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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.43.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, &#8220;Take these men to my house, slaughter an animal and prepare a meal; they are to eat with me at noon.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.43.16"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.43.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The man did as Joseph told him and took the men to Joseph&#8217;s house. </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.43.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Now the men were frightened when they were taken to his house. They thought, &#8220;We were brought here because of the silver that was put back into our sacks the first time. He wants to attack us and overpower us and seize us as slaves and take our donkeys.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.43.18"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.43.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So they went up to Joseph&#8217;s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house. </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.43.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;We beg your pardon, our lord,&#8221; they said, &#8220;we came down here the first time to buy food. </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.43.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But at the place where we stopped for the night we opened our sacks and each of us found his silver&#8212;the exact weight&#8212;in the mouth of his sack. So we have brought it back with us. </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.43.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">We have also brought additional silver with us to buy food. We don&#8217;t know who put our silver in our sacks.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.43.22"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.43.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;It&#8217;s all right,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks; I received your silver.&#8221; Then he brought Simeon out to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.43.23"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.43.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The steward took the men into Joseph&#8217;s house, gave them water to wash their feet and provided fodder for their donkeys. </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.43.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">They prepared their gifts for Joseph&#8217;s arrival at noon, because they had heard that they were to eat there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.43.25"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.43.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts they had brought into the house, and they bowed down before him to the ground. </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.43.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He asked them how they were, and then he said, &#8220;How is your aged father you told me about? Is he still living?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.43.27"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.43.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">They replied, &#8220;Your servant our father is still alive and well.&#8221; And they bowed down, prostrating themselves before him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.43.28"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.43.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">As he looked about and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother&#8217;s son, he asked, &#8220;Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?&#8221; And he said, &#8220;God be gracious to you, my son.&#8221; </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.43.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Deeply moved at the sight of his brother, Joseph hurried out and looked for a place to weep. He went into his private room and wept there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.43.30"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.43.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">After he had washed his face, he came out and, controlling himself, said, &#8220;Serve the food.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.43.31"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.43.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">They served him by himself, the brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because Egyptians could not eat with Hebrews, for that is detestable to Egyptians. </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.43.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The men had been seated before him in the order of their ages, from the firstborn to the youngest; and they looked at each other in astonishment. </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.43.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">When portions were served to them from Joseph&#8217;s table, Benjamin&#8217;s portion was five times as much as anyone else&#8217;s. So they feasted and drank freely with him.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">44</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Silver Cup in a Sack</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.44.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now Joseph gave these instructions to the steward of his house: &#8220;Fill the men&#8217;s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man&#8217;s silver in the mouth of his sack. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.44.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one&#8217;s sack, along with the silver for his grain.&#8221; And he did as Joseph said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.44.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.44.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">As morning dawned, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.44.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They had not gone far from the city when Joseph said to his steward, &#8220;Go after those men at once, and when you catch up with them, say to them, &#8216;Why have you repaid good with evil? </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.44.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Isn&#8217;t this the cup my master drinks from and also uses for divination? This is a wicked thing you have done.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.44.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.44.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When he caught up with them, he repeated these words to them. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.44.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But they said to him, &#8220;Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do anything like that! </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.44.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found inside the mouths of our sacks. So why would we steal silver or gold from your master&#8217;s house? </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.44.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If any of your servants is found to have it, he will die; and the rest of us will become my lord&#8217;s slaves.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.44.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.44.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Very well, then,&#8221; he said, &#8220;let it be as you say. Whoever is found to have it will become my slave; the rest of you will be free from blame.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.44.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.44.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Each of them quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.44.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then the steward proceeded to search, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin&#8217;s sack. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.44.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">At this, they tore their clothes. Then they all loaded their donkeys and returned to the city.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.44.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.44.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Joseph was still in the house when Judah and his brothers came in, and they threw themselves to the ground before him. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.44.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Joseph said to them, &#8220;What is this you have done? Don&#8217;t you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.44.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.44.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;What can we say to my lord?&#8221; Judah replied. &#8220;What can we say? How can we prove our innocence? God has uncovered your servants&#8217; guilt. We are now my lord&#8217;s slaves&#8212;we ourselves and the one who was found to have the cup.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.44.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.44.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But Joseph said, &#8220;Far be it from me to do such a thing! Only the man who was found to have the cup will become my slave. The rest of you, go back to your father in peace.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.44.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.44.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then Judah went up to him and said: &#8220;Pardon your servant, my lord, let me speak a word to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, though you are equal to Pharaoh himself. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.44.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">My lord asked his servants, &#8216;Do you have a father or a brother?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.44.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And we answered, &#8216;We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he is the only one of his mother&#8217;s sons left, and his father loves him.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.44.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.44.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then you said to your servants, &#8216;Bring him down to me so I can see him for myself.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.44.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And we said to my lord, &#8216;The boy cannot leave his father; if he leaves him, his father will die.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.44.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">But you told your servants, &#8216;Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.44.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When we went back to your servant my father, we told him what my lord had said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.44.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.44.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then our father said, &#8216;Go back and buy a little more food.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.44.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">But we said, &#8216;We cannot go down. Only if our youngest brother is with us will we go. We cannot see the man&#8217;s face unless our youngest brother is with us.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.44.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.44.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;Your servant my father said to us, &#8216;You know that my wife bore me two sons. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.44.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">One of them went away from me, and I said, &#8220;He has surely been torn to pieces.&#8221; And I have not seen him since. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.44.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">If you take this one from me too and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in misery.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.44.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.44.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;So now, if the boy is not with us when I go back to your servant my father, and if my father, whose life is closely bound up with the boy&#8217;s life, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.44.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">sees that the boy isn&#8217;t there, he will die. Your servants will bring the gray head of our father down to the grave in sorrow. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.44.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Your servant guaranteed the boy&#8217;s safety to my father. I said, &#8216;If I do not bring him back to you, I will bear the blame before you, my father, all my life!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.44.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.44.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now then, please let your servant remain here as my lord&#8217;s slave in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.44.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery that would come on my father.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">45</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joseph Makes Himself Known</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.45.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, &#8220;Have everyone leave my presence!&#8221; So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.45.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh&#8217;s household heard about it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.45.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.45.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Joseph said to his brothers, &#8220;I am Joseph! Is my father still living?&#8221; But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.45.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.45.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then Joseph said to his brothers, &#8220;Come close to me.&#8221; When they had done so, he said, &#8220;I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.45.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.45.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.45.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">45:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">save you as a great band of survivors</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.45.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.45.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.45.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Now hurry back to my father and say to him, &#8216;This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; don&#8217;t delay. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.45.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me&#8212;you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.45.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I will provide for you there, because five years of famine are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.45.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.45.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that it is really I who am speaking to you. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.45.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Tell my father about all the honor accorded me in Egypt and about everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.45.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.45.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then he threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin embraced him, weeping. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.45.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them. Afterward his brothers talked with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.45.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.45.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When the news reached Pharaoh&#8217;s palace that Joseph&#8217;s brothers had come, Pharaoh and all his officials were pleased. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.45.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Pharaoh said to Joseph, &#8220;Tell your brothers, &#8216;Do this: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.45.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and bring your father and your families back to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you can enjoy the fat of the land.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.45.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.45.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;You are also directed to tell them, &#8216;Do this: Take some carts from Egypt for your children and your wives, and get your father and come. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.45.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Never mind about your belongings, because the best of all Egypt will be yours.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.45.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.45.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So the sons of Israel did this. Joseph gave them carts, as Pharaoh had commanded, and he also gave them provisions for their journey. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.45.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">To each of them he gave new clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">45:22 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver and five sets of clothes. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.45.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And this is what he sent to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other provisions for his journey. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.45.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then he sent his brothers away, and as they were leaving he said to them, &#8220;Don&#8217;t quarrel on the way!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.45.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.45.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">So they went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.45.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They told him, &#8220;Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt.&#8221; Jacob was stunned; he did not believe them. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.45.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But when they told him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.45.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">And Israel said, &#8220;I&#8217;m convinced! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">46</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jacob Goes to Egypt</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.46.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">So Israel set out with all that was his, and when he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.46.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.46.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, &#8220;Jacob! Jacob!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.46.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Here I am,&#8221; he replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.46.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.46.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am God, the God of your father,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.46.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph&#8217;s own hand will close your eyes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.46.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.46.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel&#8217;s sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport him. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.46.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt, taking with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.46.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Jacob brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters&#8212;all his offspring.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.46.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.46.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">These are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.46.8"><span class="content">Reuben the firstborn of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.46.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.46.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The sons of Reuben:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.46.9"><span class="content">Hanok, Pallu, Hezron and Karmi.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.46.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.46.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The sons of Simeon:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.46.10"><span class="content">Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.46.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.46.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The sons of Levi:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.46.11"><span class="content">Gershon, Kohath and Merari.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.46.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.46.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The sons of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.46.12"><span class="content">Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan).</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.46.12"><span class="content">The sons of Perez:</span></span></div><div class="li3"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.46.12"><span class="content">Hezron and Hamul.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.46.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.46.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The sons of Issachar:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.46.13"><span class="content">Tola, Puah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:13 </span><span class="ft">Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text Puvah</span></span></span><span class="content"> Jashub</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:13 </span><span class="ft">Samaritan Pentateuch and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Num. 26:24 and 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text Iob</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Shimron.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.46.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.46.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The sons of Zebulun:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.46.14"><span class="content">Sered, Elon and Jahleel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.46.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.46.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">These were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:15 </span><span class="ft">That is, Northwest Mesopotamia</span></span></span><span class="content"> besides his daughter Dinah. These sons and daughters of his were thirty-three in all.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.46.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.46.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The sons of Gad:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.46.16"><span class="content">Zephon,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:16 </span><span class="ft">Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also Num. 26:15); Masoretic Text Ziphion</span></span></span><span class="content"> Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.46.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.46.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The sons of Asher:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.46.17"><span class="content">Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.46.17"><span class="content">Their sister was Serah.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.46.17"><span class="content">The sons of Beriah:</span></span></div><div class="li3"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.46.17"><span class="content">Heber and Malkiel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.46.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.46.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">These were the children born to Jacob by Zilpah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah&#8212;sixteen in all.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.46.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.46.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The sons of Jacob&#8217;s wife Rachel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.46.19"><span class="content">Joseph and Benjamin. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.46.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:20 </span><span class="ft">That is, Heliopolis</span></span></span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.46.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.46.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The sons of Benjamin:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.46.21"><span class="content">Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.46.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.46.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob&#8212;fourteen in all.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.46.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.46.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The son of Dan:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.46.23"><span class="content">Hushim.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.46.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.46.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The sons of Naphtali:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.46.24"><span class="content">Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.46.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.46.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel&#8212;seven in all.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.46.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.46.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">All those who went to Egypt with Jacob&#8212;those who were his direct descendants, not counting his sons&#8217; wives&#8212;numbered sixty-six persons. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.46.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">With the two sons</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:27 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">the nine children</span></span></span><span class="content"> who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob&#8217;s family, which went to Egypt, were seventy</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:27 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew (see also Exodus 1:5 and note); Septuagint (see also Acts 7:14) </span><span class="fqa">seventy-five</span></span></span><span class="content"> in all.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.46.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.46.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Now Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When they arrived in the region of Goshen, </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.46.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Joseph had his chariot made ready and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:29 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">around him</span></span></span><span class="content"> and wept for a long time.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.46.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.46.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Israel said to Joseph, &#8220;Now I am ready to die, since I have seen for myself that you are still alive.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.46.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.46.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father&#8217;s household, &#8220;I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, &#8216;My brothers and my father&#8217;s household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have come to me. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.46.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks and herds and everything they own.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.46.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When Pharaoh calls you in and asks, &#8216;What is your occupation?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.46.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">you should answer, &#8216;Your servants have tended livestock from our boyhood on, just as our fathers did.&#8217; Then you will be allowed to settle in the region of Goshen, for all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.47.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Joseph went and told Pharaoh, &#8220;My father and brothers, with their flocks and herds and everything they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.&#8221; </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.47.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.47.2"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.47.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Pharaoh asked the brothers, &#8220;What is your occupation?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.47.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Your servants are shepherds,&#8221; they replied to Pharaoh, &#8220;just as our fathers were.&#8221; </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.47.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They also said to him, &#8220;We have come to live here for a while, because the famine is severe in Canaan and your servants&#8217; flocks have no pasture. So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.47.4"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.47.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Pharaoh said to Joseph, &#8220;Your father and your brothers have come to you, </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.47.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land. Let them live in Goshen. And if you know of any among them with special ability, put them in charge of my own livestock.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.47.6"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.47.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">47:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">greeted</span></span></span><span class="content"> Pharaoh, </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.47.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Pharaoh asked him, &#8220;How old are you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.47.8"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.47.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And Jacob said to Pharaoh, &#8220;The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.&#8221; </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.47.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then Jacob blessed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">47:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">said farewell to</span></span></span><span class="content"> Pharaoh and went out from his presence.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.47.10"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.47.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh directed. </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.47.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father&#8217;s household with food, according to the number of their children.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.47.12"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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