New English Translation

Genesis 47:6-14 New English Translation (NET)

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

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

8. Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How long have you lived?”

9. Jacob said to Pharaoh, “All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors.”

10. Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence.

11. So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses, just as Pharaoh had commanded.

12. Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to the number of their little children.

13. But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine.

14. Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s palace.