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So Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they acquired possessions in it and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.

Now the eyes of Israel were dim on account of old age; he was not able to see. So he brought them near to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

And Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father; because this one is the firstborn. Put your right hand upon his head."

So he blessed them that day, saying, Through you Israel shall pronounce blessing, saying, ‘May God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh.'" So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

Then Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather together so that I can tell you what will happen with you in days to come.

He saw a resting place that was good, and land that was pleasant. So he bowed his shoulder to the burden and became a servant of forced labor.

Dan shall be a serpent on the way, a viper on the road that bites the heels of a horse, so that its rider falls backward.

And Joseph instructed his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.

‘My father made me swear, saying, "Behold, I am about to die. In the tomb that I have hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan—there you must bury me." So then, please let me go up and let me bury my father; then I will return.'"

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

So they sent word to Joseph saying, "Your father commanded us before his death, saying,

"Thus you must say to Joseph, ‘O, please now forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did evil to you.' So now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father." And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

So then, do not be afraid. I myself will provide for you and your little ones. And he consoled them and spoke kindly to them.

So Joseph remained in Egypt, he and the house of his father. And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years.

So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old. They embalmed him and he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

And as he oppressed them, so they became many, and so they spread out, and the Egyptians were afraid because of the presence of the Israelites.

And so because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.

And his sister said to the daughter of Pharaoh, "Shall I go and call for you a woman from the Hebrews who is nursing so that she will nurse the boy for you?"

And they came to Reuel, their father, and he said, "Why have you come so quickly today?"

And he said to his daughters, "Where is he? Why then have you left the man? Call him so that he can eat some food."