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Genesis 47:3-11 God's Word Translation (GW)

3. Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What kind of work do you do?”They answered Pharaoh, “We are shepherds, as were our ancestors.

4. We have come to live in this land for a while. The famine is so severe in Canaan that there’s no pasture for our flocks. So please let us live in Goshen.”

5. Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.

6. All of Egypt is available to you. Have your father and your brothers live in the best part of the land. Let them live in Goshen. If they are qualified, put them in charge of my livestock.”

7. Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and had him stand in front of Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

8. Pharaoh asked him, “How old are you?”

9. Jacob answered Pharaoh, “The length of my stay on earth has been 130 years. The years of my life have been few and difficult, fewer than my ancestors’ years.”

10. Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and left.

11. As Pharaoh had ordered, Joseph had his father and his brothers live in the best part of Egypt, the region of Rameses. He gave them property there.

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