Genesis 47

Then Joseph acame and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the bland of Goshen. 2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and cpresented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, dWhat is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, eThy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. 4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, hFor to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; gfor the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants fdwell in the land of Goshen. 5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee: 6 The iland of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in jthe land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them krulers over my cattle.

7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The ndays of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: mfew and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have lnot attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 10 And Jacob oblessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of pRameses, as qPharaoh had commanded. 12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his sfather's household, with bread, raccording to their families.

13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, tso that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. 14 And uJoseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. 15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for vwhy should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. 16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. 17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.

18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: 19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate. 20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's. 21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. 22 Only wthe land of the xpriests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.

23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. 24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give 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 food for your little ones. 25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: ylet us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. 26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; zexcept the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.

27 And Israel bdwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and agrew, and multiplied exceedingly. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. 29 And the time cdrew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, dput, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and edeal kindly and truly with me; fbury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: 30 But hI will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and gbury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. 31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And iIsrael bowed himself upon the bed's head.

Genesis 48

 
Cross Ref
1 a Gen 46:31
 b Gen 45:10
Gen 46:28
2 c Act 7:13
3 d Gen 46:33
 e Gen 46:34
4 f Gen 46:34
 g Act 7:11
Gen 43:1
 h Isa 52:4
Psa 105:23
Deu 26:5
Gen 15:13
6 i Gen 20:15
 j Gen 47:4
 k 1 Kin 11:28
Pro 12:24
Pro 22:29
9 l Gen 35:28
Gen 25:7
 m 1 Pet 1:24
Jam 4:14
Ecc 2:23
Psa 102:3
Job 14:1
Job 7:7
 n 1 Pet 2:11
Heb 11:13
Heb 11:9
2 Cor 5:6-7
Psa 119:19
Psa 39:12
10 o Gen 47:7
11 p Exo 1:11
Exo 12:37
 q Gen 47:6
12 r Gen 50:21
 s Pro 10:1
Exo 20:12
13 t Gen 41:30
Act 7:11
14 u Gen 41:56
15 v Gen 47:19
22 w Ezr 7:24
 x Gen 41:45
2 Sam 8:18
25 y Gen 33:15
26 z Gen 26:22
27 a Act 7:17
Psa 105:24
Deu 26:5
Exo 1:7
Gen 46:3
Gen 26:4
Gen 18:18
Gen 17:6
Gen 15:13-14
Gen 12:2
 b Gen 47:11
29 c Deu 31:14
1 Kin 2:1
 d Gen 24:2
 e Gen 24:49
 f Gen 50:25
30 g Heb 11:22
Act 7:16
Gen 50:13
Gen 50:5
Gen 49:29
Gen 35:29
Gen 25:9-10
Gen 23:17-20
Gen 23:2
 h 2 Sam 19:37
31 i Gen 48:2
1 Kin 1:47
Heb 11:21