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Genesis 47:5 (ERVEN) Easy to Read - English

1 Joseph went in to Pharaoh and said, "My father and my brothers and all their families are here. They have all their animals and everything they own from the land of Canaan with them. They are now in the land of Goshen."
2 Joseph chose five of his brothers to be with him before the Pharaoh.
3 Pharaoh said to the brothers, "What work do you do?" The brothers said to Pharaoh, "Sir, we are shepherds, just as our ancestors were shepherds before us."
4 They said to Pharaoh, "The famine is very bad in Canaan. There are no fields left with grass for our animals, so we have come to live in this land. We ask you to please let us live in Goshen."
5 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.
6 You can choose any place in Egypt for them to live. Give your father and your brothers the best land. Let them live in the land of Goshen. And if they are skilled shepherds, they can also care for my cattle."
7 Then Joseph called his father Jacob to come in to meet Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
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."
16 But Joseph answered, "Give me your cattle, and I will give you food."
17 So the people used their cattle and horses and all their other animals to buy food. And that year, Joseph gave them food and took their animals.
18 But the next year the people had no animals and nothing to buy food with. So they went to Joseph and said, "You know that we have no money left, and all our animals belong to you. So we have nothing left—only what you see—our bodies and our land.
19 Surely we will die while you are watching. But if you give us food, we will give Pharaoh our land, and we will be his slaves. Give us seed so that we can plant. Then we will live and not die, and the land will grow food for us again."
20 So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. All the people in Egypt sold Joseph their fields. They did this because they were very hungry.
21 And everywhere in Egypt all the people became Pharaoh's slaves.
22 The only land Joseph didn't buy was the land that the priests owned. The priests didn't need to sell their land because Pharaoh paid them for their work. So they used this money to buy food to eat.
23 Joseph said to the people, "Now I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh. So I will give you seed, and you can plant your fields.
24 At harvest time, you must give one-fifth of your crops to Pharaoh. You can keep four-fifths for yourselves. You can use the seed you keep for food and planting the next year. Now you can feed your families and your children."
25 The people said, "You have saved our lives. We are happy to be slaves to Pharaoh."
26 So Joseph made a law at that time in the land, and that law still continues today. The law says that one-fifth of everything from the land belongs to the Pharaoh who owns all the land. The only land he does not own is the land of the priests.
27 Israel stayed in Egypt. He lived in the land of Goshen. His family grew and became very large. They became landowners there and did very well.
28 Jacob lived in Egypt 17 years, so he was 147 years old.
29 The time came when Israel knew he would soon die, so he called his son Joseph to him. He said, "If you love me, put your hand under my leg and make a promise. Promise that you will do what I say and that you will be truthful with me. When I die, don't bury me in Egypt.
30 Bury me in the place where my ancestors are buried. Carry me out of Egypt and bury me in our family grave." Joseph answered, "I promise that I will do what you say."
31 Then Jacob said, "Make a vow to me." And Joseph vowed to him that he would do this. Then Israel laid his head back down on the bed.
1 Then Joseph H3130 came H935 W-VQY3MS and told H5046 W-VHY3MS Pharaoh H6547 , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , My father H1 CMS-1MS and my brethren H251 , and their flocks H6629 , and their herds H1241 , and all H3605 W-CMS that H834 RPRO they have , are come H935 VQQ3MP out of the land H776 M-NFS of Canaan H3667 EMS ; and , behold H2009 , they are in the land H776 B-GFS of Goshen H1657 .
2 And he took H3947 VQQ3MS some H7097 of his brethren H251 NMP-3MS , even five H2568 men H376 , and presented H3322 them unto H6440 L-CMP Pharaoh H6547 .
3 And Pharaoh H6547 EMS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP his brethren H251 NMP-3MS , What H4100 IPRO is your occupation H4639 ? And they said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Pharaoh H6547 EMS , Thy servants H5650 are shepherds H7462 VQPMS , both H1571 CONJ we H587 PPRO-1MP , and also H1571 CONJ our fathers H1 .
4 They said H559 W-VQY3MP moreover unto H413 PREP Pharaoh H6547 EMS , For to sojourn H1481 L-VQFC in the land H776 B-NFS are we come H935 ; for RPRO thy servants H5650 have no H369 NPAR pasture H4829 for their flocks H6629 ; for H3588 CONJ the famine H7458 D-NMS is sore H3515 AMS in the land H776 B-GFS of Canaan H3667 EMS : now H6258 W-ADV therefore , we pray thee H4994 IJEC , let thy servants H5650 dwell H3427 in the land H776 B-GFS of Goshen H1657 .
5 And Pharaoh H6547 EMS spoke H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Joseph H3130 , saying H559 W-VQY3MS , Thy father H1 NMS and thy brethren H251 are come H935 VQQ3MP unto H413 PREP thee :
6 The land H776 GFS of Egypt H4714 EFS is before H6440 L-CMP-2MS thee ; in the best H4315 of the land H776 D-GFS make thy father H1 NMS and brethren H251 CMP-2MS to dwell H3427 ; in the land H776 B-GFS of Goshen H1657 let them dwell H3427 VQY3MP : and if H518 W-PART thou knowest H3045 VQQ2MS any men H376 CMP of activity H2428 NMS among them , then make H7760 them rulers H8269 CMP over my H5921 PREP cattle H4735 NMS .
7 And Joseph H3130 brought in W-VHY3MS Jacob H3290 his father H1 CMS-3MS , and set H5975 him before H6440 L-CMP Pharaoh H6547 EMS : and Jacob H3290 blessed H1288 W-VNY3MS Pharaoh H6547 EMS .
8 And Pharaoh H6547 EMS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Jacob H3290 , How H4100 K-IGAT old H3117 CMP art thou ?
9 And Jacob H3290 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Pharaoh H6547 EMS , The days H3117 CMP of the years H8141 of my pilgrimage H4033 are a hundred H3967 W-BFS and thirty H7970 MMP years H8141 NFS : few H4592 AMS and evil H7451 have the days H3117 CMP of the years H8141 of my life H2416 CMS-1MS been H1961 VQQ3MP , and have not H3808 W-NPAR attained unto H5381 the days H3117 CMP of the years H8141 of the life H2416 of my fathers H1 in the days H3117 B-CMP of their pilgrimage H4033 .
10 And Jacob H3290 blessed H1288 W-VNY3MS Pharaoh H6547 EMS , and went out H3318 W-VQY3MS from before H6440 ML-CMP Pharaoh H6547 .
11 And Joseph H3130 placed H3427 his father H1 CMS-3MS and his brethren H251 NMP-3MS , and gave H5414 W-VQQ3MS them a possession H272 in the land H776 B-GFS of Egypt H4714 EFS , in the best H4315 of the land H776 D-GFS , in the land H776 B-GFS of Rameses H7486 , as H834 K-RPRO Pharaoh H6547 had commanded H6680 VPQ3MS .
12 And Joseph H3130 nourished H3557 his father H1 CMS-3MS , and his brethren H251 NMP-3MS , and all H3605 NMS his father H1 CMS-3MS \'s household H1004 CMS , with bread H3899 NMS , according to H6310 L-CMS their families H2945 .
13 And there was no H369 NPAR bread H3899 in all H3605 B-CMS the land H776 D-GFS ; for H3588 CONJ the famine H7458 D-NMS was very H3966 ADV sore H3515 AMS , so that the land H776 GFS of Egypt H4714 EFS and all the land H776 W-NFS of Canaan H3667 LMS fainted H3856 by reason of M-CMP the famine H7458 .
14 And Joseph H3130 gathered up H3950 all H3605 NMS the money H3701 that was found H4672 in the land H776 B-GFS of Egypt H4714 EFS , and in the land H776 of Canaan H3667 LMS , for the corn H7668 which H834 RPRO they H1992 PPRO-3MP bought H7666 : and Joseph H3130 brought H935 W-VHY3MS the money H3701 into Pharaoh H6547 \'s house H1004 .
15 And when money H3701 failed H8552 in the land H776 M-NFS of Egypt H4714 EFS , and in the land H776 of Canaan H3667 LMS , all H3605 CMS the Egyptians H4714 EFS came H935 W-VQY3MP unto H413 PREP Joseph H3130 , and said H559 L-VQFC , Give H3051 us bread H3899 NMS : for why H4100 WL-IGAT should we die H4191 in thy presence H5048 ? for H3588 CONJ the money H3701 NMS faileth H656 .
16 And Joseph H3130 said H559 W-VQY3MS , Give H3051 VQI2MP your cattle H4735 ; and I will give H5414 you for your cattle H4735 , if H518 PART money H3701 NMS fail H656 .
17 And they brought H935 their cattle H4735 unto H413 PREP Joseph H3130 : and Joseph H3130 gave H5414 W-VQQ3MS them bread H3899 NMS in exchange for horses H5483 , and for the flocks H4735 , and for the cattle H4735 of the herds H1241 D-NMS , and for the asses H2543 : and he fed H5095 them with bread H3899 for all H3605 B-CMS their cattle H4735 for that H1931 year H8141 .
18 When that H1931 D-PPRO-3FS year H8141 was ended H8552 , they came H935 W-VQY3MP unto H413 PREP-3MS him the second H8145 D-ONUM year H8141 , and said H559 W-VQY3MP unto him , We will not H3808 ADV hide H3582 it from H4480 my lord H113 , how that PART our money H3701 is spent H8552 ; my lord H113 also hath H413 PREP our herds H4735 of cattle H929 D-NFS ; there is not H3808 NADV aught left H7604 VNQ3MS in the sight H6440 L-CMP of my lord H113 , but H1115 PREP our bodies H1472 , and our lands H127 :
19 Wherefore H4100 L-IPRO shall we die H4191 before thine eyes H5869 , both H1571 CONJ we H587 PPRO-1MP and H1571 CONJ our land H127 ? buy H7069 us and our land H127 for bread H3899 , and we H587 PPRO-1MP and our land H127 will be H1961 servants H5650 NMP unto Pharaoh H6547 : and give H5414 us seed H2233 NMS , that we may live H2421 , and not H3808 W-NPAR die H4191 , that the land H127 be not desolate H3456 .
20 And Joseph H3130 bought H7069 all H3605 NMS the land H127 of Egypt H4714 EFS for Pharaoh H6547 ; for H3588 CONJ the Egyptians H4714 EFS sold H4376 every man H376 his field H7704 , because H3588 CONJ the famine H7458 D-NMS prevailed H2388 over H5921 them : so the land H776 D-GFS became H1961 W-VQY3FS Pharaoh H6547 \'s .
21 And as for the people H5971 , he removed H5674 them to cities H5892 from one end H7097 M-CMS of the borders H1366 of Egypt H4714 EFS even to H5704 W-PREP the other end H7097 thereof .
22 Only H7535 ADV the land H127 of the priests H3548 bought H7069 he not H3808 NADV ; for H3588 CONJ the priests H3548 had a portion H2706 NMS assigned them of Pharaoh H6547 EMS , and did eat H398 their portion H2706 which H834 RPRO Pharaoh H6547 EMS gave H5414 VQQ3MS them : wherefore H3651 ADV they sold H4376 not H3808 NADV their lands H127 .
23 Then Joseph H3130 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP the people H5971 , Behold H2005 IJEC , I have bought H7069 VQQ1MS you this day H3117 D-AMS and your land H127 for Pharaoh H6547 : lo H1887 , here is seed H2233 NMS for you , and ye shall sow H2232 the land H127 D-NFS .
24 And it shall come to pass H1961 W-VQQ3MS in the increase H8393 , that ye shall give H5414 the fifth H2549 part unto Pharaoh H6547 , and four H702 W-BFS parts H3027 shall be H1961 W-VQQ3MS your own , for seed H2233 of the field H7704 D-NMS , and for your food H400 , and for them H834 of your households H1004 , and for food H398 for your little ones H2945 .
25 And they said H559 W-VQY3MP , Thou hast saved our lives H2421 : let us find H4672 VNQ3MS grace H2580 NMS in the sight H5869 B-CMP of my lord H113 , and we will be H1961 Pharaoh H6547 \'s servants H5650 NMP .
26 And Joseph H3130 made H7760 W-VQY3MS it a law H2706 over H5921 PREP the land H127 of Egypt H4714 EFS unto H5704 PREP this H2088 D-PMS day H3117 D-AMS , that Pharaoh H6547 should have the fifth H2569 part ; except H7535 ADV the land H127 of the priests H3548 only H905 L-CMS-3MP , which became H1961 VQQ3FS not H3808 NADV Pharaoh H6547 \'s .
27 And Israel H3478 dwelt H3427 W-VQY3MS in the land H776 B-GFS of Egypt H4714 EFS , in the country H776 B-GFS of Goshen H1657 ; and they had possessions H270 therein , and grew H6509 , and multiplied H7235 W-VQY3MP exceedingly H3966 ADV .
28 And Jacob H3290 lived H2421 W-VQY3MS in the land H776 B-GFS of Egypt H4714 EFS seventeen H7651 years H8141 NFS : so the whole age H3117 of Jacob H3290 was H1961 W-VQY3MS a hundred H3967 W-BFS forty H705 W-MMP and seven H7651 MFS years H8141 .
29 And the time H3117 drew nigh H7126 that Israel H3478 must die H4191 L-VQFC : and he called H7121 W-VQY3MS his son H1121 Joseph H3130 , and said H559 W-VQY3MS unto him , If H518 PART now H4994 IJEC I have found H4672 VQQ1MS grace H2580 NMS in thy sight H5869 , put H7760 , I pray thee H4994 IJEC , thy hand H3027 CFS-2MS under H8478 NMS my thigh H3409 , and deal H6213 kindly H2617 NMS and truly H571 with H5973 me ; bury H6912 me not H408 NPAR , I pray thee H4994 IJEC , in Egypt H4714 :
30 But I will lie H7901 with H5973 PREP my fathers H1 , and thou shalt carry H5375 me out of Egypt H4714 M-TFS , and bury H6912 me in their burial place H6900 . And he said H559 W-VQY3MS , I H595 PPRO-1MS will do H6213 VQY1MS as thou hast said H1697 .
31 And he said H559 W-VQY3MS , Swear H7650 unto me . And he swore H7650 unto him . And Israel H3478 bowed himself H7812 upon H5921 PREP the bed H4296 \'s head H7218 NMS .
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