1. Then Joseph went in and told Pharao, saying: My father and brethren, their sheep and their herds, and all that they possess, are come out of the land of Chanaan: and behold they stay in the land of Gessen.
2. Five men also the last of his brethren, he presented before the king:
3. And he asked them: What is your occupation? They answered: Re thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.
4. We are come to sojourn in thy land, because there is no grass for the flocks of thy servants, the famine being very grievous in the land of Chanaan: and we pray thee to give orders that we thy servants may be in the land of Gessen.
5. The king therefore said to Joseph: Thy father and thy brethren are come to thee.
6. The land of Egypt is before thee: make them dwell in the best place, and give them the land of Gessen. And if thou knowest that there are industrious men among them, make them rulers over my cattle.
7. After this Joseph brought in his to the king, and presented him before him: and he blessed him.
8. And being asked by him: How many are the days of the years of thy life?
9. He answered: The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years, few, and evil, and they are not come up to the days of the pilgrimage of my fathers.
10. And blessing the king, he went out.
11. But Joseph gave a possession to his father and his brethren in Egypt, in the best place of the land, in Ramesses, as Pharao had commanded.
12. And he nourished them, and all his father's house, allowing food to every one.
13. For in the whole world there was want of bread, and a famine had oppressed the land: more especially of Egypt and Chanaan.
14. Out of which he gathered up all the money for the corn which they bought, and brought it into the king's treasure.
15. And when the buyers wanted money, all Egypt came to Joseph, saying: Give us bread: why should we die in thy presence, having now net money.