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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.
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First occurrence: Genesis 2:5
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THEN Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
¶ Then Ioseph could not refraine himselfe before all them that stood by him: and he cried, Cause euery man to goe out from me; and there stood no man with him, while Ioseph made himselfe knowen vnto his brethren.
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Now therefore bee not grieued, nor angry with your selues, that yee sold me hither: for God did send me before you, to preserue life.
1611 marginal noteHebr. neither let there be anger in your eyes.
1611 marginal noteChap. 50.20.
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
And God sent me before you, to preserue you a posteritie in the earth, and to saue your liues by a great deliuerance.
1611 marginal noteHebr. to put for you a remnant.
And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
And Israel said, It is enough; Ioseph my sonne is yet aliue: I will goe and see him before I die.
¶ And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
¶ And he sent Iudah before him vnto Ioseph, to direct his face vnto Goshen, and they came into the lande of Goshen.
The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
The land of Egypt is before thee: in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell, in the lande of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any man of actiuitie amongst them, then make them rulers ouer my cattell.
And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
And Ioseph brought in Iacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Iacob blessed Pharaoh.
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
And Iacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
Wherfore shall we die before thine eyes, both we, and our land? buy vs and our land for bread, and we and our land will be seruants vnto Pharaoh: and giue vs seede that we may liue and not die, that the land be not desolate.
¶ And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
¶ And now thy two sonnes, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were borne vnto thee in the land of Egypt, before I came vnto thee into Egypt, are mine: as Reuben and Simeon, they shalbe mine.
1611 marginal noteChap. 41.50. iosh. 13.7.
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