1 Mosebog 47

1 Og Josef kom og forkyndte Farao det og sagde: Min Fader og mine Brødre og deres Faar og deres Øksne og alt det, de have, ere komne fra Kanaans Land; og se, de ere i Gosen Land.

And Joseph came and told Pharao, [saying], My father, and my brethren, and their cattle, and their oxen, and all their possessions, are come out of the land of Chanaan, and behold, they are in the land of Gesem.

2 Og af samtlige sine Brødre tog han fem Mænd og stillede dem for Farao.

And he took of his brethren five men, and set them before Pharao.

3 Da sagde Farao til hans Brødre: Hvad er eders Haandtering? og de sagde til Farao: Dine Tjenere ere Faarehyrder, baade vi og vore Fædre.

And Pharao said to the brethren of Joseph, What is your occupation? and they said to Pharao, Thy servants are shepherds, both we and our father.

4 Og de sagde til Farao: Vi ere komne at være fremmede i Landet; thi der er ingen Føde til det Kvæg, som dine Tjenere have; thi Hungeren er svar i Kanaans Land; og nu, kære, lad dine Tjenere bo i Gosen Land.

And they said to Pharao, We are come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks of thy servants, for the famine has prevailed in the land of Chanaan; now then, we will dwell in the land of Gesem. And Pharao said to Joseph, Let them dwell in the land of Gesem; and if thou knowest that there are among them able men, make them overseers of my cattle. So Jacob and his sons came into Egypt, to Joseph; and Pharao, king of Egypt, heard [of it].

5 Og Farao talede til Josef og sagde: Din Fader og dine Brødre ere komne til dig.

And Pharao spoke to Joseph, saying, Thy father, and thy brethren, are come to thee.

6 Ægyptens Land ligger for dig, lad din Fader og dine Brødre bo paa det bedste Sted i Landet, lad dem bo i Gosen Land, og dersom du ved, at der er duelige Mænd iblandt dem, da sæt dem til Opsynsmænd over Kvæget, over det, som jeg har.

Behold, the land of Egypt is before thee; settle thy father and thy brethren in the best land.

7 Og Josef førte Jakob sin Fader ind og stillede ham for Faraos Ansigt, og Jakob velsignede Farao.

And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharao; and Jacob blessed Pharao.

8 Og Farao sagde til Jakob: Hvor gammel er du?

And Pharao said to Jacob, How many are the years of the days of thy life?

9 Og Jakob sagde til Farao: Min Udlændigheds Aars Dage ere hundrede og tredive Aar; faa og onde have mit Livs Aars Dage været og have ikke naaet til mine Fædres Livs Aars Dage i deres Udlændigheds Dage.

And Jacob said to Pharao, The days of the years of my life, wherein I sojourn, are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, they have not attained to the days of the life of my fathers, in which days they sojourned.

10 Og Jakob velsignede Farao og gik ud fra Farao.

And Jacob blessed Pharao, and departed from him.

11 Men Josef lod sin Fader og sine Brødre bo og gav dem Ejendom i Ægyptens Land, paa det bedste Sted i Landet, i det Land Raamses, som Farao havde befalet.

And Joseph settled his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best land, in the land of Ramesses, as Pharao commanded.

12 Og Josef underholdt sin Fader og sine Brødre og alt sin Faders Hus med Brød til de smaa Børns Mund.

And Joseph gave provision to his father, and his brethren, and to all the house of his father, corn for each person.

13 Og der var ikke Brød i alt Landet; thi Hungeren var saare svar, saa at Ægyptens Land og Kanaans Land forsmægtede for Hungerens Skyld.

And there was no corn in all the land, for the famine prevailed greatly; and the land of Egypt, and the land of Chanaan, fainted for the famine.

14 Og Josef samlede alle Pengene, som fandtes i Ægyptens Land og i Kanaans Land, for det Korn, som de købte, og Josef lod Pengene komme i Faraos Hus.

And Joseph gathered all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and the land of Chanaan, [in return for] the corn which they bought, and he distributed corn to them; and Joseph brought all the money into the house of Pharao.

15 Og da det var forbi med Pengene i Ægyptens Land og i Kanaans Land, da kom alle Ægypterne til Josef og sagde: Fly os Brød, og hvi skulle vi dø for dig? thi Pengene ere borte.

And all the money failed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land of Chanaan; and all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, Give us bread, and why do we die in thy presence? for our money is spent.

16 Og Josef sagde: Flyr hid eders Kvæg, saa vil jeg give eder Brød for eders Kvæg, dersom Pengene ere borte.

And Joseph said to them, Bring your cattle, and I will give you bread for your cattle, if your money is spent.

17 Saa førte de deres Kvæg til Josef, og Josef gav dem Brød for Hestene og for Kvæget, som de ejede, og for Øksnene, som de ejede, og for Asenerne; saa hjalp han dem med Brød for alt deres Kvæg i det samme Aar.

And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in return for their horses, and for their sheep, and for their oxen, and for their asses; and Joseph maintained them with bread for all their cattle in that year.

18 Der det samme Aar havde Ende, da kom de i det andet Aar til ham og sagde til ham: Vi ville ikke dølge for min Herre, at ikke alene Pengene ere borte, men og Kvæget, som vi ejede, er kommet til min Herre; vi have intet tilbage til min Herre, uden vore Legemer og vor Jord.

And that year passed, and they came to him in the second year, and said to him, Must we then be consumed from before our lord? for if our money has failed, and our possessions, and our cattle, [brought] to thee our lord, and there has not been left to us before our lord more than our own bodies and our land, [we are indeed destitute].

19 Hvi skulle vi dø for dine Øjne, baade vi og tilmed vor Jord blive øde? køb os og vor Jord for Brød; og vi med vor Jord ville være Faraos Tjenere, og giv os Sæd, at vi maa leve og ikke dø, og Jorden ikke blive øde.

In order, then, that we die not before thee, and the land be made desolate, buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharao: give seed that we may sow, and live and not die, so our land shall not be made desolate.

20 Og Josef købte af Ægyptens Jord til Farao; thi Ægypterne solgte hver sin Ager, fordi Hungeren var svar over dem; og Landet blev Faraos.

And Joseph bought all the land of the Egyptians, for Pharao; for the Egyptians sold their land to Pharao; for the famine prevailed against them, and the land became Pharao's.

21 Og han lod Folket flytte om i Stæderne, fra den ene Ende af Ægyptens Land til den anden.

And he brought the people into bondage to him, for servants, from one extremity of Egypt to the other,

22 Alene Præsternes Jord købte han ikke; thi Præsterne havde deres beskikkede Del af Farao; og de aade deres beskikkede Del, som Farao havde givet dem, derfor solgte de ikke deres Jord.

except only the land of the priests; Joseph bought not this, for Pharao gave a portion in the way of gift to the priests; and they ate their portion which Pharao gave them; therefore they sold not their land.

23 Da sagde Josef til Folket: Se, jeg har i Dag købt eder og eders Jord til Farao, se, der have I Sæd, og I skulle besaa Jorden.

And Joseph said to all the Egyptians, Behold, I have bought you and your land this day for Pharao; take seed for you, and sow the land.

24 Og med Afgrøden skal det være saaledes, at I skulle give Farao den femte Part, og de fire Parter skulle I beholde til Sæd til Ageren og til Spise for eder og for dem, som ere i eders Huse, og til eders smaa Børn at æde.

And there shall be the fruits of it; and ye shall give the fifth part to Pharao, and the four [remaining] parts shall be for yourselves, for seed for the earth, and for food for you, and all that are in your houses.

25 Og de sagde: Du har holdt os ved Live, lad os finde Naade for min Herres Øjne, og vi ville være Faraos Trælle.

And they said, Thou hast saved us; we have found favour before our lord, and we will be servants to Pharao.

26 Saa gjorde Josef det til en Skik indtil denne Dag over Ægyptens Jord, at Farao skal have den femte Part; ikkun Præsternes Jord, den alene, blev ikke Faraos.

And Joseph appointed it to them for an ordinance until this day; to reserve a fifth part for Pharao, on the land of Egypt, except only the land of the priests, that was not Pharao's.

27 Og Israel boede i Ægyptens Land, i Gosen Land; og de fik Ejendom der og vare frugtbare og bleve saare mangfoldige.

And Israel dwelt in Egypt, in the land of Gesem, and they gained an inheritance upon it; and they increased and multiplied very greatly.

28 Og Jakob levede i Ægyptens Land sytten Aar; og Jakobs Dage, hans Livs Aar, vare hundrede og syv og fyrretyve Aar.

And Jacob survived seventeen years in the land of Egypt; and Jacob's days of the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven years.

29 Og Israels Dage kom nær, at han skulde dø, og han kaldte ad sin Søn Josef og sagde til ham: Kære, dersom jeg har fundet Naade for dig, da læg, kære, din Haand under min Lænd, og bevis den Miskundhed og Troskab mod mig, at du, kære, ikke begraver mig i Ægypten.

and the days of Israel drew nigh for him to die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If I have found favour before thee, put thy hand under my thigh, and thou shalt execute mercy and truth toward me, so as not to bury me in Egypt.

30 Og jeg vil ligge hos mine Fædre, og du skal føre mig af Ægypten og begrave mig i deres Grav; og han sagde: Jeg vil gøre, som du har sagt.

But I will sleep with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me up out of Egypt, and bury me in their sepulchre. And he said, I will do according to thy word.

31 Men han sagde: Sværg mig; og han svor ham; og Israel bøjede sig over Hovedgærdet i Sengen.

And he said, Swear to me; and he swore to him. And Israel did reverence, leaning on the top of his staff.