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sonnes of Rahel, which were borne vnto Iaakob, thy brethren are come vnto thee. 6 The lande
fourteene soules in all. 23 Also the sonnes of Dan: of Egypt is before thee: in the best place of the
Hushim. 24 Also the sonnes of Naphtali: Iahzeel, land make thy father and thy brethren dwel: let
and Guni, and Iezer, and Shillem. 25 These are the the dwel in the land of Goshen: and if thou
sonnes of Bilhah, which Laban gaue vnto Rahel knowest that there be men of actiuitie among
his daughter, and shee bare these to Iaakob, in them, make them rulers ouer my cattell. Ioseph
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all, seuen soules. 26 Al the soules, that came with also brought Iaakob his father, and set him
Iaakob into Egypt, which came out of his loynes before Pharaoh. And Iaakob saluted Pharaoh.
(beside Iaakobs sonnes wiues) were in the whole, 8 Then Pharaoh sayde vnto Iaakob, Howe olde
three score and sixe soules. 27 Also the sonnes art thou? 9 And Iaakob sayd vnto Pharaoh, The
of Ioseph, which were borne him in Egypt, were
two soules: so that al the soules of the house whole time of my pilgrimage is an hundreth and
of Iaakob, which came into Egypt, are seuentie. thirty yeeres: fewe and euill haue the dayes of
28 The he sent Iudah before him vnto Ioseph, to my life bene, and I haue not attayned vnto the
direct his way vnto Goshen, and they came into yeeres of the life of my fathers, in the dayes
the land of Goshen. 29 Then Ioseph made ready of their pilgrimages. 10 And Iaakob tooke leaue
his charet and went vp to Goshen to meete Israel of Pharaoh, and departed from the presence of
his father, and presented himselfe vnto him and Pharaoh. 11 And Ioseph placed his father, and his
fel on his necke, and wept vpon his necke a good brethren, and gaue them possession in the lande
while. 30 And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph, Now let of Egypt, in the best of the land, euen in the lande
me die, since I haue seene thy face, and that of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. 12 And
thou art yet aliue. 31 Then Ioseph said to his Ioseph nourished his father, and his brethren,
brethren, and to his fathers house, I wil go vp and all his fathers houshold with bread, euen to
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Now there was no bread in
the yong children.
and shew Pharaoh, and tell him, My brethren all the land: for the famine was exceeding sore:
and my fathers house, which were in the land of so that the land of Egypt, and the land of Canaan
Canaan, are come vnto me, 32 And the men are were famished by reason of the famine. 14 And
shepheardes, and because they are shepheardes,
they haue brought their sheepe and their cattell, Ioseph gathered all the money, that was found
and all that they haue. 33 And if Pharaoh call you, in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan,
and aske you, What is your trade? 34 Then ye shall for the corne which they bought, and Ioseph layd
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say, Thy seruants are men occupied about cattell, vp the money in Pharaohs house. So when
from our childehood euen vnto this time, both money fayled in the lande of Egypt, and in the
we and our fathers: that yee may dwell in the landeofCanaan, thenalltheEgyptianscamevnto
lande of Goshen: for euery sheepe keeper is an Ioseph, and sayde, Giue vs bread: for why should
abomination vnto the Egyptians. we dye before thee? for our money is spent.
Then saide Ioseph, Bring your cattell, and I will
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47 giue you for your cattell, if your money be spent.
1 Then came Ioseph and tolde Pharaoh, and 17 So they brought their cattell vnto Ioseph, and
sayde, My father, and my brethren, and their Ioseph gaue them bread for the horses, and for
sheepe, and their cattell, and all that they haue, the flockes of sheepe, and for the heards of cattel,
are come out of the land of Canaan, and behold, and for the asses: so he fed them with bread for
they are in the land of Goshen. And Ioseph tooke all their cattell that yeere. 18 But when the yeere
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part of his brethren, euen fiue men, and pre- was ended, they came vnto him the next yeere,
sented them vnto Pharaoh. Then Pharaoh said and sayd vnto him, We will not hide from my
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vnto his brethren, What is your trade? And they lord, that since our money is spent, and my lord
answered Pharaoh, Thy seruants are shepheards, hath the heards of the cattel, there is nothing left
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both we and our fathers. They sayde moreouer in the sight of my lorde, but our bodies and our
vnto Pharaoh, For to soiourne in ye lande are ground. 19 Why shall we perish in thy sight, both
we come: for thy seruants haue no pasture for we, and our land? bye vs and our land for bread,
their sheepe, so sore is ye famine in the lande and we and our land will be bonde to Pharaoh:
of Canaan. Nowe therefore, we pray thee, let therefore giue vs seede, that we may liue and
thy seruants dwel in the land of Goshen. Then not dye, and that the land go not to waste. 20 So
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spake Pharaoh to Ioseph, saying, Thy father and Ioseph bought all the lande of Egypt for Pharaoh: