Genesis:47

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* Then Joseph went and told Pharaoh , and said , "My father and my brothers , their flocks and their herds and all that they possess , have come from the land of Canaan ; and indeed they are in the land of Goshen ." * And he took five men from among his brothers and presented them to Pharaoh . * Then Pharaoh said to his brothers , "What is your occupation ?" And they said to Pharaoh , "Your servants are shepherds , both we and also our fathers ." * And they said to Pharaoh , "We have come to dwell in the land , because your servants have no pasture for their flocks , for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan . Now therefore , please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen ." * Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph , saying , "Your father and your brothers have come to you . * The land of Egypt is before you . Have your father and brothers dwell in the best of the land ; let them dwell in the land of Goshen . And if you know any competent men among them , then make them chief herdsmen over my livestock ." * Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and set him before Pharaoh ; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh . * Pharaoh said to Jacob , "How old are you ?" * And Jacob said to Pharaoh , "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life , and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage ." * So Jacob blessed Pharaoh , and went out from before Pharaoh . * And Joseph situated his father and his brothers , 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 . * Then Joseph provided his father , his brothers , and all his father 's household with bread , according to the number in their families . * Now there was no bread in all the land ; for the famine was very severe , so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine . * And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan , for the grain which they bought ; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh 's house . * So when the money failed in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan , all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said , "Give us bread , for why should we die in your presence ? For the money has failed ." * Then Joseph said , "Give your livestock , and I will give you bread for your livestock , if the money is gone ." * So they brought their livestock to Joseph , and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses , the flocks , the cattle of the herds , and for the donkeys . Thus he fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock that year . * When that year had ended , they came to him the next year and said to him , "We will not hide from my lord that our money is gone ; my lord also has our herds of livestock . There is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our lands . * Why should we die before your eyes , both we and our land ? Buy us and our land for bread , and we and our land will be servants of Pharaoh ; give us seed , that we may live and not die , that the land may not be desolate ." * Then Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh ; for every man of the Egyptians sold his field , because the famine was severe upon them . So the land became Pharaoh 's . * And as for the people , he moved them into the cities , from one end of the borders of Egypt to the other end . * Only the land of the priests he did not buy ; for the priests had rations allotted to them by Pharaoh , and they ate their rations which Pharaoh gave them ; therefore they did not sell their lands . * Then Joseph said to the people , "Indeed I have bought you and your land this day for Pharaoh . Look , here is seed for you , and you shall sow the land . * And it shall come to pass in the harvest that you shall give one-fifth to Pharaoh . Four-fifths shall be your own , as seed for the field and for your food , for those of your households and as food for your little ones ." * So they said , "You have saved our lives ; let us find favor in the sight of my lord , and we will be Pharaoh 's servants ." * And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day , that Pharaoh should have one-fifth , except for the land of the priests only , which did not become Pharaoh 's . * So Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt , in the country of Goshen ; and they had possessions there and grew and multiplied exceedingly . * And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years . So the length of Jacob 's life was one hundred and forty-seven years . * When the time drew near that Israel must die , he called his son Joseph and said to him , "Now if I have found favor in your sight , please put your hand under my thigh , and deal kindly and truly with me . Please do not bury me in Egypt , * but let me lie with my fathers ; you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place ." And he said , "I will do as you have said ." * Then he said , "Swear to me ." And he swore to him . So Israel bowed himself on the head of the bed .

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