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And behold, they stand together in the land of Goshen.” <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Likewise, he stood in the sight of the king five men, the last of his brothers. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And he questioned them, “What do you have for work?” They responded: “Your servants are pastors of sheep, both we and our fathers. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>We came to sojourn in your land, because there is no grass for the flocks of your servants, the famine being very grievous in the land of Canaan. And we petition you that you may order us, your servants, to be in the land of Goshen.” <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And so the king said to Joseph: “Your father and brothers have come to you. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The land of Egypt is in your sight. Cause them to live in the best place, and deliver to them the land of Goshen. And if you know there to be industrious men among them, appoint these as foremen over my cattle.”<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>After this, Joseph brought in his father to the king, and he stood him in his sight. He blessed him, <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>and he questioned him: “How many are the days of the years of your life?” <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He responded, “The days of my sojourn are one hundred and thirty years, few and unworthy, and they do not reach even to the days of the sojourning of my fathers.” <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And blessing the king, he went outside. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Truly, Joseph gave his father and brothers a possession in Egypt, in the best place of the land, in Rameses, as Pharaoh had instructed. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And he fed them, along with all his father’s house, providing portions of food to each one.<p> <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">The Famine Continues<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For in the whole world there was a lack of bread, and a famine had oppressed the land, most of all Egypt and Canaan, <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>from which he gathered together all the money for the grain that they bought, and he took it into the treasury of the king. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And when the buyers had run out of money, all Egypt came to Joseph, saying: “Give us bread. Why should we die in your sight, lacking money?” <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And he responded to them: “Bring me your cattle, and I will give food to you in exchange for them, if you do not have money.” <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And when they had brought them, he gave them food for their horses, and sheep, and oxen, and donkeys. And he sustained them in that year in exchange for their cattle. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Likewise, they came the second year, and they said to him: “We will not conceal from our lord that our money is gone; likewise our cattle are gone. Neither are you unaware that we have nothing left but our bodies and our land. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Therefore, why should you watch us die? Both we and our land will be yours. Buy us into royal servitude, but provide seed, lest by the dying off of cultivators the land be reduced to a wilderness.”<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Therefore, Joseph bought all the land of Egypt, each one selling his possessions because of the magnitude of the famine. And he subjected it to Pharaoh, <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>along with all of its people, from the newest borders of Egypt, even to its furthest limits, <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>except the land of the priests, which had been delivered to them by the king. To these also a portion of food was supplied out of the public storehouses, and, for this reason, they were not compelled to sell their possessions. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Therefore, Joseph said to the people: “So, as you discern, both you and your lands are possessed by Pharaoh; take seed and sow the fields, <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>so that you may be able to have grain. One fifth part you will give to the king; the remaining four I permit to you, as seed and as food for your families and children. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And they responded: “Our health is in your hand; only let our lord look kindly upon us, and we will serve the king with gladness.” <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>From that time, even to the present day, in the entire land of Egypt, the fifth part is turned over to the kings, and it has become like a law, except in the land of the priests, which was free from this condition.<p> <A name="28"></a><p class="hdg">The Israelites Prosper in Goshen<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And so, Israel lived in Egypt, that is, in the land of Goshen, and he possessed it. And he increased and was multiplied exceedingly. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And he lived in it seventeen years. And all the days of his life that passed were one hundred and forty-seven years.<p> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And when he discerned that the day of his death was approaching, he called his son Joseph, and he said to him: “If I have found favor in your sight, place your hand under my thigh. And you shall show me mercy and truth, not to bury me in Egypt. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>But I shall sleep with my fathers, and you will carry me from this land and bury me in the sepulcher of my ancestors.” And Joseph answered him, “I will do what you have ordered.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And he said, “Then swear it to me.” And as he was swearing, Israel adored God, turning to the head of his resting place.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../genesis/46.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Genesis 46"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Genesis 46" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../genesis/48.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Genesis 48"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Genesis 48" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>