Genesis 47:9-11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 Jacob replied: “The years I have lived as a wayfarer amount to a hundred and thirty. Few and hard have been these years of my life, and they do not compare with the years that my ancestors lived as wayfarers.”[a] 10 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and withdrew from his presence.
11 Joseph settled his father and brothers and gave them a holding in Egypt on the pick of the land, in the region of Rameses,[b] as Pharaoh had ordered.
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