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Genesis 47:7-16 New English Translation (NET)

7. Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

8. Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How long have you lived?”

9. Jacob said to Pharaoh, “All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors.”

10. Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence.

11. So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses, just as Pharaoh had commanded.

12. Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to the number of their little children.

13. But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine.

14. Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s palace.

15. When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food! Why should we die before your very eyes because our money has run out?”

16. Then Joseph said, “If your money is gone, bring your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock.”

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