8. Then Pharaoh said to him, “How old are you?”
9. Jacob said to Pharaoh, “I have had a short life with many troubles. I am only 130 years old. My father and his ancestors lived to be much older than I am.”
10. Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and left from his meeting with him.
11. Joseph did what Pharaoh said and gave his father and brothers land in Egypt. It was the best land in Egypt, in the eastern part of the country, around Rameses.
12. Joseph also gave his father, his brothers, and all their people the food they needed.
13. The famine got worse; there was no food anywhere in the land. Egypt and Canaan became very poor because of this bad time.
14. People in the land bought more and more grain. Joseph saved the money and brought it to Pharaoh’s house.
15. After some time, the people in Egypt and Canaan had no money left. They had spent all their money to buy grain. So the people of Egypt went to Joseph and said, “Please give us food. Our money is gone. If we don’t eat, we will die while you are watching.”