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Summary
Genesis 47:1-11

47:1. Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, saying: My father and brethren, their sheep and their herds, and all that they possess, have come out of the land of Canaan: and behold they stay in the land of Gessen.

47:2. Five men also, the last of his brethren, he presented before the king:

The last. . .xtremos. Some interpret this word of the chiefest, and most rightly: but Joseph seems rather to have chosen out such as had the meanest appearance, that Pharaoh might not think of employing them at court, with danger of their morals and religion.

'''47:3. He asked them: What is your occupation? They answered: We, your servants, are shepherds, both we and our fathers.'''

47:4. We are come to sojourn in your land, because there is no grass for the flocks of your servants, the famine being very grievous in the land of Canaan: and we pray that you give orders that we your servants may be in the land of Gessen.

47:5. The king therefore said to Joseph: Your father and your brethren have come to you.

'''47:6. The land of Egypt is before you: and make them dwell in the best place, and give them the land of Gessen. If you know that there are industrious men among them, make them rulers over my cattle.'''

47:7. After this Joseph brought in his father to the king, and presented him before him: and he blessed him.

47:8. Being asked by him: How many are the days of the years of your life?

47:9. He answered: The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years, few, and evil, and they are not come up to the days of the pilgrimage of my fathers.

47:10. Blessing the king, he went out.

47:11. But Joseph gave a possession to his father and his brethren in Egypt, in the best place of the land, in Ramesses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

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