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Then he brought the maids and their children to the front, and Leah and her children next, and kept Rachel and Joseph in the rear.

Then Esau raised his eyes and saw the women and the children, and said, Where did you get these? And Jacob said to him, They are the children whom God has graciously given your servant.

Then the maids drew near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

And Leah also with her children drew near, and bowed themselves; and afterwards came Rachel and Joseph who also drew near, and bowed themselves.

But Jacob said. My lord knows that the children are too young, and that the flocks and herds with young are with me; and if I should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

Let my lord pass before his servant, and I will travel slowly, according to the pace of the cattle which are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.

And he bought a parcel of a field from the children of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred ewes.

Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah.

And these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel:

And Jacob their father said to them, You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is dead, and Simeon is missing, and now you will take Benjamin away; all these things are against me.

And may God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin with you. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your childrens children and your flocks and your herds and all that you have;

And these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacobs first-born.

But the children that you begot after them shall be yours, and shall be called after the name of their brothers when they come into their inheritance.

And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see your face; and, 1o, God has shown me your children also.

The field and the cave which is in it were purchased from the children of Heth.

And Joseph saw Ephraims children of the third generation; the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Josephs knees.

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely remember you, and you shall carry up my bones from here with you.

THESE are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob: