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1. So 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."
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1. Then Joseph H3130 came H935 and told H5046 Pharaoh H6547 , and said H559 , My father H1 and my brethren H251 , and their flocks H6629 , and their herds H1241 , and all H3605 that H834 they have , are come H935 out of the land H4480 H776 of Canaan H3667 ; and, behold H2009 , they are in the land H776 of Goshen H1657 .
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2. He then presented his brothers to the king.
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2. And he took H3947 some H4480 H7097 of his brethren H251 , even five H2568 men H376 , and presented H3322 them unto H6440 Pharaoh H6547 .
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3. The king asked them, "What is your occupation?" "We are shepherds, sir, just as our ancestors were," they answered.
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3. And Pharaoh H6547 said H559 unto H413 his brethren H251 , What H4100 is your occupation H4639 ? And they said H559 unto H413 Pharaoh H6547 , Thy servants H5650 are shepherds H7462 H6629 , both H1571 we H587 , and also H1571 our fathers H1 .
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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."
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4. They said H559 moreover unto H413 Pharaoh H6547 , For to sojourn H1481 in the land H776 are we come H935 ; for H3588 H834 thy servants H5650 have no H369 pasture H4829 for their flocks H6629 ; for H3588 the famine H7458 is sore H3515 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667 : now H6258 therefore , we pray thee H4994 , let thy servants H5650 dwell H3427 in the land H776 of Goshen H1657 .
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5. The king said to Joseph, "Now that your father and your brothers have arrived,
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5. And Pharaoh H6547 spoke H559 unto H413 Joseph H3130 , saying H559 , Thy father H1 and thy brethren H251 are come H935 unto H413 thee:
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6. the 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."
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6. The land H776 of Egypt H4714 is before H6440 thee ; in the best H4315 of the land H776 make H853 thy father H1 and brethren H251 to dwell H3427 ; in the land H776 of Goshen H1657 let them dwell H3427 : and if H518 thou knowest H3045 any men H376 of activity H2428 among them , then make H7760 them rulers H8269 over my H5921 H834 cattle H4735 .
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7. Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him to the king. Jacob gave the king his blessing,
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7. And Joseph H3130 brought in H935 H853 Jacob H3290 his father H1 , and set H5975 him before H6440 Pharaoh H6547 : and Jacob H3290 blessed H1288 H853 Pharaoh H6547 .
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8. and the king asked him, "How old are you?"
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8. And Pharaoh H6547 said H559 unto H413 Jacob H3290 , How H4100 old H3117 H8141 H2416 art thou?
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9. Jacob 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."
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9. And Jacob H3290 said H559 unto H413 Pharaoh H6547 , The days H3117 of the years H8141 of my pilgrimage H4033 are a hundred H3967 and thirty H7970 years H8141 : few H4592 and evil H7451 have the days H3117 of the years H8141 of my life H2416 been H1961 , and have not H3808 attained unto H5381 H853 the days H3117 of the years H8141 of the life H2416 of my fathers H1 in the days H3117 of their pilgrimage H4033 .
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10. Jacob gave the king a farewell blessing and left.
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10. And Jacob H3290 blessed H1288 H853 Pharaoh H6547 , and went out H3318 from before H4480 H6440 Pharaoh H6547 .
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11. Then 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.
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11. And Joseph H3130 placed H3427 H853 his father H1 and his brethren H251 , and gave H5414 them a possession H272 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 , in the best H4315 of the land H776 , in the land H776 of Rameses H7486 , as H834 Pharaoh H6547 had commanded H6680 .
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12. Joseph provided food for his father, his brothers, and all the rest of his father's family, including the very youngest.
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12. And Joseph H3130 nourished H3557 H853 his father H1 , and his brethren H251 , and all H3605 his father H1 's household H1004 , with bread H3899 , according to H6310 their families H2945 .
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13. The famine was so severe that there was no food anywhere, and the people of Egypt and Canaan became weak with hunger.
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13. And there was no H369 bread H3899 in all H3605 the land H776 ; for H3588 the famine H7458 was very H3966 sore H3515 , so that the land H776 of Egypt H4714 and all the land H776 of Canaan H3667 fainted H3856 by reason of H4480 H6440 the famine H7458 .
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14. As they bought grain, Joseph collected all the money and took it to the palace.
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14. And Joseph H3130 gathered up H3950 H853 all H3605 the money H3701 that was found H4672 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 , and in the land H776 of Canaan H3667 , for the corn H7668 which H834 they H1992 bought H7666 : and Joseph H3130 brought H935 H853 the money H3701 into Pharaoh H6547 's house H1004 .
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15. When 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."
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15. And when money H3701 failed H8552 in the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 , and in the land H4480 H776 of Canaan H3667 , all H3605 the Egyptians H4714 came H935 unto H413 Joseph H3130 , and said H559 , Give H3051 us bread H3899 : for why H4100 should we die H4191 in thy presence H5048 ? for H3588 the money H3701 faileth H656 .
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16. Joseph answered, "Bring your livestock; I will give you food in exchange for it if your money is all gone."
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16. And Joseph H3130 said H559 , Give H3051 your cattle H4735 ; and I will give H5414 you for your cattle H4735 , if H518 money H3701 fail H656 .
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17. So 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.
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17. And they brought H935 H853 their cattle H4735 unto H413 Joseph H3130 : and Joseph H3130 gave H5414 them bread H3899 in exchange for horses H5483 , and for the flocks H4735 H6629 , and for the cattle H4735 of the herds H1241 , and for the asses H2543 : and he fed H5095 them with bread H3899 for all H3605 their cattle H4735 for that H1931 year H8141 .
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18. The 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.
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18. When that H1931 year H8141 was ended H8552 , they came H935 unto H413 him the second H8145 year H8141 , and said H559 unto him , We will not H3808 hide H3582 it from H4480 my lord H113 , how that H3588 H518 our money H3701 is spent H8552 ; my lord H113 also hath H413 our herds H4735 of cattle H929 ; there is not H3808 aught left H7604 in the sight H6440 of my lord H113 , but H1115 H518 our bodies H1472 , and our lands H127 :
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19. Don'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."
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19. Wherefore H4100 shall we die H4191 before thine eyes H5869 , both H1571 we H587 and H1571 our land H127 ? buy H7069 us and our land H127 for bread H3899 , and we H587 and our land H127 will be H1961 servants H5650 unto Pharaoh H6547 : and give H5414 us seed H2233 , that we may live H2421 , and not H3808 die H4191 , that the land H127 be not desolate H3456 H3808 .
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20. Joseph 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.
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20. And Joseph H3130 bought H7069 H853 all H3605 the land H127 of Egypt H4714 for Pharaoh H6547 ; for H3588 the Egyptians H4714 sold H4376 every man H376 his field H7704 , because H3588 the famine H7458 prevailed H2388 over H5921 them : so the land H776 became H1961 Pharaoh H6547 's.
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21. Joseph made slaves of the people from one end of Egypt to the other.
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21. And as for the people H5971 , he removed H5674 them to cities H5892 from one end H4480 H7097 of the borders H1366 of Egypt H4714 even to H5704 the other end H7097 thereof.
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22. The 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.
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22. Only H7535 the land H127 of the priests H3548 bought H7069 he not H3808 ; for H3588 the priests H3548 had a portion H2706 assigned them of H4480 H854 Pharaoh H6547 , and did eat H398 H853 their portion H2706 which H834 Pharaoh H6547 gave H5414 them: wherefore H5921 H3651 they sold H4376 not H3808 H853 their lands H127 .
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23. Joseph 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.
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23. Then Joseph H3130 said H559 unto H413 the people H5971 , Behold H2005 , I have bought H7069 you this day H3117 and your land H127 for Pharaoh H6547 : lo H1887 , here is seed H2233 for you , and ye shall sow H2232 H853 the land H127 .
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24. At 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."
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24. And it shall come to pass H1961 in the increase H8393 , that ye shall give H5414 the fifth H2549 part unto Pharaoh H6547 , and four H702 parts H3027 shall be H1961 your own , for seed H2233 of the field H7704 , and for your food H400 , and for them H834 of your households H1004 , and for food H398 for your little ones H2945 .
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25. They answered, "You have saved our lives; you have been good to us, sir, and we will be the king's slaves."
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25. And they said H559 , Thou hast saved our lives H2421 : let us find H4672 grace H2580 in the sight H5869 of my lord H113 , and we will be H1961 Pharaoh H6547 's servants H5650 .
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26. So 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.
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26. And Joseph H3130 made H7760 it a law H2706 over H5921 the land H127 of Egypt H4714 unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 , that Pharaoh H6547 should have the fifth H2569 part ; except H7535 the land H127 of the priests H3548 only H905 , which became H1961 not H3808 Pharaoh H6547 's.
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27. The Israelites lived in Egypt in the region of Goshen, where they became rich and had many children.
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27. And Israel H3478 dwelt H3427 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 , in the country H776 of Goshen H1657 ; and they had possessions H270 therein , and grew H6509 , and multiplied H7235 exceedingly H3966 .
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28. Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, until he was a hundred and forty-seven years old.
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28. And Jacob H3290 lived H2421 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 seventeen H7651 H6240 years H8141 : so the whole age H3117 H8141 H2416 of Jacob H3290 was H1961 a hundred H3967 forty H705 and seven H7651 years H8141 .
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29. When 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.
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29. And the time H3117 drew nigh H7126 that Israel H3478 must die H4191 : and he called H7121 his son H1121 Joseph H3130 , and said H559 unto him, If H518 now H4994 I have found H4672 grace H2580 in thy sight H5869 , put H7760 , I pray thee H4994 , thy hand H3027 under H8478 my thigh H3409 , and deal H6213 kindly H2617 and truly H571 with H5973 me; bury H6912 me not H408 , I pray thee H4994 , in Egypt H4714 :
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30. I 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."
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30. But I will lie H7901 with H5973 my fathers H1 , and thou shalt carry H5375 me out of Egypt H4480 H4714 , and bury H6912 me in their burial place H6900 . And he said H559 , I H595 will do H6213 as thou hast said H1697 .
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31. Jacob said, "Make a vow that you will." Joseph made the vow, and Jacob gave thanks there on his bed.
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31. And he said H559 , Swear H7650 unto me . And he swore H7650 unto him . And Israel H3478 bowed himself H7812 upon H5921 the bed H4296 's head H7218 .
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