But Leah replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Wasn&#8217;t it enough that you&#8217;ve taken away my husband? Would you take away my son&#8217;s mandrakes too?&#8221; &#8220;All right,&#8221;<n id="2" /> Rachel said, &#8220;he may sleep<n id="3" /> with you tonight in exchange for your son&#8217;s mandrakes.&#8221;

Then Leah said, &#8220;God has given me a good gift. Now my husband will honor me because I have given him six sons.&#8221; So she named him Zebulun.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">So that day Laban<n id="1" /> removed the male goats that were streaked or spotted, all the female goats that were speckled or spotted (all that had any white on them), and all the dark-colored lambs, and put them in the care<n id="2" /> of his sons.

He took<n id="1" /> away all the livestock he had acquired in Paddan Aram and all his moveable property that he had accumulated. Then he set out toward the land of Canaan to return to his father Isaac.<n id="2" />p>

If the God of my father &#8211; the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears<n id="1" /> &#8211; had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked,<n id="2" /> and he rebuked you last night.&#8221;p>

I am not worthy of all the faithful love<n id="1" /> you have shown<n id="2" /> your servant. With only my walking stick<n id="3" /> I crossed the Jordan,<n id="4" /> but now I have become two camps.

Reuben continued,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Don&#8217;t shed blood! Throw him into this cistern that is here in the wilderness, but don&#8217;t lay a hand on him.&#8221;<n id="2" /> (Reuben said this<n id="3" /> so he could rescue Joseph<n id="4" /> from them<n id="5" /> and take him back to his father.)p>

From the time<n id="1" /> Potiphar<n id="2" /> appointed him over his household and over all that he owned, the <sc>Lordsc> blessed<n id="3" /> the Egyptian&#8217;s household for Joseph&#8217;s sake. The blessing of the <sc>Lordsc> was on everything that he had, both<n id="4" /> in his house and in his fields.<n id="5" />

The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph&#8217;s care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Then Reuben said to his father, &#8220;You may<n id="1" /> put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care<n id="2" /> and I will bring him back to you.&#8221;

When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the servant who was over his household, &#8220;Bring the men to the house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for the men will eat with me at noon.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph&#8217;s house. They said, &#8220;We are being brought in because of<n id="1" /> the money that was returned in our sacks last time.<n id="2" /> He wants to capture us,<n id="3" /> make us slaves, and take<n id="4" /> our donkeys!&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">He instructed the servant who was over his household, &#8220;Fill the sacks of the men with as much food as they can carry and put each man&#8217;s money in the mouth of his sack.

The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best region of the land. They may live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any highly capable men<n id="1" /> among them, put them in charge<n id="2" /> of my livestock.&#8221;p>

Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment<n id="1" /> for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh&#8217;s palace.<n id="2" />

Why should we die before your very eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we, with our land, will become<n id="1" /> Pharaoh&#8217;s slaves.<n id="2" /> Give us seed that we may live<n id="3" /> and not die. Then the land will not become desolate.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">the Angel<n id="1" /> who has protected me<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">from all harm &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">bless these boys.p> <p class="poetry">May my name be named in them,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac.p> <p class="poetry">May they grow into a multitude on the earth.&#8221;p>

It is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought for a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.

<p class="bodytext">When Joseph&#8217;s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, &#8220;What if Joseph bears a grudge and wants to repay<n id="1" /> us in full<n id="2" /> for all the harm<n id="3" /> we did to him?&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then Joseph said to his brothers, &#8220;I am about to die. But God will surely come to you<n id="1" /> and lead you up from this land to the land he swore on oath to give<n id="2" /> to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.&#8221;