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A Hyve Fvll of Hunnye

Contayning the Firste Booke of Moses, called Genesis. Tvrned into English Meetre, by VViliam Hunnis

Hunnis, William

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TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE and his singuler good Lord, the Lorde Robert Dudley, Earle of Leycester, Baron of Denbigh, Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter, Maister of the Queenes Maiesties Horse, and one of her Highnesse moste Honorable priuye Counsell,

To the friendlye Reader.

SPE ET LABORE.

T. N. In the Commendation of this his Frendes Trauayle.

THE ARGVMENT of this Booke.

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[Cap. 46.]

The Contentes of the XLVI. Chap.

Heere Iacob with his Houshold all,
to Egipte goes apace,
And Ioseph meetes him by the waye,
wyth Teares alonge their Face.

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And Israell his Iourney tooke
with all the goods bee had,
And vnto Berseba went hee,
with mery heart, and glad:

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And offred Offringes to the God
of Isack Father hys.
And God by Night in Uision spake
to Isrell: sayinge thus:

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Iacob, Iacob: Who aunswered,
behold Lord, heere I am:
Sayd God: I am thy Fathers God,
with thee that hither cam.

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Feare not to Egipt downe to passe.
for I wil with thee goe.
I will thee there a People make,
in Number greate to growe.

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And also will thee bringe againe:
and Ioseph shall likewise
Put downe his Hand, when thou shalt dye,
alonge vppon thine Eyes.

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Then Iacob rose from Berseba,
hee list no longer staye:
His Sonnes their Father carry did,
in Charryot for to lay.

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Lykewise their Children, and themselues,
and Wiues were redy bent
To goe into the Chariottes sutch,
as Pharo for them sent.

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And so theyr Cattell and theyr goods,
they gatte in Canan Lande,
Wyth them they brought to Egipt Soyle,
by Gods Almighty Hand.

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I say both Iacob and his Seede,
came altogether than,
Hys Sonnes and his Sonnes Sonnes wyth him,
from Land of Canaan.

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Hys Daughters and the Daughters such,
as his Sonnes gotten had,
And all his Seede brought hee with him
to Egipt very glad.

These are the names of Iacobs Lygne,
whom Israell we call,
Whych into Egipt came with him,
in order as they fall.

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Not reproduced here is a diagrammatical representation of Jacob's genealogy with Leah.

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These be the Sonnes to Iacob borne
by Leah his fyrst wife,
Beside fayre Dina Daughter his,
for whome there fel great strife.

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These are the Sonnes, from Rahel that did fall
To Iacob borne, were fourtene Sonnes in all.

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Not reproduced here is a diagrammatical representation of Jacob's genealogy with Rachel.

The Soules with Iacob, that downe went
to Egipt on the way,

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Were in the whole Sixtie and Sixe,
as wel perceiue you may,
Besides the wiues of Iacobs Sonnes,
of whom wee nothing saye.

Two Sonnes in Egipt Ioseph had
that borne were vnto him,
Manasseh was the first of twaine,
the younger Ephraim.

And these the Sonnes of Bilha were,
whom Laban, as is sayd,
Did geeue to Rahel Daughter his,
to be her waighting Mayde.

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Not reproduced here is a diagrammatical representation of Jacob's genealogy with Bilhah.

So all the Soules of Iacobs House,
which into Egipt past,
In number are three Skore and Tenne,
from first vnto the last.

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Then Iacob, Iudah sent before
to Ioseph in the way,
Hym to direct to Goshen Land
where in they made their stay,

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Then Ioseph readye made himselfe,
his Chariot eke also,
And vp to Goshen Land hee went,
his Father for to know.

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To whom hee did himselfe present.
and on his Necke did fall,
Whereon hee wept a good long space
to comfort of them all.

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Then Israel to Ioseph sayd,
now let my lyfe depart,
Sith I haue lyu'de thy Face to see,
and that alyue thou art.

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Then Ioseph to his Brethren sayd,
and fathers Houshold all.
I will goe vp and Pharao showe,
and tel him what's befall.

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How Father mine, and Brethren eke,
with Housholdes all that bee,
Are come from Land of Canaan,
to Goshen me, to see.

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And that the Men but Shepeheardes are,
and for because of that,
Their Sheepe and Cattel haue they brought
and al what euer what.

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And if that Pharao call to you,
and aske of you and saye,
What is the trade that you do vse,
or how spend you the Daye?

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Then shal you say: thy Seruauntes are,
as Fathers them beforne.
In tending Cattel occupied,
since tyme that we were borne.

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That ye may dwel in Goshen Land:
for eu'rye Shepeheard is
Among th' Egiptians hated much,
as men that doe amisse.