Exodus 1:6 And Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation. As trees growing in the wood are known — some by difference of their trunks, and some by the properties of their branches, leaves, flowers, and fruits; but this knowledge is had of them only whilst they stand, grow, and are not consumed; for if they be committed to the fire, and are turned into ashes, they cannot be known. It is impossible that, when the ashes of divers kinds of trees are mingled together, the tall pine should be discerned from the great oak, or the mighty poplar from a low shrub, or any one tree from another; even so men, whilst they live in the wood of this world, are known — some by the stock of their ancestors, some by the flourishing leaves of their words and eloquence, some in the flowers of beauty, and some in the shrub of honesty, many by their savage ignorance, and some by their kindness; but when death doth bring them into dust, and has mixed all together, then their ashes cannot be known — then there is no difference between the mighty princes of the world and the poor souls that are not accounted of. (Cawdray.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.WEB: Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation. |
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