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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.
48 Again, after this, one said to Joseph, “Lo, your father is sick.” Then, he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, with him.
2 Also, one told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son, Joseph, has come to you.” And Israel gathered his strength and sat upon the bed.
3 Then Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
4 “and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful, and will multiply you, and will make a great number of people from you and will give this land to your seed after you, for an everlasting possession.’
5 “And now, your two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim (who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt) shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
6 “But your lineage which you have begotten after them shall be yours. They shall be called after the names of their brothers in their inheritance.
7 “Now, when I came from Padan, Rachel died beside me on the way (in the land of Canaan, when there was but a half day’s journey left to Ephrath). And I buried her there, on the way to Ephrath.” The same is Bethlehem.
8 Then Israel beheld Joseph’s sons and said, “Whose are these?”
9 And Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons whom God has given me here.” Then he said, “Please bring them to me, so that I may bless them.”
10 (For the eyes of Israel were dim from age, so that he could not see well.) Then he caused them to come to him. And he kissed them and embraced them.
11 And Israel said to Joseph, “I had not thought I would see your face. Yet, lo, God has also shown me your seed.”
12 And Joseph took them away from his knees and did reverence down to the ground.
13 Then Joseph took them both (Ephraim in his right hand, toward Israel’s left hand and Manasseh in his left hand, toward Israel’s right hand). So, he brought them to him.
14 But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim’s head (who was the younger) and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head (directing his hands intentionally, for Manasseh was the elder).
15 Also, he blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before Whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, walked—the God Who has fed me all my life long, until this day—bless you.
16 “The Angel, who has delivered me from all evil, bless the children; and let my name be named upon them, and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, so that they may grow as fish into a multitude in the midst of the Earth.”
17 But when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. And he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
18 And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father. For this is the eldest. Put your right hand upon his head.”
19 But his father refused, and said, “I know well, my son. I know well. He shall also be a people; and he shall likewise be great. But his younger brother shall be greater than he; and his seed shall be full of nations.”
20 So, he blessed them that day, and said, “In you, Israel shall bless and say, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.” And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I die. And God shall be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
22 “Moreover, I have given to you one portion more than your brothers, which I got out of the hand of the Amorite, by my sword and by my bow.”
13 The same day, Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.
2 And great multitudes gathered to Him, so that He went into a ship and sat down. And the whole multitude stood on the shore.
3 Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went out to sow.
4 “And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside. And the birds came and devoured them.
5 “And some fell upon stony ground, where they did not have much earth. And soon they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
6 “But when the Sun came up, they were burnt up; and for lack of rooting, withered away.
7 “And some fell among thorns. And the thorns sprang up and choked them.
8 But some fell in good ground, and brought forth fruit; one corn a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and another thirtyfold.
9 “The one who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
10 Then the disciples came, and said to Him, “Why did You speak to them in parables?”
11 And He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven. But to them it is not given.
12 “For whoever has, to him shall be given. And he shall have abundance. But whoever does not have, even that which he has shall be taken away from him.
13 “Therefore, I speak to them in parables. Because they, seeing, do not see. And hearing, they do not hear, nor understand.
14 “So in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled which says, ‘By hearing you shall hear and shall not understand; and seeing, you shall see and shall not perceive.
15 “‘For this people’s heart has grown fat and their ears barely hear and they have closed their eyes, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and should understand with their hearts and should return, that I might heal them.’
16 “But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
17 “For truly I say to you that many Prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which you see and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear and have not heard them.
18 “Therefore, hear the parable of the Sower.
19 “Whenever anyone hears the Word of the Kingdom, and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away that which was sown in his heart. And this is the one who has received the seed by the wayside.
20 “And the one who received seed in the stony ground, is he who hears the Word, and immediately, with joy, receives it,
21 “but he has no root in himself and endures but a season. For as soon as trouble or persecution comes because of the Word, he quickly stumbles.
22 “And the one who receives the seed among thorns, is he who hears the Word, but the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the Word. And it is made unfruitful.
23 “But the one who receives the seed in the good ground, is he who hears the Word and understands it, who also bears fruit and brings forth; some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold.”
24 He put forth another parable to them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
25 “But while the man slept, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went his way.
26 “And when the blade had sprung up and brought forth fruit, the weeds also appeared.
27 “Then the servants of the landowner came, and said to him, ‘Master, did not you sow good seed in your field? From where have these weeds come?’
28 “And he said to them, ‘Some envious man has done this.’ Then the servants said to him, ‘Do you wish us to go and gather them up?’
29 “But he said, ‘No, lest while you are gathering the weeds you also pluck up the wheat with them.
30 “‘Let both grow together until the harvest. And at harvest time I will say to the reapers, “First, gather the weeds, and bind them in sheaves to burn them. But gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
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