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Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the seas; and he shall be a haven for ships; and his border shall extend as far as Zidon.

And he saw that his dwelling place was good, and his land fertile; and he bowed his shoulder to servitude, and became a servant to tribute.

Dan shall judge his people as if the tribes of Israel were one.

Gad shall go out to raid, and shall pursue at the heels of his enemies.

As for Asher, his land is good, and he shall supply kings with food.

But in strength he bent his bow, and his arms were made strong by the hands of the mighty One of Jacob; (by the name of the Shepherd, the Strength of Israel:)

The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my forbears to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is the prince of his brothers.

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel; and this is what their father Jacob said to them; he addressed them, then he blessed them, according to his blessing, he blessed every one of them.

There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

And when Jacob had finished charging his sons, he stretched his feet on his bed, and grew weak, and died, and was gathered to his people.

AND Joseph fell upon his fathers face, and wept over him, and kissed him.

Then Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.

And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found mercy in your eyes, speak in the presence of Pharaoh, saying,

So Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

And all the household of Joseph, his brothers, and his fathers household; only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

And they came to the threshing floor of Atar, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation; and Joseph made a mourning for his father seven days.

And his sons did to Jacob just as he had commanded them;

And Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers, and all who went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

And his brothers also went and fell down before him; and they said, Behold, we are your servants.

And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and all his fathers house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.