Then aJoseph 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 bGoshen
."
He took five
men
from among
his brothers
and apresented
them to Pharaoh
.
Then Pharaoh said
to his brothers
, " aWhat
is your occupation
?" So they said
to Pharaoh
, "Your servants
are bshepherds
, both
we and our fathers
."
They said to Pharaoh
, " aWe have come
to sojourn
in the land
, for there
is no
pasture
for your servants'
flocks
, for bthe famine
is severe
in the land
of Canaan
. Now
, therefore, please
let your servants
1 clive
in the land
of Goshen
."
Then Pharaoh said
to 1Joseph
, "Your father
and your brothers
have come
to you.
"The land of Egypt
is 1at your disposal
; 2settle
your father
and your brothers
in athe best
of the land
, let them 3live
in the land
of Goshen
; and if
you know
any
bcapable
men
among them, then 4put
them in charge
of my livestock
."
Then Joseph brought
his father
Jacob
and 1presented
him to Pharaoh
; and Jacob
ablessed
Pharaoh
.
Pharaoh said
to Jacob
, "How
many
1years
have you lived
?"
So Jacob said
to Pharaoh
, "The 1 ayears
of my sojourning
are one hundred
and 2thirty
; few
and 3unpleasant
have been
the 1years
of my life
, nor
have they 4attained
bthe 1years
5that my fathers
lived
during the days
of their sojourning
."
And Jacob ablessed
Pharaoh
, and went
out from 1his presence
.
So Joseph 1settled
his father
and his brothers
and gave
them a possession
in the land
of Egypt
, in athe best
of the land
, in the land
of bRameses
, as Pharaoh
had ordered
.
Joseph aprovided
his father
and his brothers
and all
his father's
household
with 1food
, according
to their little
ones
.
Now there was no
1food
in all
the land
, because
the famine
was very
severe
, so that athe land
of Egypt
and the land
of Canaan
languished
because
of the famine
.
aJoseph gathered
all
the money
that was found
in the land
of Egypt
and in the land
of Canaan
for the grain
which
they bought
, and Joseph
brought
the money
into Pharaoh's
house
.
When the money was all
spent
in the land
of Egypt
and in the land
of Canaan
, all
the Egyptians
came
to Joseph
1and said
, "Give
us 2food
, for awhy
should we die
in your presence
? For our money
3is gone
."
Then Joseph said
, "Give
up your livestock
, and I will give
you food for your livestock
, since
your money
1is gone
."
So they brought their livestock
to Joseph
, and Joseph
gave
them 1food
in exchange for the horses
and the 2flocks
and the herds
and the donkeys
; and he 3fed
them with 1food
in exchange for all
their livestock
4that year
.
When that year was ended
, they came
to him the 1next
year
and said
to him, "We will not hide
from my lord
that our money
is all
spent
, and the 2cattle
are my lord's
. There is nothing
left
3for my lord
except
our bodies
and our lands
.
"Why should we die
before your eyes
, both
we and our land
? Buy
us and our land
for 1food
, and we and our land
will be slaves
to Pharaoh
. So give
us seed
, that we may live
and not die
, and that the land
may not be desolate
."
So Joseph bought
all
the land
of Egypt
for Pharaoh
, for 1every
Egyptian
sold
his field
, because
the famine
was severe
upon them. Thus the land
became
Pharaoh's
.
As for the people, he removed
them to the cities
from one end
of Egypt's
border
to the other
.
Only the land
of the priests
he did not buy
, for the priests
had an allotment
from Pharaoh
, and they 1lived
off
the allotment
which
Pharaoh
gave
them. Therefore
, they did not sell
their land
.
Then Joseph said
to the people
, "Behold
, I have today
bought
you and your land
for Pharaoh
; now
, here is seed
for you, and you may sow
the land
.
" 1At the harvest you shall give
a afifth
to Pharaoh
, and 2four-fifths
shall be your own for seed
of the field
and for your food
and for those of your households
and as food
for your little
ones
."
So they said, "You have saved
our lives
! Let us find
favor
in the sight
of my lord
, and we will be Pharaoh's
slaves
."
Joseph made
it a statute
concerning
the land
of Egypt
valid to this
day
, that Pharaoh
should have the fifth
; aonly
the land
of the priests
1did not become
Pharaoh's
.
Now Israel 1lived
in the land
of Egypt
, in 2Goshen
, and they aacquired
property
in it and bwere fruitful
and became
very
numerous
.
Jacob lived
in the land
of Egypt
aseventeen
years
; so the 1length
of Jacob's
life
was one hundred
and forty-seven
years
.
When 1 athe time for Israel
to die
drew
near
, he called
his son
Joseph
and said
to him, "Please
, if
I have found
favor
in your sight
, bplace
now
your hand
under
my thigh
and cdeal
with me in kindness
and 2faithfulness
. Please
do not bury
me in Egypt
,
but when I alie down
with my fathers
, you shall carry
me out of Egypt
and bury
me in btheir burial
place
." And he said
, "I will do
as you have said
."
He said, " aSwear
to me." So he swore
to him. Then bIsrael
bowed
in worship at the head
of the bed
.