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Genesis 47:7-15 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

7. After this, Joseph brought in his father to the king, and he stood him in his sight. He blessed him,

8. and he questioned him: "How many are the days of the years of your life?"

9. He responded, "The days of my sojourn are one hundred and thirty years, few and unworthy, and they do not reach even to the days of the sojourning of my fathers."

10. And blessing the king, he went outside.

11. Truly, Joseph gave his father and brothers a possession in Egypt, in the best place of the land, in Rameses, as Pharaoh had instructed.

12. And he fed them, along with all his father's house, providing portions of food to each one.

13. For in the whole world there was a lack of bread, and a famine had oppressed the land, most of all Egypt and Canaan,

14. from which he gathered together all the money for the grain that they bought, and he took it into the treasury of the king.

15. And when the buyers had run out of money, all Egypt came to Joseph, saying: "Give us bread. Why should we die in your sight, lacking money?"

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