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Asher, you will eat food fancy enough for a king.

Joseph gave orders for Jacob's body to be embalmed,

and it took the usual forty days. The Egyptians mourned seventy days for Jacob.

When the time of mourning was over, Joseph said to the Egyptian leaders, "If you consider me your friend, please speak to the king for me.

After crossing the Jordan River and reaching Atad's threshing place, Joseph had everyone mourn and weep seven days for his father.

After Jacob died, Joseph's brothers said to each other, "What if Joseph still hates us and wants to get even with us for all the cruel things we did to him?"

You tried to harm me, but God made it turn out for the best, so that he could save all these people, as he is now doing.

Many years later a new king came to power. He did not know what Joseph had done for Egypt,

and she later had a baby boy. He was a beautiful child, and she kept him inside for three months.

When the king's daughter opened the basket, she saw the baby and felt sorry for him because he was crying. She said, "This must be one of the Hebrew babies."

At once the baby's older sister came up and asked, "Do you want me to get a Hebrew woman to take care of the baby for you?"

After the death of the king of Egypt, the Israelites still complained because they were forced to be slaves. They cried out for help,

and because he knew what was happening to his people, he felt sorry for them.

The Lord said: I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt, and I have heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being mistreated. I feel sorry for them,

My people have begged for my help, and I have seen how cruel the Egyptians are to them.

Every Israelite woman will go to her Egyptian neighbors or to any Egyptian woman living in her house. She will ask them for gold and silver jewelry and for their finest clothes. The Egyptians will give them to you, and you will put these fine things on your sons and daughters. You will carry all this away when you leave Egypt.

Aaron will speak to the people for you, and you will be like me, telling Aaron what to say. I will be with both of you as you speak, and I will tell each of you what to do.

So Moses put his wife and sons on donkeys and headed for Egypt, holding the walking stick that had the power of God.

and Aaron told them what the Lord had sent Moses to say. Then Moses worked the miracles for the people,

The slaves went all over Egypt, looking for straw.