Genesis 47:1-12

1Then 1Joseph 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 2Goshen.” 2He took five men from among his brothers and 3presented them to Pharaoh. 3Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, “4What is your occupation?” So they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are 5shepherds, both we and our fathers.” 4They said to Pharaoh, “6We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for 7the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now, therefore, please let your servants 89live in the land of Goshen.” 5Then Pharaoh said to 10Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you. 6The land of Egypt is 11at your disposal; 12settle your father and your brothers in 13the best of the land, let them 14live in the land of Goshen; and if you know any 15capable men among them, then 16put them in charge of my livestock.”

7Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and 17presented him to Pharaoh; and Jacob 18blessed Pharaoh. 8Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many 19years have you lived?” 9So Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The 2021years of my sojourning are one hundred and 22thirty; few and 23unpleasant have been the 24years of my life, nor have they 25attained 26the 27years 28that my fathers lived during the days of their sojourning.” 10And Jacob 29blessed Pharaoh, and went out from 30his presence. 11So Joseph 31settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in 32the best of the land, in the land of 33Rameses, as Pharaoh had ordered. 12Joseph 34provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with 35food, according to their little ones.