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HOLY BIBLE
BOOK OF GENESIS
GENESIS 47
1Then Joseph went and told Pharaoh, My father and my brethren, with their flocks and herds and all that they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in the land of Goshen.
2And he took five of his brethren and presented them to Pharaoh.
3Pharaoh asked his brethren, What is your occupation? They answered Pharaoh, Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.
4Then they said to Pharaoh, We have come to dwell in this land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks, as the famine is severe in Canaan. So now, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
5Pharaoh said to Joseph, Your father and brethren have come to you.
6The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and brethren in the best of the land; they may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know any industrious men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.
7Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob, and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
8Pharaoh asked Jacob, How old are you?
9Jacob answered Pharaoh, All the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years. Few and hard have been the years of my life; and they do not compare to the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.
10Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence.
11So Joseph settled his father and his brethren. He gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
12And Joseph provided his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household with food, according to the number in their families.
13Now there was no food in all the land for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine.
14And Joseph collected all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
15When the money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, Give us food, lest we should die before your very eyes? For our money has run out.
16And Joseph said, Give your livestock, and I will give you food for your livestock, if your money has run out.
17So they brought their livestock to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for their horses, their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. Thus he provided them with bread that year in exchange for all their livestock.
18And when that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him, We cannot hide from our lord that our money is spent. My lord also has our livestock and animals; there is nought left in the sight of my lord except our bodies and our land.
19Why should we perish before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, then the land will not become desolate.
20So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for every man of the Egyptians sold his field, because the famine was too severe for them. So the land became Pharaoh's.
21And as for the people, he made slaves of them from one end of Egypt to the other.
22But he did not buy the land of the priests; for the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh, and did eat from the allotment that Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their lands.
23Then Joseph said to the people, Since I have bought you and your land this day for Pharaoh, here is seed for you to sow the land.
24And when you gather the crop, you will give a fifth part to Pharaoh. Four parts shall be your own, as seed for the field and for food, for your households and for your children.
25They said, You have saved our lives! We have favour in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
26Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have one fifth. Only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh's.
27So Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Goshen; and they owned land there, and grew and multiplied greatly.
28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred and forty seven years.
29When the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, If I have now found favour in your sight, put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please do not bury me in Egypt.
30When I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place. Joseph replied, I will do as you have said.
31Jacob said, Swear to me. So Joseph swore to him. Then Israel bowed down at the head of his bed.
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