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- Genesis 45:28
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“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”
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- Genesis 46:2
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And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.
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- Genesis 46:3
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“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
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- Genesis 46:30
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Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”
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- Genesis 46:31
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Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me.
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- Genesis 46:33
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When Pharaoh summons you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’
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- Genesis 46:34
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you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”
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- Genesis 47:1
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So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”
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- Genesis 47:3
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“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
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- Genesis 47:4
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Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”
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- Genesis 47:5
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Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,
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- Genesis 47:8
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“How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.
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- Genesis 47:9
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“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
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- Genesis 47:15
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When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”
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- Genesis 47:16
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“Then bring me your livestock,” said Joseph. “Since the money is gone, I will sell you food in exchange for your livestock.”
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- Genesis 47:18
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When that year was over, they came to him the second year and said, “We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and all our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.
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- Genesis 47:23
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Then Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.
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- Genesis 47:25
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“You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
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- Genesis 47:29
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When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
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- Genesis 47:30
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but when I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me with them.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you have requested.”
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- Genesis 47:31
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“Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.
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- Genesis 48:1
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Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
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- Genesis 48:2
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When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.
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- Genesis 48:3
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Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
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- Genesis 48:4
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and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
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- Genesis 48:8
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When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?”
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- Genesis 48:9
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Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
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- Genesis 48:11
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“I never expected to see your face again,” Israel said to Joseph, “but now God has let me see your children as well.”
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- Genesis 48:15
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Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
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- Genesis 48:18
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“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
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- Genesis 48:19
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But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
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- Genesis 48:20
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So that day Jacob blessed them and said: “By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
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- Genesis 48:21
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Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
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- Genesis 49:1
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Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
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- Genesis 49:29
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Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
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- Genesis 50:4
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When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that
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- Genesis 50:5
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my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”
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- Genesis 50:6
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Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
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- Genesis 50:11
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When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.
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- Genesis 50:15
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When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”
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- Genesis 50:16
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So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,
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- Genesis 50:17
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‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
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- Genesis 50:18
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His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”
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- Genesis 50:19
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But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
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- Genesis 50:24
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Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
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- Genesis 50:25
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And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
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- Exodus 1:9
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“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
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- Exodus 1:15
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Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
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- Exodus 1:16
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“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
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- Exodus 1:18
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So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
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