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But you said to us, ‘If you don't bring your youngest brother, you will not be allowed to see me again.'

Now you want to take this son away from me also. But something terrible might happen to him, and I would be miserable until the day I die.'

He said to his brothers, "I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?" But the brothers could not answer him, because they were very afraid of him.

So it was not you who sent me here, but God. God has made me the highest officer of the king of Egypt. I am in charge of his palace, and I am the master of all the land of Egypt.

He gave each brother a change of clothes, but he gave Benjamin five changes of clothes and about seven and one-half pounds of silver.

But when the brothers told him everything Joseph had said, and when Jacob saw the wagons Joseph had sent to carry him back to Egypt, he felt better.

Judah's sons were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan). Perez's sons were Hezron and Hamul.

But if you have other children, they will be your own, and their land will be part of the land given to Ephraim and Manasseh.

But Israel crossed his arms and put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, who was younger. He put his left hand on the head of Manasseh, the firstborn son.

But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know. Manasseh will be great and have many descendants. But his younger brother will be greater, and his descendants will be enough to make a nation."

Then Israel said to Joseph, "Look at me; I am about to die. But God will be with you and will take you back to the land of your fathers.

But you are uncontrolled like water, so you will no longer lead your brothers. This is because you got into your father's bed and shamed me by having sexual relations with my slave girl.

"Robbers will attack Gad, but he will defeat them and drive them away.

but he aims his bow well. His arms are made strong. He gets his power from the Mighty God of Jacob and his strength from the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.

You meant to hurt me, but God turned your evil into good to save the lives of many people, which is being done.

Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die, but God will take care of you. He will lead you out of this land to the land he promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."

But the people of Israel had many children, and their number grew greatly. They became very strong, and the country of Egypt was filled with them.

But the harder the Egyptians forced the Israelites to work, the more the Israelites grew in number and spread out. So the Egyptians became very afraid of them

"When you are helping the Hebrew women give birth to their babies, watch! If the baby is a girl, let her live, but if it is a boy, kill him!"

But the nurses feared God, so they did not do as the king told them; they let all the boy babies live.