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And it came to pass that after the brothers of Joseph went up out of Egypt that they did come into the land of Canaan unto Jacob, their father,
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And these sons of Jacob spoke unto him, saying: Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt.
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And Jacob's hearta fainted, and he believed them not.
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¶ And Judah and Levi took him out of the house, saying: Behold, the fame thereof was heard even unto the house of Pharaoh, saying: the brethren of Joseph are come!
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And it pleased Pharaoh well, he and his servants.
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And Pharaoh said unto thy son Joseph: Say unto thy brethren: This do ye: Lade your beasts and go; get you unto the land of Canaan; and take your father and your households and come unto me;
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And I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land; there for see that we art commanded.
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And this we shall do: take our wagons to get our little ones, and our wives, and all of our households, and bring thee and thy household, and come unto Egypt and live.
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¶ And these words did Pharaoh say unto us: Regard not that which ye have; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
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And thus, we have returned unto thee, according to the commandment of Pharaoh; and look and see that thy son Joseph gave us provision for the way.
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And behold, to all of us he gave each man changes of clothing; but to thy son Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels and five changes of clothing.
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And see that unto thee, thy son Joseph hath sent thee after this manner: ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt and ten she asses laden with corn, and bread, and meat for thee, his father, by the way.
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¶ And after they told him all the words of Joseph which he had said unto them; and he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob, their father, was revived.
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And Jacob said: It is enough; Joseph, my son, is yet alive; I will go and see him before I die.
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¶ And it came to pass that Jacob took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the Elohima of his father Isaac.
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And there YHVHa spoke unto Jacob in the visions of the night and said: Jacob, Jacob!
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And Jacob said: Here am I.
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And he said, I am Ha’Ela, the Elohim of thy father; and thou, Jacob, art Israel, for this new name did I give unto thee.
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And I say unto thee: Fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation.
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And I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again; and Joseph’s own hands shall rest thy eyes.
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My mercy is upon thee, and upon thy seed and all thy household, but after a time the Egyptians shall worrya of thy seed, and these shall begin to forget me;
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And they shall see Lilitha and Cainb as nonsense and begin to wonder off after works made by the hands of men in the flesh.
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But have faith, for thy seed shall be made free, and I shall send thy son, Levi, to free them; and like thy son Joseph he shall be a prince, but then he shall fall only to rise again a king.
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¶ Therefor I say: Go thee unto Egypt and fear not, for though evil doth lurk there so too doth life, and thy seed must live among the Egyptians that they might livea;
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And thy seed must live that all the world might see my facea and live:
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For in thy seed shall they be made free, by the hand of thy son Judah, in who’s line shall I be born unto the world and make the clay of my creation my flesh;
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Therefore, again I say unto thee: Get thee and thy house unto Egypt and fear not, for I am with thee.
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Yeah, get thee and thy house unto Egypt that thy seed shall live, this is my will, and my works shall be done, and my Word shall be harkened unto and obeyed.
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¶ And it came to pass that when Jacob heard this, he arose and took those of his house and went on their way.