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וַתַּ֣עַשׂ הָאָ֔רֶץ בְּשֶׁ֖בַע שְׁנֵ֣י הַשָּׂבָ֑ע לִקְמָצִֽים׃
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Sefer HaYashar (midrash)
And at that time the sons of Tarshish came against all the Ishmaelites to make war with them; and the sons of Tarshish subdued the Ishmaelites for many days. And the Ishmaelites were few in numbers in those days, and they could not prevail against the sons of Tarshish, and they were sorely grieved. And the elders of the Ishmaelites sent a written appeal unto the king of Egypt, saying: We pray thee to send unto thy servants, thy princes and thy hosts to help us in fighting against the sons of Tarshish, for we are greatly oppressed since many days. And Pharaoh sent Joseph, with his warriors and hosts as also the warriors of the king's house. And they went into the land of Havilah to the Ishmael ites to assist them against the sons of Tarshish. And the sons of Ishmael fought against the sons of Tarshish, and Joseph smote the Tarshishites, and he took possession of their lands, and the sons of Ishmael dwell therein even unto this day. And when the land of Tarshish was subdued, all the Tarshishites fled and came to the boundary of the sons of Javan, and Joseph with all his men returned into the land of Egypt—not one of them was missing. And it was when the year came around, which was the second year of Joseph’s reigning over Egypt, the Lord gave great plenty throughout the land for seven years, according to the words of Joseph, for the Lord hath blessed all the productions of the land in those days for seven years, and they ate and were exceedingly satisfied. And at that time Joseph appointed his officers to collect all the food of those good years, and they heaped up the corn year after year, and they placed it into Joseph’s treasuries. And at all times when they gathered the food Joseph commanded that the corn be brought in the ears and with it also some of the soil of the field that it be not spoilt. And Joseph did in this wise year after year, and he gathered up corn in great abundance even like the sand of the sea, for his treasuries were beyond number. And the inhabitants of Egypt did likewise, and they gathered up abundance of food into their storehouses, from all the food of the seven good years; but they did not prepare it as Joseph did it. And all the food that Joseph and all the people of Egypt heaped up, was to be stored away for the seven years of famine to sustain the whole land. And all the inhabitants of Egypt filled their treasuries and store houses with corn for their support in the famine. And Joseph stored all the food he gathered up, into the cities of Egypt, and he closed up all the stores and placed guards around them. And Osnath, the daughter of Potipheira, wife of Joseph, bare unto him two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, and Joseph was thirty-four years of age when he begat them.
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