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Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt, valid to this day, that Pharaoh was to have the fifth; only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh's.

and He said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.'

The angel who has redeemed me from all evil, Bless the boys; And may my name live on in them, And the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; And may they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."

But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know; he also will become a people and he also will be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations."

"Judah is a lion's cub; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches, he lies down as a lion, And as a lion, who dares to stir him up?

"Zebulun will reside at the seashore; And he shall be a harbor for ships, And his flank shall be toward Sidon.

"Issachar is a strong donkey, Lying down between the sheepfolds.

"When he saw that a resting place was good And that the land was pleasant, He bowed his shoulder to carry burdens, And became a slave at forced labor.

"Dan shall be a serpent in the way, A horned viper in the path, That bites the horse's heels, So that its rider falls backward.

"As for Gad, a band of raiders shall attack him, But he will attack at their heels.

"Naphtali is a doe let loose; He utters beautiful words.

"Joseph is a fruitful branch, A fruitful branch by a spring; Its branches hang over a wall.

"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; In the morning he devours the prey, And in the evening he divides the spoils."

in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is opposite Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

Chariots with teams of horses also went up with him; and it was a very great company.

When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they mourned there with a very great and sorrowful lamentation; and he observed seven days of mourning for his father.

Now when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning for the Egyptians." Therefore it was named Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah opposite Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.

When Joseph's brothers had seen that their father was dead, they said, "What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the wrong which we did to him!"

So Joseph died at the age of 110 years; and they embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.