Genesis:46:1-49:28

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:1 @ And Israel commenced his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:2 @ And God spoke unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:3 @ And he said, I am God, the God of thy father; fear not to go down into Egypt; for a great nation will I make of thee there:

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:4 @ I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again; and Joseph shall put his hand upon thy eyes.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:5 @ And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:6 @ And they took their cattle and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt; Jacob, and all his seed with him:

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:7 @ His sons, and his sons sons with him, his daughters, and his sons daughters, and all his seed he brought with him into Egypt.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:8 @ And these are the names of the children of Israel, that came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: the firstborn of Jacob, Reuben.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:9 @ And the sons of Reuben: Chanoch, and Pallu, and Chezron, and Carmi.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:10 @ And the sons of Simeon: Yemuel, and Yamin, and Ohad, and Yachin, and Zochar, and Shaul the son of the Canaanitish woman.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:11 @ And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kehath, and Merari.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:12 @ And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerach; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Perez were Chezron and Chamul.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:13 @ And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Yob, and Shimron.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:14 @ And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Yachleel.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:15 @ These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore unto Jacob in Padanaram, with Dinah his daughter: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:16 @ And the sons of Gad: Ziphyon, and Chaggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:17 @ And the sons of Asher: Yimnah, and Yishvah, and Yishvi, and Beriah, and Serach their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Cheber, and Malkiel.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:18 @ These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and she bore these unto Jacob, sixteen souls.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:19 @ The sons of Rachel, Jacobs wife: Joseph and Benjamin.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:20 @ And there were born unto Joseph in the land of Egypt Menasseh and Ephraim, whom Assenath the daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On, bore unto him.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:21 @ And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Echi, and Rosh, Muppim and Chuppim, and Ard.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:22 @ These are the sons of Rachel, that were born to Jacob: in all fourteen souls.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:23 @ And the son of Dan: Chushim.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:24 @ And the sons of Naphtali: Yachzeel, and Guni, and Yezer, and Shillem.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:25 @ These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bore these unto Jacob, in all seven souls.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:26 @ All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides the wives of Jacobs sons, were in all sixty and six souls.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:27 @ And the sons of Joseph, who were born him in Egypt, were two souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were seventy.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:28 @ And Judah he sent before him unto Joseph, to direct him beforehand unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:29 @ And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and when he obtained sight of him, he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:30 @ And Israel said unto Joseph, Let me die now, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:31 @ And Joseph said unto his brothers, and unto his fathers house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brothers and my fathers house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:32 @ And the men are shepherds, for they have been owners of cattle; and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, they have brought along.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:33 @ And it shall come to pass, if Pharaoh should have you called, and say, What is your occupation?

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:46:34 @ That ye shall say, Owners of cattle have thy servants been from our youth even until now, both we, as also our fathers; in order that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:1 @ Then came Joseph and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:2 @ And he took some of his brothers, five men, and presented them before Pharaoh.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:3 @ And Pharaoh said unto his brothers, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, as also our fathers.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:4 @ They said moreover unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; because there is no pasture for the flocks of thy servants, for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan; and now let thy servants dwell, we pray thee, in the land of Goshen.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:5 @ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, thus, Thy father and thy brothers are come unto thee:

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:6 @ The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land let thy father and brothers dwell; let them dwell in the land of Goshen; and if thou knowest that there are among them men of activity, then appoint them rulers over my cattle.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:7 @ And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and placed him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:8 @ And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:9 @ And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:10 @ And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:11 @ And Joseph assigned places of residence for his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:12 @ And Joseph supplied his father, and his brothers, and all his fathers household, with bread, in proportion to their families.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:13 @ And there was no bread in all the land: for the famine was very sore; and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:14 @ And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaohs house.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:15 @ And when the money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread, for why should we die in thy presence, since the money is all gone?

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:16 @ And Joseph said, Give up your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if the money be all gone.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:17 @ And they brought their cattle unto Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks of sheep, and for the herds of cattle, and for the asses; and he supplied them with bread for all their cattle for that year.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:18 @ And when that year was ended, they came unto him in the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money with our herds of cattle hath entirely passed into the possession of my lord; there is naught left in sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our land.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:19 @ Wherefore shall we die before thy eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread; and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh; and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not rendered desolate.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:20 @ And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaohs.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:21 @ And as for the people, he removed them to the cities, from one end of the borders of Egypt to the other end thereof.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:22 @ Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them by Pharaoh, and they ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them: therefore they did not sell their land.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:23 @ Then said Joseph unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and sow ye the land.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:24 @ And it shall come to pass in the harvest times, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh; and four parts shall be your own, for the seed of the field, and for your food, and for those belonging to your households, and for food for your little ones.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:25 @ And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us but find grace in the eyes of my lord, and we will be Pharaohs servants.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:26 @ And Joseph made it a statute unto this day over the land of Egypt, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests alone became not Pharaohs.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:27 @ And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:28 @ And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty and seven years.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:29 @ And when the time of Israel drew near that he was to die, he sent to call his son Joseph, and said unto him, if now I have found grace in thy eyes, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh; and deal with me in kindness and truth; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:30 @ But when I shall lie with my fathers, thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:47:31 @ And he said, Swear unto me; and he swore unto him; and Israel bowed himself upon the head of the bed.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:1 @ And it came to pass after these things, that some one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick; and he took his two sons with him, Menasseh and Ephraim.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:2 @ And some one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph is coming unto thee; and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:3 @ And Jacob said unto Joseph, God, the Almighty, appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:4 @ And he said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and I will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:5 @ And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt, before I came unto thee into Egypt, shall be mine; Ephraim and Menasseh shall be unto me as Reuben and Simeon.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:6 @ And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, after the name of their brothers shall they be called in their inheritance.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:7 @ And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan on the way, when yet there was some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there on the way of Ephrath, the same is Bethlechem.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:8 @ And Israel perceived the sons of Joseph, and said, Who are these?

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:9 @ And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:10 @ Now the eyes of Israel were dim through age, he could not see; and he brought them near unto him, and he kissed them, and embraced them.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:11 @ And Israel said unto Joseph, To see thy face I had not hoped; and lo, God hath shown me also thy seed.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:12 @ And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:13 @ And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israels left, and Menasseh in his left hand toward Israels right, and brought them near unto him.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:14 @ And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraims head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Menassehs head; he laid his hands wittingly; although Menasseh was the firstborn.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:15 @ And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who fed me from my first being unto this day,

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:16 @ The angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be called on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:17 @ And when Joseph saw that his father would lay his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he took hold of his fathers hand, to remove it from the head of Ephraim unto the head of Menasseh.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:18 @ And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn, put thy right hand upon his head.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:19 @ And his father refused, and said, I know, my son, I know, he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:20 @ And he blessed them that day, saying, With thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and Menasseh: and so he set Ephraim before Menasseh.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:21 @ And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die; but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:48:22 @ Moreover I have given unto thee one portion above thy brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Emorite with my sword and with my bow.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:1 @ And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:2 @ Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:3 @ Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:4 @ Unstable as water, thou shalt not have the excellence; because thou wentest up to thy fathers bed; then defiledst thou the one who ascended my couch.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:5 @ Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence are their swords.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:6 @ Into their secret shall my soul not come; unto their assembly my spirit shall not be united; for in their anger they slew the man, and in their selfwill they lamed the ox.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:7 @ Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it is cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:8 @ Judah, thou art the one thy brothers shall praise, thy hand shall be on the neck of thy enemies; thy fathers children shall bow down unto thee.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:9 @ Like a lions whelp, O Judah, from the prey, my son, thou risest: he stoopeth down, he croucheth as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him up?

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:10 @ The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet; until Shiloh come, and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:11 @ He bindeth unto the vine his foal, and to the vinebranch his asss colt; he washeth his garments in wine, and in the blood of grapes his clothes;

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:12 @ His eyes shall be red from wine, and his teeth white from milk.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:13 @ Zebulun shall dwell at the margin of the seas; and he shall be at the haven of ships; and his border shall be near to Zidon.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:14 @ Issachar is a strongboned ass, couching down between the stables.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:15 @ And when he saw the restingplace that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant, he bent his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:16 @ Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:17 @ Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder on the path, that biteth the horse in the heels, so that his rider falleth backward.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:18 @ For thy salvation, I hope, O Lord.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:19 @ Gad, troops will band against him; but he shall wound their heel.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:20 @ Out of Asher cometh fat bread, and he shall yield royal dainties.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:21 @ Naphtali is a fleet hind; he bringeth pleasant words.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:22 @ Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; the branches of which run over the wall.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:23 @ And they embittered his life, and they shot at him, and they hated him, the men of the arrows.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:24 @ But his bow abode in strength, and his arm and his hands remained firm; from the hands of the mighty God of Jacob, from there thou becamest the shepherd, the stone of Israel.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:25 @ From the God of thy father, who will help thee; and from the Almighty, who will bless thee, with blessings of heaven above, with blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, with blessings of the breasts, and of the womb;

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:26 @ With the blessings of thy father that have excelled the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: these shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separated from his brothers.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:27 @ Benjamin shall be as a wolf that rendeth: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at evening he shall divide the spoil.

sf_leeser_rev1@Genesis:49:28 @ All these are the tribes of Israel, twelve in number; and this is what their father spoke unto them, and wherewith he blessed them; every one according to his proper blessing blessed he them.

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