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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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  1. 47:9 Wayfarer…wayfarers: human beings are merely sojourners on earth; cf. Ps 39:13.
  2. 47:11 The region of Rameses: same as the region of Goshen; see note on 45:10.

And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty.(A) My years have been few and difficult,(B) and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.(C) 10 Then Jacob blessed[a] Pharaoh(D) and went out from his presence.

11 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land,(E) the district of Rameses,(F) as Pharaoh directed.

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  1. Genesis 47:10 Or said farewell to