11 So Joseph [a]settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in (A)the best of the land, in the land of (B)Rameses, as Pharaoh had ordered. 12 Joseph (C)provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with [b]food, according to their little ones.

13 Now there was no [c]food in all the land, because the famine was very severe, so that (D)the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 47:11 Lit caused to dwell
  2. Genesis 47:12 Or bread
  3. Genesis 47:13 Or bread

11 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land,(A) the district of Rameses,(B) as Pharaoh directed. 12 Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their children.(C)

Joseph and the Famine

13 There was no food, however, in the whole region because the famine was severe; both Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of the famine.(D)

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