Genesis 47 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
Joseph went and told "My father and my brothers, along with their flocks, herds, and everything they own, have come from the land of Canaan. They're now in the region of
He took five of his brothers and presented them to Pharaoh.
Pharaoh asked his brothers, "What do you do for a living?" They answered Pharaoh, "Your servants are — we are, just as our fathers were."
They said to Pharaoh, "We've come to in this land, because there's no pasture for your servants' flocks — the famine is brutal in the land of Canaan. So please, let your servants settle in the region of Goshen."
Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you. The land of Egypt is open to you — settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. Let them live in the region of Goshen. And if you know of any capable men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock."
Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him to Pharaoh. Jacob a of Pharaoh.
Pharaoh asked Jacob, "How are you?"
Jacob answered Pharaoh, "The years of my are a hundred and thirty. The years of my have been few and and they haven't matched the years of my fathers' lives."
Jacob a of Pharaoh, then left Pharaoh's presence.
Joseph settled his father and brothers and gave them property in the land of Egypt, in the best part of the land — the region of — just as Pharaoh had ordered.
Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and his father's entire household with food, down to the of each
Now there was no food anywhere, because the famine was devastating. Both the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan were because of the famine.
Joseph collected all the that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and Joseph brought the into Pharaoh's palace.
When the money in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan ran out, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, "Give us food! Why should we die right in front of you? Our money is gone!"
Joseph said, "Hand over your livestock, and I'll give you food in exchange for your livestock, since your money is gone."
So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for their horses, their flocks of sheep, their herds of cattle, and their donkeys. He kept them fed with food in exchange for all their livestock that year.
When that year ended, they came to him the next year and said, "We can't hide from my the fact that our money is spent and our livestock herds belong to my There's nothing left for my except our bodies and our land.
Why should we die before your eyes — both us and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we and our land will Pharaoh. Give us seed so that we can live and not die, and so the land won't become a wasteland."
So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. Every Egyptian sold their field because the famine had overpowered them, and the land became Pharaoh's.
As for the people, he them the from one end of Egypt's border to the other.
Only the land belonging to the he did not buy, because the had a fixed allowance from Pharaoh and lived off the allowance Pharaoh gave them. That's why they didn't sell their land.
Joseph established a law — still in to this — that a of all produce from Egypt's land goes to Pharaoh. Only the priests' land did not become Pharaoh's.
Then Joseph told the people, "Look — today I've bought you and your land for Pharaoh. Here's seed for you. Plant the land.
When harvest comes, you'll give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours — for seed to plant the fields, and for food for yourselves, your households, and your children."
They said, If it seems good to my lord, we will be Pharaoh's servants."
So Joseph established it as a law over Egypt's land — still in effect to this day — that Pharaoh receives a fifth. Only the priests' land alone did not become Pharaoh's.
Now settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were and their numbers grew greatly.
Jacob lived in the land of Egypt for and the total of Jacob's life were a hundred and forty-seven.
When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, "If I've found favor with you, please — put my and deal with me in do not bury me in Egypt.
When I down with my carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place." Joseph said, "I'll do as you've asked."
Jacob said, me So Joseph gave him Then Israel down at the of