Genesis 47

Jacob’s Family Settles in Goshen

1Then 1JosephH3130 wentH935 inH935 and toldH5046 PharaohH6547, and saidH559, “My fatherH1 and my brothersH251 and their flocksH6629 and their herdsH1241 and allH3605 that they have, have comeH935 out of the landH776 of CanaanH3667; and beholdH2009, they are in the landH776 of 2GoshenH1657.” 2And he tookH3947 fiveH2568 menH376 from amongH7097 his brothersH251 and 3presentedH3322H6440 them to PharaohH6547. 3Then PharaohH6547 saidH559 to his brothersH251, “4WhatH4100 is your occupationH4639?” So they saidH559 to PharaohH6547, “Your servantsH5650 are 5shepherdsH7462, bothH1571 we and our fathersH1.” 4They also saidH559 to PharaohH6547, “6We have comeH935 to resideH1481 in the landH776, for thereH369 isH369 noH369 pastureH4829 for your servants’H5650 flocksH6629, for 7the famineH7458 is severeH3515 in the landH776 of CanaanH3667. NowH6258, therefore, pleaseH4994 let your servantsH5650 8liveH3427 in the landH776 of GoshenH1657.” 5Then PharaohH6547 saidH559 to 9JosephH3130, “Your fatherH1 and your brothersH251 have comeH935 to you. 6The landH776 of EgyptH4714 is 10at your disposalH6440; settleH3427 your fatherH1 and your brothersH251 in 11the bestH4315 of the landH776, let them liveH3427 in the landH776 of GoshenH1657; and ifH518 you knowH3045 anyH3426 12capableH2428 menH376 among them, then 13putH7760 them inH8269 chargeH8269 of my livestockH4735.”

7Then JosephH3130 broughtH935 his fatherH1 JacobH3290 and 14presentedH5975H6440 him to PharaohH6547; and JacobH3290 15blessedH1288 PharaohH6547. 8And PharaohH6547 saidH559 to JacobH3290, “HowH4100 manyH4100 16yearsH8141 have you livedH2425?” 9So JacobH3290 saidH559 to PharaohH6547, “The 1718yearsH8141 of my livingH4033 abroadH4033 are 19130H3967H7970; fewH4592 and 20unpleasantH7451 have beenH1961 the 21yearsH8141 of my lifeH2425, norH3808 have they 22attainedH5381 23the 24yearsH8141 25that my fathersH1 livedH2425 during the daysH3117 of their livingH4033 abroadH4033.” 10So JacobH3290 26blessedH1288 PharaohH6547, and wentH3318 outH3318 from 27his presenceH6440. 11Now JosephH3130 settledH3427 his fatherH1 and his brothersH251 and gaveH5414 them propertyH272 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714, in 28the bestH4315 of the landH776, in the landH776 of 29RamesesH7486, as PharaohH6547 had orderedH6680. 12JosephH3130 also 30providedH3557 his fatherH1 and his brothersH251 and allH3605 his father’sH1 householdH1004 with 31foodH3899, according to the 32numberH6310 of their littleH2945 onesH2945.

13Now thereH369 wasH369 noH369 33foodH3899 in allH3605 the landH776, becauseH3588 the famineH7458 was veryH3966 severeH3515, so that 34the landH776 of EgyptH4714 and the landH776 of CanaanH3667 languishedH3856 becauseH4480H6440 of the famineH7458. 14And 35JosephH3130 collectedH3950 allH3605 the moneyH3701 that was foundH4672 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714 and in the landH776 of CanaanH3667 in payment for the grainH7668 whichH834 they boughtH7666, and JosephH3130 broughtH935 the moneyH3701 into Pharaoh’sH6547 houseH1004. 15When the moneyH3701 wasH8552 allH8552 spentH8552 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714 and in the landH776 of CanaanH3667, allH3605 the EgyptiansH4714 cameH935 to JosephH3130 sayingH559, “GiveH3051 us 36foodH3899, for 37whyH4100 should we dieH4191 in your presenceH5048? For our moneyH3701 isH656 38goneH656.” 16Then JosephH3130 saidH559, “GiveH3051 up your livestockH4735, and I will giveH5414 you food for your livestockH4735, sinceH518 your moneyH3701 isH656 39goneH656.” 17So they broughtH935 their livestockH4735 to JosephH3130, and JosephH3130 gaveH5414 them 40foodH3899 in exchange for the horsesH5483 and the 41flocksH6629 and the herdsH1241 and the donkeysH2543; and he 42fedH5095 them with 43foodH3899 in exchange for allH3605 their livestockH4735 44that yearH8141. 18But when that yearH8141 endedH8552, they cameH935 to him the 45nextH8145 yearH8141 and saidH559 to him, “We will not hideH3582 from my lordH113 the factH3588 that our moneyH3701 isH8552 allH8552 spentH8552, and the 46livestockH4735H929 are my lord’sH113. There is nothingH3808 leftH7604 47for my lordH113 exceptH1115H518 our bodiesH1472 and our landsH127. 19WhyH4100 should we dieH4191 before your eyesH5869, bothH1571 we and our landH127? BuyH7069 us and our landH127 for 48foodH3899, and we and our landH127 will be slavesH5650 to PharaohH6547. So giveH5414 us seedH2233, so that we may liveH2421 and not dieH4191, and that the landH127 may not be desolateH3456.”

Result of the Famine

20So JosephH3130 boughtH7069 allH3605 the landH127 of EgyptH4714 for PharaohH6547, for 49everyH376 EgyptianH4714 soldH4376 his fieldH7704, becauseH3588 the famineH7458 was severeH2388 upon them. So the landH776 becameH1961 Pharaoh’sH6547. 21As for the peopleH5971, he relocatedH5674 them to the citiesH5892 from one endH7097 of Egypt’sH4714 borderH1366 to the otherH7097. 22OnlyH7534 the landH127 of the priestsH3548 he did not buyH7069, becauseH3588 the priestsH3548 had an allotmentH2706 from PharaohH6547, and they 50livedH398 offH398 the allotmentH2706 whichH834 PharaohH6547 gaveH5414 them. ThereforeH5921H3651, they did not sellH4376 their landH127. 23Then JosephH3130 saidH559 to the peopleH5971, “BeholdH2005, todayH3117 I have purchasedH7069 you and your landH127 for PharaohH6547; nowH1887, here is seedH2233 for you, and you may sowH2232 the landH127. 2451At the harvestH8393 you shall giveH5414 a 52fifthH2549 to PharaohH6547, and 53four-fifthsH702H3027 shall be your own for seedH2233 of the fieldH7704 and for your foodH400, and for those of your householdsH1004 and as foodH398 for your littleH2945 onesH2945.” 25So they saidH559, “You have savedH2421 our livesH2421! Let us findH4672 favorH2580 in the sightH5869 of my lordH113, and we will be Pharaoh’sH6547 slavesH5650.” 26JosephH3130 madeH7760 it a statuteH2706 concerningH5921 the landH127 of EgyptH4714, valid to thisH2088 dayH3117, that PharaohH6547 was to have the fifthH2569; 54onlyH7534 the landH127 of the priestsH3548 55did not becomeH1961 Pharaoh’sH6547.

27Now IsraelH3478 livedH3427 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714, in 56GoshenH1657, and they 57acquiredH270 propertyH270 in it and 58wereH6509 fruitfulH6509 and becameH7235 veryH3966 numerousH7235. 28And JacobH3290 livedH2421 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714 for 59seventeenH7651H6240 yearsH8141; so the 60lengthH3117 of Jacob’sH3290 lifeH2425 was 147H3967H705H7651 yearsH8141.

29When 6162the timeH3117 for IsraelH3478 to dieH4191 drewH7126 nearH7126, he calledH7121 his sonH1121 JosephH3130 and saidH559 to him, “PleaseH4994, ifH518 I have foundH4672 favorH2580 in your sightH5869, 63placeH7760 your handH3027 underH8478 my thighH3409 nowH4994 and 64dealH6213 with me in kindnessH2617 and 65faithfulnessH571: pleaseH4994 do not buryH6912 me in EgyptH4714, 30but when I 6667lieH7901 downH7901 with my fathersH1, you shall carryH5375 me out of EgyptH4714 and buryH6912 me in 68their burialH6900 placeH6900.” And he saidH559, “I will doH6213 as you have saidH1697.” 31And he saidH559, “69SwearH7650 to me.” So he sworeH7650 to him. Then 70IsraelH3478 bowedH2331 in worship at the headH7218 of the bedH4296.