Glancing Through the Scriptures

(KJV.)  GENESIS 47:1-7

Joseph and the famine:

(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.

(4)  They said moreover unto Pharaoh,  For to sojourn in the land are we come, for my 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.

(7)  And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh:  and Jacob blessed Pharaoh,

ADDENDUM

In the narratives of Joseph:  King Pharaoh blessed him with everything he had in his household, except his wife;   Jacob the Father of Joseph also blessed Pharaoh when he arrived at Egypt:  biblically,  what was the significance of these two actions?