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So Esav returned that day on his way to Se`ir.

So Ya`akov came to Luz, which is in the land of Kana`an (the same is Beit-El), he and all the people who were with him.

He said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again." So he sent him out of the valley of Hevron, and he came to Shekhem.

He asked Par`oh's officers who were with him in custody in his master's house, saying, "Why do you look so sad today?"

The ill-favored and lean-fleshed cattle ate up the seven well-favored and fat cattle. So Par`oh awoke.

It happened, as he interpreted to us, so it was: me he restored to my office, and him he hanged."

and when they had eaten them up, it couldn't be known that they had eaten them, but they were still ill-favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

Par`oh said to Yosef, "Because God has shown you all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as you.

He said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Mitzrayim. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die."

Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won't die." They did so.

Bring your youngest brother to me. Then will I know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So will I deliver you your brother, and you shall trade in the land.'"

Yisra'el said, "Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that you had another brother?"

Yehudah said to Yisra'el, his father, "Send the boy with me, and we will arise and go, so that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and also our little ones.

Their father, Yisra'el, said to them, "If it be so now, do this. Take from the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down a present for the man, a little balm, a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;

Isn't this that from which my lord drinks, and whereby he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.'"

He said, "Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my bondservant; but as for you, go up in shalom to your father."

So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Par`oh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Mitzrayim.

The sons of Yisra'el did so. Yosef gave them wagons, according to the mitzvah of Par`oh, and gave them provision for the way.

So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, "See that you don't quarrel on the way."

There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Mitzrayim and the land of Kana`an fainted by reason of the famine.