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5-7 (A) Jacob and his family set out from Beersheba and headed for Egypt. His sons put him in the wagon that the king[a] had sent for him, and they put their small children and their wives in the other wagons. Jacob's whole family went to Egypt, including his sons, his grandsons, his daughters, and his granddaughters. They took along their animals and everything else they owned.

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  1. 46.5-7 the king: See the note at 12.15.

Then Jacob left Beersheba,(A) and Israel’s(B) sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts(C) that Pharaoh had sent to transport him. So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt,(D) taking with them their livestock and the possessions(E) they had acquired(F) in Canaan. Jacob brought with him to Egypt(G) his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.(H)

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11 Joseph obeyed the king's orders and gave his father and brothers some of the best land in Egypt near the city of Rameses.

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11 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land,(A) the district of Rameses,(B) as Pharaoh directed.

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