Genesis:47:1-10
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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 .
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And he took some of his brethren ,
even five men ,
and presented them unto Pharaoh .
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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 .
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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 .
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And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph ,
saying ,
Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee :
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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 .
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And Joseph brought in Jacob his father ,
and set him before Pharaoh :
and Jacob blessed Pharaoh .
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And Pharaoh said unto Jacob ,
How old art thou ?
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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 .
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And Jacob blessed Pharaoh ,
and went out from before Pharaoh .