Verse 2

Genesis 47:2

Noah Webster Bible

2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/מִ/קְצֵ֣ה אֶחָ֔י/ו לָקַ֖ח חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֑ים וַ/יַּצִּגֵ֖/ם לִ/פְנֵ֥י פַרְעֹֽה
English Translation
And from the edge of my brothers, he took five men and presented them before Pharaoh.
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Chapter 47 Context
1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their... Focus ↗
2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.
3 And Pharaoh said to his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Thy servants ar... Focus ↗
4 They said moreover to Pharaoh, We have come to sojourn in the land: for thy servants have no pasture... Focus ↗
5 And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren have come to thee: Focus ↗
6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in... Focus ↗
7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. Focus ↗
8 And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How old art thou? Focus ↗
9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: fe... Focus ↗
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. Focus ↗
11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in t... Focus ↗
12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread accord... Focus ↗
13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very distressing, so that the land of Egy... Focus ↗
14 And Joseph gathered all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, fo... Focus ↗
15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Jos... Focus ↗
16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money hath failed. Focus ↗
17 And they brought their cattle to Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for... Focus ↗
18 When that year was ended, they came to him the second year, and said to him, We will not hide from m... Focus ↗
19 Why shall we die before thy eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and ou... Focus ↗
20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, bec... Focus ↗
21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the ot... Focus ↗
22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them by Pharaoh,... Focus ↗
23 Then Joseph said to the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, he... Focus ↗
24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part to Pharaoh, and four pa... Focus ↗
25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be... Focus ↗
26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part... Focus ↗
27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions in it and... Focus ↗
28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was a hundred and fo... Focus ↗
29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I... Focus ↗
30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying-p... Focus ↗
31 And he said, Swear to me: and he swore to him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head. Focus ↗