Chapter 47

Then Joseph came⁴ and told⁵⁵ Pharaoh, and said,⁴ My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come¹ out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they [are] in the land of Goshen.

And he took¹ some of his brethren, [even] five men, and presented⁵⁵ them unto Pharaoh.

And Pharaoh said⁴ unto his brethren, What [is] your occupation? And they said⁴ unto Pharaoh, Thy servants [are] shepherds,^{6 6629} both we, [and] also our fathers.

They said⁴ moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn² in the land are we come;¹ for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine [is] sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell⁴ in the land of Goshen.

And Pharaoh spake⁴ unto Joseph, saying,² Thy father and thy brethren are come¹ unto thee:

The land of Egypt [is] before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell;⁵⁴ in the land of Goshen let them dwell:⁴ and if thou knowest^{1 3426} [any] men of activity among them, then make¹ them rulers over my cattle.

And Joseph brought in⁵⁵ Jacob his father, and set⁵⁵ him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed¹⁷ Pharaoh.

And Pharaoh said⁴ unto Jacob, How old ^{3117 8141} [art] thou?

And Jacob said⁴ unto Pharaoh, 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 attained⁵² unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

And Jacob blessed¹⁷ Pharaoh, and went out⁴ from before Pharaoh.

And Joseph placed⁵⁵ his father and his brethren, and gave⁴ them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.¹⁴

And Joseph nourished⁴⁶ his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to [their] families.

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 fainted⁴ by reason of the famine.

And Joseph gathered up¹⁷ all the money that was found¹² in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought:⁶ and Joseph brought⁵⁵ the money into Pharaoh's house.

And when money failed⁴ in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came⁴ unto Joseph, and said,² Give³ us bread: for why should we die⁴ in thy presence? for the money faileth.¹

And Joseph said,⁴ Give³ your cattle; and I will give⁴ you for your cattle, if money fail.¹

And they brought⁵⁵ their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave⁴ them bread [in exchange] for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed¹⁷ them with bread for all their cattle for that year.

When that year was ended,⁴ they came⁴ unto him the second year, and said⁴ unto him, We will not hide¹⁷ [it] from my lord, how that our money is spent;¹ my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left⁸ in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

Wherefore shall we die⁴ before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy³ us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give³ [us] seed, that we may live,⁴ and not die,⁴ that the land be not desolate.⁴

And Joseph bought⁴ all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold¹ every man his field, because the famine prevailed¹ over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.

And as for the people, he removed⁵² them to cities from [one] end of the borders of Egypt even to the [other] end thereof.

Only the land of the priests bought¹ he not; for the priests had a portion [assigned them] of Pharaoh, and did eat¹ their portion which Pharaoh gave¹ them: wherefore they sold¹ not their lands.

Then Joseph said⁴ unto the people, Behold, I have bought^{1 853} you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, [here is] seed for you, and ye shall sow¹ the land.

And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give¹ the fifth [part] unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food² for your little ones.

And they said,⁴ Thou hast saved our lives:⁵² let us find⁴ grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

And Joseph made⁴ 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 Pharaoh's.

And Israel dwelt⁴ in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions¹¹ therein, and grew,⁴ and multiplied⁴ exceedingly.

And Jacob lived⁴ in the land of Egypt seventeen ⁷⁶⁵¹ years: so the whole age ^{8141 2416} of Jacob was an hundred ⁸¹⁴¹ forty and seven years.

And the time drew nigh⁴ that Israel must die:² and he called⁴ his son Joseph, and said⁴ unto him, If now I have found¹ grace in thy sight, put,³ I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal¹ kindly and truly with me; bury⁴ me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

But I will lie¹ with my fathers, and thou shalt carry¹ me out of Egypt, and bury¹ me in their buryingplace. And he said,⁴ I will do⁴ as thou hast said.

And he said,⁴ Swear¹⁰ unto me. And he sware¹¹ unto him. And Israel bowed¹⁰¹ himself upon the bed's head.