Genesis 47:4–13

Genesis 47:4–134 matched frames1 pivot

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A 4 Then they said to Pharaoh, "We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen."
- B 5-6 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Now that your father and brothers have come to you, the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock."
  - C 7 Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
    - D 8 "How many years have you lived?" Pharaoh asked.
      - E 9 "My travels have lasted 130 years," Jacob replied. "My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers."
    - D' 10 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from his presence.
  - C' 11 So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
- B' 12 Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father's household with food for their families.
A' 13 There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.