47
1
1-2
Joseph chose five of his brothers to go with him to talk to the king. He introduced them to the king, and then he said, “My father and my brothers have come from Canaan land. They have brought all their sheep, goats, cattle, and everything else that they own, and they are living now in region of Goshen.”
2
3
The
king
asked
the
brothers
, “
What
work
do
you
do
?”
They
replied
to
the
king
, “
We
are
shepherds
,
just
as
our
ancestors
were
.”
4
They
also
said
to
him
, “
We
have
come
here
to
live
for
a
while
in
this
land
,
because
the
famine
is
very
severe
in
Canaan
,
and
our
animals
have
no
pasture
there
.
So
now
,
please
let
us
live
in
the
region
of
Goshen
.”
5
The
king
said
to
Joseph
, “
So
your
father
and
brothers
have
come
to
you
.
6
They
can
live
wherever
you
want
in
all
of
Egypt
.
Give
your
father
and
your
brothers
the
best
part
of
the
land
.
They
can
live
in
Goshen
.
And
if
you
know
that
any
of
them
have
any
special
ability
to
work
with
livestock
,
have
them
be
in
charge
of
my
own
livestock
,
too
.”
7
Then
Joseph
brought
his
father
Jacob
into
the
palace
and
introduced
him
to
the
king
.
Jacob
asked
God
to
bless
the
king
.
8
Then
the
king
asked
Jacob
, “
How
old
are
you
?”
9
Jacob
replied
, “
I
have
been
traveling
around
for
130
years
.
I
have
not
lived
as
long
as
my
ancestors
,
but
my
life
has
been
full
of
troubles
.”
10
Then
Jacob
again
asked
God
to
bless
the
king
and
left
him
.
11
That
is
how
Joseph
enabled
his
father
and
brothers
to
start
living
in
Egypt
.
As
the
king
had
commanded
,
he
gave
them
property
in
the
best
part
of
the
land
,
in
Goshen
,
which
is
now
called
Rameses
.
12
Joseph
also
provided
food
for
all
his
father
’
s
family
.
The
amounts
that
he
gave
them
were
according
to
how
many
children
each
of
them
had
.
13
There
was
no
food
growing
in
the
whole
country
because
the
famine
was
very
severe
.
The
people
of
Egypt
and
Canaan
became
weak
because
they
did
not
have
enough
food
to
eat
.
14
Joseph
received
all
the
money
that
the
people
in
Egypt
and
Canaan
paid
for
the
grain
he
sold
them
,
and
he
brought
it
to
the
king
’
s
palace
.
15
When
the
people
of
Egypt
and
Canaan
had
spent
all
their
money
for
grain
,
they
all
kept
coming
to
Joseph
and
saying
, “
Please
give
us
some
food
!
If
you
do
not
give
us
grain
,
we
will
die
!
We
have
used
all
our
money
to
buy
food
,
and
we
have
no
money
left
!”
16
Joseph
replied
, “
Since
your
money
is
all
gone
,
bring
me
your
livestock
.
If
you
do
that
,
I
will
sell
you
food
in
exchange
for
your
livestock
.”
17
So
they
brought
their
livestock
to
Joseph
.
He
gave
them
food
in
exchange
for
their
horses
,
their
sheep
and
goats
,
their
cattle
,
and
their
donkeys
.
18
When
that
year
was
ended
,
the
next
year
they
came
to
him
and
said
, “
We
cannot
hide
this
from
you
:
We
have
no
more
money
,
and
now
all
our
cattle
belong
to
you
.
We
have
only
our
bodies
and
our
land
to
give
to
you
.
We
have
nothing
else
left
.
19
If
you
do
not
give
us
some
food
,
we
will
die
!
If
you
do
not
give
us
seeds
,
our
fields
will
become
useless
.
Buy
us
and
our
land
in
exchange
for
food
.
Then
we
will
be
the
king
’
s
slaves
,
and
he
will
own
the
land
.
Give
us
seeds
so
that
we
can
plant
and
grow
food
,
in
order
that
we
will
not
die
,
and
in
order
that
our
land
will
not
become
like
a
desert
.”
20
So
Joseph
bought
all
the
farms
in
Egypt
for
the
king
.
The
people
of
Egypt
each
sold
their
land
to
him
because
the
famine
was
very
severe
and
they
had
no
other
way
to
buy
food
.
So
all
the
farms
became
the
king
’
s
farms
.
21
As
a
result
,
Joseph
caused
all
the
people
from
one
border
of
the
country
to
the
other
to
become
the
king
’
s
slaves
.
22
But
he
did
not
buy
the
priests
’
land
,
because
they
received
their
food
from
the
king
regularly
.
That
is
the
reason
they
did
not
sell
their
land
to
him
.
23
Joseph
said
to
the
people
, “
Listen
to
me
!
Today
I
have
bought
you
and
your
land
for
the
king
.
So
here
are
seeds
for
you
so
that
you
can
plant
them
in
the
ground
.
24
But
when
you
harvest
the
crop
,
you
must
give
one
-
fifth
of
the
crop
to
the
king
.
The
rest
of
the
crop
you
can
keep
to
be
seed
to
plant
in
the
fields
and
to
be
food
for
you
and
your
children
and
for
everyone
else
in
your
household
to
eat
.”
25
They
replied
, “
You
have
saved
our
lives
!
We
want
you
to
be
pleased
with
us
.
And
we
will
be
the
king
’
s
slaves
.”
26
So
Joseph
made
a
law
about
all
the
land
in
Egypt
,
stating
that
one
-
fifth
of
the
crops
that
are
harvested
belongs
to
the
king
.
That
law
still
exists
.
Only
the
land
that
belonged
to
the
priests
did
not
become
the
king
’
s
land
.
27
Jacob
and
his
family
started
to
live
in
Egypt
,
in
the
region
of
Goshen
.
They
acquired
property
there
.
Many
children
were
born
to
them
there
.
As
a
result
,
their
population
increased
greatly
.
28
Jacob
lived
in
Egypt
seventeen
years
.
Altogether
he
lived
147
years
.
29
When
it
was
almost
time
for
him
to
die
,
he
summoned
his
son
Joseph
and
said
to
him
, “
If
I
have
pleased
you
,
put
your
hand
between
my
thighs
to
solemnly
promise
that
you
will
be
faithful
to
me
as
your
father
and
do
what
I
am
now
trusting
you
to
do
:
When
I
die
,
do
not
bury
me
here
in
Egypt
.
30
Instead
,
when
I
die
and
join
my
ancestors
who
have
died
previously
,
take
my
body
out
of
Egypt
,
and
bury
it
in
Canaan
where
they
are
buried
.”
Joseph
replied
, “
I
will
do
what
you
have
said
.”
31
Jacob
said
, “
Swear
to
me
that
you
will
do
it
!”
So
Joseph
swore
to
do
it
.
Then
Jacob
bowed
down
as
he
worshiped
God
,
near
the
head
of
his
bed
.