Genesis 47:1-15 ▼

1 So Joseph (YHWH has added) went and told Pharaoh (great house): “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan (lowland) and are now in Goshen (drawing near).”

2 And he chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh (great house).

3 “What is your⁺ occupation?” Pharaoh (great house) asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”

4 Then they said to Pharaoh (great house), “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan (lowland) has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen (drawing near).”

5 Pharaoh (great house) said to Joseph (YHWH has added), “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,

6 the land of Egypt (land of bondage) is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen (drawing near). And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”

7 Then Joseph (YHWH has added) brought in his father Jacob (he grasps the heel) and presented him before Pharaoh (great house), and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

8 “How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh (great house) asked (he grasps the heel).

9 “My travels \sojourns/ have lasted 130 years,” Jacob (he grasps the heel) replied (great house). “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”

10 Then Jacob (he grasps the heel) blessed Pharaoh (great house) and departed from his presence.

11 So Joseph (YHWH has added) settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt (land of bondage) and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses (child of the sun), as Pharaoh (great house) had commanded.

12 Joseph also (YHWH has added) provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.

13 There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt (land of bondage) and Canaan (lowland) had been exhausted by the famine.

14 Joseph (YHWH has added) collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt (land of bondage) and the land of Canaan (lowland) in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s (great house) palace.

15 When the money from the lands of Egypt (land of bondage) and Canaan (lowland) was gone, all the Egyptians (double straits) came to Joseph (YHWH has added) and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”