Genesis 47
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Genesis 47:7-12

7Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

8Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How long have you lived?”

9Jacob said to Pharaoh, “All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors.”

10Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence.

11So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses, just as Pharaoh had commanded.

12Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to the number of their little children.

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