To his father he sent the following:<n id="1" /> ten donkeys loaded with the best products of Egypt and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, food, and provisions for his father&#8217;s journey.

Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father&#8217;s household, according to the number of their little children.p>

Joseph said to his father, &#8220;Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.&#8221;p>

After he buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, along with his brothers and all who had accompanied him to bury his father.p>

But as for you,<n id="1" /> you will go to your ancestors<n id="2" /> in peace and be buried at a good old age.<n id="3" />

&#8220;As for me,<n id="1" /> this<n id="2" /> is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

Then you will take<n id="1" /> it to your father. Thus he will eat it<n id="2" /> and<n id="3" /> bless you before he dies.&#8221;p>

You know that I&#8217;ve worked for your father as hard as I could,<n id="1" />

In this way God has snatched away your father&#8217;s livestock and given them to me.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Shechem&#8217;s father Hamor went to speak with Jacob about Dinah.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">This is the account of Esau, the father<n id="1" /> of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed,<n id="1" /> in the land of Canaan.<n id="2" /> p>

His brothers were jealous<n id="1" /> of him, but his father kept in mind what Joseph said.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">When his brothers had gone to graze their father&#8217;s flocks near Shechem,

&#8220;Your servant our father is well,&#8221; they replied. &#8220;He is still alive.&#8221; They bowed down in humility.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Then our father said, &#8216;Go back and buy us a little food.&#8217;

<p class="bodytext">So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Assemble and listen, you sons of Jacob;p> <p class="poetry">listen to Israel, your father.p>

So Pharaoh said, &#8220;Go and bury your father, just as he made you swear to do.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first<n id="1" /> of those who live in tents and keep<n id="2" /> livestock.