Genesis 47
NASB95
– New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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Gen 47:1 - Then Joseph^H3130 went^H935 in and told^H5046 Pharaoh,^H6547 and said,^H559 “My father^H1 and my brothers^H251 and their flocks^H6629 and their herds^H1241 and all^H3605 that they have, have come^H935 out of the land^H776 of Canaan;^H3667 and behold,^H2009 they are in the land^H776 of Goshen.”^H1657

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Gen 47:2 - He took^H3947 five^H2568 men^H376 from among^H7097 his brothers^H251 and presented^H3322^H6440 them to Pharaoh.^H6547

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Gen 47:3 - Then Pharaoh^H6547 said^H559 to his brothers,^H251 “What^H4100 is your occupation?”^H4639 So they said^H559 to Pharaoh,^H6547 “Your servants^H5650 are shepherds,^H7462 both^H1571 we and our fathers.”^H1

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Gen 47:4 - They said^H559 to Pharaoh,^H6547 “We have come^H935 to sojourn^H1481 in the land,^H776 for there^H369 is no^H369 pasture^H4829 for your servants’^H5650 flocks,^H6629 for the famine^H7458 is severe^H3515 in the land^H776 of Canaan.^H3667 Now,^H6258 therefore, please^H4994 let your servants^H5650 [fn]live^H3427 in the land^H776 of Goshen.”^H1657

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Gen 47:5 - Then Pharaoh^H6547 said^H559 to [fn]Joseph,^H3130 “Your father^H1 and your brothers^H251 have come^H935 to you.

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Gen 47:6 - “The land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 is [fn]at your disposal;^H6440 [fn]settle^H3427 your father^H1 and your brothers^H251 in the best^H4315 of the land,^H776 let them [fn]live^H3427 in the land^H776 of Goshen;^H1657 and if^H518 you know^H3045 any^H3426 capable^H2428 men^H376 among them, then [fn]put^H7760 them in charge^H8269 of my livestock.”^H4735

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Gen 47:7 - Then Joseph^H3130 brought^H935 his father^H1 Jacob^H3290 and [fn]presented^H5975^H6440 him to Pharaoh;^H6547 and Jacob^H3290 blessed^H1288 Pharaoh.^H6547

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Gen 47:8 - Pharaoh^H6547 said^H559 to Jacob,^H3290 “How^H4100 many^H4100 [fn]years^H8141 have you lived?”^H2416

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Gen 47:9 - So Jacob^H3290 said^H559 to Pharaoh,^H6547 “The [fn]years^H8141 of my sojourning^H4033 are one hundred^H3967 and [fn]thirty;^H7970 few^H4592 and [fn]unpleasant^H7451 have been^H1961 the [fn]years^H8141 of my life,^H2416 nor^H3808 have they [fn]attained^H5381 the [fn]years^H8141 [fn]that my fathers^H1 lived^H2416 during the days^H3117 of their sojourning.”^H4033

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Gen 47:10 - And Jacob^H3290 blessed^H1288 Pharaoh,^H6547 and went^H3318 out from [fn]his presence.^H6440

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Gen 47:11 - So Joseph^H3130 [fn]settled^H3427 his father^H1 and his brothers^H251 and gave^H5414 them a possession^H272 in the land^H776 of Egypt,^H4714 in the best^H4315 of the land,^H776 in the land^H776 of Rameses,^H7486 as Pharaoh^H6547 had ordered.^H6680

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Gen 47:12 - Joseph^H3130 provided^H3557 his father^H1 and his brothers^H251 and all^H3605 his father’s^H1 household^H1004 with [fn]food,^H3899 according^H6310 to their little^H2945 ones.^H2945

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Gen 47:13 - Now there^H369 was no^H369 [fn]food^H3899 in all^H3605 the land,^H776 because^H3588 the famine^H7458 was very^H3966 severe,^H3515 so that the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 and the land^H776 of Canaan^H3667 languished^H3856 because^H4480^H6440 of the famine.^H7458

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Gen 47:14 - Joseph^H3130 gathered^H3950 all^H3605 the money^H3701 that was found^H4672 in the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 and in the land^H776 of Canaan^H3667 for the grain^H7668 which^H834 they bought,^H7666 and Joseph^H3130 brought^H935 the money^H3701 into Pharaoh’s^H6547 house.^H1004

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Gen 47:15 - When the money^H3701 was all^H8552 spent^H8552 in the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 and in the land^H776 of Canaan,^H3667 all^H3605 the Egyptians^H4714 came^H935 to Joseph^H3130 [fn]and said,^H559 “Give^H3051 us [fn]food,^H3899 for why^H4100 should we die^H4191 in your presence?^H5048 For our money^H3701 [fn]is gone.”^H656

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Gen 47:16 - Then Joseph^H3130 said,^H559 “Give^H3051 up your livestock,^H4735 and I will give^H5414 you food for your livestock,^H4735 since^H518 your money^H3701 [fn]is gone.”^H656

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Gen 47:17 - So they brought^H935 their livestock^H4735 to Joseph,^H3130 and Joseph^H3130 gave^H5414 them [fn]food^H3899 in exchange for the horses^H5483 and the [fn]flocks^H6629 and the herds^H1241 and the donkeys;^H2543 and he [fn]fed^H5095 them with [fn]food^H3899 in exchange for all^H3605 their livestock^H4735 [fn]that year.^H8141

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Gen 47:18 - When that year^H8141 was ended,^H8552 they came^H935 to him the [fn]next^H8145 year^H8141 and said^H559 to him, “We will not hide^H3582 from my lord^H113 that our money^H3701 is all^H8552 spent,^H8552 and the [fn]cattle^H4735^H929 are my lord’s.^H113 There is nothing^H3808 left^H7604 [fn]for my lord^H113 except^H1115^H518 our bodies^H1472 and our lands.^H127

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Gen 47:19 - “Why^H4100 should we die^H4191 before your eyes,^H5869 both^H1571 we and our land?^H127 Buy^H7069 us and our land^H127 for [fn]food,^H3899 and we and our land^H127 will be slaves^H5650 to Pharaoh.^H6547 So give^H5414 us seed,^H2233 that we may live^H2421 and not die,^H4191 and that the land^H127 may not be desolate.”^H3456

Result of the Famine

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Gen 47:20 - So Joseph^H3130 bought^H7069 all^H3605 the land^H127 of Egypt^H4714 for Pharaoh,^H6547 for [fn]every^H376 Egyptian^H4714 sold^H4376 his field,^H7704 because^H3588 the famine^H7458 was severe^H2388 upon them. Thus the land^H776 became^H1961 Pharaoh’s.^H6547

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Gen 47:21 - As for the people,^H5971 he removed^H5674 them to the cities^H5892 from one end^H7097 of Egypt’s^H4714 border^H1366 to the other.^H7097

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Gen 47:22 - Only^H7534 the land^H127 of the priests^H3548 he did not buy,^H7069 for the priests^H3548 had an allotment^H2706 from Pharaoh,^H6547 and they [fn]lived^H398 off^H398 the allotment^H2706 which^H834 Pharaoh^H6547 gave^H5414 them. Therefore,^H5921^H3651 they did not sell^H4376 their land.^H127

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Gen 47:23 - Then Joseph^H3130 said^H559 to the people,^H5971 “Behold,^H2005 I have today^H3117 bought^H7069 you and your land^H127 for Pharaoh;^H6547 now,^H1887 here is seed^H2233 for you, and you may sow^H2232 the land.^H127

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Gen 47:24 - “[fn]At the harvest^H8393 you shall give^H5414 a fifth^H2549 to Pharaoh,^H6547 and [fn]four-fifths^H702^H3027 shall be your own for seed^H2233 of the field^H7704 and for your food^H400 and for those of your households^H1004 and as food^H398 for your little^H2945 ones.”^H2945

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Gen 47:25 - So they said,^H559 “You have saved^H2421 our lives!^H2421 Let us find^H4672 favor^H2580 in the sight^H5869 of my lord,^H113 and we will be Pharaoh’s^H6547 slaves.”^H5650

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Gen 47:26 - Joseph^H3130 made^H7760 it a statute^H2706 concerning^H5921 the land^H127 of Egypt^H4714 valid to this^H2088 day,^H3117 that Pharaoh^H6547 should have the fifth;^H2569 only^H7534 the land^H127 of the priests^H3548 [fn]did not become^H1961 Pharaoh’s.^H6547

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Gen 47:27 - Now Israel^H3478 [fn]lived^H3427 in the land^H776 of Egypt,^H4714 in [fn]Goshen,^H1657 and they acquired^H270 property^H270 in it and were fruitful^H6509 and became^H7235 very^H3966 numerous.^H7235

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Gen 47:28 - Jacob^H3290 lived^H2421 in the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 seventeen^H7651^H6240 years;^H8141 so the [fn]length^H3117 of Jacob’s^H3290 life^H2416 was one hundred^H3967 and forty-seven^H705^H7651 years.^H8141

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Gen 47:29 - When [fn]the time^H3117 for Israel^H3478 to die^H4191 drew^H7126 near,^H7126 he called^H7121 his son^H1121 Joseph^H3130 and said^H559 to him, “Please,^H4994 if^H518 I have found^H4672 favor^H2580 in your sight,^H5869 place^H7760 now^H4994 your hand^H3027 under^H8478 my thigh^H3409 and deal^H6213 with me in kindness^H2617 and [fn]faithfulness.^H571 Please^H4994 do not bury^H6912 me in Egypt,^H4714

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Gen 47:30 - but when I lie^H7901 down^H7901 with my fathers,^H1 you shall carry^H5375 me out of Egypt^H4714 and bury^H6912 me in their burial^H6900 place.”^H6900 And he said,^H559 “I will do^H6213 as you have said.”^H1697

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Gen 47:31 - He said,^H559 “Swear^H7650 to me.” So he swore^H7650 to him. Then Israel^H3478 bowed^H7812 in worship at the head^H7218 of the bed.^H4296

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NASB95 Footnotes

(47:4)

Literally: dwell

(47:5)

Literally: Joseph, saying

Literally: before you

Literally: cause them to dwell

Literally: dwell

Literally: appoint them rulers

(47:7)

Literally: set him before

(47:8)

Literally: are the days of the years of your life

Literally: days of the years

Literally: thirty years

Literally: evil

Literally: reached