Genesis 47
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And Joseph came in and made known to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my
brothers, and their flocks and their herds, and all which is theirs, have come
in from the land of Canaan. 2 And, behold, they are in the land of Goshen. And
he took five men from among his brothers and set them before Pharaoh. 3 And
Pharaoh said to his brothers, What is your occupation? And they said to
Pharaoh, Your servants are shepherds of flocks, both we and our fathers. 4 And
they said to Pharaoh, We have come in to stay in the land, because there is no
pasture for the flocks which belong to your servants, for the famine is heavy
in the land of Canaan. And now please let your servants live in the land of
Goshen. 5 And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Your father and your brothers
have come in to you. 6 The land of Egypt is before you; cause your father and
your brothers to live in the best of the land; let them live in the land of
Goshen. And if you know men of ability among them, make them chiefs of
livestock over what is mine. 7 And Joseph brought in his father Jacob and
placed him before Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 And Pharaoh said to
Jacob, How many are the days of the years of your life? 9 And Jacob said to
Pharaoh, The days of the years of my camps are a hundred and thirty years. Few
and evil have been the days of the years of my life and they have not reached
the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their camps. 10
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. 11 And Joseph
caused his father and his brothers to live, and gave them a place in the land
of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh
commanded. 12 And Joseph nourished his father and his brothers, and all his
father's house with bread for the mouth of the little ones. 13 And no bread was
in the land, because the famine was exceedingly severe. And the land of Egypt
and the land of Canaan were exhausted from the famine. 14 And Joseph gathered
up all the silver found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan in
return for the grain they were buying. And Joseph brought in the silver to the
house of Pharaoh. 15 And the silver failed from the land of Egypt, and from the
land of Canaan. And all Egypt came in to Joseph, saying, Give us bread; and,
Why should we die before you? For the silver has failed. 16 And Joseph said,
Give your livestock, and I will give to you for your livestock, if silver has
failed. 17 And they brought in their livestock to Joseph. And Joseph gave bread
to them for the horses, and for the livestock of the flocks, for the livestock
of the herds, and for the asses. And he satisfied them with bread in that year
for all their livestock. 18 And that year ended, and they came in to him in the
second year and said to him, We cannot hide from my lord that the silver and
the livestock of the animals have failed, going to my lord. Nothing is left
before my lord except our bodies and our lands. 19 Why should we die before
your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread; and let us, we
and our land, become slaves to Pharaoh. And give seed so that we may live and
not die, and the land not be desolate. 20 And Joseph bought all the land of
Egypt for Pharaoh, because each one in Egypt sold his field, because this
famine was severe on them; and the land became Pharaoh's. 21 And as for the
people, he caused them to pass over into the cities, and from the end of the
border of Egypt to its other end. 22 Only he did not buy the land of the priests;
for Pharaoh had appointed a portion for the priests, and they usually ate their
appointed portion which Pharaoh gave to them. For this reason they did not sell
their land. 23 And Joseph said to the people, Behold, I have bought you and
your land today. Behold! Here is seed for you; and you sow the land. 24 And it
shall be, as you gather you shall give a fifth part to Pharaoh; and four parts
shall be yours, for the seed of the field and for your food, and for those in
your houses, and for food for your little ones. 25 And they said, You have
saved our lives; let us find favor in the eyes of my lord, and we will become
slaves to Pharaoh. 26 And Joseph made it a law until this day on the land of
Egypt, the fifth part is for Pharaoh; only the land of the priests being
excepted; it did not become Pharaoh's. 27 And Israel lived in the land of
Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they owned in it, and were fruitful, and
multiplied exceedingly. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen
years. And the days of Jacob, the years of his life were a hundred and forty
seven years. 29 And the days of Israel to die drew near. And he called to his
son Joseph and said to him, Now if I have found favor in your eyes, please put
your hand under my thigh, and do kindness and truth with me. Please do not bury
me in Egypt; 30 but let me lie with my fathers, and carry me from Egypt, and
bury me in their burying place. And he said, I will do according to your words.
31 And he said, Swear to me. And he swore to him. And Israel bowed
on the head of the bed.