Genesis 47

CHAPTER 47

Jacob Settles in Goshen

1[³came ¹And ²Joseph] to report   to Pharaoh, saying,   my father and   my brothers, and the cattle, and   their oxen, and all their things, are come from the land of Canaan, and behold, they are in the land of Goshen. 2And from   his brothers he took to himself five men, and stood them before Pharaoh. 3And Pharaoh said to the brothers of Joseph, What is   your work?   And they said   to Pharaoh, [²are shepherds ³of flocks   ¹Your servants], even we and   our fathers. 4And they said to Pharaoh, [²to sojourn ³in ⁴the ⁵land ¹We come], [³no ¹for ²there is] pasture for the cattle   of your servants, [⁴grew in strength ¹for ²the ³famine] in the land of Canaan. Now then let [²dwell   ¹your servants] in the land of Goshen! 5And Pharaoh said to Joseph, saying,   Your father and   your brothers have come to you. 6Behold, the land of Egypt [²before ³you ¹is], in the best land settle   your father and   your brothers. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen! And if you should have knowledge that there are among them [²men ¹able], you place them in charge   of my cattle!

Jacob Blesses Pharaoh

7[³brought in ¹And ²Joseph] Jacob   his father, and stood him before Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed   Pharaoh. 8[³said ¹And ²Pharaoh]   to Jacob, How many are the  years of days   of your life? 9And Jacob said   to Pharaoh, The days of the years   of my life which I sojourned are a hundred thirty years; small and severe have become the days of the years   of my life; they did not attain to the days of the years of the life   of my fathers, which days they sojourned. 10And Jacob having blessed   Pharaoh, he went forth from him. 11And Joseph settled   his father, and   his brothers, and he gave to them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh assigned. 12And Joseph measured out grain to  his father, and to  his brothers, and to all the house   of his father -- grain according to person.

Famine Prevails

13[⁴grain ¹And ³no ²there was] in all the earth. [⁴grew in strength ¹For ²the ³famine] exceedingly. [⁵failed ¹And ²the ³land ⁴of Egypt], and the land of Canaan, because of the famine. 14[³brought together ¹And ²Joseph] all the silver   being found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, from the grain which they bought. And he measured out grain to them. And Joseph carried in all the silver into the house of Pharaoh. 15And [⁴dissipated ¹all ²the ³silver] from the land of Egypt, and from the land of Canaan. [⁵came ¹And ²all ³the ⁴Egyptians] to Joseph, saying, Give us bread loaves! And why should we die before you, [³has dissipated ¹for   ²our silver]? 16[³said ¹And ⁴to them ²Joseph], Bring   your cattle, and I will give to you bread loaves in exchange for   your cattle, if [³has dissipated ¹the ²silver]. 17And they led   their cattle to Joseph. And [²gave ³to them ¹Joseph] bread loaves in return for the horses, and for the sheep, and for the oxen, and for the donkeys. And he nourished them with bread loaves in exchange for all   of their cattle in   that year. 18[⁴went by ¹And   ³year ²that], and they came to him in the [²year   ¹second], and said to him, Lest at some time we should be obliterated from   our master -- for since [³has dissipated ¹the ²silver], and the possessions, and the cattle to you, the master, and there has not been left behind to us before   our master, but only   our own body and   our land, 19that then we might not die before you, and the land should be made desolate, you acquire us and   our land for bread loaves, and we will be to you and   our land, servants   to Pharaoh! Give us seed! that we should sow, and we should live and should not die, and the land will not be made desolate. 20And Joseph acquired all the land of the Egyptians   for Pharaoh. [⁴gave ¹For ²the ³Egyptians]   their land   to Pharaoh. [⁴prevailed ¹For ⁵over them ²the ³famine], and [³came ¹the ²land]   to Pharaoh. 21And the people were reduced to slavery to him as servants from the uttermost parts of the boundaries of Egypt, unto the uttermost parts, 22except the land of the priests only [²did not ³acquire ⁴this ¹Joseph], [⁴a ⁵portion ¹for ³gave ⁶as a gift ⁷to the ⁸priests ²Pharaoh]. And they ate the portion which [²gave ³to them ¹Pharaoh]. On account of this they did not give up   their land. 23[³said ¹And ²Joseph] to all the Egyptians, Behold, I have acquired you and   your land today   for Pharaoh. Take to yourselves seed, and sow the land! 24And there will be   produce of it, and you will give the fifth part   to Pharaoh, and the four parts will be for you yourselves, for seed in the earth, and for food to you, and to all the ones  in   your houses. 25And they said, You have delivered us; we found favor before   our master, and we will be servants to  Pharaoh. 26And [²established it ³to them ¹Joseph] as an order until   this day for the land of Egypt,   for Pharaoh to take a fifth, except of the land of the priests only, which was not to  Pharaoh. 27[³dwelt ¹And ²Israel] in the land of Egypt, upon the land of Goshen. And they were heir over it. And they grew and multiplied exceedingly. 28[³outlived ¹And ²Jacob] in the land of Egypt for seventeen years. And [⁶were ¹the ²days ³of Jacob's ⁴years   ⁵of his life] a hundred forty-seven years. 29[⁴approached ¹And ²the ³days] for Israel   to die. And he called   his son Joseph, and said to him, If I have found favor before you, place   your hand upon   my thigh! and you will do for me a charity and truth -- that is  to not entomb me in Egypt. 30But I shall be gone to sleep with   my fathers, then you shall lift me from out of Egypt, and entomb me in   their burying-place.   And he said, I will do according to   your saying. 31And he said to him, Swear by an oath to me! And he swore by an oath to him. And Israel did obeisance upon the top   of his cane.