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         <div class="label">47</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.47.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Joseph went and told Pharaoh, &#8220;My father and brothers, with their flocks and herds and everything they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.47.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.47.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.47.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Pharaoh asked the brothers, &#8220;What is your occupation?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.47.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Your servants are shepherds,&#8221; they replied to Pharaoh, &#8220;just as our fathers were.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.47.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They also said to him, &#8220;We have come to live here for a while, because the famine is severe in Canaan and your servants&#8217; flocks have no pasture. So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.47.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.47.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Pharaoh said to Joseph, &#8220;Your father and your brothers have come to you, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.47.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land. Let them live in Goshen. And if you know of any among them with special ability, put them in charge of my own livestock.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.47.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.47.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">47:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">greeted</span></span></span><span class="content"> Pharaoh, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.47.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Pharaoh asked him, &#8220;How old are you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.47.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.47.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And Jacob said to Pharaoh, &#8220;The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.47.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then Jacob blessed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">47:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">said farewell to</span></span></span><span class="content"> Pharaoh and went out from his presence.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.47.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.47.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh directed. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.47.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father&#8217;s household with food, according to the number of their children.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joseph and the Famine</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.47.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.47.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">There was no food, however, in the whole region because the famine was severe; both Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of the famine. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.47.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Joseph collected all the money that was to be found in Egypt and Canaan in payment for the grain they were buying, and he brought it to Pharaoh&#8217;s palace. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.47.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When the money of the people of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all Egypt came to Joseph and said, &#8220;Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? Our money is all gone.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.47.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.47.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then bring your livestock,&#8221; said Joseph. &#8220;I will sell you food in exchange for your livestock, since your money is gone.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.47.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their sheep and goats, their cattle and donkeys. And he brought them through that year with food in exchange for all their livestock.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.47.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.47.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When that year was over, they came to him the following year and said, &#8220;We cannot hide from our lord the fact that since our money is gone and our livestock belongs to you, there is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.47.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Why should we perish before your eyes&#8212;we and our land as well? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we with our land will be in bondage to Pharaoh. Give us seed so that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.47.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.47.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. The Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields, because the famine was too severe for them. The land became Pharaoh&#8217;s, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.47.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">and Joseph reduced the people to servitude,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">47:21 </span><span class="ft">Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also Vulgate); Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">and he moved the people into the cities</span></span></span><span class="content"> from one end of Egypt to the other. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.47.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">However, he did not buy the land of the priests, because they received a regular allotment from Pharaoh and had food enough from the allotment Pharaoh gave them. That is why they did not sell their land.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.47.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.47.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Joseph said to the people, &#8220;Now that I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you so you can plant the ground. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.47.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But when the crop comes in, give a fifth of it to Pharaoh. The other four-fifths you may keep as seed for the fields and as food for yourselves and your households and your children.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.47.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.47.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;You have saved our lives,&#8221; they said. &#8220;May we find favor in the eyes of our lord; we will be in bondage to Pharaoh.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.47.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.47.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">So Joseph established it as a law concerning land in Egypt&#8212;still in force today&#8212;that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. It was only the land of the priests that did not become Pharaoh&#8217;s.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.47.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.47.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.47.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.47.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.47.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, &#8220;If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise that you will show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.47.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">but when I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.47.30"><span class="content">&#8220;I will do as you say,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.47.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.47.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;Swear to me,&#8221; he said. Then Joseph swore to him, and Israel worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">47:31 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Israel bowed down at the head of his bed</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">39</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 39</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 39:1-13 is numbered 39:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.39.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I said, &#8220;I will watch my ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.39.1"><span class="content">and keep my tongue from sin;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.39.1"><span class="content">I will put a muzzle on my mouth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.39.1"><span class="content">while in the presence of the wicked.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.39.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.39.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So I remained utterly silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.39.2"><span class="content">not even saying anything good.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.39.2"><span class="content">But my anguish increased;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.39.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.39.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">my heart grew hot within me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.39.3"><span class="content">While I meditated, the fire burned;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.39.3"><span class="content">then I spoke with my tongue:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.39.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.39.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Show me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my life&#8217;s end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.39.4"><span class="content">and the number of my days;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.39.4"><span class="content">let me know how fleeting my life is.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.39.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.39.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You have made my days a mere handbreadth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.39.5"><span class="content">the span of my years is as nothing before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.39.5"><span class="content">Everyone is but a breath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.39.5"><span class="content">even those who seem secure.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">39:5 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.39.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.39.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.39.6"><span class="content">in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.39.6"><span class="content">without knowing whose it will finally be.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.39.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.39.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;But now, Lord, what do I look for?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.39.7"><span class="content">My hope is in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.39.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.39.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Save me from all my transgressions;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.39.8"><span class="content">do not make me the scorn of fools.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.39.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.39.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I was silent; I would not open my mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.39.9"><span class="content">for you are the one who has done this.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.39.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.39.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Remove your scourge from me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.39.10"><span class="content">I am overcome by the blow of your hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.39.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.39.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.39.11"><span class="content">you consume their wealth like a moth&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.39.11"><span class="content">surely everyone is but a breath.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.39.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.39.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Hear my prayer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.39.12"><span class="content">listen to my cry for help;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.39.12"><span class="content">do not be deaf to my weeping.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.39.12"><span class="content">I dwell with you as a foreigner,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.39.12"><span class="content">a stranger, as all my ancestors were.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.39.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.39.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.39.13"><span class="content">before I depart and am no more.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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