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Ask a QuestionBy faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
And the keeper of the prison * committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison *; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats * for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed *, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words *: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.