Genesis 47 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[1] Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.” ^[2] From among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh. ^[3] Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?”They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.” ^[4] They also said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.” ^[5] Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you. ^[6] The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock.” ^[7] Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. ^[8] Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How old are you?” ^[9] Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. The days of the years of my life have been few and evil. They have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.” ^[10] Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh. ^[11] Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. ^[12] Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household with bread, according to the sizes of their families. ^[13] There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. ^[14] Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house. ^[15] When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, “Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For our money fails.” ^[16] Joseph said, “Give me your livestock; and I will give you food for your livestock, if your money is gone.” ^[17] They brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock for that year. ^[18] When that year was ended, they came to him the second year, and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord how our money is all spent, and the herds of livestock are my lord’s. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands. ^[19] Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land won’t be desolate.” ^[20] So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for every man of the Egyptians sold his field, because the famine was severe on them, and the land became Pharaoh’s. ^[21] As for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end of it. ^[22] Only he didn’t buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them. That is why they didn’t sell their land. ^[23] Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh. Behold, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land. ^[24] It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.” ^[25] They said, “You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.” ^[26] Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of the priests alone didn’t become Pharaoh’s. ^[27] Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly. ^[28] Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years. ^[29] The time came near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don’t bury me in Egypt, ^[30] but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place.”Joseph said, “I will do as you have said.” ^[31] Israel said, “Swear to me,” and he swore to him. Then Israel bowed himself on the bed’s head.

King James Version

^[1] Then JosephH3130 cameH935(QalImpf) and toldH5046(HiphImpf) Pharaoh,H6547 and said,H559(QalImpf) My fatherH1 and my brethren,H251 and their flocks,H6629 and their herds,H1241 and all that they have, are come outH935(QalPerf) of the landH776 of Canaan;H3667 and, behold, they [are] in the landH776 of Goshen.H1657 ^[2] And he tookH3947(QalPerf) someH7097 of his brethren,H251 [even] fiveH2568 men,H582 and presentedH3322(HiphImpf) them untoH6440 Pharaoh.H6547 ^[3] And PharaohH6547 saidH559(QalImpf) unto his brethren,H251 What [is] your occupation?H4639 And they saidH559(QalImpf) unto Pharaoh,H6547 Thy servantsH5650 [are] shepherds,H7462(QalActPtc) both we, [and] also our fathers.H1 ^[4] They saidH559(QalImpf) moreover unto Pharaoh,H6547 For to sojournH1481(QalInf) in the landH776 are we come;H935(QalPerf) for thy servantsH5650 have no pastureH4829 for their flocks;H6629 for the famineH7458 [is] soreH3515 in the landH776 of Canaan:H3667 now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servantsH5650 dwellH3427(QalImpf) in the landH776 of Goshen.H1657 ^[5] And PharaohH6547 spakeH559(QalImpf) unto Joseph,H3130 saying,H559(QalInf) Thy fatherH1 and thy brethrenH251 are comeH935(QalPerf) unto thee: ^[6] The landH776 of EgyptH4714 [is] before thee;H6440 in the bestH4315 of the landH776 makeH3427 thy fatherH1 and brethrenH251 to dwell;H3427(HiphImpv) in the landH776 of GoshenH1657 let them dwell:H3427(QalImpf) and if thou knowestH3045(QalPerf) [any] menH582 of activityH2428 among them, then make themH7760(QalPerf) rulersH8269 over my cattle.H4735 ^[7] And JosephH3130 brought inH935(HiphImpf) JacobH3290 his father,H1 and set himH5975(HiphImpf) beforeH6440 Pharaoh:H6547 and JacobH3290 blessedH1288(PielImpf) Pharaoh.H6547 ^[8] And PharaohH6547 saidH559(QalImpf) unto Jacob,H3290 HowH4100 oldH2416 [art] thou? ^[9] And JacobH3290 saidH559(QalImpf) unto Pharaoh,H6547 The daysH3117 of the yearsH8141 of my pilgrimageH4033 [are] an hundredH3967 and thirtyH7970 years:H8141 fewH4592 and evilH7451 have the daysH3117 of the yearsH8141 of my lifeH2416 been, and have not attainedH5381(HiphPerf) unto the daysH3117 of the yearsH8141 of the lifeH2416 of my fathersH1 in the daysH3117 of their pilgrimage.H4033 ^[10] And JacobH3290 blessedH1288(PielImpf) Pharaoh,H6547 and went outH3318(QalImpf) from beforeH6440 Pharaoh.H6547 ^[11] And JosephH3130 placedH3427(HiphImpf) his fatherH1 and his brethren,H251 and gaveH5414(QalImpf) them a possessionH272 in the landH776 of Egypt,H4714 in the bestH4315 of the land,H776 in the landH776 of Rameses,H7486 as PharaohH6547 had commanded.H6680(PielPerf) ^[12] And JosephH3130 nourishedH3557(PilpImpf) his father,H1 and his brethren,H251 and all his father’sH1 household,H1004 with bread,H3899 accordingH6310 to [their] families.H2945 ^[13] And [there was] no breadH3899 in all the land;H776 for the famineH7458 [was] veryH3966 sore,H3515 so that the landH776 of EgyptH4714 and [all] the landH776 of CanaanH3667 faintedH3856(QalImpf) by reasonH6440 of the famine.H7458 ^[14] And JosephH3130 gathered upH3950(PielImpf) all the moneyH3701 that was foundH4672(NiphPtc) in the landH776 of Egypt,H4714 and in the landH776 of Canaan,H3667 for the cornH7668 which they bought:H7666(QalActPtc) and JosephH3130 broughtH935(HiphImpf) the moneyH3701 into Pharaoh’sH6547 house.H1004 ^[15] And when moneyH3701 failedH8552(QalImpf) in the landH776 of Egypt,H4714 and in the landH776 of Canaan,H3667 all the EgyptiansH4714 cameH935(QalImpf) unto Joseph,H3130 and said,H559(QalInf) GiveH3051(QalImpv) us bread:H3899 for why should we dieH4191(QalImpf) in thy presence? for the moneyH3701 faileth.H656(QalPerf) ^[16] And JosephH3130 said,H559(QalImpf) GiveH3051(QalImpv) your cattle;H4735 and I will giveH5414(QalImpf) you for your cattle,H4735 if moneyH3701 fail.H656(QalPerf) ^[17] And they broughtH935(HiphImpf) their cattleH4735 unto Joseph:H3130 and JosephH3130 gaveH5414(QalImpf) them breadH3899 [in exchange] for horses,H5483 and for the flocks,H6629 and for the cattleH4735 of the herds,H1241 and for the asses:H2543 and he fedH5095(PielImpf) them with breadH3899 for all their cattleH4735 for that year.H8141 ^[18] When that yearH8141 was ended,H8552(QalImpf) they cameH935(QalImpf) unto him the secondH8145 year,H8141 and saidH559(QalImpf) unto him, We will not hideH3582(PielImpf) [it] from my lord,H113 how that our moneyH3701 is spent;H8552(QalPerf) my lordH113 also hathH413 our herdsH4735 of cattle;H929 there is not ought leftH7604(NiphPerf) in the sightH6440 of my lord,H113 but our bodies,H1472 and our lands:H127 ^[19] Wherefore shall we dieH4191(QalImpf) before thine eyes,H5869 both we and our land?H127 buyH7069(QalImpv) us and our landH127 for bread,H3899 and we and our landH127 will be servantsH5650 unto Pharaoh:H6547 and giveH5414(QalImpv) [us] seed,H2233 that we may live,H2421(QalImpf) and not die,H4191(QalImpf) that the landH127 be not desolate.H3456(QalImpf) ^[20] And JosephH3130 boughtH7069(QalImpf) all the landH127 of EgyptH4714 for Pharaoh;H6547 for the EgyptiansH4714 soldH4376(QalPerf) every manH376 his field,H7704 because the famineH7458 prevailedH2388(QalPerf) over them: so the landH776 became Pharaoh’s.H6547 ^[21] And as for the people,H5971 he removedH5674(HiphPerf) them to citiesH5892 from [one] endH7097 of the bordersH1366 of EgyptH4714 even to the [other] endH7097 thereof. ^[22] Only the landH127 of the priestsH3548 bought heH7069(QalPerf) not; for the priestsH3548 had a portionH2706 [assigned them] of Pharaoh,H6547 and did eatH398(QalPerf) their portionH2706 which PharaohH6547 gaveH5414(QalPerf) them: wherefore they soldH4376(QalPerf) not their lands.H127 ^[23] Then JosephH3130 saidH559(QalImpf) unto the people,H5971 Behold, I have boughtH7069(QalPerf) you this dayH3117 and your landH127 for Pharaoh:H6547 lo,H1887 [here is] seedH2233 for you, and ye shall sowH2232(QalPerf) the land.H127 ^[24] And it shall come to pass in the increase,H8393 that ye shall giveH5414(QalPerf) the fifthH2549 [part] unto Pharaoh,H6547 and fourH702 partsH3027 shall be your own, for seedH2233 of the field,H7704 and for your food,H400 and for them of your households,H1004 and for foodH398(QalInf) for your little ones.H2945 ^[25] And they said,H559(QalImpf) Thou hast saved our lives:H2421(HiphPerf) let us findH4672(QalImpf) graceH2580 in the sightH5869 of my lord,H113 and we will be Pharaoh’sH6547 servants.H5650 ^[26] And JosephH3130 madeH7760(QalImpf) it a lawH2706 over the landH127 of EgyptH4714 unto this day,H3117 [that] PharaohH6547 should have the fifthH2569 [part]; exceptH7535 the landH127 of the priestsH3548 only, [which] became not Pharaoh’s.H6547 ^[27] And IsraelH3478 dweltH3427(QalImpf) in the landH776 of Egypt,H4714 in the countryH776 of Goshen;H1657 and they had possessionsH270(NiphImpf) therein, and grew,H6509(QalImpf) and multipliedH7235(QalImpf) exceedingly.H3966 ^[28] And JacobH3290 livedH2421(QalImpf) in the landH776 of EgyptH4714 seventeenH6240 years:H8141 so the whole ageH2416 of JacobH3290 was an hundredH3967 fortyH705 and sevenH7651 years.H8141 ^[29] And the timeH3117 drew nighH7126(QalImpf) that IsraelH3478 must die:H4191(QalInf) and he calledH7121(QalImpf) his sonH1121 Joseph,H3130 and saidH559(QalImpf) unto him, If now I have foundH4672(QalPerf) graceH2580 in thy sight,H5869 put,H7760(QalImpv) I pray thee, thy handH3027 under my thigh,H3409 and dealH6213(QalPerf) kindlyH2617 and trulyH571 with me; buryH6912(QalImpf) me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:H4714 ^[30] But I will lieH7901(QalPerf) with my fathers,H1 and thou shalt carryH5375(QalPerf) me out of Egypt,H4714 and buryH6912(QalPerf) me in their buryingplace.H6900 And he said,H559(QalImpf) I will doH6213(QalImpf) as thou hast said.H1697 ^[31] And he said,H559(QalImpf) SwearH7650(NiphImpv) unto me. And he swareH7650(NiphImpf) unto him. And IsraelH3478 bowedH7812(HithImpf) himself upon the bed’sH4296 head.H7218

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