1 Then Josephwent and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, their flocks and their herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan; and indeed theyareinthe land of Goshen.”
2 And he took five men from among his brothers andpresented them to Pharaoh.
3 Then Pharaoh said to his brothers,“Whatisyour occupation?”
# And they said to Pharaoh,“Your servantsareshepherds, both weandalso our fathers.”
4 And they said to Pharaoh,“We have come to dwell in the land, because your servants have no pasture for their flocks,for the famineissevere in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servantsdwell in the land of Goshen.”
5 Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
6 The land of Egyptisbefore you. Have your father and brothers dwell in the best of the land; let them dwellin the land of Goshen. And if you knowanycompetent men among them, then make them chief herdsmen over my livestock.”
7 Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacobblessed Pharaoh.
8 Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How oldareyou?”
9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh,“The days of the years of my pilgrimageareone hundred and thirty years;few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, andthey have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”
10 So Jacobblessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
11 And Joseph situated his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land ofRameses,as Pharaoh had commanded.
12 Then Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and allhis father’s household with bread, according to the number intheirfamilies.
Joseph Deals with the Famine
13 Nowtherewasno bread in all the land; for the faminewasvery severe,so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.
14 And 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 So when the money failed in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us bread, forwhy should we die in your presence? For the money has failed.”
16 Then Joseph said, “Give your livestock, and I will give youbreadfor your livestock, if the money is gone.”
17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them breadinexchangefor the horses, the flocks, the cattle of the herds, and for the donkeys. Thus he fed them with breadinexchangefor all their livestock that year.
18 When that year had ended, they came to him the next year and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord that our money is gone; my lord also has our herds of livestock. 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 of Pharaoh; giveusseed, that we maylive and not die, that the land may not be desolate.”
20 Then Josephbought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for every man of the Egyptians sold his field, because the famine was severe upon them. So the land became Pharaoh’s.
21 And as for the people, he moved them into the cities, fromoneend of the borders of Egypt to theotherend.
22 Only the land of thepriests he did not buy; for the priests had rationsallottedtothemby Pharaoh, and they ate their rations which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their lands.
23 Then Joseph said to the people, “Indeed I have bought you and your land this day for Pharaoh. Look,hereisseed for you, and you shall sow the land.
24 And it shall come to pass in the harvest that you shall give one-fifth to Pharaoh. Four-fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and for your food, for those of your households and as food for your little ones.”
25 So they said, “You have savedour lives; let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day,thatPharaoh should have one-fifth,except for the land of the priests only,whichdid not become Pharaoh’s.
Joseph’s Vow to Jacob
27 So Israeldwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions there andgrew and multiplied exceedingly.
28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the length of Jacob’s life was one hundred and forty-seven years.
29 When the timedrew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Now if I have found favor in your sight, pleaseput your hand under my thigh, anddeal kindly and truly with me.Please do not bury me in Egypt,
30 butlet me lie with my fathers; you shall carry me out of Egypt andbury me in their burial place.”
And he said, “I will do as you have said.”
31 Then he said, “Swear to me.” And he swore to him. SoIsrael bowed himself on the head of the bed.