Lexham English Bible

Genesis 47:2-7 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

2. And from among his brothers he took five men and presented them before Pharaoh.

3. And Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are keepers of sheep, both we and also our ancestors.”

4. And they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servant’s flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”

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

6. The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. Let them live in the land of Goshen, and if you know there is among them men of ability, then appoint them overseers of my own livestock.”

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