela the son of Beor, who was a very valiant man, beautiful and comely and wise in all wisdom, a man of sense and counsel; and there was none of the people of Angeas like him.
42. And all the children of Esau accepted him and anointed him and they crowned him for a king, and they bowed down to him, and they said unto him, may the king live, may the king live.
43. And they spread out a sheet upon which each man brought him earrings of gold and silver or rings or bracelets, and they made him very rich in silver and in gold, in onyx stones and bdellium, and they made him a royal throne and placed a regal crown upon his head, and they built a palace for him and he dwelt therein, and he became king over all the children of Esau.
44. And the people of Angeas took their hire for their battle from the children of Esau. And they went and returned at that time to their master in Dinhabah.
45. And Bela reigned over the children of Esau thirty years; and the children of Esau dwelt in the land instead of the children of Seir, and they dwelt securely in their stead unto this day.
1. AND it came to pass in the thirty second year of the Israelites going down to Egypt, that is in the seventy first year of the life of Joseph that in that year Pharaoh died, the king of Egypt, and Magron his son reigned in his stead.
2. And Pharaoh commanded Joseph before his death to be a father to his son Magron, and that Magron should be under the care of Joseph and under his counsel.
3. And all Egypt consented to this thing that Joseph should be king over them, for all the Egyptians loved Joseph as of heretofore; only Magron the son of Pharaoh sat upon his father's throne, and he became king in those days in his father's stead.
4. Magron was forty one years old when he began to reign, and forty years he reigned in Egypt, and all Egypt called his name Pharaoh after the name of his father, as it was their custom to do in Egypt to every king that reigned over them.
5. And it came to pass when Pharaoh reigned in his father's stead that he placed the laws of Egypt and all the affairs of government in Joseph's hands, as his father had commanded him.
6. And Joseph became king over Egypt, for he superintended over all Egypt, and all Egypt was under his care and under his counsel, for all Egypt inclined to Joseph after the death of Pharaoh, and they loved him to reign over them exceedingly.
7. But there were some people amongst them who did not like him, saying, no stranger shall reign over us; still the whole government of Egypt devolved in those days upon Joseph, after the death of Pharaoh, he being the regulator, doing as he liked throughout the land without anyone interfering.
8. And all Egypt was under the care of Joseph, and Joseph made war with all his surrounding enemies and subdued them; also all the land and all the Philistines, unto the borders of Canaan, did Joseph subdue, and they were all under his power and they gave a yearly tax unto Joseph.
9. And Pharaoh king of Egypt sat upon his throne in his father's stead, but he was under the control and counsel of Joseph, as he was at first under the control of his father.
10. Neither did he reign but in the land of Egypt only, under the counsel of Joseph, but Joseph reigned over the whole country at that time, from Egypt unto the great river Perath.
11. And Joseph was successful in all his ways and the Lord was with him, and the Lord gave Joseph additional wisdom; and honor and glory and love was given toward him by the Lord in the hearts of the Egyptians and throughout the land. And Joseph reigned over the whole country forty years.
12. And all the countries of the Philistines and Canaan and Sidon, and on the other side of Jordan, brought presents unto Joseph all his days; and the whole country was in Joseph's hands, and they brought unto him a yearly tribute as it was regulated, for Joseph had fought against all his surrounding enemies and subdued them, and the whole country was in Joseph's hands, and Joseph sat securely upon his throne in Egypt.
13. And also all his brethren the sons of Jacob dwelt securely in the land, all the days of Joseph, and they were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly in the land, and they served the Lord all their days, as their father Jacob had commanded them.