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.
