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46 Then Israel took his journey, with all that he had, and came to Beersheba and offered sacrifice to the God of his father, Isaac.
2 And God spoke to Israel in a vision, by night, saying, “Jacob. Jacob.” Who answered, “I am here.”
3 Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down into Egypt. For I will make a great nation from you there.
4 “I will go down with you into Egypt; and I will also bring you up again. And Joseph shall put his hand upon your eyes.”
5 Then Jacob rose up from Beersheba. And the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, and their children and their wives, in the chariots which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6 And they took their cattle and their goods which they had gotten in the land of Canaan and came into Egypt (Jacob and all his seed with him).
7 He brought his sons and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters and his sons’ daughters and all his seed with him, into Egypt.
8 And these are the names of the children of Israel who came into Egypt (Jacob and his sons). Reuben was Jacob’s firstborn.
9 And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi.
10 And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul (the son of a Canaanite woman).
11 Also, the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 Also, the sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
13 Also, the sons of Issachar: Tola and Puvah and Job and Shimron.
14 Also, the sons of Zebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel.
15 These are the sons of Leah which she bore to Jacob in Padan Aram (along with his daughter, Dinah). All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
16 Also, the sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi Shuni and Ezbon, Eri and Arodi and Areli.
17 Also, the sons of Asher: Jimnah and Ishuah and Isui and Beriah and Serah, their sister. And the sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel.
18 These are the children of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter. And these she bore to Jacob (sixteen souls).
19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife were Joseph and Benjamin.
20 And in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim unto Joseph (whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah, prince of On, bore to him).
21 Also, the sons of Benjamin were Belah and Becher and Ashbel and Gera, Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim and Ard.
22 These are the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob (fourteen souls in all).
23 Also, the son of Dan was Hushim.
24 Also, the sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and Shillem.
25 These are the sons of Bilhah which Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter; and she bore these to Jacob (seven souls in all).
26 All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his loins (besides Jacob’s sons’ wives) were, on the whole, sixty-six souls.
27 Also, the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two souls, making all the souls of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt, seventy.
28 Then, he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct his way to Goshen. And they came into the land of Goshen.
29 Then, Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet Israel, his father. And he presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept upon his neck for a long time.
30 And Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, and that you are still alive.”
31 Then, Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s house, “I will go up and show Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘My brothers and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, have come to me!
32 ‘And the men are shepherds, but their occupation has been to feed livestock. So, they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they have.’
33 “And if Pharaoh calls on you, and asks you, ‘What is your trade?’
34 you shall say, ‘Your servants are men occupied with livestock, from our childhood even to this time (both we and our fathers),’ so that you may dwell in the land of Goshen. For every sheepherder is an abomination to the Egyptians!”
47 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers and their sheep and their cattle, and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.”
2 And Joseph took some of his brothers (five men) and presented them to Pharaoh.
3 Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your trade?” And they answered Pharaoh, “Your servants are sheepherders, both we and our fathers.”
4 Moreover, they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to sojourn in the land. For your servants have no pasture for sheep, so sore is the famine in the land of Canaan. Now, therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”
5 Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
6 “The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best place of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know that there are men of activity among them, make them rulers over my cattle.”
7 Joseph also brought Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
8 Then Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How old are you?”
9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The whole time of my pilgrimage is a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have the days of my life been; and I have not equaled the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimages.”
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from the presence of Pharaoh.
11 And Joseph placed his father and his brothers and gave them possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land (in the land of Rameses), as Pharaoh had commanded.
12 And Joseph nourished his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with bread, even the young children.
13 Now, there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was exceedingly severe, causing the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan to be famished by reason of the famine.
14 And Joseph gathered all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought. And Joseph collected the money in Pharaoh’s house.
15 So, when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, then all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us bread! For, why should we die before you? For our money is spent.”
16 Then Joseph said, “Bring your cattle; and I will give you food for your cattle, if your money is spent.”
17 So, they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread for the horses, and for the flocks of sheep, and for the herds of cattle, and for the donkeys. So, he fed them with bread for all their cattle that year.
18 But when the year had ended, they came to him the second year and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord that since our money is spent, and my lord has the herds of the cattle, there is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our ground.
19 “Why shall we perish in your sight, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be bound to Pharaoh. Therefore, give us seed, so that we may live and not die, and that the land does not go to waste.”
20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. For every man sold his ground to the Egyptians because the famine was severe upon them. So, the land became Pharaoh’s.
21 And he moved the people into the cities, from one side of Egypt to the other.
22 Only the land of the Priests did he not buy. For the Priests had a daily ration from Pharaoh, and they ate their ration which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore, they did not sell their ground.
23 Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, today I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh. Lo, here is seed for you. Therefore, sow the ground.
24 “And from the increase, you shall give one fifth to Pharaoh; and four parts shall be yours for seed of the field, and for your food, and for those of your households, and for your children to eat.”
25 Then they answered, “You have saved our lives. Let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
26 Then Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt until this day that Pharaoh should have one fifth, excepting only the land of the Priests, which was not Pharaoh’s.
27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen. And they had their possessions therein and grew and multiplied exceedingly.
28 Moreover, Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So, the whole age of Jacob was a hundred forty-seven years.
29 Now, when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have now found grace in your sight, put your hand under my thigh now, and deal mercifully and truly with me. Please do not bury me in Egypt.
30 “But when I shall sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.” And he answered, “I will do as you have said.”
31 Then he said, “Swear to me.” And he swore to him. And Israel worshipped towards the bed’s head.
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