Genesis
Chapter 46: v30 - Chapter 47: v12
Chapter 46
30 Israel said
to Joseph, "Now I am ready to die, since I have seen for myself that you are still
alive."
31 Then
Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I will go up and speak to
Pharaoh and will say to him, 'My brothers and my father's household, who were living in
the land of Canaan, have come to me. 32 The men
are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks and herds and
everything they own.' 33 When Pharaoh calls you
in and asks, 'What is your occupation?' 34 you
should answer, 'Your servants have tended livestock from our boyhood on, just as our
fathers did.' Then you will be allowed to settle in the region of Goshen, for all
shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians."
Chapter 47
1 Joseph went
and told Pharaoh, "My father and brothers, with their flocks and herds and everything
they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen." 2 He chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.
3 Pharaoh
asked the brothers, "What is your occupation?"
"Your servants are shepherds," they replied
to Pharaoh, "just as our fathers were." 4
They also said to him, "We have come to live here awhile, because the famine is
severe in Canaan and your servants' flocks have no pasture. So now, please let your
servants settle in Goshen."
5 Pharaoh
said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you, 6 and the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your
brothers in the best part of the land. Let them live in Goshen. And if you know of any
among them with special ability, put them in charge of my own livestock."
7 Then
Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed
Pharaoh, 8 Pharaoh asked him, "How old are
you?"
9 And
Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. My years
have been few and difficult, and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my
fathers." 10 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and
went out from his presence.
11 So
Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best
part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh directed. 12 Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his
father's household with food, according to the number of their children.
