“As for your ancestors, where are they? And did the prophets live forever?

Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their clans, made an offering. They were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who had been supervising the numbering.

Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby.

Among the smooth stones of the stream are the idols you love; they, they are the object of your devotion. You pour out liquid offerings to them, you make an offering. Because of these things I will seek vengeance.

But they pay no attention; instead they observe their earlier practices.

Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.

Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding?

For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.

for they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body.

There are four things on earth that are small, but they are exceedingly wise:

But you must require of them the same quota of bricks that they were making before. Do not reduce it, for they are slackers. That is why they are crying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to our God.’

These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their settlements and their camps – twelve princes according to their clans.

If we do so, won’t their livestock, their property, and all their animals become ours? So let’s consent to their demand, so they will live among us.”

He replied, “I’m looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are grazing their flocks.”

“This is its meaning,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches represent three days.

Joseph replied, “This is its meaning: The three baskets represent three days.

Then Pharaoh also summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the magicians of Egypt by their secret arts did the same thing.

Pharaoh will think regarding the Israelites, ‘They are wandering around confused in the land – the desert has closed in on them.’

You must not eat from their meat and you must not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

Since they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they must not be sold in a slave sale.