Genesis 47:1-12

Amplified Bible

Jacob’s Family Settles in Goshen

47 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and their herds and all that they own, have come from the land of Canaan, and they are in the land of Goshen.” ² He took five men from among his brothers and presented them to Pharaoh. ³ And Pharaoh said to his brothers [as Joseph expected], “What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers [before us].” ⁴ Moreover, they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live temporarily (sojourn) in the land [of Egypt], for there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants [in our land], for the famine is very severe in Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.” ⁵ Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you. ⁶ The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. Let them live in the land of Goshen; and if you know of any men of ability among them, ^[a]put them in charge of my livestock.”

⁷ Then Joseph brought Jacob (Israel) his father and presented him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. ⁸ And Pharaoh asked Jacob, ^[b]“How old are you?” ⁹ Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The ^[c]years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. Few and unpleasant have been the years of my life, and they have ^[d]not reached the years that my fathers lived during the days of their pilgrimage.” ¹⁰ And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and departed from his presence. ¹¹ So Joseph settled his father and brothers and gave them a possession in Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses (Goshen), as Pharaoh commanded. ¹² Joseph provided and supplied his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to [the needs of] their children.