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Israel said to Joseph, 'Now I can die, now that I have seen you in person and seen you still alive.' (Genesis 46, 30)
Joseph then settled his father and brothers, giving them land holdings in Egypt, in the best part of the country, the region of Rameses, as Pharaoh had ordered. (Genesis 47, 11)
When that year was over, they came to him the next year, and said to him, 'We cannot hide it from my lord: the truth is, our money has run out and the livestock is in my lord's possession. There is nothing left for my lord except our bodies and our land. (Genesis 47, 18)
If we and our land are not to perish, take us and our land in exchange for food, and we with our land will become Pharaoh's serfs; only give us seed, so that we can survive and not die and the land not revert to desert!' (Genesis 47, 19)
Thus Joseph acquired all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh, since one by one the Egyptians sold their fields, so hard pressed were they by the famine; and the whole country passed into Pharaoh's possession, (Genesis 47, 20)
The only land he did not acquire belonged to the priests, for the priests received an allowance from Pharaoh and lived on the allowance that Pharaoh gave them. Hence they had no need to sell their land. (Genesis 47, 22)
Then Joseph said to the people, 'This is how we stand: I have bought you out, with your land, on Pharaoh's behalf. Here is seed for you to sow the land. (Genesis 47, 23)
So Joseph made a law, still in force today, as regards the soil of Egypt, that one-fifth should go to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not go to Pharaoh. (Genesis 47, 26)
Thus Israel settled in Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there; they were fruitful and grew very numerous. (Genesis 47, 27)
When Israel's time to die drew near he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, 'If you really love me, place your hand under my thigh as pledge that you will act with faithful love towards me: do not bury me in Egypt! (Genesis 47, 29)
'Swear to me,' he insisted. So he swore to him, and Israel sank back on the pillow. (Genesis 47, 31)
When Jacob was told, 'Look, your son Joseph has come to you,' Israel, summoning his strength, sat up in bed. (Genesis 48, 2)
