¶ Then Joseph¹ came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land² of Goshen.

And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented³ them unto Pharaoh.

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is⁴ your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds⁵, both we, and also our fathers.

They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to⁶ sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine⁷ is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy⁸ servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

The land of Egypt is⁹ before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen¹⁰ let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity¹¹ among them, then make them rulers¹² over my cattle¹³.

And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob¹⁴ blessed Pharaoh.

And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou¹⁵?

And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days¹⁶ of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred¹⁷ and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not¹⁸ attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

¶¹⁹And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses²⁰, as Pharaoh had commanded.

And Joseph nourished²¹ his father²², and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families²³.

¶ And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that²⁴ the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted²⁵ by reason of the famine.

And Joseph gathered up all the money²⁶ that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought²⁷ the money into Pharaoh's house.

And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread²⁸: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.

And Joseph said, Give your cattle²⁹; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses³⁰, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them³¹ with bread for all their cattle for that year.

When that year³² was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us³³ and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give³⁴ us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

¶ And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.

And as³⁵ for the people, he removed them to cities³⁶ from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

Only the land of the priests³⁷ bought he not; for the priests³⁸ had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.

Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought³⁹ you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed⁴⁰ for you, and ye shall sow the land.

And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part⁴¹ unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

And they said, Thou hast⁴² saved our lives: let us⁴³ find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

And Joseph made it a law⁴⁴ over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except⁴⁵ the land of the priests⁴⁶ only, which became not Pharaoh's.

¶ And Israel dwelt⁴⁷ in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew⁴⁸, and multiplied exceedingly.

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen⁴⁹ years: so the whole age⁵⁰ of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.

And the time drew nigh that Israel must die⁵¹: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put⁵², I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly⁵³ and truly with me; bury me not,⁵⁴ I pray thee, in Egypt:

¶⁵⁵But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

And he said, Swear⁵⁶ unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed⁵⁷ himself upon the bed's head.