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And as for the people, he moved them into the cities, from one end of the borders of Egypt to the other end.
And Jacob was told, "Look, your son Joseph is coming to you"; and Israel strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.
When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and may actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him."
Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.
And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, "Send me away, that I may go to my own place and to my country.
And his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made all he did to prosper in his hand.
So he asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in the custody of his lord's house, saying, "Why do you look so sad today?"
Then it came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh had a dream; and behold, he stood by the river.
He slept and dreamed a second time; and suddenly seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, plump and good.
"When Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker,
"And the thin heads devoured the seven good heads. So I told this to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me."
"but after them seven years of famine will arise, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine will deplete the land.
"So the plenty will not be known in the land because of the famine following, for it will be very severe.
"Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven plentiful years.
"And let them gather all the food of those good years that are coming, and store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
And he had him ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried out before him, "Bow the knee!" So he set him over all the land of Egypt.
So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was still there; and they fell before him on the ground.
"For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father forever.'