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Let my lord, I pray thee, pass on before his servant, and I will drive on at my ease according to the pace of the cattle that is before me, and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord, to Seir.

And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before there reigned a king over the children of Israel.

And Jacob their father said to them, Ye have bereaved me of children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin! All these things are against me.

And the Almighty God give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother and Benjamin! And I, if I be bereaved of children, am bereaved.

Judah—[as to] thee, thy brethren will praise thee; Thy hand will be upon the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's children will bow down to thee.

The purchase of the field, and of the cave that is in it, was from the children of Heth.

And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third [generation]; the sons also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born on Joseph's knees.

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will certainly visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones hence.

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.

And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we.

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread; and they were distressed because of the children of Israel.

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.

And the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, Why have ye done this, and saved the male children alive?

And she opened [it], and saw the child, and behold, the boy wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is [one] of the Hebrews' children.

And it came to pass during those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and cried; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage;

and God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged [them].

And now behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me; and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

And now come, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

And Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?