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Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the seas; and he shall be a haven for ships; and his border shall extend as far as Zidon.

I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

As for Asher, his land is good, and he shall supply kings with food.

In the cave which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the double cave which is in the field, before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, the field which Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a possession for a burial ground.

And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

My father made me swear, saying, Behold I am dying; in my grave which I bought for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me. Now therefore let me go up and bury my father, and I will come back again,

And they came to the threshing floor of Atar, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation; and Joseph made a mourning for his father seven days.

For they carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the double cave, which is in the field, which Abraham purchased with the field for a possession for a burial ground from Ephron, the Hittite, before Mamre.

Thus shall you say to Joseph, Forgive, we pray you now, the trespass of your brothers and their sins; for they did evil to you; and now forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

But Joseph said to them, Fear not; for I am a servant of God.

But as for you, you thought evil against me; but God meant it for good, to do as he has done this day, to save many lives.

Now therefore do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.

And all the persons that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy persons; for Joseph was in Egypt already.

Therefore they appointed over them cruel taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh cities with storehouses, Pithom and Raamses.

So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, Why have you done this thing, and let the boys live?

And the midwives said to Pharaoh, The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they themselves are midwives, and are delivered before a midwife comes in to them.

And the woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a handsome boy, she hid him for three months

And when she could no longer hide him, she took for herself an ark made of acacia wood, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child into it; and laid it among the reeds by the rivers bank.

Then his sister said to Pharaohs daughter, Shall I go and call for you a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse this child for you?

And Pharaohs daughter said to her, Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages. So the woman took the child and nursed him.