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And she said to her, is your taking my husband a little thing ? Will you also take my son's love-apples? And Rachel said, So he shall be with you tonight, for your son's love apples.

And it happened when Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Send me away so I may go to my own place and to my land.

And Laban said, Yes, if it be so let it be as you speak.

Why did you hide so as to flee, and have deceived me and have not told me. And I would have sent you away with rejoicing and with music, with tabret and with harp.

And Laban said, This heap is a witness between you and between me today; so he called its name Heap of Testimony;

Heap on me ever so much bride-price and gift, and I will give as you say to me; but give me the girl for a wife.

And Reuben said to them, Do not shed blood. Throw him into this pit in the desert, but do not lay a hand on him; so that he might deliver him from their hands, to return him to his father.

And it happened, as he had interpreted to us, so it was; he returned me to my position, and he hanged him.

And you bring your youngest brother to me, and let your words be true, and you shall not die. And so they did.

And they said each to his brother, We are truly guilty because of our brother whom we saw in distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we did not hear. So this distress has come to us.

And Joseph commanded, and they filled their vessels with grain and returned their silver, each into his sack, and gave to them food for the way; and he did so to them.

And their father Israel said to them, If it be so, then do this: take from the produce of the land in your vessels and bring down a present to the man, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts and almonds.

Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, So says your son Joseph, God has placed me as a lord to all Egypt. Come down to me, do not delay.

And the sons of Israel did so. And Joseph gave wagons to them according to the mouth of Pharaoh, and he gave provision to them for the way.

You shall say, Your servants have been men of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers. This is so that you may live in the land of Goshen. For the abomination of Egypt is every shepherd of flocks.

Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread; and let us, we and our land, become slaves to Pharaoh. And give seed so that we may live and not die, and the land not be desolate.

And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father! For this one is the first-born; put your right hand on his head.

And forty days were fulfilled, for so are fulfilled the days of those embalmed. And Egypt wept for him seventy days.

Your father commanded before his death, saying, So you shall say to Joseph, Please lift up now the rebellion of your brothers, and their sin; for they did evil to you. And now please lift up the rebellion of the servants of the God of yourfather. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

And as much as they afflicted them, so much they multiplied and so much they spread. And they were afraid before the sons of Israel.