These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob, fourteen in all.

Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies, your father’s sons will bow down before you.

You are a lion’s cub, Judah, from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches and lies down like a lion; like a lioness – who will rouse him?

So Joseph died at the age of 110. After they embalmed him, his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

These are the names of the sons of Israel who entered Egypt – each man with his household entered with Jacob:

The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.

He said to his people, “Look at the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!

But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread. As a result the Egyptians loathed the Israelites,

The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a healthy child, she hid him for three months.

When she bore a son, Moses named him Gershom, for he said, “I have become a resident foreigner in a foreign land.”

So now go, and I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”

You must say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Israel is my son, my firstborn,

Then Moses and Aaron went and brought together all the Israelite elders.

The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh, “Why are you treating your servants this way?

“Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt that he must release the Israelites from his land.”

Only in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived, was there no hail.

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not release the Israelites.

Your lamb must be perfect, a male, one year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

You must observe this event as an ordinance for you and for your children forever.

When your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ –