1 THEN Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.

3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. [ Well Jacob (Israel) does not listen to the advice of his son Joseph who suggested that he say that they raised cattle. No he comes straight out and say we are shepherds. ]

4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. [ And the Pharaoh says and if there are any among you that can help with the cattle I would love that too. ]

7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. [ Interesting that the Pharaoh allowed this to happen, it shows the respect that Pharaoh had for Joseph and as a result his Father and his God as well. The man who everyone in the land worships and yet he, The Pharaoh lets Israel the one who let's God prevail give him a blessing and administer to him. ]

8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil [ Better translated as unpleasant, difficult, hard. ] have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. [ While I am not as old as many of my forefathers yet my days have been hard, I have had trials, I have lost loved ones, my life has not been easy. I had to live a long time away from my parents and brother, then so many years away from my son with out my wife to give me any comfort. Maybe a little reflection of trying to say that what I have done with my life is not as significant as my fathers Abraham, and Isaac... ]

10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

11 ¶ And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families. [ This is the burden of the birthright, it is the family business so to speak. ]

13 ¶ And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, [ The story line of Joseph and his brother's and family has pulled us away from the other story in the land. The hardship and severity of the famine. People are starving and Joseph still has his job to do. Which is what he is doing for the rest of this chapter. ] so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.

15  And when money failed in the land of Egypt, [ When the people had given all of the money that they had to buy grain, and they were still in need of grain. ] and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.

16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. [ Joseph says well you can give me your cattle I will take them instead of money. ]

17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.

18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; [ Even though the price is high we will give everything tha we have just to preserve our life, and we will see that they do. ] my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

19  Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, [ They have run out of grain again. ] both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, [ Now buy our land as we are destitute for food. At this point this is all they they have that they can exchange for food. ] and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: [ Now they have even placed themselves into indentured servitude. It is the only thing they can do at this point, because I have to eat to live. Food lines to provide the necessities, as a result they give up their agency as they have committed to be the servants of the Pharaoh. ] and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh’s.

21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities [ The people are brought out of the suburbs into the cities. Why? Because they are more manageable there. They can be watched over more easily. The supplies do not need to be moved aas far. More control. Our day? Is this something that we will see more of in the future? ] from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.

23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. [ To this group Joseph gives them seeds and tells them to plant them. ]

24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, [ So you grow your crops and give 1/5 to Pharaoh. ] and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: [ They are very grateful as Joseph has literally saved their lives. ] let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.

26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh’s.

27 ¶ And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

28  And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: [ Interesting that this is the same number of years that Jacob and Joseph spent together before he was sold into Egypt. ] so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.

29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, [ If you still or have come to love me enough. Remember that for a time Joseph did not really know what had gone on in his life why he was put in the pit, if his father was even in on it as his Father had sent him out to his brothers that faitfull day. (See Gen 43:31) ] put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, [ Last time this phrase was used Joseph Smith translated it to "Put thy hand under my hand" so maybe it is the same here. ] and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: [ While I am grateful to have been able to be feed and spend these last years with you will you not bury me here, but rather bury me in the place of my fathers. ]

30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.