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Genesis 47:7-11 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

7. Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and introduced him to the king. Jacob gave the king his blessing,

8. and the king asked him, “How old are you?”

9. Jacob answered, “I have lived only a hundred and thirty years, and I have had to move from place to place. My parents and my grandparents also had to move from place to place. But they lived much longer, and their life was not as hard as mine.”

10. Then Jacob gave the king his blessing once again and left.

11. Joseph obeyed the king's orders and gave his father and brothers some of the best land in Egypt near the city of Rameses.

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