Quotes About Unity

So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”

And he chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,

And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

And Joseph took both of them—with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israelís left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israelís right hand—and brought them close to him.

Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:

Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.

Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.

These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.

along with all of Josephís household, and his brothers, and his fatherís household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.

So Jacobís sons did as he had charged them.

After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”

Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi,

Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

When they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.

“We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”

Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”

Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household.

If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.

You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.