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Ask a QuestionAs the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a terrifying darkness came down over him.
Then the Lord said to Abram, “You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be oppressed as slaves for 400 years.
You must cut off the flesh of your foreskin as a sign of the covenant between me and you.
along with all the other men and boys of the household, whether they were born there or bought as servants. All were circumcised with him.
And since you’ve honored your servant with this visit, let me prepare some food to refresh you before you continue on your journey.” “All right,” they said. “Do as you have said.”
Ephron was sitting there among the others, and he answered Abraham as the others listened, speaking publicly before all the Hittite elders of the town.
So the field and the cave were transferred from the Hittites to Abraham for use as a permanent burial place.
Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. Esau ate the meal, then got up and left. He showed contempt for his rights as the firstborn.
Meanwhile, Leah realized that she wasn’t getting pregnant anymore, so she took her servant, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
As a result, Jacob became very wealthy, with large flocks of sheep and goats, female and male servants, and many camels and donkeys.
But they will consider staying here and becoming one people with us only if all of our men are circumcised, just as they are.
They looted all their wealth and plundered their houses. They also took all their little children and wives and led them away as captives.
As they set out, a terror from God spread over the people in all the towns of that area, so no one attacked Jacob’s family.
So Jacob’s sons arrived in Egypt along with others to buy food, for the famine was in Canaan as well.
Then put my personal silver cup at the top of the youngest brother’s sack, along with the money for his grain.” So the manager did as Joseph instructed him.
“So please, my lord, let me stay here as a slave instead of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers.
So Joseph assigned the best land of Egypt - the region of Rameses - to his father and his brothers, and he settled them there, just as Pharaoh had commanded.
Talk to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with both of you as you speak, and I will instruct you both in what to do.
I will bring you into the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as your very own possession. I am the Lord !’”
These are the descendants of Levi, as listed in their family records: The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (Levi lived to be 137 years old.)