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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 that they have, are come out[H935] of the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667]; and, behold, they are in the land[H776] of Goshen[H1657].
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And he took[H3947]some[H7097] of his brethren[H251], even five[H2568]men[H582], and presented[H3322] them unto[H6440]Pharaoh[H6547].
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And Pharaoh[H6547]said[H559] unto his brethren[H251], What is your occupation?[H4639] And they said[H559] unto Pharaoh[H6547], Thy servants[H5650] are shepherds[H7462], both we, and also our fathers[H1].
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They said[H559] moreover unto Pharaoh[H6547], For to sojourn[H1481] in the land[H776] are we come[H935]; for thy servants[H5650] have no pasture[H4829] for their flocks[H6629]; for the famine[H7458] is sore[H3515] in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667]: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants[H5650]dwell[H3427] in the land[H776] of Goshen[H1657].
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And Pharaoh[H6547]spake[H559] unto Joseph[H3130], saying[H559], Thy father[H1] and thy brethren[H251] are come[H935] unto thee:
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The land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] is before thee[H6440]; in the best[H4315] of the land[H776]make[H3427] thy father[H1] and brethren[H251] to dwell[H3427]; in the land[H776] of Goshen[H1657] let them[H7760]dwell[H3427]: and if thou knowest[H3045] any men[H582] of activity[H2428] among them[H7760], then make[H3427]them[H7760]rulers[H8269] over my cattle[H4735].
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And Joseph[H3130] brought in[H935]Jacob[H3290] his father[H1], and set him[H5975]before[H6440]Pharaoh[H6547]: and Jacob[H3290]blessed[H1288]Pharaoh[H6547].
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And Pharaoh[H6547]said[H559] unto Jacob[H3290], How[H4100]old[H2416] art thou?
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And Jacob[H3290]said[H559] unto Pharaoh[H6547], The days[H3117] of the years[H8141] of my pilgrimage[H4033] are an 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, and have not attained[H5381] unto 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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And Jacob[H3290]blessed[H1288]Pharaoh[H6547], and went out[H3318] from before[H6440]Pharaoh[H6547].
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And Joseph[H3130]placed[H3427] 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 Pharaoh[H6547] had commanded[H6680].
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And Joseph[H3130]nourished[H3557] his father[H1], and his brethren[H251], and all his father[H1]'s household[H1004], with bread[H3899], according[H6310] to their families[H2945].
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And there was no bread[H3899] in all the land[H776]; for 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[H6440] of the famine[H7458].
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And Joseph[H3130] gathered up[H3950] all 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 they bought[H7666]: and Joseph[H3130]brought[H935] the money[H3701] into Pharaoh's house[H1004].
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And when money[H3701]failed[H8552] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], and in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667], all the Egyptians[H4714]came[H935] unto Joseph[H3130], and said[H559], Give[H3051] us bread[H3899]: for why should we die[H4191] in thy presence? for the money[H3701]faileth[H656].
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And Joseph[H3130]said[H559], Give[H3051] your cattle[H4735]; and I will give[H5414] you for your cattle[H4735], if money[H3701]fail[H656].
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And they brought[H935] their cattle[H4735] unto Joseph[H3130]: and Joseph[H3130]gave[H5414] them bread[H3899] in exchange for horses[H5483], and for the flocks[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 their cattle[H4735] for that year[H8141].
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When that year[H8141] was ended[H8552], they came[H935] unto him the second[H8145]year[H8141], and said[H559] unto him, We will not hide[H3582] it from my lord[H113], how that our money[H3701] is spent[H8552]; my lord[H113] also hath[H413] our herds[H4735] of cattle[H929]; there is not ought left[H7604] in the sight[H6440] of my lord[H113], but our bodies[H1472], and our lands[H127]:
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Wherefore shall we die[H4191] before thine eyes[H5869], both we and our land?[H127]buy[H7069] us and our land[H127] for bread[H3899], and we and our land[H127] will be servants[H5650] unto Pharaoh[H6547]: and give[H5414] us seed[H2233], that we may live[H2421], and not die[H4191], that the land[H127] be not desolate[H3456].
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And Joseph[H3130]bought[H7069] all the land[H127] of Egypt[H4714] for Pharaoh[H6547]; for the Egyptians[H4714]sold[H4376] every man[H376] his field[H7704], because the famine[H7458]prevailed[H2388] over them: so the land[H776] became Pharaoh[H6547]'s.
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And as for the people[H5971], he removed[H5674] them to cities[H5892] from one end[H7097] of the borders[H1366] of Egypt[H4714] even to the other end[H7097] thereof.
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Only the land[H127] of the priests[H3548] bought he[H7069] not; for the priests[H3548] had a portion[H2706] assigned them of Pharaoh[H6547], and did eat[H398] their portion[H2706] which Pharaoh[H6547]gave[H5414] them: wherefore they sold[H4376] not their lands[H127].
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Then Joseph[H3130]said[H559] unto the people[H5971], Behold, 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] the land[H127].
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And it shall come to pass in the increase[H8393], that ye shall give[H5414] the fifth[H2549] part unto Pharaoh[H6547], and four[H702]parts[H3027] shall be your own, for seed[H2233] of the field[H7704], and for your food[H400], and for them of your households[H1004], and for food[H398] for your little ones[H2945].
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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 Pharaoh's servants[H5650].
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And Joseph[H3130]made[H7760] it a law[H2706] over the land[H127] of Egypt[H4714] unto this day[H3117], that Pharaoh[H6547] should have the fifth[H2569] part; except[H7535] the land[H127] of the priests[H3548] only, which became not Pharaoh[H6547]'s.
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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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And Jacob[H3290]lived[H2421] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714]seventeen[H6240]years[H8141]: so the whole age[H2416] of Jacob[H3290] was an hundred[H3967]forty[H705] and seven[H7651]years[H8141].
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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 now I have found[H4672]grace[H2580] in thy sight[H5869], put[H7760], I pray thee, thy hand[H3027] under my thigh[H3409], and deal[H6213]kindly[H2617] and truly[H571] with me; bury[H6912] me not, I pray thee, in Egypt[H4714]:
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But I will lie[H7901] with my fathers[H1], and thou shalt carry[H5375] me out of Egypt[H4714], and bury[H6912] me in their buryingplace[H6900]. And he said[H559], I will do[H6213] as thou hast said[H1697].
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And he said[H559], Swear[H7650] unto me. And he sware[H7650] unto him. And Israel[H3478]bowed[H7812] himself upon the bed's head[H7218].