1Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh , and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks , and their herds , and all that they have , are come out of the land of Canaan ; and , behold , they are in the land of Goshen . 2And from among his brethren he took five men , and presented them unto Pharaoh . 3And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation ? And they said unto Pharaoh , Thy servants are shepherds , both we , and our fathers. 4And they said unto Pharaoh , To sojourn in the land are we come ; for there is no pasture for thy servants ’ flocks ; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan : now therefore , we pray thee , let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen . 5And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph , saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee: 6the land of Egypt is before thee ; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell ; in the land of Goshen let them dwell : and if thou knowest any able men among them , then make them rulers over my cattle . 7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh : and Jacob blessed Pharaoh . 8And Pharaoh said unto Jacob , How many are the days of the years of thy life ? 9And Jacob said unto Pharaoh , The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years : few and evil have been the days of the years of my life , and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage . 10And Jacob blessed Pharaoh , and went out from the presence of Pharaoh . 11And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt , in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses , as Pharaoh had commanded . 12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household , with bread , according to their families .
Jacob's Arrival in Egypt
13And there was no bread in all the land ; for the famine was very sore , so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine . 14And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt , and in the land of Canaan , for the grain which they bought : and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh ’s house . 15And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt , and in the land of Canaan , all the Egyptians came unto Joseph , and said, Give us bread : for why should we die in thy presence ? for our money faileth. 16And Joseph said, Give your cattle ; and I will give you for your cattle , if money fail . 17And they brought their cattle unto Joseph ; and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses , and for the flocks , and for the herds , and for the asses : and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year . 18And when that year was ended , they came unto him the second year , and said unto him , We will not hide from my lord, how that our money is all spent ; and the herds of cattle are my lord’s; there is nought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies , and our lands: 19wherefore should we die before thine eyes , both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread , and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh : and give us seed , that we may live , and not die , and that the land be not desolate . 20So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh ; for the Egyptians sold every man his field , because the famine was sore upon them : and the land became Pharaoh ’s. 21And as for the people , he removed them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof . 22Only the land of the priests bought he not : for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh , and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them ; wherefore they sold not their land. 23Then Joseph said unto the people , Behold , I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh : lo , here is seed for you , and ye shall sow the land. 24And it shall come to pass at the ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth unto Pharaoh , and four parts shall be your own , for seed of the field , and for your food , and for them of your households , and for food for your little ones . 25And they said, Thou hast saved our lives : let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh ’s servants . 26And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day , that Pharaoh should have the fifth ; only the land of the priests alone became not Pharaoh ’s.
The Settlement of the Israelites in Goshen
27And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt , in the land of Goshen ; and they gat them possessions therein , and were fruitful , and multiplied exceedingly . 28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years : so the days of Jacob , the years of his life , were a hundred forty and seven years . 29And the time drew near that Israel must die : and he called his son Joseph , and said unto him , If now I have found favor in thy sight , put , I pray thee , thy hand under my thigh , and deal kindly and truly with me : bury me not , I pray thee , in Egypt ; 30but when I sleep with my fathers, thou shalt carry me out of Egypt , and bury me in their burying-place. And he said , I will do as thou hast said . 31And he said, Swear unto me : and he sware unto him . And Israel bowed himself upon the bed ’s head .