To his father, he sent after this manner: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.

He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.

I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph will close your eyes."

These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.

The son of Dan: Hushim.

"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.

Judah is a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?

"Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.

"Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.

His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, "Behold, we are your servants."

Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father's house. Joseph lived one hundred ten years.

So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.