Verse 11
Genesis 47:11
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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But Joseph gave a possession to his father and his brethren in Egypt, in the best place of the land, in Ramesses, as Pharao had commanded.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יּוֹשֵׁ֣ב יוֹסֵף֮ אֶת אָבִ֣י/ו וְ/אֶת אֶחָי/ו֒ וַ/יִּתֵּ֨ן לָ/הֶ֤ם אֲחֻזָּה֙ בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּ/מֵיטַ֥ב הָ/אָ֖רֶץ בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ רַעְמְסֵ֑ס כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוָּ֥ה פַרְעֹֽה
English Translation
And Joseph settled his father and his brothers, and he 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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Chapter 47 Context
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Then Joseph went in and told Pharao, saying: My father and brethren, their sheep and their herds, an...
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Five men also the last of his brethren, he presented before the king:
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And he asked them: What is your occupation? They answered: Re thy servants are shepherds, both we, a...
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We are come to sojourn in thy land, because there is no grass for the flocks of thy servants, the fa...
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The king therefore said to Joseph: Thy father and thy brethren are come to thee.
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The land of Egypt is before thee: make them dwell in the best place, and give them the land of Gesse...
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After this Joseph brought in his to the king, and presented him before him: and he blessed him.
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And being asked by him: How many are the days of the years of thy life?
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He answered: The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years, few, and evil, and they are n...
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And blessing the king, he went out.
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But Joseph gave a possession to his father and his brethren in Egypt, in the best place of the land,...
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And he nourished them, and all his father's house, allowing food to every one.
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For in the whole world there was want of bread, and a famine had op- pressed the land: more especial...
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Out of which he gathered up all the money for the corn which they bought, and brought it into the ki...
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And when the buyers wanted money, all Egypt came to Joseph, saying: Give us bread: why should we die...
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And he answered them: Bring your cattle, and for them I will give you food, if you have no money.
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And when they had brought them, he gave them food in exchange for their horses, and sheep, and oxen,...
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And they came the second year, and said to him: We will not hide from our lord, how that our money i...
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Why therefore shall we die before thy eyes? we will be thins, both we and our lands: buy us to be th...
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So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt, every man selling his possessions, because of the greatness...
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And all its people from one end of the borders of Egypt, even to the other end thereof,
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Except the land of the priests, which had been given them by the king: to whom also a certain allowa...
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Then Joseph said to the people : Be- hold as you see, both you and your lands belong to Pharao: take...
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That you may have corn. The fifth part you shall give to the king: the other four you shall have for...
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And they answered: Our life is in thy hand: only let my lord look favourably upon us, and we will gl...
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From that time unto this day, in the whole land of Egypt, the fifth part is paid to the king, and it...
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So Israel dwelt in Egypt, that is, in the land of Gessen, and possessed it: and grew, and was multip...
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And he lived in it seventeen years: and all the days of his life came to a hundred and forty-seven y...
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And when he saw that the day of his death drew nigh, he called his son Joseph, and said to him: If I...
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But I will sleep with my fathers, end thou shalt take me away out of this land, and bury me in the b...
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And he said: Swear then to me. And as he was swearing, Israel adored God (Elohim), turning to the be...
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