Genesis Chapter 47 Relates Jacob’s Sentiments with Pharaoh

Jacob in his honesty, expressed his life’s ordeal with Pharaoh. But, not as a complaint against G-d,

Joseph on the other hand, displays his brilliance being an economist in managing the economy of land of Egypt.

Lastly, at Jacob’s request. Another clear sign is that cremation is an ungodly means of disposing of a person’s dead body. Why? You might ask. Read, listen, understand. Live…

“The Meeting of Jacob and Pharaoh”
“Joseph and the Famine”
“Jacob’s Request”

And Pharaoh said to Joseph saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you. The land of Egypt is before you – in the best part of the land settle your father and your brothers; …
47:5-6
Then Joseph brought Jacob, his father, and presented him to Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
:7
Jacob answered Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my sojourns have been a hundred and thirty years. Few and bad have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not reached the life spans of my forefathers in the days of their sojourns.”
:9
Now there was no bread in all the earth for the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan became weary from hunger.
:13
And Joseph said, “Bring your livestock and I will provide for you in return for your livestock if the money is gone.
:16
Thus Joseph acquired all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for every Egyptian sold his field because the famine had overwhelmed them; and the land became Pharaoh’s.
:20
Only the land of the priests he did not buy, since the priests had a stipend from Pharaoh, and they lived off their stipend that Pharaoh had given them; therefore they did not sell their land.
:22
And they said, “You have saved our lives; may we find favor in your eyes, my lord, and we will be serfs to Pharaoh’s.
:25
Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt in the region of Goshen; they acquired property in it and they were fruitful and multiplied greatly.
:27
The time approached for Israel to die, so he called for his son, for Joseph, and said to him, “Please – if I have found favor in your eyes, please place your hand under my thigh and do kindness and truth with me – pleased do not bury me in Egypt.
:29
For I will lie down with my fathers and you shall transport me out of Egypt and bury me in their womb.” He said, “I personally will do as you have said.”
:30
He replied, Swear to me,” and he swore to him; then Israel prostrated himself towards the head of the bed.
:31

1 Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and he said, “My father and my brothers and their flocks and their cattle and all that is theirs, have come from the land of Canaan, and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.”
2 And from among his brothers he took five men, and he presented them before Pharaoh.
3 And Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we and our forefathers.”
4 And they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to sojourn in the land, for your servants’ flocks have no pasture, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”
5 And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
6 The land of Egypt is [open] before you; in the best of the land settle your father and your brothers. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen, and if you know that there are capable men among them, make them livestock officers over what is mine.”
7 So Joseph brought his father Jacob and stood him before Pharaoh, and Jacob greeted Pharaoh.
8 And Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many are the days of the years of your life?”
9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my sojournings are one hundred thirty years. The days of the years of my life have been few and miserable, and they have not reached the days of the years of the lives of my forefathers in the days of their sojournings.”
10 So Jacob blessed Pharaoh and left Pharaoh’s presence.
11 Joseph settled his father and his brothers, and he gave them property in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had mandated.
12 And Joseph sustained his father and his brothers and his father’s entire household [with] bread according to the young children.
13 Now there was no food in the entire land, for the famine had grown exceedingly severe, and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan were exhausted because of the famine.
14 And Joseph collected all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan with the grain that they were buying, and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
15 Now the money was depleted from the land of Egypt and from the land of Canaan, and all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, “Give us food; why should we die in your presence, since the money has been used up?”
16 And Joseph said, “Give [me] your livestock, and I will give you [food in return] for your livestock, if the money has been used up.”
17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food [in return] for the horses and for the livestock in flocks and in cattle and in donkeys, and he provided them with food [in return] for all their livestock in that year.
18 That year ended, and they came to him in the second year, and they said to him, “We will not hide from my lord, for insofar as the money and the property in animals have been forfeited to my lord, nothing remains before my lord, except our bodies and our farmland.
19 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our farmland? Buy us and our farmland for food, so that we and our farmland will be slaves to Pharaoh, and give [us] seed, so that we live and not die, and the soil will not lie fallow.”
20 So Joseph bought all the farmland of the Egyptians for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians sold, each one his field, for the famine had become too strong for them, and the land became Pharaoh’s.
21 And he transferred the populace to the cities, from [one] end of the boundary of Egypt to its [other] end.
22 Only the farmland of the priests he did not buy, for the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh, and they ate their allotment that Pharaoh had given them; therefore, they did not sell their farmland.
23 Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have bought you and your farmland today for Pharaoh. Behold, you have seed, so sow the soil.
24 And it shall be concerning the crops, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and the [remaining] four parts shall be yours: for seed for [your] field[s], for your food, for those in your houses, and for your young children to eat.”
25 They replied, “You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in my lord’s eyes, and we will be slaves to Pharaoh.”
26 So Joseph made it a statute to this day concerning the farmland of Egypt for the one fifth. Only the farmland of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh’s.
27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt in the land of Goshen, and they acquired property in it, and they were prolific and multiplied greatly.
28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt for seventeen years, and Jacob’s days, the years of his life, were a hundred and forty seven years.
29 When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have now found favor in your eyes, now place your hand beneath my thigh, and you shall deal with me with lovingkindness and truth; do not bury me now in Egypt.
30 I will lie with my forefathers, and you shall carry me out of Egypt, and you shall bury me in their grave.” And he said, “I will do as you say.”
31 And he said, “Swear to me. ” So he swore to him, and Israel prostrated himself on the head of the bed.