Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
2 He then presented his brothers to the king.
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He chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.
3 The king asked them, "What is your occupation?" "We are shepherds, sir, just as our ancestors were," they answered.
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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 "We have come to live in this country, because in the land of Canaan the famine is so severe that there is no pasture for our flocks. Please give us permission to live in the region 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 The king said to Joseph, "Now that your father and your brothers have arrived,
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Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you,
6 the land of Egypt is theirs. Let them settle in the region of Goshen, the best part of the land. And if there are any capable men among them, put them in charge of my own 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 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him to the king. Jacob gave the king his blessing,
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Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed Pharaoh,
8 and the king asked him, "How old are you?"
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Pharaoh asked him, “How old are you?”
9 Jacob answered, "My life of wandering has lasted a hundred and thirty years. Those years have been few and difficult, unlike the long years of my ancestors in their wanderings."
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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 Jacob gave the king a farewell blessing and left.
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Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence.
11 Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt, giving them property in the best of the land near the city of Rameses, as the king 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 Joseph provided food for his father, his brothers, and all the rest of his father's family, including the very youngest.
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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.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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