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After blessing Joseph and his sons, Jacob called for his other sons and said, “Gather around so I can tell

Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years. He lived to be 147 years old. When the time came for Jacob (Israel)

Israel (Jacob) agreed to his son’s invitation to move to Egypt and began the journey to see Joseph. He and

After Judah plead with Joseph to allow them to return home with their younger brother, Benjamin, Joseph could no longer

While the region was in the grip of a great drought. Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt so

Joseph’s brothers had gone to Shechem to graze their father’s flocks. Israel (Jacob) said to Joseph, “As you know, your

Jacob lived in his father’s land, the land of Canaan. His son, 17-year-old Joseph, helped tend the flocks with his

God appeared to Jacob as he was fleeing from Esau and told him to go to Bethel and settle there.

Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, left her city to see the “women of the land”. Shechem, son

After sending gifts ahead to Esau (and a sleepless night wrestling with God), Jacob awoke to see Esau approaching with