Genesis 47 Flashcards
Genesis 47:1
Joseph went and told Pharaoh, “My father and brothers, with their flocks and herds and everything they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”
Genesis 47:2
He chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.
Genesis 47:3
Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?” “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied to Pharaoh, “just as our fathers were.”
Genesis 47:4
They also said to him, “We have come to live here awhile, because the famine is severe in Canaan and your servants’ flocks have no pasture. So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen.”
Genesis 47:5
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you,
Genesis 47:6
and the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land. Let them live in Goshen. And if you know of any among them with special ability, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
Genesis 47:7
Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed Pharaoh,
Genesis 47:8
Pharaoh asked him, “How old are you?”
Genesis 47:9
And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.”
Genesis 47:10
Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence.
Genesis 47:11
So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh directed.
Genesis 47:12
Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their children.
Genesis 47:13
There was no food, however, in the whole region because the famine was severe; both Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of the famine.
Genesis 47:14
Joseph collected all the money that was to be found in Egypt and Canaan in payment for the grain they were buying, and he brought it to Pharaoh’s palace.
Genesis 47:15
When the money of the people of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all Egypt came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? Our money is used up.”