The Latter Days - Genesis Chapter 47

Gen 47:1 Then Joseph [03130] came [0935] (8799) and told [05046] (8686) Pharaoh [06547], and said [0559] (8799), My father [01] and my brethren [0251], and their flocks [06629], and their herds [01241], and all that they have, are come out [0935] (8804) of the land [0776] of Canaan [03667]; and, behold, they are in the land [0776] of Goshen [01657].
Gen 47:2 And he took [03947] (8804) some [07097] of his brethren [0251], [even] five [02568] men [0582], and presented [03322] (8686) them unto [06440] Pharaoh [06547].
Gen 47:3 And Pharaoh [06547] said [0559] (8799) unto his brethren [0251], What is your occupation [04639]? And they said [0559] (8799) unto Pharaoh [06547], Thy servants [05650] are shepherds [07462] (8802) [06629], both we, and also our fathers [01].
Gen 47:4 They said [0559] (8799) moreover unto Pharaoh [06547], For to sojourn [01481] (8800) in the land [0776] are we come [0935] (8804); for thy servants [05650] have no pasture [04829] for their flocks [06629]; for the famine [07458] is sore [03515] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667]: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants [05650] dwell [03427] (8799) in the land [0776] of Goshen [01657].
Gen 47:5 And Pharaoh [06547] spake [0559] (8799) unto Joseph [03130], saying [0559] (8800), Thy father [01] and thy brethren [0251] are come [0935] (8804) unto thee:
Gen 47:6 The land [0776] of Egypt [04714] is before thee [06440]; in the best [04315] of the land [0776] make [03427] [00] thy father [01] and brethren [0251] to dwell [03427] (8685); in the land [0776] of Goshen [01657] let them dwell [03427] (8799): and if thou knowest [03045] (8804) [03426] [any] men [0582] of activity [02428] among them, then make them [07760] (8804) rulers [08269] over my cattle [04735].
Gen 47:7 And Joseph [03130] brought in [0935] (8686) Jacob [03290] his father [01], and set him [05975] (8686) before [06440] Pharaoh [06547]: and Jacob [03290] blessed [01288] (8762) Pharaoh [06547].
Gen 47:8 And Pharaoh [06547] said [0559] (8799) unto Jacob [03290], How [04100] old [02416] [03117] [08141] art thou?
Gen 47:9 And Jacob [03290] said [0559] (8799) unto Pharaoh [06547], The days [03117] of the years [08141] of my pilgrimage [04033] are an hundred [03967] and thirty [07970] years [08141]: few [04592] and evil [07451] have the days [03117] of the years [08141] of my life [02416] been, and have not attained [05381] (8689) unto the days [03117] of the years [08141] of the life [02416] of my fathers [01] in the days [03117] of their pilgrimage [04033].
Gen 47:10 And Jacob [03290] blessed [01288] (8762) Pharaoh [06547], and went out [03318] (8799) from before [06440] Pharaoh [06547].
Gen 47:11 And Joseph [03130] placed [03427] (8686) his father [01] and his brethren [0251], and gave [05414] (8799) them a possession [0272] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], in the best [04315] of the land [0776], in the land [0776] of Rameses [07486], as Pharaoh [06547] had commanded [06680] (8765).
Gen 47:12 And Joseph [03130] nourished [03557] (8770) his father [01], and his brethren [0251], and all his father's [01] household [01004], with bread [03899], according [06310] to [their] families [02945].
Gen 47:13 And there was no bread [03899] in all the land [0776]; for the famine [07458] was very [03966] sore [03515], so that the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] and [all] the land [0776] of Canaan [03667] fainted [03856] (8799) by reason [06440] of the famine [07458].
Gen 47:14 And Joseph [03130] gathered up [03950] (8762) all the money [03701] that was found [04672] (8737) in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], and in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], for the corn [07668] which they bought [07666] (8802): and Joseph [03130] brought [0935] (8686) the money [03701] into Pharaoh's [06547] house [01004].
Gen 47:15 And when money [03701] failed [08552] (8799) in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], and in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], all the Egyptians [04714] came [0935] (8799) unto Joseph [03130], and said [0559] (8800), Give [03051] (8798) us bread [03899]: for why should we die [04191] (8799) in thy presence? for the money [03701] faileth [0656] (8804).
Gen 47:16 And Joseph [03130] said [0559] (8799), Give [03051] (8798) your cattle [04735]; and I will give [05414] (8799) you for your cattle [04735], if money [03701] fail [0656] (8804).
Gen 47:17 And they brought [0935] (8686) their cattle [04735] unto Joseph [03130]: and Joseph [03130] gave [05414] (8799) them bread [03899] [in exchange] for horses [05483], and for the flocks [06629], and for the cattle [04735] of the herds [01241], and for the asses [02543]: and he fed [05095] (8762) them with bread [03899] for all their cattle [04735] for that year [08141].
Gen 47:18 When that year [08141] was ended [08552] (8799), they came [0935] (8799) unto him the second [08145] year [08141], and said [0559] (8799) unto him, We will not hide [03582] (8762) [it] from my lord [0113], how that our money [03701] is spent [08552] (8804); my lord [0113] also hath [0413] our herds [04735] of cattle [0929]; there is not ought left [07604] (8738) in the sight [06440] of my lord [0113], but our bodies [01472], and our lands [0127]:
Gen 47:19 Wherefore shall we die [04191] (8799) before thine eyes [05869], both we and our land [0127]? buy [07069] (8798) us and our land [0127] for bread [03899], and we and our land [0127] will be servants [05650] unto Pharaoh [06547]: and give [05414] (8798) [us] seed [02233], that we may live [02421] (8799), and not die [04191] (8799), that the land [0127] be not desolate [03456] (8799).
Gen 47:20 And Joseph [03130] bought [07069] (8799) all the land [0127] of Egypt [04714] for Pharaoh [06547]; for the Egyptians [04714] sold [04376] (8804) every man [0376] his field [07704], because the famine [07458] prevailed [02388] (8804) over them: so the land [0776] became Pharaoh's [06547].
Gen 47:21 And as for the people [05971], he removed [05674] (8689) them to cities [05892] from one end [07097] of the borders [01366] of Egypt [04714] even to the [other] end [07097] thereof.
Gen 47:22 Only the land [0127] of the priests [03548] bought he [07069] (8804) not; for the priests [03548] had a portion [02706] [assigned them] of Pharaoh [06547], and did eat [0398] (8804) their portion [02706] which Pharaoh [06547] gave [05414] (8804) them: wherefore they sold [04376] (8804) not their lands [0127].
Gen 47:23 Then Joseph [03130] said [0559] (8799) unto the people [05971], Behold, I have bought [07069] (8804) [0853] you this day [03117] and your land [0127] for Pharaoh [06547]: lo [01887], [here is] seed [02233] for you, and ye shall sow [02232] (8804) the land [0127].
Gen 47:24 And it shall come to pass in the increase [08393], that ye shall give [05414] (8804) the fifth [02549] [part] unto Pharaoh [06547], and four [0702] parts [03027] shall be your own, for seed [02233] of the field [07704], and for your food [0400], and for them of your households [01004], and for food [0398] (8800) for your little ones [02945].
Gen 47:25 And they said [0559] (8799), Thou hast saved our lives [02421] (8689): let us find [04672] (8799) grace [02580] in the sight [05869] of my lord [0113], and we will be Pharaoh's [06547] servants [05650].
Gen 47:26 And Joseph [03130] made [07760] (8799) it a law [02706] over the land [0127] of Egypt [04714] unto this day [03117], that Pharaoh [06547] should have the fifth [02569] [part]; except [07535] the land [0127] of the priests [03548] only, [which] became not Pharaoh's [06547].
Gen 47:27 And Israel [03478] dwelt [03427] (8799) in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], in the country [0776] of Goshen [01657]; and they had possessions [0270] (8735) therein, and grew [06509] (8799), and multiplied [07235] (8799) exceedingly [03966].
Gen 47:28 And Jacob [03290] lived [02421] (8799) in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] seventeen [06240] [07651] years [08141]: so the whole age [02416] [03117] of Jacob [03290] was an hundred [03967] forty [0705] [08141] and seven [07651] years [08141].
Gen 47:29 And the time [03117] drew nigh [07126] (8799) that Israel [03478] must die [04191] (8800): and he called [07121] (8799) his son [01121] Joseph [03130], and said [0559] (8799) unto him, If now I have found [04672] (8804) grace [02580] in thy sight [05869], put [07760] (8798), I pray thee, thy hand [03027] under my thigh [03409], and deal [06213] (8804) kindly [02617] and truly [0571] with me; bury [06912] (8799) me not, I pray thee, in Egypt [04714]:
Gen 47:30 But I will lie [07901] (8804) with my fathers [01], and thou shalt carry [05375] (8804) me out of Egypt [04714], and bury [06912] (8804) me in their buryingplace [06900]. And he said [0559] (8799), I will do [06213] (8799) as thou hast said [01697].
Gen 47:31 And he said [0559] (8799), Swear [07650] (8734) unto me. And he sware [07650] (8735) unto him. And Israel [03478] bowed [07812] (8691) himself upon the bed's [04296] head [07218].

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