Genesis 47

Joseph informs Pharaoh that his father and brethren are arrived in Goshen, Genesis 47:1 . He presents five of his brethren before the king, Genesis 47:2 , who questions them concerning their occupation; they inform him that they are shepherds, and request permission to dwell in the land of Goshen, Genesis 47:3 , Genesis 47:4 . Pharaoh consents, and desires that some of the most active of them should be made rulers over his cattle, Genesis 47:5 , Genesis 47:6 . Joseph presents his father to Pharaoh, Genesis 47:7 , who questions him concerning his age, Genesis 47:8 , to which Jacob returns an affecting answer, and blesses Pharaoh, Genesis 47:9 , Genesis 47:10 . Joseph places his father and family in the land of Rameses, (Goshen), and furnishes them with provisions, Genesis 47:11 , Genesis 47:12 . The famine prevailing in the land, the Egyptians deliver up all their money to Joseph to get food, Genesis 47:13-15 . The next year they bring their cattle, Genesis 47:16 , Genesis 47:17 . The third, their lands and their persons, Genesis 47:18-21 . The land of the priests Joseph does not buy, as it was a royal grant to them from Pharaoh, Genesis 47:22 . The people receive seed to sow the land on condition that they shall give a fifth part of the produce to the king, Genesis 47:23 , Genesis 47:24 . The people agree, and Joseph makes it a law all over Egypt, Genesis 47:25 , Genesis 47:26 . The Israelites multiply exceedingly, Genesis 47:27 . Jacob, having lived seventeen years in Goshen, and being one hundred and forty-seven years old, Genesis 47:28 , makes Joseph promise not to bury him in Egypt, but in Canaan, Genesis 47:29 , Genesis 47:30 . Joseph promises and confirms it with an oath, Genesis 47:31 .