Holman Christian Standard Bible

Genesis 47:5-14 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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

6. the land of Egypt is open before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They can live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

7. Joseph then brought his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

8. Then Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many years have you lived? ”

9. Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not surpassed the years of my fathers during their pilgrimages.”

10. So Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from Pharaoh’s presence.

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

12. And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with food for their dependents.

13. But there was no food in that entire region, for the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan were exhausted by the famine.

14. Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were purchasing, and he brought the money to Pharaoh’s palace.