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Genesis 47

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  1. 1Then Joseph 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 land of Goshen.11 cross-references: Genesis 45:10, Genesis 46:31, Genesis 46:28, Exodus 9:26, Hebrews 2:11
  2. 2And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.5 cross-references: Acts 7:13, Jude 1:24, Colossians 1:28, 2 Corinthians 4:14
  3. 3And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.8 cross-references: Genesis 46:33–34, Amos 7:14–15, Genesis 4:2, 2 Thessalonians 3:10, Jonah 1:8
  4. 4They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.12 cross-references: Genesis 46:34, Genesis 15:13, Deuteronomy 26:5, Genesis 43:1, Acts 7:11
  5. 5And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
  6. 6The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.25 cross-references: Exodus 18:21, Genesis 47:11, Proverbs 22:29, 2 Chronicles 26:10, Exodus 18:25
  7. 7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.25 cross-references: Genesis 47:10, Matthew 26:26, 2 Kings 4:29, 2 Samuel 14:22, Luke 22:19
  8. 8And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
  9. 9And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.50 cross-references: Psalms 39:12, Genesis 35:28, Exodus 7:7, Psalms 39:5, Joshua 24:29
  10. 10And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.19 cross-references: Genesis 47:7, 2 Samuel 8:10, Deuteronomy 33:1, 2 Samuel 19:39, Hebrews 7:7
  11. 11And 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 Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.15 cross-references: Exodus 1:11, Genesis 47:6, Exodus 12:37, John 17:2, John 17:24
  12. 12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.21 cross-references: Genesis 45:11, 1 Timothy 4:8, Ruth 4:15, Genesis 47:24, Genesis 47:21
  13. 13And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.14 cross-references: Acts 7:11, Jeremiah 9:12, Lamentations 4:9, Joel 1:10–12, Genesis 41:30–31
  14. 14And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.6 cross-references: Genesis 41:56, Luke 16:10–12, 1 Peter 4:10, 1 Corinthians 4:2, Luke 16:1–2
  15. 15And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.10 cross-references: 1 Samuel 21:3, Genesis 47:18–19, 1 Samuel 25:8, Psalms 37:3, Judges 8:8
  16. 16And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.6 cross-references: Philippians 4:8, Colossians 4:5, 1 Corinthians 10:32, Daniel 6:5–7, Proverbs 12:17
  17. 17And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.5 cross-references: Job 2:4, Isaiah 31:1, 1 Kings 10:28, Exodus 9:3, Matthew 6:24
  18. 18When that year 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:4 cross-references: Jeremiah 38:9, 2 Kings 6:26
  19. 19Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.9 cross-references: Job 2:4, Nehemiah 5:2–3, Lamentations 5:6, Lamentations 1:11, Lamentations 5:9
  20. 20And 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.
  21. 21And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.3 cross-references: Genesis 41:48
  22. 22Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.14 cross-references: Ezra 7:24, Deuteronomy 12:19, Genesis 41:45, 1 Corinthians 9:13, 2 Thessalonians 3:10
  23. 23Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.15 cross-references: 2 Corinthians 9:10, Genesis 45:6, Isaiah 28:24–25, Isaiah 55:10, Psalms 107:36–37
  24. 24And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part 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.8 cross-references: Genesis 41:34, Psalms 112:5, Psalms 41:1, Genesis 47:25, 1 Samuel 8:15–17
  25. 25And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.13 cross-references: Genesis 33:15, Genesis 41:45, Genesis 45:6–8, Ruth 2:13, Proverbs 11:26–27
  26. 26And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh’s.2 cross-references: Genesis 47:22, Ezekiel 7:24
  27. 27And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.22 cross-references: Genesis 46:3, Exodus 1:7, Acts 7:17, Psalms 107:38, Deuteronomy 26:5
  28. 28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.14 cross-references: Psalms 90:10, Psalms 90:12, Genesis 37:2, Psalms 119:84, Genesis 47:8–9
  29. 29And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:32 cross-references: Deuteronomy 31:14, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 24:2, 1 Kings 2:1, Genesis 50:24–25
  30. 30But 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.14 cross-references: Genesis 49:29–32, Genesis 25:9, Genesis 23:19, Nehemiah 2:5, Genesis 50:5–14
  31. 31And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.9 cross-references: 1 Kings 1:47, Hebrews 11:21, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 48:1–2, Genesis 47:29

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