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And it came to pass that Joseph said unto his brethren and unto the house of his father: I will go up, and show Pharaoh, and say unto him: My brethren and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
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And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattlea; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
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And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you and shall say: What is your occupation?
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That ye shall say: Thy servants' trade hath been about livestock from our youth even until now, both we and also our fathers; that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
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¶ Then it came to pass that Joseph came and told Pharaoh and said: My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have are come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
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And it came to pass that he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
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And Pharaoh said unto his brethren: What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh: Thy servants are shepherds, both we and also our fathers.
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They said, moreover, unto Pharaoh: For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks, for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan.
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Now, therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
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¶ And Pharaoh spoke unto Joseph, saying: Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee;
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The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell:
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In the land of Goshen let them dwell; and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my livestock.
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¶ And Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob, being a High Priest unto El Elyona, did bless Pharaoh.
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And Pharaoh said unto Jacob: How old art thou?
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And Jacob said unto Pharaoh: The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a eighty and seven years; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
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And Jacob kneeled before Pharaoh and went out from before Pharaoh.
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¶ And it came to pass that Joseph placed his father and his brethren and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
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And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household with bread, according to their wants, according to their families.
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And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.