⁶ 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)”

²¹ But select capable men^(A) from all the people—men who fear^(B) God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain^(C)—and appoint them as officials^(D) over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

¹¹ So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land,^(A) the district of Rameses,^(B) as Pharaoh directed.

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¹⁰ He also built towers in the wilderness and dug many cisterns, because he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain. He had people working his fields and vineyards in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil.

²⁵ He chose capable men from all Israel and made them leaders^(A) of the people, officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.^(B)

⁴ They also said to him, “We have come to live here for a while,^(A) because the famine is severe in Canaan^(B) and your servants’ flocks have no pasture.^(C) So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen.”^(D)