47:1 And Joseph came and toldPharaoh,
[saying], My father, and my brethren, and their cattle, and their oxen, and
all their possessions, are come out of the land of Chanaan, and behold, they
are in the land of Gesem.
47:2 And he took of his brethren five men, and set them beforePharaoh.
47:3 AndPharaoh said to the brethren of Joseph, What is your occupation? and
they said toPharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we and our father.
47:4 And they said toPharaoh, We are come to sojourn in the land, for there
is no pasture for the flocks of thy servants, for the famine has prevailed
in the land of Chanaan; now then, we will dwell in the land of Gesem. And
Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them dwell in the land of Gesem; and if thou
knowest that there are among them able men, make them overseers of my
cattle. So Jacob and his sons came into Egypt, to Joseph; andPharaoh, king
of Egypt, heard [of it].
47:5 AndPharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Thy father, and thy brethren, are
come to thee.
47:6 Behold, the land of Egypt is before thee; settle thy father and thy
brethren in the best land.
47:7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him beforePharaoh; and
Jacob blessedPharaoh.
47:8 AndPharaoh said to Jacob, How many are the years of the days of thy
life?
47:9 And Jacob said toPharaoh, The days of the years of my life, wherein I
sojourn, are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of
the years of my life, they have not attained to the days of the life of my
fathers, in which days they sojourned.
47:10 And Jacob blessedPharaoh, and departed from him.
47:11 And Joseph settled his father and his brethren, and gave them a
possession in the land of Egypt, in the best land, in the land of Ramesses,
asPharaoh commanded.
47:12 And Joseph gave provision to his father, and his brethren, and to all
the house of his father, corn for each person.
47:13 And there was no corn in all the land, for the famine prevailed
greatly; and the land of Egypt, and the land of Chanaan, fainted for the
famine.
47:14 And Joseph gathered all the money that was found in the land of Egypt,
and the land of Chanaan, [in return for] the corn which they bought, and he
distributed corn to them; and Joseph brought all the money into the house of
Pharaoh.
47:15 And all the money failed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land
of Chanaan; and all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, Give us bread, and
why do we die in thy presence? for our money is spent.
47:16 And Joseph said to them, Bring your cattle, and I will give you bread
for your cattle, if your money is spent.
47:17 And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in
return for their horses, and for their sheep, and for their oxen, and for
their asses; and Joseph maintained them with bread for all their cattle in
that year.
47:18 And that year passed, and they came to him in the second year, and
said to him, Must we then be consumed from before our lord? for if our money
has failed, and our possessions, and our cattle, [brought] to thee our lord,
and there has not been left to us before our lord more than our own bodies
and our land, [we are indeed destitute].
47:19 In order, then, that we die not before thee, and the land be made
desolate, buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be
servants toPharaoh: give seed that we may sow, and live and not die, so our
land shall not be made desolate.
47:20 And Joseph bought all the land of the Egyptians, forPharaoh; for the
Egyptians sold their land toPharaoh; for the famine prevailed against them,
and the land becamePharaoh's.
47:21 And he brought the people into bondage to im, for servants, from one
extremity of Egypt to the other,
47:22 except only the land of the priests; Joseph bought not this, for
Pharaoh gave a portion in the way of gift to the priests; and they ate their
portion whichPharaoh gave them; therefore they sold not their land.
47:23 And Joseph said to all the Egyptians, Behold, I have bought you and
your land this day forPharaoh; take seed for you, and sow the land.
47:24 And there shall be the fruits of it; and ye shall give the fifth part
toPharaoh, and the four [remaining] parts shall be for yourselves, for seed
for the earth, and for food for you, and all that are in your houses.
47:25 And they said, Thou hast saved us; we have found favour before our
lord, and we will be servants toPharaoh.
47:26 And Joseph appointed it to them for an ordinance until this day; to
reserve a fifth part forPharaoh, on the land of Egypt, except only the land
of the priests, that was notPharaoh's.
47:27 And Israel dwelt in Egypt, in the land of Gesem, and they gained an
inheritance upon it; and they increased and multiplied very greatly.
47:28 And Jacob survived seventeen years in the land of Egypt; and Jacob's
days of the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven years.
47:29 and the days of Israel drew nigh for him to die: and he called his son
Joseph, and said to him, If I have found favour before thee, put thy hand
under my thigh, and thou shalt execute mercy and truth toward me, so as not
to bury me in Egypt.
47:30 But I will sleep with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me up out of
Egypt, and bury me in their sepulchre. And he said, I will do according to
thy word.
47:31 And he said, Swear to me; and he swore to him. And Israel did
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47:1 Then Joseph came and toldPharaohh, 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.
47:2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them
untoPharaohh.
47:3 AndPharaohh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they
said untoPharaohh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our
fathers.
47:4 They said moreover untoPharaohh, 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.
47:5 AndPharaohh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are
come unto thee:
47:6 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.
47:7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him beforePharaohh: and
Jacob blessedPharaohh.
47:8 AndPharaohh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
47:9 And Jacob said untoPharaohh, 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.
47:10 And Jacob blessedPharaohh, and went out from beforePharaohh.
47:11 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, asPharaohh had commanded.
47:12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his
father's household, with bread, according to their families.
47:13 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.
47:14 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 intoPharaohh's house.
47:15 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.
47:16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your
cattle, if money fail.
47:17 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.
47:18 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:
47:19 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 untoPharaohh:
and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not
desolate.
47:20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt forPharaohh; for the Egyptians
sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the
land becamePharaohh's.
47:21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the
borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
47:22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a
portion assigned them ofPharaohh, and did eat their portion whichPharaohh
gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
47:23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day
and your land forPharaohh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the
land.
47:24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the
fifth part untoPharaohh, 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.
47:25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the
sight of my lord, and we will bePharaohh's servants.
47:26 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 notPharaohh's.
47:27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and
they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
47:28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age
of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
47:29 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:
47:30 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.
47:31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed
himself upon the bed's head.
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