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Genesis 47 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Jacob's Family Settles in Goshen

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Gen 47:1 - 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 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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Gen 47:2 - 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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Gen 47:3 - 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^H6629 both we, and also our fathers.^H1

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Gen 47:4 - 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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Gen 47:5 - 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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Gen 47:6 - 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 dwell:^H3427 and if thou knowest^H3045^H3426 any men^H582 of activity^H2428 among them, then make them^H7760 rulers^H8269 over my cattle.^H4735

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Gen 47:7 - 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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Gen 47:8 - And Pharaoh^H6547 said^H559 unto Jacob,^H3290 How^H4100 old^H2416^H3117^H8141 art thou?

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Gen 47:9 - 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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Gen 47:10 - And Jacob^H3290 blessed^H1288 Pharaoh,^H6547 and went out^H3318 from before^H6440 Pharaoh.^H6547

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Gen 47:11 - 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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Gen 47:12 - And Joseph^H3130 nourished^H3557 his father,^H1 and his brethren,^H251 and all his father's^H1 household,^H1004 with bread,^H3899 according^H6310 to their families.^H2945

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Gen 47:13 - 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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Gen 47:14 - 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^H6547 house.^H1004

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Gen 47:15 - 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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Gen 47:16 - 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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Gen 47:17 - 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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Gen 47:18 - 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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Gen 47:19 - 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

Result of the Famine

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Gen 47:20 - 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's.^H6547

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Gen 47:21 - 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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Gen 47:22 - 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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Gen 47:23 - Then Joseph^H3130 said^H559 unto the people,^H5971 Behold, I have bought^H7069^H853 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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Gen 47:24 - 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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Gen 47:25 - 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 Pharaoh's^H6547 servants.^H5650

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Gen 47:26 - 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's.^H6547

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Gen 47:27 - 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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Gen 47:28 - And Jacob^H3290 lived^H2421 in the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 seventeen^H6240^H7651 years:^H8141 so the whole age^H2416^H3117 of Jacob^H3290 was an hundred^H3967 forty^H705^H8141 and seven^H7651 years.^H8141

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Gen 47:29 - 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 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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Gen 47:30 - 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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Gen 47:31 - And he said,^H559 Swear^H7650 unto me. And he sware^H7650 unto him. And Israel^H3478 bowed^H7812 himself upon the bed's^H4296 head.^H7218

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