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Book of Genesis, Chapter 47

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Chapter 47 of Genesis—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Then 1Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers and their flocks and their herds and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of 2Goshen.”
  2. He took five men from among his brothers and 3presented them to Pharaoh.
  3. Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, “4What is your occupation?” So they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are 5shepherds, both we and our fathers.”
  4. They said to Pharaoh, “6We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for 7the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now, therefore, please let your servants [a]8live in the land of Goshen.”
  5. Then Pharaoh said to [b]Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
  6. The land of Egypt is [c]at your disposal; [d]settle your father and your brothers in 9the best of the land, let them [e]live in the land of Goshen; and if you know any 10capable men among them, then [f]put them in charge of my livestock.”
  7. ¶ Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and [g]presented him to Pharaoh; and Jacob 11blessed Pharaoh.
  8. Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many [h]years have you lived?”
  9. So Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The [i]12years of my sojourning are one hundred and [j]thirty; few and [k]unpleasant have been the [l]years of my life, nor have they [m]attained 13the [n]years [o]that my fathers lived during the days of their sojourning.”
  10. And Jacob 14blessed Pharaoh, and went out from [p]his presence.
  11. So Joseph [q]settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in 15the best of the land, in the land of 16Rameses, as Pharaoh had ordered.
  12. Joseph 17provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with [r]food, according to their little ones.
  13. ¶ Now there was no [s]food in all the land, because the famine was very severe, so that 18the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.
  14. 19Joseph gathered all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan for the grain which they bought, and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
  15. When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph [t]and said, “Give us [u]food, for 20why should we die in your presence? For our money [v]is gone.”
  16. Then Joseph said, “Give up your livestock, and I will give you food for your livestock, since your money [w]is gone.”
  17. So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them [x]food in exchange for the horses and the [y]flocks and the herds and the donkeys; and he [z]fed them with [aa]food in exchange for all their livestock [ab]that year.
  18. When that year was ended, they came to him the [ac]next year and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord that our money is all spent, and the [ad]cattle are my lord’s. There is nothing left [ae]for my lord except our bodies and our lands.
  19. Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for [af]food, and we and our land will be slaves to Pharaoh. So give us seed, that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate.”
  20. ¶ So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for [ag]every Egyptian sold his field, because the famine was severe upon them. Thus the land became Pharaoh’s.
  21. As for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of Egypt’s border to the other.
  22. Only the land of the priests he did not buy, for the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh, and they [ah]lived off the allotment which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore, they did not sell their land.
  23. Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have today bought you and your land for Pharaoh; now, here is seed for you, and you may sow the land.
  24. [ai]At the harvest you shall give a 21fifth to Pharaoh, and [aj]four-fifths shall be your own for seed of the field and for your food and for those of your households and as food for your little ones.”
  25. So they said, “You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”
  26. Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt valid to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; 22only the land of the priests [ak]did not become Pharaoh’s.
  27. ¶ Now Israel [al]lived in the land of Egypt, in [am]Goshen, and they 23acquired property in it and 24were fruitful and became very numerous.
  28. Jacob lived in the land of Egypt 25seventeen years; so the [an]length of Jacob’s life was one hundred and forty-seven years.
  29. ¶ When [ao]26the time for Israel to die drew near, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Please, if I have found favor in your sight, 27place now your hand under my thigh and 28deal with me in kindness and [ap]faithfulness. Please do not bury me in Egypt,
  30. but when I 29lie down with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in 30their burial place.” And he said, “I will do as you have said.”
  31. He said, “31Swear to me.” So he swore to him. Then 32Israel bowed in worship at the head of the bed.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit dwell
  2. ^ Lit Joseph, saying
  3. ^ Lit before you
  4. ^ Lit cause them to dwell
  5. ^ Lit dwell
  6. ^ Lit appoint them rulers
  7. ^ Lit set him before
  8. ^ Lit are the days of the years of your life
  9. ^ Lit days of the years
  10. ^ Lit thirty years
  11. ^ Lit evil
  12. ^ Lit days of the years
  13. ^ Lit reached
  14. ^ Lit days of the years
  15. ^ Lit of the life of my fathers
  16. ^ Lit Pharaoh’s
  17. ^ Lit caused to dwell
  18. ^ Or bread
  19. ^ Or bread
  20. ^ Lit saying
  21. ^ Or bread
  22. ^ Lit ceases
  23. ^ Lit ceases
  24. ^ Or bread
  25. ^ Lit livestock of the flocks and livestock of the herds
  26. ^ Lit led them as a shepherd
  27. ^ Or bread
  28. ^ Lit in that year
  29. ^ Lit second
  30. ^ Lit livestock of the cattle
  31. ^ Lit in the presence of
  32. ^ Or bread
  33. ^ Lit Egypt, every man
  34. ^ Lit ate their allotment
  35. ^ Lit It shall come about...that you shall
  36. ^ Lit four parts
  37. ^ Lit alone did
  38. ^ Lit dwelt
  39. ^ Lit in the land of Goshen
  40. ^ Lit days of Jacob, the years of his life
  41. ^ Lit the days of Israel to die drew near
  42. ^ Lit truth

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ge 46:31
  2. ^ Ge 45:10; 46:28
  3. ^ Ac 7:13
  4. ^ Ge 46:33
  5. ^ Ge 46:34
  6. ^ Ge 15:13; De 26:5; Ps 105:23
  7. ^ Ge 43:1; Ac 7:11
  8. ^ Ge 46:34
  9. ^ Ge 45:10, 18; 47:11
  10. ^ Ex 18:21, 25; 1Ki 11:28; Pr 22:29
  11. ^ Ge 47:10; 2Sa 14:22; 1Ki 8:66
  12. ^ Heb 11:9, 13
  13. ^ Ge 25:7; 35:28
  14. ^ Ge 47:7
  15. ^ Ge 47:6, 27
  16. ^ Ex 1:11; 12:37
  17. ^ Ge 45:11
  18. ^ Ge 41:30; Ac 7:11
  19. ^ Ge 41:56
  20. ^ Ge 47:19
  21. ^ Ge 41:34
  22. ^ Ge 47:22
  23. ^ Ge 47:11
  24. ^ Ge 17:6; 26:4; 35:11; Ex 1:7; De 26:5; Ac 7:17
  25. ^ Ge 47:9
  26. ^ De 31:14; 1Ki 2:1
  27. ^ Ge 24:2
  28. ^ Ge 24:49
  29. ^ Ge 15:15; De 31:16
  30. ^ Ge 23:17-20; 25:9, 10; 35:29; 49:29-32; 50:5, 13; Ac 7:15, 16
  31. ^ Ge 21:23, 24; 24:3; 31:53; 50:25
  32. ^ 1Ki 1:47

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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