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but when the sheep were feeble, he put [them] not in; so the feeble were Laban's, and the strong Jacob's.

And Jacob was angry, and he disputed with Laban. And Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my fault, what my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, According to this word shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him.

And he asked Pharaoh's chamberlains that were with him in custody in his lord's house, saying, Why are your faces [so] sad to-day?

And it came to pass, just as he interpreted to us, so it came about: me has he restored to my office, and him he hanged.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has made all this known to thee, there is none [so] discreet and wise as thou.

So the sons of Israel came to buy [grain] among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

and bring your youngest brother to me, in order that your words be verified, and that ye may not die. And they did so.

And Israel said, Why did ye deal [so] ill with me [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

And their father Israel said to them, If it is then so, do this: take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a gift: a little balsam and a little honey, tragacanth and ladanum, pistacia-nuts and almonds.

And he said, Far be it from me to do so! The man in whose hand the cup has been found, he shall be my bondman; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.

So God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.

And the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them waggons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

Only the land of the priests he did not buy; for the priests had an assigned portion from Pharaoh, and ate their assigned portion which Pharaoh had given them; so they did not sell their land.

And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn: put thy right hand on his head.

Dan will be a serpent on the way, A horned snake on the path, Which biteth the horse's heels, So that the rider falleth backwards.

And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, Why are ye come so soon to-day?

And Moses and Aaron did as Jehovah had commanded them: so did they.

And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and did so, as Jehovah had commanded; and Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh, and before his bondmen, and it became a serpent.