[The Pentateuch]

¶ The .xlvij. Chapter.

And Joseph went and told Pharaoh and said: my father and my brethren their sheep and their beasts and all that they have / are come out of the land of Canaan and are in the land of Gosan. And Joseph toke a part of his brethren: even five of them / and presented them unto Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto his brethren: what is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh: seaders of sheep are thy servants / both we and also our fathers. They said moreover unto Pharaoh: ⟨image 80⟩for to sojourn in the land are we come / for thy servants have no pasture for their sheep so sore is the famishment in the land of Canaan. Now therefore let thy servants dwell in the land of Gosan.

ANd Joseph wēt and tolde Pharao and sayde: my father and my brethern their shepe and their beastes and all that they haue / are come out of the lāde of Canaan and are in the lande of Gosan. And Joseph toke a parte of his brethern: euen fyue of them / and presented them vnto Pharao. And Pharao sayde vnto his brethern: what is youre occupation? And they sayde vnto Pharao: seaders of shepe are thi seruauntes / both we ād also oure fathers. They sayde moreouer vnto Pharao: ⟨image 80⟩for to sogeorne in the lande are we come / for thy seruauntes haue no pasture for their shepe so sore is the fameshment in the lande of Canaan. Now therfore let thy seruauntes dwell in the lande of Gosan.

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee. The land of Egypt is open before thee: In the best place of the land make both thy father and thy brethren dwell: And even in the land of Gosan let them dwell. Moreover if thou know any men of activity among them / make them rulers over my cattle. And Joseph brought in Jacob his father and set him before Pharaoh And Jacob blessed Pharaoh. And Pharaoh axed Jacob / how old art thou? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh: the days of my pilgrimage are an hundred and .xxx. years Few and evil have the days of my life been / and have not attained unto the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimages. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from him. And Joseph prepared dwellings for his father and his brethren / and gave them possessions in the land of Egypt / in the best of the land: even in the land of Raemses / as Pharaoh commanded. And Joseph made provision for his father / his brethren and all his fathers household / as young children are fed with bread.