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Genesis 47:5-9

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5Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you,

6and the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land. Let them live in Goshen. And if you know of any among them with special ability, put them in charge of my own livestock.” 7Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed Or greeted Pharaoh,

8Pharaoh asked him, “How old are you?” 9And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.”