Genesis 47
1. Then Joseph came * and told * Pharaoh, and said * , My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out * of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
2. And he took * some of his brethren, even five men, and presented * them unto Pharaoh.
3. And Pharaoh said * unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said * unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds * , both we, and also our fathers.
4. They said * moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn * in the land are we come * ; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell * in the land of Goshen.
5. And Pharaoh spake * unto Joseph,saying * , Thy father and thy brethren are come * unto thee:
6. The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make * thy father and brethren to dwell * ; in the land of Goshen let them dwell * : and if thou knowest * any men of activity among them, then make them * rulers over my cattle.
7. And Joseph brought in * Jacob his father, and set him * before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed * Pharaoh.
8. And Pharaoh said * unto Jacob,How old art thou?
9. And Jacob said * unto Pharaoh,The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained * unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
10. And Jacob blessed * Pharaoh,and went out * from before Pharaoh.
11. And Joseph placed * his father and his brethren, 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. And Joseph nourished * his father,and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
13. And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted * by reason of the famine.
14. And Joseph gathered up * all the money that was found * in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought * : and Joseph brought * the money into Pharaoh's house.
15. And when money failed * in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came * unto Joseph, and said * , Give * us bread: for why should we die * in thy presence? for the money faileth * .
16. And Joseph said * , Give * your cattle; and I will give * you for your cattle, if money fail * .
17. And they brought * their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave * them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed * them with bread for all their cattle for that year.
18. When that year was ended * , they came * unto him the second year, and said * unto him, We will not hide * it from my lord, how that our money is spent * ; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left * in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
19. Wherefore shall we die * before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy * us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give * us seed, that we may live * , and not die * , that the land be not desolate * .
20. And Joseph bought * all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold * every man his field, because the famine prevailed * over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
21. And as for the people, he removed * them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
22. Only the land of the priests bought he * not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat * their portion which Pharaoh gave * them: wherefore they sold * not their lands.
23. Then Joseph said * unto the people, Behold, I have bought * you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo,here is seed for you, and ye shall sow * the land.
24. And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give * the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food * for your little ones.
25. And they said * , Thou hast saved our lives * : let us find * grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
26. And Joseph made * it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
27. And Israel dwelt * in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions * therein, and grew * , and multiplied * exceedingly.
28. And Jacob lived * in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
29. And the time drew nigh * that Israel must die * : and he called * his son Joseph, and said * unto him, If now I have found * grace in thy sight, put * , I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal * kindly and truly with me; bury * me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
30. But I will lie * with my fathers, and thou shalt carry * me out of Egypt, and bury * me in their buryingplace. And he said * , I will do * as thou hast said.
31. And he said * , Swear * unto me. And he sware * unto him. And Israel bowed * himself upon the bed's head.
