Jacob Reunites with His Son Joseph and Meets Pharaoh

46:28-47:12

28 And he sent Judah before him to Joseph to show the way before him to Goshen. And they came to the land of Goshen. 29 Then Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. And he appeared to him, and he fell on his neck and cried on his neck a long time. 30 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Now I can die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive!”

31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and to the household of his father, “I will go up and report to Pharaoh, and I will say to him, ‘My brothers and the household of my father who were living in the land of Canaan have come to me. 32 And the men are herders of sheep, for they are livestock men, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and everything that belongs to them.’ 33 Then it will be, when Pharaoh calls for you and says, ‘What is your work?’ 34 then you should say, ‘Your servants have been livestock men from our youth and until now, both we and also our fathers,’ so that you can settle in the land of Goshen, because every herder of sheep is an abomination to Egyptians.”

47 Then Joseph went and reported to Pharaoh and said, “My father and my brothers and their flocks and their herds and all that belongs to them have come from the land of Canaan, and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.” 2 Then he took five men from among his brothers, and he presented them before Pharaoh. 3 Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your work?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are herders of sheep, both we and our fathers.” 4 Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to sojourn in the land, because there is not pasture for the flocks that belong to your servants, because the famine is heavy in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants settle in the land of Goshen.”

5 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you. 6 The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers in the best land; let them settle in the land of Goshen. And if you know that there are men of ability among them, then appoint them overseers of livestock over those that belong to me.”

7 Then Joseph brought Jacob his father and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 Then Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many are the days of the years of your life?” 9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my sojournings are 130 years. The days of the years of my life have been few and difficult, and they have not reached the days of the years of my fathers’ lives in the days of their sojournings.” 10 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and left from the presence of Pharaoh.

11 Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers, and he gave them property in the land of Egypt, in the best land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. 12 And Joseph provided his father and his brothers and all the household of his father with bread, according to the mouths of the little ones.