Genesis 47

vayyavo yosef vayyagged lefaroh vayyomer avi ve'akhay vetsonam uveqaram vekhol-asher lahem ba'u me'erets kena'an vehinnam be'erets goshen

Then Joseph came and reported to Pharaoh, saying, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that is theirs, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in the region of Goshen.”

umiqtseh ekhayw laqakh khamisha anashim vayyatsigem lifne faroh

And carefully selecting a few of his brothers, he presented them to Pharaoh.

vayyomer paroh el-ekhayw mah-mma'asekhem vayyomeru el-paroh ro'eh tson avadekha gam-anakhnu gam-avotenu

Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” They answered Pharaoh, “We your servants are shepherds, as were also our fathers.

vayyomeru el-paroh lagur ba'arets banu ki-en mireh latson asher la'avadekha ki-khaved hara'av be'erets kena'an ve'attah yeshevu-na avadekha be'erets goshen

We have come,” they told Pharaoh, “to sojourn in this land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, the famine being severe in the land of Canaan. Pray, then, let your servants stay in the region of Goshen.”

vayyomer paroh el-yosef lemor avikha ve'akhekha ba'u elekha

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “As regards your father and your brothers who have come to you,

erets mitsrayim lefanekha hiv bemetav ha'arets hoshev et-avikha ve'et-akhekha yeshevu be'erets goshen ve'im-yadata veyesh-bam anshe-khayil vesamtam sare miqneh al-asher-li

the land of Egypt is open before you: settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land; let them stay in the region of Goshen. And if you know some men of ability among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

vayyave yosef et-ya'aqov aviv vayya'amidehu lifne faroh vayevarekh ya'aqov et-paroh

Joseph then brought his father Jacob and presented him to Pharaoh; and Jacob greeted Pharaoh.

vayyomer paroh el-ya'aqov kammah yeme shene khayyekha

Pharaoh asked Jacob, “How many are the years of your life?”

vayyomer ya'aqov el-paroh yeme shene meguray sheloshim ume'at shanah me'at vera'im hayu yeme shene khayyay velo hissigu et-yeme shene khayye avotay bime megurehem

And Jacob answered Pharaoh, “The years of my sojourn [on earth] are one hundred and thirty. Few and hard have been the years of my life, nor do they come up to the life spans of my ancestors during their sojourns.”

vayevarekh ya'aqov et-paroh vayyetse millifne faroh

Then Jacob bade Pharaoh farewell, and left Pharaoh’s presence.

vayyoshev yosef et-aviv ve'et-ekhayw vayyitten lahem akhuzzah be'erets mitsrayim bemetav ha'arets be'erets rameses ka'asher tsivvah faroh

So Joseph settled his father and his brothers, giving them holdings in the choicest part of the land of Egypt, in the region of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

vayekhalkel yosef et-aviv ve'et-ekhayw ve'et kol-bet aviv lekhem lefi hattaf

Joseph sustained his father, and his brothers, and all his father’s household with bread, down to the little ones.

velekhem en bekhol-ha'arets ki-khaved hara'av me'od vattelah erets mitsrayim ve'erets kena'an mippene hara'av

Now there was no bread in all the world, for the famine was very severe; both the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.

vayelaqqet yosef et-kol-hakkesef hannimtsa ve'erets-mitsrayim uve'erets kena'an bashever asher-hem shoverim vayyave yosef et-hakkesef betah faroh

Joseph gathered in all the money that was to be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, as payment for the rations that were being procured, and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s palace.

vayyittom hakkesef me'erets mitsrayim ume'erets kena'an vayyavo'u khol-mitsrayim el-yosef lemor havah-llanu lekhem velammah namut negdekha ki afes kasef

And when the money gave out in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us bread, lest we die before your very eyes; for the money is gone!”

vayyomer yosef havu miqnekhem ve'ettenah lakhem bemiqnekhem im-afes kasef

And Joseph said, “Bring your livestock, and I will sell to you against your livestock, if the money is gone.”

vayyavi'u et-miqnehem el-yosef vayyitten lahem yosef lekhem bassusim uvemiqneh hatson uvemiqneh habbaqar uvakhamorim vayenahalem ballekhem bekhol-miqnehem bashanah hahiv

So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, for the stocks of sheep and cattle, and the donkeys; thus he provided them with bread that year in exchange for all their livestock.

vattittom hashanah hahiv vayyavo'u elayw bashanah hashenit vayyomeru lo lo-nekhakhed me'adoni ki im-tam hakkesef umiqneh habbehemah el-adoni lo nishar lifne adoni bilti im-geviyyatenu ve'admatenu

And when that year was ended, they came to him the next year and said to him, “We cannot hide from my lord that, with all the money and animal stocks consigned to my lord, nothing is left at my lord’s disposal save our persons and our farmland.

lammah namut le'enekha gam-anakhnu gam admatenu qeneh-otanu ve'et-admatenu ballakhem venihyeh anakhnu ve'admatenu avadim lefaroh veten-zera venikhyeh velo namut veha'adamah lo tesham

Let us not perish before your eyes, both we and our land. Take us and our land in exchange for bread, and we with our land will be serfs to Pharaoh; provide the seed, that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become a waste.”

vayyiqen yosef et-kol-admat mitsrayim lefaroh ki-makheru mitsrayim ish sadehu ki-khazaq alehem hara'av vattehi ha'arets lefaroh

So Joseph gained possession of all the farmland of Egypt for Pharaoh, all the Egyptians having sold their fields because the famine was too much for them; thus the land passed over to Pharaoh.

ve'et-ha'am he'evir oto le'arim miqtseh gevul-mitsrayim ve'ad-qatsehu

And he removed the population town by town, from one end of Egypt’s border to the other.

raq admat hakkohanim lo qanah ki khoq lakkohanim me'et paroh ve'okhlu et-khuqqam asher natan lahem paroh al-ken lo makheru et-admatam

Only the land of the priests he did not take over, for the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh, and they lived off the allotment that Pharaoh had made to them; therefore they did not sell their land.

vayyomer yosef el-ha'am hen qaniti etkhem hayyom ve'et-admatkhem lefaroh he-lakhem zera uzeratem et-ha'adamah

Then Joseph said to the people, “Whereas I have this day acquired you and your land for Pharaoh, here is seed for you to sow the land.

vehayah battevu'ot unetattem khamishit lefaroh ve'arba hayyadot yihyeh lakhem lezera hassadeh ule'okhlekhem vela'asher bevattekhem vele'ekhol letappekhem

And when harvest comes, you shall give one-fifth to Pharaoh, and four-fifths shall be yours as seed for the fields and as food for you and those in your households, and as nourishment for your children.”

vayyomeru hekheyitanu nimtsa-khen be'ene adoni vehayinu avadim lefaroh

And they said, “You have saved our lives! We are grateful to my lord, and we shall be serfs to Pharaoh.”

vayyasem otah yosef lekhoq ad-hayyom hazzeh al-admat mitsrayim lefaroh lakhomesh raq admat hakkohanim levaddam lo hayetah lefaroh

And Joseph made it into a land law in Egypt, which is still valid, that a fifth should be Pharaoh’s; only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh’s.

vayyeshev yisra'el be'erets mitsrayim be'erets goshen vayye'akhazu vah vayyifru vayyirbu me'od

Thus Israel settled in the country of Egypt, in the region of Goshen; they acquired holdings in it, and were fertile and increased greatly.

vayekhi ya'aqov be'erets mitsrayim sheva esreh shanah vayehi yeme-ya'aqov shene khayyayw sheva shanim ve'arba'im ume'at shanah

Jacob lived seventeen years in the land of Egypt, so that the span of Jacob’s life came to one hundred and forty-seven years.

vayyiqrevu yeme-yisra'el lamut vayyiqra livno leyosef vayyomer lo im-na matsati khen be'enekha sim-na yadekha takhat yerekhi ve'asita immadi khesed ve'emet al-na tiqbereni bemitsrayim

And when the time approached for Israel to die, he summoned his son Joseph and said to him, “Do me this favor, place your hand under my thigh as a pledge of your steadfast loyalty: please do not bury me in Egypt.

veshakhavti im-avotay unesatani mimmitsrayim uqevartani biqvuratam vayyomar anokhi e'eseh khidvarekha

When I rest with my ancestors, take me up from Egypt and bury me in their burial-place.” He replied, “I will do as you have spoken.”

vayyomer hishave'ah li vayyishava lo vayyishtakhu yisra'el al-rosh hammittah

And he said, “Swear to me.” And he swore to him. Then Israel bowed at the head of the bed.