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“So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.”

“Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.”

“Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.”

“And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.”

“The pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.”

“The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.”

“May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.”

“So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.”

“The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.”