Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the chariots which Pharaoh had sent to bring him.

And they took their cattle and their substance, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his seed with him.

His children, and his children’s children with him, his daughters, and his children’s daughters, and all his seed, brought he with him into Egypt.

These are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt: Jacob and his sons. The firstborn of Jacob’s son, Reuben.

the children of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu Hezron and Charmi.

The sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Saul the son of the Canaanitish woman.

the children of Levi: Gerson, Kahath, and Meran.

The sons of Judah; Ger, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah. And Ger and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez; Hezron, and Hamul.

the children of Issachar: Thola, Phua, Job and Simron.

And the sons of Zebulun; Zered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

These are the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Mesopotamia, with Dinah his daughter: all these, sons and daughters, make thirty and three souls.

the children of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Suni, Ezbon, Eri, Modi and Areli.

And the sons of Asher; Jemnah, and Jesua, and Jesui, and Briah, and Serah their sister. But the children of Briah: Heber and Malchiel.

These are the sons of Zilpah, which Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and bare Jacob these sixteen souls.

The children of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph and Benjamin.

And unto Joseph were born in the land of Egypt Manasseh and Ephraim, which bare him Asnath the daughter of Potipherah the priest of On.

And the sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Asbel, and Gera, and Naaman, and Ehi, and Ros, and Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

These are the sons of Rachel, which were born unto Jacob; all fourteen souls.

the children of Dan: Husim.

And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Sillem.

These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and bare Jacob the seven souls.

All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which were of his loins, (except the wives of his children,) were all together threescore and six souls.

And the sons of Joseph, which were born in Egypt, were two souls: so that all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to instruct him to go to Goshen. And they came into the land of Goshen.

And Joseph harnessed his chariot, and went up to meet his father Israel at Goshen. And when he saw him, he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a long time.

And Israel said unto Joseph, I will gladly die now, after I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.

And Joseph said unto his brethren, and to his father’s house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and say unto him: My brethren and my father’s house are come unto me out of the land of Canaan.

And are pastors of cattle: for they are men that handle cattle: their cattle, both small and
great, and all that they have, they have brought with them.

And when Pharaoh shall call you, and say, What is your meat?

And ye shall say, Thy servants are cattle-keepers from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers; that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen. For the shepherding of cattle is an abomination to the Egyptians.
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Chapter 47
Jacob dwelleth in the land of Goshen. The famine is great in Egypt.

And Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their cattle, both small and great, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan: and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

And he took five of his youngest brethren, and set them before Pharaoh.

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren: What is your food? And they answered: Thy servants are shepherds of cattle, we and our fathers.

And they said unto Pharaoh, We are come to dwell with you in the land: for thy servants have no pasture for their cattle, because the famine oppresseth the land of Canaan: now therefore let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, It is thy father, and thy brethren, which are come unto thee; 6. The land of Egypt is open unto thee: let them dwell in the best part of the land, let them dwell in the land of Goshen: and if thou knowest that there be men of valour among them, set them over my cattle.

And Joseph brought in Jacob his father also, and set him before Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: the days of my life are few and evil, and are not as the days of my fathers in their pilgrimage.

And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from him.

And Joseph made his father and his brethren to dwell, and gave them an estate in the land of Egypt, in the best part of the land, even in the land of Raemses, as Pharaoh commanded.

And he fed his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s house, every one after he had children.

And there was no bread in all the earth: for the famine was so sore, that the land of Egypt and Canaan fainted from the famine.

And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in Egypt and in Canaan for the corn which they bought: and Joseph put all the money into Pharaoh’s house.

And it came to pass, when there was a scarcity of money in the land of Egypt and in Canaan, that all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, Make us bread. Why sufferest thou us to die before thee, because we are without money?

And Joseph said, Bring forth your cattle, and I will give you for the cattle, because ye are without money.

And they brought Joseph their cattle, and he gave them bread for their horses, and for their sheep, and for their oxen, and for their asses. So he fed them with bread all the year round for all their cattle.

And when the year was expired, they came to him the next year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from our lord, that not only the money, but all the cattle also, are gone to our lord, and there is nothing left before our lord, but our bodies and our field.

Why wilt thou suffer us to die before thee, and our field? Buy us and our land for bread, that we and our land may be servants unto Pharaoh: give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the field be not desolate.

So Joseph bought all Egypt of Pharaoh. For the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was too great for them. And the land was Pharaoh’s own.

And he divided the people into cities, from one place of Egypt even unto another.

Except the priests’ field, which he bought not: for it was decreed of Pharaoh for the priests,
that they should feed upon that which he had given them: therefore they could not sell their field.

And Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day, and your field unto Pharaoh: behold, ye have seed, and sow the field.

And of the corn ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh: four parts shall be yours to sow the field, for your meat, and for your house, and for your children.

And they said: Only let us live, and find grace in the sight of thee our Lord: we will gladly be servants unto Pharaoh.

So Joseph made them a law unto this day concerning the field of Egypt, to give the fifth to Pharaoh; except the field of the priests, which was not Pharaoh’s own.

So Israel dwelt in Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and possessed it, and grew and multiplied greatly.

And Jacob lived seventeen years in the land of Egypt: and all his days were an hundred and forty and seven years,

And when the time was come for Israel to die, he called Joseph his son, and said unto him, If I have found grace in thy sight, put thy hand under my thigh, that thou mayest love and keep me, and bury me not in Egypt;

But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt bring me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said: I will do as thou hast said.

And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself on the bed to the heads.
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Chapter 48
Jacob’s testament because of Ephraim and Manasseh

And afterward Joseph was told, Behold, thy father is sick. And he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

And it was told Jacob, saying, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee. And Israel made himself strong, and sat down in the bed.

And said unto Joseph, The Almighty God appeared unto me in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blessed me.

And he said unto me, Behold, I will cause thee to grow, and multiply thee, and make thee a multitude of people: and I will give this land unto thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

Now therefore thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt, before I