Genesis:47
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Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh Par #
oh #,
and said ,
My father and my brethren ,
and their flocks tso #
n #,
and their herds ,
and all that they have ,
are come out of the land of Canaan K @
na #
an #;
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 Par #
oh #.
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And Pharaoh said unto his brethren ,
What is your occupation ma #
aseh #?
And they said unto Pharaoh Par #
oh #,
Thy servants are shepherds ra #
tso #
n #,
both we ,
and also our fathers .
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They said moreover unto Pharaoh Par #
oh #,
For to sojourn in the land are we come ;
for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks tso #
n #;
for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan K @
na #
an #:
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 Par #
oh #:
and Jacob blessed Pharaoh Par #
oh #.
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And Pharaoh said unto Jacob Ya #
aqob #,
How old chay #
yowm #
art thou ?
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And Jacob said unto Pharaoh Par #
oh #,
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 Par #
oh #,
and went out from before Pharaoh Par #
oh #.
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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 Ra #
m @
cec #,
as Pharaoh had commanded .
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And Joseph nourished his father ,
and his brethren ,
and all his fathers household ,
with bread ,
according to their families .
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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 ra #
ab #.
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And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt ,
and in the land of Canaan K @
na #
an #,
for the corn which they bought :
and Joseph brought the money into Pharaohs house .
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And when money failed in the land of Egypt ,
and in the land of Canaan K @
na #
an #,
all the Egyptians came unto Joseph ,
and said ,
Give us bread :
for why should we die in thy presence ?
for the money faileth .
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And Joseph said ,
Give your cattle ;
and I will give you for your cattle ,
if money fail .
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And they brought their cattle unto Joseph :
and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses ,
and for the flocks tso #
n #,
and for the cattle of the herds ,
and for the asses :
and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year .
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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 :
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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 Par #
oh #:
and give us seed ,
that we may live ,
and not die ,
that the land be not desolate .
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And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh Par #
oh #;
for the Egyptians sold every man his field ,
because the famine prevailed over them :
so the land became Pharaohs Par #
oh #.
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And as for the people ,
he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof .
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Only the land of the priests bought he not ;
for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh Par #
oh #,
and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them :
wherefore they sold not their lands .
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Then Joseph said unto the people ,
Behold ,
I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh Par #
oh #:
lo ,
here is seed for you ,
and ye shall sow the land .
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And it shall come to pass in the increase t @
buw #
ah #,
that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh Par #
oh #,
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 .
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And they said ,
Thou hast saved our lives :
let us find grace in the sight of my lord ,
and we will be Pharaohs servants .
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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 Pharaohs Par #
oh #.
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And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt ,
in the country of Goshen ;
and they had possessions therein ,
and grew ,
and multiplied exceedingly m @#
od #.
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And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen #
H7651years :
so the whole age chay #
of Jacob was an hundred forty #
arba #
iym #
and seven years .
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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 :
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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 .
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And he said ,
Swear unto me .
And he sware unto him .
And Israel bowed himself upon the beds head ro #
sh #.