28 Israel* sent Judah ahead to Joseph to lead the way before him into Goshen. When they came to the land of Goshen, 29Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. He presented himself to him, fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. 30Israel said to Joseph, I can die now, having seen for myself that you are still alive. 31Joseph said to his brothers and to his fathers household, I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and will say to him, My brothers and my fathers household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. 32The men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. 33When Pharaoh calls you, and says, What is your occupation? 34you shall say, Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our ancestorsin order that you may settle in the land of Goshen, because all shepherds are abhorrent to the Egyptians.
47So Joseph went and told Pharaoh, My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan; they are now in the land of Goshen. 2From among his brothers he took five men and presented them to Pharaoh. 3Pharaoh said to his brothers, What is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Your servants are shepherds, as our ancestors were. 4They said to Pharaoh, We have come to reside as aliens in the land; for there is no pasture for your servants flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now, we ask you, let your servants settle in the land of Goshen. 5Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, Your father and your brothers have come to you. 6The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land; let them live in the land of Goshen; and if you know that there are capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.
7 Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob, and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8Pharaoh said to Jacob, How many are the years of your life? 9Jacob said to Pharaoh, The years of my earthly sojourn are one hundred and thirty; few and hard have been the years of my life. They do not compare with the years of the life of my ancestors during their long sojourn. 10Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh. 11Joseph settled his father and his brothers, and granted them a holding in the land of Egypt, in the best part of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had instructed. 12And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his fathers household with food, according to the number of their dependants.
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