Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
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1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh and said, My father and my brethren and their sheep and their cows and all that they have are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they <em>are</em> in the land of Goshen.
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Joseph went and told Pharaoh, “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.”
2 And of the least of his brethren he took five men and presented them unto Pharaoh.
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He chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.
3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What <em>is</em> your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy slaves <em>are</em> pastors of sheep, both we <em>and</em> also our fathers.
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Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?” “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied to Pharaoh, “just as our fathers were.”
4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come, for thy slaves have no pasture for their sheep, for the famine <em>is</em> sore in the land of Canaan; now therefore, we pray thee, let thy slaves dwell in the land of Goshen.
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They also said to him, “We have come to live here for a while, because the famine is severe in Canaan and your servants’ flocks have no pasture. So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen.”
5 And Pharaoh spoke unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee;
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Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you,
6 the land of Egypt <em>is</em> before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell; and if thou knowest <em>any</em> men of valour among them, then make them rulers over my livestock.
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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.”
7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
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Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed Pharaoh,
8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old <em>art</em> thou?
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Pharaoh asked him, “How old are you?”
9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage <em>are</em> one hundred and thirty 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 said to Pharaoh, “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.”
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from before Pharaoh.
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Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence.
11 Thus 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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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.
12 And Joseph nourished his father and his brethren, and all his father’s household with bread, according to <em>their</em> families.
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Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their children.
13 And <em>there was</em> no bread in all the land, for the famine <em>was</em> very sore, so that the land of Egypt and <em>all</em> the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
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There was no food, however, in the whole region because the famine was severe; both Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of the famine.
14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan for the food which they bought from him; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
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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’s palace.
15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph and said, Give us bread, for why should we die in thy presence for the money fails?
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When the money of the people of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all Egypt came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? Our money is all gone.”
16 And Joseph said, Give your livestock, and I will give you for your livestock if the money <em>has</em> failed.
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“Then bring your livestock,” said Joseph. “I will sell you food in exchange for your livestock, since your money is gone.”
17 And they brought their livestock unto Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread <em>in exchange</em> for horses and for the sheep and for the bovine livestock and for the asses, and he fed them with bread for all their livestock that year.
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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.
18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year and said unto him, We will not hide <em>it</em> from my lord how that the money is gone; my lord also has our herds of cattle; there is not nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies and our lands.
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When that year was over, they came to him the following year and said, “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.
19 Why shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be slaves unto Pharaoh, and give <em>us</em> seed that we may live, and not die, that the land not be desolate.
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Why should we perish before your eyes—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.”
20 Then Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for each one of the Egyptians sold his field because the famine prevailed over them; so the land became Pharaoh’s.
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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’s,
21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from <em>one</em> end of the borders of Egypt even to the <em>other</em> end thereof.
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and Joseph reduced the people to servitude, from one end of Egypt to the other.
22 Only the land of the priests he did not buy, for the priests had a portion <em>assigned them</em> of Pharaoh and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their lands.
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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.
23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh; behold, <em>here is</em> seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
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Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you so you can plant the ground.
24 And it shall come to pass in the increase that ye shall give the fifth <em>part</em> unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own for seed of the field and for your food and for those of your households and for food for your little ones.
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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.”
25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives; let us find grace in the sight of my lord that we might be Pharaoh’s slaves.
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“You have saved our lives,” they said. “May we find favor in the eyes of our lord; we will be in bondage to Pharaoh.”
26 And Joseph made it a statute over the land of Egypt unto this day, <em>that</em> Pharaoh should have the fifth <em>part</em>; except the land of the priests only, <em>which</em> did not become Pharaoh’s.
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So Joseph established it as a law concerning land in Egypt—still in force today—that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. It was only the land of the priests that did not become Pharaoh’s.
27 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they had possessions therein and grew and multiplied exceedingly.
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Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.
28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the whole age of Jacob was one hundred forty-seven years.
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Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.
29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die; and he called his son Joseph and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh and deal with me in mercy and truth; do not bury me, I pray thee, in Egypt;
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When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “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,
30 but I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
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but when I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried.” “I will do as you say,” he said.
31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he swore unto him. Then Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.
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“Swear to me,” he said. Then Joseph swore to him, and Israel worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
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