Genesis 47:1-12
Jacob’s Family Settles in Goshen
47Then aJoseph went in and told Pharaoh and said, “My father and my brothers and their flocks and their herds and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of bGoshen.” 2And he took five men from among his brothers and aset them before Pharaoh. 3Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, “aWhat is your occupation?” So they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are bshepherds, both we and our fathers.” 4And they said to Pharaoh, “aWe have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for bthe famine is heavy in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants 1,clive in the land of Goshen.” 5Then Pharaoh said to 1Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you. 6“The land of Egypt is 1at your disposal; have your father and your brothers settle in athe best of the land, let them settle in the land of Goshen; and if you know any bexcellent men among them, then 2put them in charge of my livestock.”
7Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and stood him before Pharaoh; and Jacob ablessed Pharaoh. 8And Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many are the days of the years of your life?” 9So Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days aof the years of my sojourning are 1130; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not 2attained to bthe days of the years 3that my fathers lived during the days of their sojourning.” 10And Jacob ablessed Pharaoh and went out from the presence of Pharaoh. 11So Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in athe best of the land, in the land of bRameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. 12And Joseph aprovided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with 1food, according to their little ones.