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And it came to pass after this that Ya’aqov said, I will go and see my son in Mitsrayim and will then come back to the land of Kena’an of which Elohim had spoken to Avraham, for I cannot leave the land of my birth-place.
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Behold the word of Yahuah came to him, saying, Go down to Mitsrayim with all your household and remain there, fear not to go down to Mitsrayim for I will there make you a great nation.
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And Ya’aqov said within himself, I will go and see my son whether the fear of his Elohim is yet in his heart amid all the inhabitants of Mitsrayim.
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And Yahuah said to Ya’aqov, Fear not about Yoseph, for he still retains his integrity to serve me, as will seem good in your sight, and Ya’aqov rejoiced exceedingly concerning his son.
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At that time Ya’aqov commanded his sons and household to go to Mitsrayim according to the word of Yahuah to him, and Ya’aqov rose up with his sons and all his household, and he went out from the land of Kena’an from Be’er Sheva, with joy and gladness of heart, and they went to the land of Mitsrayim.
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And it came to pass when they came near Mitsrayim, Ya’aqov sent Yehudah before him to Yoseph that he might show him a situation in Mitsrayim, and Yehudah did according to the word of his father, and he hastened and ran and came to Yoseph, and they assigned for them a place in the land of Goshen for all his household, and Yehudah returned and came along the road to his father.
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And Yoseph harnessed the chariot, and he assembled all his mighty men and his servants and all the officers of Mitsrayim in order to go and meet his father Ya’aqov, and Yoseph's mandate was proclaimed in Mitsrayim, saying, All that do not go to meet Ya’aqov shall die.
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And on the next day Yoseph went forth with all Mitsrayim a great and mighty host, all dressed in garments of fine linen and purple and with instruments of silver and gold and with their instruments of war with them.
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And they all went to meet Ya’aqov with all sorts of musical instruments, with drums and timbrels, strewing myrrh and aloes all along the road, and they all went after this fashion, and the earth shook at their shouting.
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And all the women of Mitsrayim went upon the roofs of Mitsrayim and upon the walls to meet Ya’aqov, and upon the head of Yoseph was Par’oh's regal crown, for Par’oh had sent it to him to put on at the time of his going to meet his father.
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And when Yoseph came within fifty cubits of his father, he alighted from the chariot and he walked toward his father, and when all the officers of Mitsrayim and her nobles saw that Yoseph had gone on foot toward his father, they also alighted and walked on foot toward Ya’aqov.
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And when Ya’aqov approached the camp of Yoseph, Ya’aqov observed the camp that was coming toward him with Yoseph, and it gratified him and Ya’aqov was astonished at it.
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And Ya’aqov said to Yehudah, Who is that man whom I see in the camp of Mitsrayim dressed in kingly robes with a very red garment upon him and a royal crown upon his head, who has alighted from his chariot and is coming toward us? and Yehudah answered his father, saying, He is your son Yoseph the king; and Ya’aqov rejoiced in seeing the glory of his son.
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And Yoseph came near to his father and he bowed to his father, and all the men of the camp bowed to the ground with him before Ya’aqov.
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And behold Ya’aqov ran and hastened to his son Yoseph and fell upon his neck and kissed him, and they wept, and Yoseph also embraced his father and kissed him, and they wept and all the people of Mitsrayim wept with them.
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And Ya’aqov said to Yoseph, Now I will die cheerfully after I have seen your face, that you are still living and with glory.
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And the sons of Ya’aqov and their wives and their children and their servants, and all the household of Ya’aqov wept exceedingly with Yoseph, and they kissed him and wept greatly with him.
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And Yoseph and all his people returned afterward home to Mitsrayim, and Ya’aqov and his sons and all the children of his household came with Yoseph to Mitsrayim, and Yoseph placed them in the best part of Mitsrayim, in the land of Goshen.
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And Yoseph said to his father and to his brethren, I will go up and tell Par’oh, saying, My brethren and my father's household and all belonging to them have come to me, and behold they are in the land of Goshen.
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And Yoseph did so and took from his brethren Re’uven, Yissakhar Zevulun and his brother Binyamin and he placed them before Par’oh.
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And Yoseph spoke to Par’oh, saying, My brethren and my father's household and all belonging to them, together with their flocks and cattle have come to me from the land of Kena’an, to sojourn in Mitsrayim; for the famine was greatly upon them.
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And Par’oh said to Yoseph, Place your father and brethren in the best part of the land, withhold not from them all that is good, and cause them to eat of the fat of the land.
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And Yoseph answered, saying, Behold I have stationed them in the land of Goshen, for they are shepherds, therefore let them remain in Goshen to feed their flocks apart from the Mitsriym.
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And Par’oh said to Yoseph, Do with your brethren all that they shall say to you; and the sons of Ya’aqov bowed down to Par’oh, and they went forth from him in peace, and Yoseph afterward brought his father before Par’oh.
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And Ya’aqov came and bowed down to Par’oh, and Ya’aqov blessed Par’oh, and he then went out; and Ya’aqov and all his sons, and all his household lived in the land of Goshen.
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In the second year, that is in the hundred and thirtieth year of the life of Ya’aqov, Yoseph maintained his father and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread according to their little ones, all the days of the famine; they lacked nothing.
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And Yoseph gave to them the best part of the whole land; the best of Mitsrayim had they all the days of Yoseph; and Yoseph also gave to them and to the whole of his father's household, clothes and garments year by year; and the sons of Ya’aqov remained securely in Mitsrayim all the days of their brother.
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And Ya’aqov always ate at Yoseph's table, Ya’aqov and his sons did not leave Yoseph's table day or night, besides what Ya’aqov's children consumed in their houses.
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And all Mitsrayim ate bread during the days of the famine from the house of Yoseph, for all the Mitsriym sold all belonging to them on account of the famine.
30
And Yoseph purchased all the lands and fields of Mitsrayim for bread on the account of Par’oh, and Yoseph supplied all Mitsrayim with bread all the days of the famine, and Yoseph collected all the silver and gold that came to him for the corn which they bought throughout the land, and he accumulated much gold and silver, besides an immense quantity of onyx stones, bdellium and valuable garments which they brought to Yoseph from every part of the land when their money was spent.
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And Yoseph took all the silver and gold that came into his hand, about seventy two talents of gold and silver, and also onyx stones and bdellium in great abundance, and Yoseph went and concealed them in four parts, and he concealed one part in the wilderness near the Red sea, and one part by the river Perath, and the third and fourth part he concealed in the desert opposite to the wilderness of Persia and Media.
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And he took part of the gold and silver that was left, and gave it to all his brothers and to all his father's household, and to all the women of his father's household, and the rest he brought to the house of Par’oh, about twenty talents of gold and silver.
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And Yoseph gave all the gold and silver that was left to Par’oh, and Par’oh placed it in the treasury, and the days of the famine ceased after that in the land, and they sowed and reaped in the whole land, and they obtained their usual quantity year by year; they lacked nothing.
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And Yoseph lived securely in Mitsrayim, and the whole land was under his advice, and his father and all his brethren lived in the land of Goshen and took possession of it.
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And Yoseph was very aged, advanced in days, and his two sons, Efrayim and Menasheh, remained constantly in the house of Ya’aqov, together with the children of the sons of Ya’aqov their brethren, to learn the ways of Yahuah and his law.
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And Ya’aqov and his sons lived in the land of Mitsrayim in the land of Goshen, and they took possession in it, and they were fruitful and multiplied in it.