47Joseph went to Pharaoh and told him, "My father and brothers with their flocks and herds and everything they own have come from Canaan. Right now they are in Goshen."H3130H935H5046H6547H559H1H251H6629H1241H935H776H3667H776H16572He had taken five of his brothers with him and introduced them to Pharaoh.H3947H7097H251H2568H582H3322H6440H65473Pharaoh asked them, "What kind of work do you do?" "Your servants are shepherds, the same as our fathers were.H6547H559H251H4639H559H6547H5650H7462H6629H14We have come to this country to find a new place to live. There is no pasture for our flocks in Canaan. The famine has been very bad there. Please, would you let your servants settle in the region of Goshen?"H559H6547H1481H776H935H5650H4829H6629H7458H3515H776H3667H5650H3427H776H16575Pharaoh looked at Joseph. "So, your father and brothers have arrived—a reunion!H6547H559H3130H559H1H251H9356Egypt welcomes them. Settle your father and brothers on the choicest land—yes, give them Goshen. And if you know any among them that are especially good at their work, put them in charge of my own livestock."H776H4714H6440H4315H776H3427H1H251H3427H776H1657H3427H3045H3426H582H2428H7760H8269H47357Next Joseph brought his father Jacob in and introduced him to Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.H3130H935H3290H1H5975H6440H6547H3290H1288H65478Pharaoh asked Jacob, "How old are you?"H6547H559H3290H4100H2416H3117H81419Jacob answered Pharaoh, "The years of my sojourning are 130—a short and hard life and not nearly as long as my ancestors were given."H3290H559H6547H3117H8141H4033H3967H7970H8141H4592H7451H3117H8141H2416H5381H3117H8141H2416H1H3117H403310Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and left.H3290H1288H6547H3318H6440H654711Joseph settled his father and brothers in Egypt, made them proud owners of choice land—it was the region of Rameses (that is, Goshen)—just as Pharaoh had ordered.H3130H3427H1H251H5414H272H776H4714H4315H776H776H7486H6547H668012Joseph took good care of them—his father and brothers and all his father's family, right down to the smallest baby. He made sure they had plenty of everything.H3130H3557H1H251H1H1004H3899H6310H294513The time eventually came when there was no food anywhere. The famine was very bad. Egypt and Canaan alike were devastated by the famine.H3899H776H7458H3966H3515H776H4714H776H3667H3856H6440H745814Joseph collected all the money that was to be found in Egypt and Canaan to pay for the distribution of food. He banked the money in Pharaoh's palace.H3130H3950H3701H4672H776H4714H776H3667H7668H7666H3130H935H3701H6547H100415When the money from Egypt and Canaan had run out, the Egyptians came to Joseph. "Food! Give us food! Are you going to watch us die right in front of you? The money is all gone."H3701H8552H776H4714H776H3667H4714H935H3130H559H3051H3899H4191H3701H65616Joseph said, "Bring your livestock. I'll trade you food for livestock since your money's run out."H3130H559H3051H4735H5414H4735H3701H65617So they brought Joseph their livestock. He traded them food for their horses, sheep, cattle, and donkeys. He got them through that year in exchange for all their livestock.H935H4735H3130H3130H5414H3899H5483H6629H4735H1241H2543H5095H3899H4735H814118When that year was over, the next year rolled around and they were back, saying, "Master, it's no secret to you that we're broke: our money's gone and we've traded you all our livestock. We've nothing left to barter with but our bodies and our farms.H8141H8552H935H8145H8141H559H3582H113H3701H8552H113H413H4735H929H7604H6440H113H1472H12719What use are our bodies and our land if we stand here and starve to death right in front of you? Trade us food for our bodies and our land. We'll be slaves to Pharaoh and give up our land—all we ask is seed for survival, just enough to live on and keep the farms alive."H4191H5869H127H7069H127H3899H127H5650H6547H5414H2233H2421H4191H127H345620So Joseph bought up all the farms in Egypt for Pharaoh. Every Egyptian sold his land—the famine was that bad. That's how Pharaoh ended up owning all the landH3130H7069H127H4714H6547H4714H4376H376H7704H7458H2388H776H654721and the people ended up slaves; Joseph reduced the people to slavery from one end of Egypt to the other.H5971H5674H5892H7097H1366H4714H709722Joseph made an exception for the priests. He didn't buy their land because they received a fixed salary from Pharaoh and were able to live off of that salary. So they didn't need to sell their land.H127H3548H7069H3548H2706H6547H398H2706H6547H5414H4376H12723Joseph then announced to the people: "Here's how things stand: I've bought you and your land for Pharaoh. In exchange I'm giving you seed so you can plant the ground.H3130H559H5971H7069H853H3117H127H6547H1887H2233H2232H12724When the crops are harvested, you must give a fifth to Pharaoh and keep four-fifths for yourselves, for seed for yourselves and your families—you're going to be able to feed your children!"H8393H5414H2549H6547H702H3027H2233H7704H400H1004H398H294525They said, "You've saved our lives! Master, we're grateful and glad to be slaves to Pharaoh."H559H2421H4672H2580H5869H113H6547H565026Joseph decreed a land law in Egypt that is still in effect, A Fifth Goes to Pharaoh. Only the priests' lands were not owned by Pharaoh.H3130H7760H2706H127H4714H3117H6547H2569H7535H127H3548H654727And so Israel settled down in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property and flourished. They became a large company of people.H3478H3427H776H4714H776H1657H270H6509H7235H396628Jacob lived in Egypt for seventeen years. In all, he lived 147 years.H3290H2421H776H4714H6240H7651H8141H2416H3117H3290H3967H705H8141H7651H814129When the time came for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said, "Do me this favor. Put your hand under my thigh, a sign that you're loyal and true to me to the end. Don't bury me in Egypt.H3117H7126H3478H4191H7121H1121H3130H559H4672H2580H5869H7760H3027H3409H6213H2617H571H6912H471430When I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me alongside them." "I will," he said. "I'll do what you've asked."H7901H1H5375H4714H6912H6900H559H6213H169731Israel said, "Promise me." Joseph promised. Israel bowed his head in submission and gratitude from his bed.H559H7650H7650H3478H7812H4296H7218