The Story of Joseph

                                ------------------------------------------------------------    Genesis 46 New International Version   30  Israel said to Joseph, “Now I am ready to die, since I have seen for myself that you are still alive.” 31  Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have come to me. 32  The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks and herds and everything they own.’ 33  When Pharaoh calls you in and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’ 34  you should answer, ‘Your servants have tended livestock from our boyhood on, just as our fathers did.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the region of Goshen, for all shepherds are detestable to the ...

                      Genesis 46 New International Version Jacob Goes to Egypt   8  These are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob. 9  The sons of Reuben: Hanok, Pallu, Hezron and Karmi. 10  The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. 11  The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. 12  The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. 13  The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, [ a ] Jashub [ b ] and Shimron. 14  The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon and Jahleel. 15  These were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, [ c ] besides his daughter Dinah. These sons and daughters of his were thirty-three in all. 16  The sons of Gad: Zephon, [ d ] Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon,...

                Painting of foreign delegation in the tomb of Khnumhotep II circa 1900 BCE (detail of "Abisha the Hyksos")            Hyksos characters     The Hyksos ( / ˈ h ɪ k s ɒ s / ; Egyptian ḥqꜣ(w) - ḫꜣswt , Egyptological pronunciation : heqau khasut , [ 4 ] "ruler(s) of foreign lands"), in modern Egyptology , are the kings of the Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt [ 5 ] (fl. c. 1650–1550 BC). [ a ] Their seat of power was the city of Avaris in the Nile Delta , from where they ruled over Lower Egypt and Middle Egypt up to Cusae . In the Aegyptiaca , a history of Egypt written by the Greco-Egyptian priest and historian Manetho in the 3rd century BC, the term Hyksos is used ethnically to designate people of probable West Semitic, Levantine origin. [ 1 ] [ 9 ] While Manetho portrayed the Hyksos as invaders and oppressors, this interpretation is questioned in modern Egyptology. [ 10 ] Ins...