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And he spoke to Joseph that he should give orders to his brethren, saying: Load your beasts, and go into the land of Chanaan,

Sending to his father as much money and raiment; adding besides, ten he asses, to carry off all the riches of Egypt, and as many she asses, carrying wheat and bread for the journey.

So he sent away his brethren, and at their departing said to them: Be not angry in the way.

They, on the other side, told the whole order of the thing. And when he saw the wagons, and all that he had sent, his spirit revived,

And Israel taking his journey, with all that he had, came to the well of the oath, and killing victims there to the God of his father Isaac,

I will go down with thee thither, and will bring thee back again from thence: Joseph also shall put his hands upon thy eyes.

And Jacob rose up from the well of the oath: and his sons took him up, with their children and wives in the wagons, which Pharao had sent to carry the old man,

And all that he had in the land of Chanaan: and he came into Egypt with all his seed;

His sons, and grandsons, daughters, and all his offspring together.

And these are the names of the children of Israel, that entered into Egypt, he and his children. His firstborn Ruben,

These are the sons of Lia, whom she bore in Mesopotamia of Syria, with Dina, his daughter. All the souls of her sons and daughters, thirty-three.

These are the sons of Zelpha, whom Laban gave to Lia, his daughter. And these she bore to Jacob, sixteen souls.

These are the sons of Bala, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter: and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls, seven.

All the souls that went with Jacob into Egypt, and that came out of his thigh, besides his sons’ wives, sixty-six.

And when he was come thither, Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet his father in the same place: and seeing him, he fell upon his neck, and embracing him, wept.

And Joseph said to his brethren, and to all his father’s house: I will go up, and will tell Pharao, and will say to him: My brethren, and my father’s house, that were in the land of Chanaan, are come to me:

Five men also, the last of his brethren, he presented before the king:

After this Joseph brought in his father to the king, and presented him before him: and he blessed him.

But Joseph gave a possession to his father and his brethren in Egypt, in the best place of the land, in Ramesses, as Pharao had commanded.

And he nourished them, and all his father’s house, allowing food to every one.