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Genesis 46:27-33 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

27. And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came to Egypt were seventy.

28. He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to appear before him in Goshen. And they came to the land of Goshen.

29. Then Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and fell upon his neck and wept upon his neck a long time.

30. Then Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die since I have seen your face, for you are still alive.”

31. Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and report to Pharaoh, and I will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.

32. And the men are shepherds, for they are men of livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their cattle and all that they have.’

33. And it shall be that when Pharaoh calls you he will say, ‘What is your occupation?’

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