Genesis 47

1 Joseph went and told Pharaoh. He said, "My father and my brothers, with their flocks and their herds and all that they have, have come from the land of Canaan. Look, they are in the land of Goshen." 2 From among his brothers Joseph took five men, and he presented them to Pharaoh. 3 Pharaoh said to Joseph's brothers, "What is your work?" They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers." 4 They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks, because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. And now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen." 5 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you. 6 The land of Egypt is open before you. Settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land; let them live in the land of Goshen. And if you know of capable men among them, put them in charge of livestock, over what is mine." 7 Joseph brought in his father Jacob and stood him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the years of your life?"

9 Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The years of my life as a foreigner are 130. Few and bad have been the years of my life, and they have not reached the years of my fathers' lives in the days of their life as foreigners." 10 Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from Pharaoh's presence. 11 Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them land to hold in the land of Egypt, in the best part of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. 12 Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food, according to the mouths of the little ones. 13 There was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine. 14 Joseph gathered up all the silver that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, in exchange for the grain they were buying, and Joseph brought the silver into Pharaoh's house. 15 When the silver was used up in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, "Give us food! And why should we die in front of you? For the silver is gone." 16 Joseph said, "Give your livestock, and I will give to you in exchange for your livestock, if the silver is gone."

17 They brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the herds, and the donkeys. He guided them through that year with food in exchange for all their livestock. 18 When that year was over, they came to Joseph the next year and said to him, "We will not hide from my lord that the silver is used up, and the herds of animals belong to my lord. Nothing is left in my lord's sight except our bodies and our land. 19 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for food, and we and our land will be slaves to Pharaoh. And give seed, and we will live and not die, and the land will not become desolate." 20 Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians sold, each man his field, because the famine pressed hard upon them. And the land became Pharaoh's. 21 As for the people, Joseph moved them into the cities, from one end of Egypt's border to the other end. 22 Only the land of the priests Joseph did not buy, for the priests had a fixed share from Pharaoh, and they lived on the share that Pharaoh gave them. That is why they did not sell their land. 23 Joseph said to the people, "Look, this day I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh. Look, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land. 24 When the crops come in, you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts shall be yours, as seed for the field and as food for you and for those in your households, and for your little ones to eat."

25 They said, "You have kept us alive! May we find favor in my lord's eyes, and we will be slaves to Pharaoh." 26 Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt, until this day, that the fifth belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh's. 27 Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. They took hold of land there, and they were fruitful and became very many. 28 Jacob lived in the land of Egypt 17 years. The days of Jacob, the years of his life, were 147 years. 29 When the days of Israel drew near for him to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "If I have found favor in your eyes, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal with me in loyalty and truth: please do not bury me in Egypt. 30 When I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place." Joseph said, "I myself will do as you have said." 31 Israel said, "Swear to me." And Joseph swore to him. And Israel bowed down on the head of the bed.