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.