Reuben, you are my firstborn Simeon und Levi are brothers Judah is a lion’s whelp Zebulun shall settle at the shore of the sea Joseph is a fruitful bough

Gad Dan Naphtali Zebulun Joseph

Benjamin Issachar Reuben Judah Naphtali

Simeon and Levi are brothers Weapons of violence are their swords For in their anger they killed men And at their whim they hamstrung oxen Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce

Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring His branches run over the wall By the God of your father, who will help you By the Almighty who will bless you With blessings of heaven above, he will bless you

Bury me with my ancestors-in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite Bury me in the cave in the field at Machpelah, near Mamre, in the land of Canaan Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site. There Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried. There Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried

Reuben, you are my firstborn You are my might The first fruits of my vigor You are excelling in rank and excelling in power. Your brothers shall praise you

Judah is a lion’s whelp The scepter shall not depart from Judah, until tribute comes to him Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, His eyes are darker than wine His teeth whiter than milk

Benjamin is a ravenous wolf He shall settle at the shore of the sea In the morning devouring the prey At evening dividing the spoil He is a fruitful bough

India Bethlehem Samaria Israel At Machpelah, near Mamre

Servants of Pharaoh Elders of his household All the elders of the land of Egypt All the household of Joseph Joseph’s brothers

Then Joseph threw himself on his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him Joseph commanded the physicians in his service to embalm his father The Egyptians wept for him seventy days So Joseph went up to bury his father. With him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt When the Canaanite inhabitants of the land saw the mourning o the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning on the part of the Egyptians.”

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Joseph Jacob People of Egypt Canaanite Brothers of Joseph

Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You intended to do harm to me But God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today. So have no fear I myself will provide for you and your little ones.