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Genesis 47:3-8 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

3. Pharaoh said to the brothers, “What work do you do?” The brothers said to Pharaoh, “Sir, we are shepherds, just as our ancestors were shepherds before us.”

4. They said to Pharaoh, “The famine is very bad in Canaan. There are no fields left with grass for our animals, so we have come to live in this land. We ask you to please let us live in Goshen.”

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

6. You can choose any place in Egypt for them to live. Give your father and your brothers the best land. Let them live in the land of Goshen. And if they are skilled shepherds, they can also care for my cattle.”

7. Then Joseph called his father Jacob to come in to meet Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

8. Then Pharaoh said to him, “How old are you?”

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