← Back
←Previous: genesis 46
Chapter 47
Next: genesis 48→

Verse 1

Then Joseph{H3130} went{H935} in and told{H5046} Pharaoh,{H6547} and said,{H559} My father{H1} and my brethren,{H251} and their flocks,{H6629} and their herds,{H1241} and all that they have, are come out{H935} of the land{H776} of Canaan;{H3667} and, behold, they are in the land{H776} of Goshen.{H1657}

Verse 2

And from{H7097} among his brethren{H251} he took{H3947} five{H2568} men,{H582} and presented{H3322} them unto{H6440} Pharaoh.{H6547}

Verse 3

And Pharaoh{H6547} said{H559} unto his brethren,{H251} What is your occupation?{H4639} And they said{H559} unto Pharaoh,{H6547} Thy servants{H5650} are shepherds,{H7462} both we, and our fathers.{H1}

Verse 4

And they said{H559} unto Pharaoh,{H6547} To sojourn{H1481} in the land{H776} are we come;{H935} for there is no pasture{H4829} for thy servants'{H5650} flocks;{H6629} for the famine{H7458} is sore{H3515} in the land{H776} of Canaan:{H3667} now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants{H5650} dwell{H3427} in the land{H776} of Goshen.{H1657}

Verse 5

And Pharaoh{H6547} spake{H559} unto Joseph,{H3130} saying,{H559} Thy father{H1} and thy brethren{H251} are come{H935} unto thee:

Verse 6

the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} is before thee;{H6440} in the best{H4315} of the land{H776} make{H3427} thy father{H1} and thy brethren{H251} to dwell;{H3427} in the land{H776} of Goshen{H1657} let them dwell:{H3427} and if thou knowest{H3045} any able{H2428} men{H582} among them, then make them{H7760} rulers{H8269} over my cattle.{H4735}

Verse 7

And Joseph{H3130} brought in{H935} Jacob{H3290} his father,{H1} and set him{H5975} before{H6440} Pharaoh:{H6547} and Jacob{H3290} blessed{H1288} Pharaoh.{H6547}

Verse 8

And Pharaoh{H6547} said{H559} unto Jacob,{H3290} How{H4100} many are the days{H3117} of the years of thy life?

Verse 9

And Jacob{H3290} said{H559} unto Pharaoh,{H6547} The days{H3117} of the years{H8141} of my pilgrimage{H4033} are a hundred{H3967} and thirty{H7970} years:{H8141} few{H4592} and evil{H7451} have been the days{H3117} of the years{H8141} of my life,{H2416} and they have not attained{H5381} unto the days{H3117} of the years{H8141} of the life{H2416} of my fathers{H1} in the days{H3117} of their pilgrimage.{H4033}

Verse 10

And Jacob{H3290} blessed{H1288} Pharaoh,{H6547} and went out{H3318} from the presence{H6440} of Pharaoh.{H6547}

Verse 11

And Joseph{H3130} placed{H3427} his father{H1} and his brethren,{H251} and gave{H5414} them a possession{H272} in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} in the best{H4315} of the land,{H776} in the land{H776} of Rameses,{H7486} as Pharaoh{H6547} had commanded.{H6680}

Verse 12

And Joseph{H3130} nourished{H3557} his father,{H1} and his brethren,{H251} and all his father's{H1} household,{H1004} with bread,{H3899} according{H6310} to their families.{H2945}

Verse 13

And there was no bread{H3899} in all the land;{H776} for the famine{H7458} was very{H3966} sore,{H3515} so that the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} and the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667} fainted{H3856} by reason{H6440} of the famine.{H7458}

Verse 14

And Joseph{H3130} gathered up{H3950} all the money{H3701} that was found{H4672} in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} and in the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} for the grain{H7668} which they bought:{H7666} and Joseph{H3130} brought{H935} the money{H3701} into Pharaoh's{H6547} house.{H1004}

Verse 15

And when the money{H3701} was all spent{H8552} in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} and in the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} all the Egyptians{H4714} came{H935} unto Joseph,{H3130} and said,{H559} Give{H3051} us bread:{H3899} for why should we die{H4191} in thy presence? for [our] money{H3701} faileth.{H656}

Verse 16

And Joseph{H3130} said,{H559} Give{H3051} your cattle;{H4735} and I will give{H5414} you for your cattle,{H4735} if money{H3701} fail.{H656}

Verse 17

And they brought{H935} their cattle{H4735} unto Joseph;{H3130} and Joseph{H3130} gave{H5414} them bread{H3899} in exchange for the horses,{H5483} and for the flocks,{H6629} and for the{H4735} herds,{H1241} and for the asses:{H2543} and he fed{H5095} them with bread{H3899} in exchange for all their cattle{H4735} for that year.{H8141}

Verse 18

And when that year{H8141} was ended,{H8552} they came{H935} unto him the second{H8145} year,{H8141} and said{H559} unto him, We will not hide{H3582} from my lord,{H113} how that our money{H3701} is all spent;{H8552} and the herds{H4735} of cattle{H929} are my{H413} lord's;{H113} there is nought left{H7604} in the sight{H6440} of my lord,{H113} but our bodies,{H1472} and our lands:{H127}

Verse 19

wherefore should we die{H4191} before thine eyes,{H5869} both we and our land?{H127} buy{H7069} us and our land{H127} for bread,{H3899} and we and our land{H127} will be servants{H5650} unto Pharaoh:{H6547} and give{H5414} us seed,{H2233} that we may live,{H2421} and not die,{H4191} and that the land{H127} be not desolate.{H3456}

Verse 20

So Joseph{H3130} bought{H7069} all the land{H127} of Egypt{H4714} for Pharaoh;{H6547} for the Egyptians{H4714} sold{H4376} every man{H376} his field,{H7704} because the famine{H7458} was sore{H2388} upon them: and the land{H776} became Pharaoh's.{H6547}

Verse 21

And as for the people,{H5971} he removed{H5674} them to the cities{H5892} from one end{H7097} of the border{H1366} of Egypt{H4714} even to the other end{H7097} thereof.

Verse 22

Only the land{H127} of the priests{H3548} bought he{H7069} not: for the priests{H3548} had a portion{H2706} from Pharaoh,{H6547} and did eat{H398} their portion{H2706} which Pharaoh{H6547} gave{H5414} them; wherefore they sold{H4376} not their land.{H127}

Verse 23

Then Joseph{H3130} said{H559} unto the people,{H5971} Behold, I have bought{H7069} you this day{H3117} and your land{H127} for Pharaoh:{H6547} lo,{H1887} here is seed{H2233} for you, and ye shall sow{H2232} the land.{H127}

Verse 24

And it shall come to pass at the ingatherings,{H8393} that ye shall give{H5414} a fifth{H2549} unto Pharaoh,{H6547} and four{H702} parts{H3027} shall be your own, for seed{H2233} of the field,{H7704} and for your food,{H400} and for them of your households,{H1004} and for food{H398} for your little ones.{H2945}

Verse 25

And they said,{H559} Thou hast saved our lives:{H2421} let us find{H4672} favor{H2580} in the sight{H5869} of my lord,{H113} and we will be Pharaoh's{H6547} servants.{H5650}

Verse 26

And Joseph{H3130} made{H7760} it a statute{H2706} concerning the land{H127} of Egypt{H4714} unto this day,{H3117} that Pharaoh{H6547} should have the fifth;{H2569} only the land{H127} of the priests{H3548} alone became not{H7535} Pharaoh's.{H6547}

Verse 27

And Israel{H3478} dwelt{H3427} in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} in the land{H776} of Goshen;{H1657} and they gat them possessions{H270} therein, and were fruitful,{H6509} and multiplied{H7235} exceedingly.{H3966}

Verse 28

And Jacob{H3290} lived{H2421} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} seventeen{H6240} years:{H8141} so the days of Jacob,{H3290} the years{H8141} of his life, were a hundred{H3967} forty{H705} and seven{H7651} years.{H8141}

Verse 29

And the time{H3117} drew near{H7126} that Israel{H3478} must die:{H4191} and he called{H7121} his son{H1121} Joseph,{H3130} and said{H559} unto him, If now I have found{H4672} favor{H2580} in thy sight,{H5869} put,{H7760} I pray thee, thy hand{H3027} under my thigh,{H3409} and deal{H6213} kindly{H2617} and truly{H571} with me: bury{H6912} me not, I pray thee, in Egypt;{H4714}

Verse 30

but when I sleep{H7901} with my fathers,{H1} thou shalt carry{H5375} me out of Egypt,{H4714} and bury{H6912} me in their burying-place.{H6900} And he said,{H559} I will do{H6213} as thou hast said.{H1697}

Verse 31

And he said,{H559} Swear{H7650} unto me: and he sware{H7650} unto him. And Israel{H3478} bowed{H7812} himself upon the bed's{H4296} head.{H7218}

←Previous: genesis 46
Chapter 47
Next: genesis 48→