Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you, and the land of Egypt is before you; settle(A) your father and your brothers in the best part of the land.(B) Let them live in Goshen. And if you know of any among them with special ability,(C) put them in charge of my own livestock.(D)

Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him(E) before Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed[a] Pharaoh,(F) Pharaoh asked him, “How old are you?”

And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty.(G) My years have been few and difficult,(H) and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.(I) 10 Then Jacob blessed[b] Pharaoh(J) and went out from his presence.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 47:7 Or greeted
  2. Genesis 47:10 Or said farewell to

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