25. “You have saved our lives!” they exclaimed. “May it please you, my lord, to let us be Pharaoh’s servants.”
26. Joseph then issued a decree still in effect in the land of Egypt, that Pharaoh should receive one-fifth of all the crops grown on his land. Only the land belonging to the priests was not given to Pharaoh.
27. Meanwhile, the people of Israel settled in the region of Goshen in Egypt. There they acquired property, and they were fruitful, and their population grew rapidly.
28. Jacob lived for seventeen years after his arrival in Egypt, so he lived 147 years in all.
29. As the time of his death drew near, Jacob called for his son Joseph and said to him, “Please do me this favor. Put your hand under my thigh and swear that you will treat me with unfailing love by honoring this last request: Do not bury me in Egypt.
30. When I die, please take my body out of Egypt and bury me with my ancestors.”So Joseph promised, “I will do as you ask.”
31. “Swear that you will do it,” Jacob insisted. So Joseph gave his oath, and Jacob bowed humbly at the head of his bed.