CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Genesis 47 DRB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/47.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/47-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">DRB</a> > Genesis 47</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/46.htm" title="Genesis 46">◄</a> Genesis 47 <a href="../genesis/48.htm" title="Genesis 48">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Douay-Rheims Bible</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Jacob Settles in Goshen</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Joseph went in and told Pharao, saying: My father and brethren, their sheep and their herds, and all that they possess, are come out of the land of Chanaan: and behold they stay in the land of Gessen. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Five men also the last of his brethren, he presented before the king: <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And he asked them: What is your occupation? They answered: Re thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>We are come to sojourn in thy land, because there is no grass for the flocks of thy servants, the famine being very grievous in the land of Chanaan: and we pray thee to give orders that we thy servants may be in the land of Gessen. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The king therefore said to Joseph: Thy father and thy brethren are come to thee. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The land of Egypt is before thee: make them dwell in the best place, and give them the land of Gessen. And if thou knowest that there are industrious men among them, make them rulers over my cattle. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>After this Joseph brought in his to the king, and presented him before him: and he blessed him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And being asked by him: How many are the days of the years of thy life? <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He answered: The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years, few, and evil, and they are not come up to the days of the pilgrimage of my fathers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And blessing the king, he went out. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But Joseph gave a possession to his father and his brethren in Egypt, in the best place of the land, in Ramesses, as Pharao had commanded. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And he nourished them, and all his father's house, allowing food to every one. </p> <p class="hdg">Joseph's Leadership in Famine</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For in the whole world there was want of bread, and a famine had op- pressed the land: more especially of Egypt and Chanaan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Out of which he gathered up all the money for the corn which they bought, and brought it into the king's treasure. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And when the buyers wanted money, all Egypt came to Joseph, saying: Give us bread: why should we die in thy presence, having now net money. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And he answered them: Bring your cattle, and for them I will give you food, if you have no money. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And when they had brought them, he gave them food in exchange for their horses, and sheep, and oxen, end asses and he maintained them that year for the exchange of their cattle. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And they came the second year, and said to him: We will not hide from our lord, how that our money is spent, and our cattle also are gone: neither art thou ignorant that we have nothing now left but our bodies and our lands. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Why therefore shall we die before thy eyes? we will be thins, both we and our lands: buy us to be the king's servants, and give us seed, lest for want of tillers the land be turned into a wilderness. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt, every man selling his possessions, because of the greatness of the famine. And he brought it into Pharao's hands: <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And all its people from one end of the borders of Egypt, even to the other end thereof, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Except the land of the priests, which had been given them by the king: to whom also a certain allowance of food was given out of the public stores, and therefore they were not forced to sell their possessions. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then Joseph said to the people : Be- hold as you see, both you and your lands belong to Pharao: take seed and sow the fields, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>That you may have corn. The fifth part you shall give to the king: the other four you shall have for seed, and for food for your families and children. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And they answered: Our life is in thy hand: only let my lord look favourably upon us, and we will gladly serve the king. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>From that time unto this day, in the whole land of Egypt, the fifth part is paid to the king, and it is become as a law, except the land of the priests, which was free from this covenant. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>So Israel dwelt in Egypt, that is, in the land of Gessen, and possessed it: and grew, and was multiplied exceedingly. <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 came to a hundred and forty-seven years. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And when he saw that the day of his death drew nigh, he called his son Joseph, and said to him: If I have found favour in thy sight, put thy hand under my thigh; and thou shalt shew me this kindness and truth, not to bury me in Egypt: <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>But I will sleep with my fathers, end thou shalt take me away out of this land, and bury me in the burying place of my ancestors. And Joseph answered him: I will do what thou hast commanded. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/47-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And he said: Swear then to me. And as he was swearing, Israel adored God, turning to the bed's head. </p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Douay-Rheims Bible<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></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="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/genesis/47-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>