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1 Then
Joseph went in
and told Pharaoh,
and said, “My father
and my brothers,
with their flocks,
their herds, and
all that they own,
have come out of
the land of Canaan;
and behold, they
are in the land
of Goshen.”
2 From
among his brothers
he took five
men, and presented
them to Pharaoh.
3 Pharaoh said
to his brothers, “What
is your
occupation?”
They said to
Pharaoh, “Your
servants are
shepherds, both we,
and our fathers.”
4 They
also said to
Pharaoh, “We have
come to live
as foreigners in
the land, for
there is no
pasture for your
servants’ flocks.
For the famine
is severe in
the land of Canaan.
Now therefore,
please let your
servants dwell in
the land of
Goshen.”
5 Pharaoh spoke
to Joseph, saying, “Your
father and your brothers have come
to you.
6 The
land of Egypt
is before you.
Make your father
and your brothers
dwell in the
best of the
land. Let them
dwell in the
land of Goshen.
If you know
any able men
among them, then
put them in
charge of my
livestock.”
7 Joseph
brought in Jacob,
his father, and
set him before
Pharaoh; and Jacob
blessed Pharaoh.
8 Pharaoh said
to Jacob, “How
old are you?”
9 Jacob said
to Pharaoh, “The
years of my
pilgrimage are one
hundred thirty
years. The days
of the years
of my life
have been few
and evil. They
have not attained
to the days
of the years
of the life
of my fathers in
the days of
their pilgrimage.”
10 Jacob
blessed Pharaoh,
and went out
from the presence
of Pharaoh.
11 Joseph
placed his father
and his brothers,
and gave them
a possession in
the land of Egypt,
in the best
of the land, in
the land of
Rameses, as
Pharaoh had
commanded.
12 Joseph
provided his father,
his brothers, and
all of his father’s
household with
bread, according
to the sizes of
their families.
13 There
was no bread
in all the
land; for the
famine was very
severe, so that
the land of
Egypt and the
land of Canaan
fainted by reason
of the famine.
14 Joseph
gathered up all
the money that
was found in
the land of Egypt,
and in the land
of Canaan, for
the grain which
they bought: and
Joseph brought the
money into
Pharaoh’s house.
15 When
the money was
all spent in
the land of Egypt,
and in the land
of Canaan, all
the Egyptians came
to Joseph,
and said, “Give us
bread, for why
should we die
in your presence?
For our
money fails.”
16 Joseph said,
“Give me your
livestock; and I
will give you food
for your livestock,
if your money
is gone.”
17 They
brought their
livestock to
Joseph, and Joseph
gave them bread
in exchange for
the horses, and
for the flocks,
and for the
herds, and for
the donkeys: and
he fed them
with bread in
exchange for all
their livestock
for that year.
18 When
that year was
ended, they came
to him the
second year,
and said to him,
“We will not
hide from my lord
how our money
is all spent,
and the herds
of livestock are
my lord’s. There
is nothing left
in the sight
of my lord, but
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 we
and our land will
be servants to
Pharaoh. Give us
seed, that we
may live, and
not die, and
that the land won’t
be desolate.”
20 So
Joseph bought all
the land of
Egypt for Pharaoh,
for every man
of the Egyptians
sold his field,
because the famine
was severe on
them, and the
land became
Pharaoh’s.
21 As
for the people,
he moved them to
the cities from
one end of
the border of
Egypt even to
the other end
of it.
22 Only
he didn’t buy
the land of the
priests, for the
priests had a
portion from
Pharaoh, and ate
their portion
which Pharaoh gave
them. That is
why they didn’t
sell their land.
23 Then
Joseph said to the
people, “Behold, I
have bought you
and your land
today for Pharaoh.
Behold, here is
seed for you,
and you shall
sow the land.
24 It
will happen at
the harvests, that
you shall give
a fifth to
Pharaoh, and four
parts will be
your own, for
seed of the
field, for your
food, for them
of your households,
and for food
for your little
ones.”
25 They said, “You
have saved our
lives! Let us
find favor in
the sight of
my lord, and we
will be Pharaoh’s
servants.”
26 Joseph
made it a
statute concerning
the land of Egypt
to this day,
that Pharaoh
should have the
fifth. Only
the land of the
priests alone didn’t become
Pharaoh’s.
27 Israel
lived in the land
of Egypt, in
the land of Goshen;
and they got themselves possessions
therein, and were
fruitful, and
multiplied exceedingly.
28 Jacob
lived in the land
of Egypt seventeen
years. So the
days of Jacob,
the years of
his life, were
one hundred forty-seven
years.
29 The
time came near
that Israel must
die, and he
called his son
Joseph, and said
to him, “If
now I have
found favor in
your sight, please
put your hand
under my thigh,
and deal kindly
and truly with
me. Please don’t
bury me in
Egypt,
30 but
when I sleep
with my fathers,
you shall carry
me out of
Egypt, and bury
me in their
burying place.”
Joseph said, “I
will do as
you have said.”
31 Israel said,
“Swear to me,”
and he swore
to him. Then
Israel bowed
himself on the
bed’s head.