Gen 47 | NASB2020 | STEP | Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh , and said , “My father and my brothers and their flocks and their herds and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan ; and behold , they are in the land of Goshen .”

Genesis 47

Jacob’s Family Settles in Goshen

1 Then ^aJoseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers and their flocks and their herds and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of ^bGoshen.” 2 And he took five men from among his brothers and ^cpresented them to Pharaoh. 3 Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, “ ^dWhat is your occupation?” So they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are ^eshepherds, both we and our fathers.” 4 They also said to Pharaoh, “ ^fWe have come to reside in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for ^gthe famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now, therefore, please let your servants ^hlive in the land of Goshen.” 5 Then Pharaoh said to ^{▼▼Lit Joseph, saying}Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you. 6 The land of Egypt is ^{▼▼Lit before you}at your disposal; settle your father and your brothers in ^kthe best of the land, let them live in the land of Goshen; and if you know any ^lcapable men among them, then ^{▼▼Lit appoint them rulers}put them in charge of my livestock.”

7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and ^{▼▼Lit set him before}presented him to Pharaoh; and Jacob ^oblessed Pharaoh. 8 And Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many ^{▼▼Lit are the days of the years of your life}years have you lived?” 9 So Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The ^{▼▼Lit days of the years
,} ^ryears of my living abroad are ^{▼▼Lit 130 years}130; few and ^{▼▼Lit evil}unpleasant have been the ^{▼▼Lit days of the years}years of my life, nor have they ^{▼▼Lit reached}attained ^wthe ^{▼▼Lit days of the years}years ^{▼▼Lit of the life of my fathers}that my fathers lived during the days of their living abroad.” 10 So Jacob ^zblessed Pharaoh, and went out from ^{▼▼Lit Pharaoh’s}his presence. 11 Now Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them property in the land of Egypt, in ^abthe best of the land, in the land of ^acRameses, as Pharaoh had ordered. 12 Joseph also ^adprovided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with ^{▼▼Or bread}food, according to the ^{▼▼Lit mouth}number of their little ones.

13 Now there was no ^{▼▼Or bread}food in all the land, because the famine was very severe, so that ^ahthe land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine. 14 And ^aiJoseph collected all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan in payment 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 saying, “Give us ^{▼▼Or bread}food, for ^akwhy should we die in your presence? For our money is ^{▼▼Lit at an end}gone.” 16 Then Joseph said, “Give up your livestock, and I will give you food for your livestock, since your money is ^{▼▼Lit at an end}gone.” 17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them ^{▼▼Or bread}food in exchange for the horses and the ^{▼▼Lit livestock of the flocks and livestock of the herds}flocks and the herds and the donkeys; and he ^{▼▼Lit led them as a shepherd}fed them with ^{▼▼Or bread}food in exchange for all their livestock ^{▼▼Lit in that year}that year. 18 But when that year ended, they came to him the ^{▼▼Lit second}next year and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord the fact that our money is all spent, and the ^{▼▼Lit livestock of the cattle}livestock are my lord’s. There is nothing left ^{▼▼Lit in the presence of}for my lord except our bodies and our lands. 19 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for ^{▼▼Or bread}food, and we and our land will be slaves to Pharaoh. So give us seed, so that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate.”

Result of the Famine

20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for ^{▼▼Lit Egypt, every man}every Egyptian sold his field, because the famine was severe upon them. So the land became Pharaoh’s. 21 As for the people, he relocated them to the cities from one end of Egypt’s border to the other. 22 Only the land of the priests he did not buy, because the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh, and they ^{▼▼Lit ate their allotment}lived off the allotment which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore, they did not sell their land. 23 Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, today I have purchased you and your land for Pharaoh; now, here is seed for you, and you may sow the land. 24 ^{▼▼Lit It shall come about...that you shall}At the harvest you shall give a ^azfifth to Pharaoh, and ^{▼▼Lit four parts}four-fifths shall be your own for seed of the field and for your food, and for those of your households and as food for your little ones.” 25 So they said, “You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.” 26 Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt, valid to this day, that Pharaoh was to have the fifth; ^bbonly the land of the priests ^{▼▼Lit alone did}did not become Pharaoh’s.

27 Now Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in ^{▼▼Lit the land of Goshen}Goshen, and they ^beacquired property in it and ^bfwere fruitful and became very numerous. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt for ^bgseventeen years; so the ^{▼▼Lit days of Jacob, the years of his life}length of Jacob’s life was 147 years.

29 When ^{▼▼Lit the days of Israel
,} ^bjthe time for Israel to die drew near, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Please, if I have found favor in your sight, ^bkplace your hand under my thigh now and ^bldeal with me in kindness and ^{▼▼Lit truth}faithfulness: please do not bury me in Egypt, 30 but when I ^{▼▼I.e., die
,} ^bolie down with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in ^bptheir burial place.” And he said, “I will do as you have said.” 31 And he said, “ ^bqSwear to me.” So he swore to him. Then ^brIsrael bowed in worship at the head of the bed.