BIBLE VERSES 2

Genesis 46:28

Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,

Genesis 46:29

Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.

Genesis 46:30

Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”

Genesis 46:31

Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me.

Genesis 46:32

The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’

Genesis 46:33

When Pharaoh summons you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’

Genesis 46:34

you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”

Genesis 47:1

So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”

Genesis 47:2

And he chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.

Genesis 47:3

“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”

Genesis 47:4

Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”

Genesis 47:5

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,

Genesis 47:6

the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”

Genesis 47:7

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

Genesis 47:8

“How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.

Genesis 47:9

“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”

Genesis 47:10

Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from his presence.

Genesis 47:11

So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

Genesis 47:12

Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.

Genesis 47:13

There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.