Genesis 47:1 - Prayer Tents

47So Joseph took five of his brothers and went to the king. He told him, "My father and my brothers have come from Canaan with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own. They are now in the region of Goshen."H3130H935H5046H6547H559H1H251H6629H1241H935H776H3667H776H1657

2He then presented his brothers to the king.H3947H7097H251H2568H582H3322H6440H6547

3The king asked them, "What is your occupation?" "We are shepherds, sir, just as our ancestors were," they answered.H6547H559H251H4639H559H6547H5650H7462H6629H1

4"We have come to live in this country, because in the land of Canaan the famine is so severe that there is no pasture for our flocks. Please give us permission to live in the region of Goshen."H559H6547H1481H776H935H5650H4829H6629H7458H3515H776H3667H5650H3427H776H1657

5The king said to Joseph, "Now that your father and your brothers have arrived,H6547H559H3130H559H1H251H935

6the land of Egypt is theirs. Let them settle in the region of Goshen, the best part of the land. And if there are any capable men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock."H776H4714H6440H4315H776H3427H1H251H3427H776H1657H3427H3045H3426H582H2428H7760H8269H4735

7Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him to the king. Jacob gave the king his blessing,H3130H935H3290H1H5975H6440H6547H3290H1288H6547

8and the king asked him, "How old are you?"H6547H559H3290H4100H2416H3117H8141

9Jacob answered, "My life of wandering has lasted a hundred and thirty years. Those years have been few and difficult, unlike the long years of my ancestors in their wanderings."H3290H559H6547H3117H8141H4033H3967H7970H8141H4592H7451H3117H8141H2416H5381H3117H8141H2416H1H3117H4033

10Jacob gave the king a farewell blessing and left.H3290H1288H6547H3318H6440H6547

11Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt, giving them property in the best of the land near the city of Rameses, as the king had commanded.H3130H3427H1H251H5414H272H776H4714H4315H776H776H7486H6547H6680

12Joseph provided food for his father, his brothers, and all the rest of his father's family, including the very youngest.H3130H3557H1H251H1H1004H3899H6310H2945

The Famine

13The famine was so severe that there was no food anywhere, and the people of Egypt and Canaan became weak with hunger.H3899H776H7458H3966H3515H776H4714H776H3667H3856H6440H7458

14As they bought grain, Joseph collected all the money and took it to the palace.H3130H3950H3701H4672H776H4714H776H3667H7668H7666H3130H935H3701H6547H1004

15When all the money in Egypt and Canaan was spent, the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, "Give us food! Don't let us die. Do something! Our money is all gone."H3701H8552H776H4714H776H3667H4714H935H3130H559H3051H3899H4191H3701H656

16Joseph answered, "Bring your livestock; I will give you food in exchange for it if your money is all gone."H3130H559H3051H4735H5414H4735H3701H656

17So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, sheep, goats, cattle, and donkeys. That year he supplied them with food in exchange for all their livestock.H935H4735H3130H3130H5414H3899H5483H6629H4735H1241H2543H5095H3899H4735H8141

18The following year they came to him and said, "We will not hide the fact from you, sir, that our money is all gone and our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left to give you except our bodies and our lands.H8141H8552H935H8145H8141H559H3582H113H3701H8552H113H413H4735H929H7604H6440H113H1472H127

19Don't let us die. Do something! Don't let our fields be deserted. Buy us and our land in exchange for food. We will be the king's slaves, and he will own our land. Give us grain to keep us alive and seed so that we can plant our fields."H4191H5869H127H7069H127H3899H127H5650H6547H5414H2233H2421H4191H127H3456

20Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for the king. Every Egyptian was forced to sell his land, because the famine was so severe; and all the land became the king's property.H3130H7069H127H4714H6547H4714H4376H376H7704H7458H2388H776H6547

21Joseph made slaves of the people from one end of Egypt to the other.H5971H5674H5892H7097H1366H4714H7097

22The only land he did not buy was the land that belonged to the priests. They did not have to sell their lands, because the king gave them an allowance to live on.H127H3548H7069H3548H2706H6547H398H2706H6547H5414H4376H127

23Joseph said to the people, "You see, I have now bought you and your lands for the king. Here is seed for you to sow in your fields.H3130H559H5971H7069H853H3117H127H6547H1887H2233H2232H127

24At the time of harvest you must give one-fifth to the king. You can use the rest for seed and for food for yourselves and your families."H8393H5414H2549H6547H702H3027H2233H7704H400H1004H398H2945

25They answered, "You have saved our lives; you have been good to us, sir, and we will be the king's slaves."H559H2421H4672H2580H5869H113H6547H5650

26So Joseph made it a law for the land of Egypt that one-fifth of the harvest should belong to the king. This law still remains in force today. Only the lands of the priests did not become the king's property.H3130H7760H2706H127H4714H3117H6547H2569H7535H127H3548H6547

Jacob’s Last Request

27The Israelites lived in Egypt in the region of Goshen, where they became rich and had many children.H3478H3427H776H4714H776H1657H270H6509H7235H3966

28Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, until he was a hundred and forty-seven years old.H3290H2421H776H4714H6240H7651H8141H2416H3117H3290H3967H705H8141H7651H8141

29When the time drew near for him to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, "Place your hand between my thighs and make a solemn vow that you will not bury me in Egypt.H3117H7126H3478H4191H7121H1121H3130H559H4672H2580H5869H7760H3027H3409H6213H2617H571H6912H4714

30I want to be buried where my fathers are; carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried." Joseph answered, "I will do as you say."H7901H1H5375H4714H6912H6900H559H6213H1697

31Jacob said, "Make a vow that you will." Joseph made the vow, and Jacob gave thanks there on his bed.H559H7650H7650H3478H7812H4296H7218