26 Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt valid to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; (A)only the land of the priests [a]did not become Pharaoh’s.

27 Now Israel [b]lived in the land of Egypt, in [c]Goshen, and they (B)acquired property in it and (C)were fruitful and became very numerous. 28 Jacob lived in the land of Egypt (D)seventeen years; so the [d]length of Jacob’s life was one hundred and forty-seven years.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 47:26 Lit alone did
  2. Genesis 47:27 Lit dwelt
  3. Genesis 47:27 Lit in the land of Goshen
  4. Genesis 47:28 Lit days of Jacob, the years of his life