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And so Israel was living among the Egyptians in the land of Goshen; and they got property there, and became very great in numbers and in wealth.

And Jacob was living in the land of Goshen for seventeen years; so the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.

But when I go to my fathers, you are to take me out of Egypt and put me to rest in their last resting-place. And he said, I will do so.

Now because Israel was old, his eyes were no longer clear, and he was not able to see. So he made them come near to him, and he gave them a kiss, folding them in his arms.

And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the older; put your right hand on his head.

So he gave them his blessing that day, saying, You will be the sign of blessing in Israel, for they will say, May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh; and he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

And Jacob sent for his sons, and said, Come together, all of you, so that I may give you news of your fate in future times.

And he saw that rest was good and the land was pleasing; so he let them put weights on his back and became a servant.

May Dan be a snake in the way, a horned snake by the road, biting the horse's foot so that the horseman has a fall.

And Joseph gave orders to his servants who had the necessary knowledge, to make his father's body ready, folding it in linen with spices, and they did so.

My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made ready for myself in the land of Canaan. So now let me go and put my father in his last resting-place, and I will come back again.

So Joseph went up to put his father in his last resting-place; and with him went all the servants of Pharaoh, and the chief men of his house and all the chiefs of the land of Egypt,

And when the people of the land, the people of Canaan, at the grain-floor of Atad, saw their grief, they said, Great is the grief of the Egyptians: so the place was named Abel-mizraim, on the other side of Jordan.

So his sons did as he had given them orders to do:

So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, saying,

So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

So Joseph came to his death, being a hundred and ten years old: and they made his body ready, and he was put in a chest in Egypt.

So they put overseers of forced work over them, in order to make their strength less by the weight of their work. And they made store-towns for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses.

And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you have come back so quickly today?

Come, then, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may take my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.