047:001 Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father
and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that
they own, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold,
they are in the land of Goshen."
047:002 From among his brothers he took five men, and presented
them to Pharaoh.
047:003 Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?"
They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we,
and our fathers."
047:004 They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to live as foreigners in
the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks.
For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore,
please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen."
047:005 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers
have come to you.
047:006 The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your
brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell
in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them,
then put them in charge of my livestock."
047:007 Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh,
and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
047:008 Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years
of your life?"
047:009 Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage
are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been
the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained
to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days
of their pilgrimage."
047:010 Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
047:011 Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them
a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land,
in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
047:012 Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his
father's household, with bread, according to their families.
047:013 There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe,
so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted
by reason of the famine.
047:014 Joseph gathered up 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.
047:015 When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in
the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said,
"Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence?
For our money fails."
047:016 Joseph said, "Give me your livestock; and I will give you food
for your livestock, if your money is gone."
047:017 They brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave
them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks,
and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them