47:1 Joseph went before Pharaoh
and told him his father and brothers
and their flocks and their herds
and everything they own
have arrived from
and now they have settled in
47:2 Then he brought five men
from among his brothers
and presented them to Pharaoh.
47:3 Then Pharaoh said to the brothers:
What is your occupation?
So they replied to Pharaoh:
Your servants are shepherds
together with our fathers.
47:4 They also said to Pharaoh:
We have arrived here to settle
because there is no pastures
for your servants’ herds
because the famine is bad in
Thus please let your servants
live in the
47:5 Then Pharaoh told Joseph:
Your father and your brothers
have come to you.
47:6 The nation of
settle your father and your brothers
in the best of the land
let them live in
and if you know any men
who are capable among them
put them in charge of my herds.
47:7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob
and presented him before Pharaoh
and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
47:8 Then Pharaoh said to Jacob:
How many years have you been alive?
47:9 Jacob responded to Pharaoh:
I traveled around for 130 years.
The years of my life have been
few and unpleasant.
I have not achieved the years
that my fathers lived
during the days they traveled abroad.
47:10 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh
and left his presence.
47:11 Joseph settled his father and brothers
and gave them property inside
in the best
just as Pharaoh had instructed.
47:12 Joseph provided his father and brothers
along with his father’s household
with food according to the
number of their children.
47:13 There was no food in the area
due to the famine being very severe
so much that the nations of
and
47:14 Joseph collected all the money
from the
and in the
for the grain that was purchased.
Joseph brought the money to Pharaoh.
47:15 When the money was spent
by the people of
the Egyptians came to Joseph saying:
Please give us food.
Why should we die before you?
For we are out of money.
47:16 So Joseph said:
If you give up your herds
I will give you food for your herds
since you are out of money.
47:17 So they brought their herds to Joseph
and Joseph gave them grain
in exchange for the horses
and the flocks and herds
and for the donkeys
he fed them with grains
in exchange for their herds that year.
47:18 But when that year came to an end
they came to him the next year
and then said to him:
Sir we cannot hide from you
the fact that our money is gone
and our herds are yours sir.
Sir there is nothing left for you
except our bodies and our lands.
47:19 Why should we die before your eyes
all of us and our land?
Buy us and our land for food
and we and our land will serve Pharaoh.
So please give us some seed
so that we may live and not die
and the land may not be barren.
47:20 So Joseph bought all the land
of
as every Egyptian sold his field
because the famine was so severe.
Thus the land became Pharaoh’s.
47:21 With regard to the people
he relocated them to the cities
from one side of
to the other side.
47:22 The only land he didn’t buy
belonged to the priests.
The priests were allotted land by Pharaoh
and they lived off the allotment
that Pharaoh had given them.
Thus they could not sell their land.
47:23 So Joseph said to the people:
Okay, today I have purchased
you and your land for Pharaoh.
Now here is your seed
so you may plant the land.
47:24 At harvest you shall give Pharaoh
a fifth and keep four-fifths of it
for planting seed and for your food
and for those in your families
and food for your children.
47:25 Then they replied:
You have saved our lives!
Sir we will do as you please
and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.
47:26 Joseph made a regulation
regarding the
still valid to this day
that Pharaoh was to keep a fifth
except for the land of the priests
did not become Pharaoh’s
47:27 So Israel lived in the
in
which became fruitful and populated.
47:28 Jacob lived in the
for a total of 17 years.
Jacob lived for 147 years.
47:29 When Israel’s death drew near
he summoned his son Joseph and said:
If I have found your favor
place your hand at my side
and promise that you will
deal with kindness and faithfulness.
And please do not bury me in
47:30 Instead when I lie down
with my teachers
you will carry my body
out of
in their burial place.
Joseph replied:
I will do as you have said.
47:31 Then he said:
Promise me.
So he promised him.
Then
at the head of the bed.
