Genesis 47

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, have come from the land of Canaan; and behold, they [are] in the land of Goshen.

١ فَأَتَى يُوسُفُ وَأَخبَرَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَالَ: «أَبِي وَإِخْوَتِي وَغَنَمُهُمْ وَبَقَرُهُمْ وَكُلُّ مَا لَهُمْ جَاءُوا مِنْ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، وَهُوَذَا هُمْ فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ».

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

٢ وَأَخَذَ مِنْ جُمْلَةِ إِخْوَتِهِ خَمْسَةَ رِجَالٍ وَأَوْقَفَهُمْ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ.

3 And Pharaoh said to his brethren, What [is] your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Thy servants [are] shepherds, both we, [and] also our fathers.

٣ فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِإِخْوَتِهِ: «مَا صِنَاعَتُكُمْ؟» فَقَالُوا لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «عَبِيدُكَ رُعَاةُ غَنَمٍ نَحْنُ وَآبَاؤُنَا جَمِيعًا».

4 They said moreover to Pharaoh, We have come to sojourn in the land: for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks, for the famine [is] severe in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

٤ وَقَالُوا لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «جِئْنَا لِنَتَغَرَّبَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، إِذْ لَيْسَ لِغَنَمِ عَبِيدِكَ مَرْعًى، لِأَنَّ ٱلْجُوعَ شَدِيدٌ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ. فَٱلْآنَ لِيَسْكُنْ عَبِيدُكَ فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ».

5 And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren have come to thee:

٥ فَكَلَّمَ فِرْعَوْنُ يُوسُفَ قَائِلًا: «أَبُوكَ وَإِخْوَتُكَ جَاءُوا إِلَيْكَ.

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.

٦ أَرْضُ مِصْرَ قُدَّامَكَ. فِي أَفْضَلِ ٱلْأَرْضِ أَسْكِنْ أَبَاكَ وَإِخْوَتَكَ، لِيَسْكُنُوا فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ. وَإِنْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ يُوجَدُ بَيْنَهُمْ ذَوُو قُدْرَةٍ، فَٱجْعَلْهُمْ رُؤَسَاءَ مَوَاشٍ عَلَى ٱلَّتِي لِي».

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

٧ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يُوسُفُ يَعْقُوبَ أَبَاهُ وَأَوْقَفَهُ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ. وَبَارَكَ يَعْقُوبُ فِرْعَوْنَ.

8 And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How old [art] thou?

٨ فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «كَمْ هِيَ أَيَّامُ سِنِي حَيَاتِكَ؟»

9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage [are] a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, nor have they attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

٩ فَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «أَيَّامُ سِنِي غُرْبَتِي مِئَةٌ وَثَلَاثُونَ سَنَةً. قَلِيلَةً وَ رَدِيَّةً كَانَتْ أَيَّامُ سِنِي حَيَاتِي، وَلَمْ تَبْلُغْ إِلَى أَيَّامِ سِنِي حَيَاةِ آبَائِي فِي أَيَّامِ غُرْبَتِهِمْ».

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

١٠ وَبَارَكَ يَعْقُوبُ فِرْعَوْنَ وَخَرَجَ مِنْ لَدُنْ فِرْعَوْنَ.

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.

١١ فَأَسْكَنَ يُوسُفُ أَبَاهُ وَإِخْوَتَهُ وَأَعْطَاهُمْ مُلْكًا فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، فِي أَفْضَلِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، فِي أَرْضِ رَعَمْسِيسَ كَمَا أَمَرَ فِرْعَوْنُ.

12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread according to [their] families.

١٢ وَعَالَ يُوسُفُ أَبَاهُ وَإِخْوَتَهُ وَكُلَّ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ بِطَعَامٍ عَلَى حَسَبِ ٱلْأَوْلَادِ.

13 And [there was] no bread in all the land; for the famine [was] very distressing, so that the land of Egypt, and [all] the land of Canaan, fainted by reason of the famine.

١٣ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ خُبْزٌ فِي كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْجُوعَ كَانَ شَدِيدًا جِدًّا. فَخَوَّرَتْ أَرْضُ مِصْرَ وَأَرْضُ كَنْعَانَ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْجُوعِ.

14 And Joseph gathered 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.

١٤ فَجَمَعَ يُوسُفُ كُلَّ ٱلْفِضَّةِ ٱلْمَوْجُودَةِ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ وَفِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ بِٱلْقَمْحِ ٱلَّذِي ٱشْتَرُوا، وَجَاءَ يُوسُفُ بِٱلْفِضَّةِ إِلَى بَيْتِ فِرْعَوْنَ.

15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence: for the money faileth.

١٥ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَتِ ٱلْفِضَّةُ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ وَمِنْ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ أَتَى جَمِيعُ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ إِلَى يُوسُفَ قَائِلِينَ: «أَعْطِنَا خُبْزًا، فَلِمَاذَا نَمُوتُ قُدَّامَكَ؟ لِأَنْ لَيْسَ فِضَّةٌ أَيْضًا».

16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money hath failed.

١٦ فَقَالَ يُوسُفُ: «هَاتُوا مَوَاشِيَكُمْ فَأُعْطِيَكُمْ بِمَوَاشِيكُمْ، إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِضَّةٌ أَيْضًا».

17 And they brought their cattle to 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.

١٧ فَجَاءُوا بِمَوَاشِيهِمْ إِلَى يُوسُفَ، فَأَعْطَاهُمْ يُوسُفُ خُبْزًا بِٱلْخَيْلِ وَبِمَوَاشِي ٱلْغَنَمِ وَٱلْبَقَرِ وَبِٱلْحَمِيرِ. فَقَاتَهُمْ بِٱلْخُبْزِ تِلْكَ ٱلسَّنَةَ بَدَلَ جَمِيعِ مَوَاشِيهِمْ.

18 When that year was ended, they came to him the second year, and said to him, We will not hide from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not aught left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies and our lands:

١٨ وَلَمَّا تَمَّتْ تِلْكَ ٱلسَّنَةُ أَتَوْا إِلَيْهِ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْثَّانِيَةِ وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «لَا نُخْفِي عَنْ سَيِّدِي أَنَّهُ إِذْ قَدْ فَرَغَتِ ٱلْفِضَّةُ، وَمَوَاشِي ٱلْبَهَائِمِ عِنْدَ سَيِّدِي، لَمْ يَبْقَ قُدَّامَ سَيِّدِي إِلَا أَجْسَادُنَا وَأَرْضُنَا.

19 Why shall we die before thy eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh: and give [us] seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

١٩ لِمَاذَا نَمُوتُ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيْكَ نَحْنُ وَأَرْضُنَا جَمِيعًا؟ اِشْتَرِنَا وَأَرْضَنَا بِٱلْخُبْزِ، فَنَصِيرَ نَحْنُ وَأَرْضُنَا عَبِيدًا لِفِرْعَوْنَ، وَأَعْطِ بِذَارًا لِنَحْيَا وَلَا نَمُوتَ وَلَا تَصِيرَ أَرْضُنَا قَفْرًا».

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.

٢٠ فَٱشْتَرَى يُوسُفُ كُلَّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ، إِذْ بَاعَ ٱلْمِصْرِيُّونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ حَقْلَهُ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْجُوعَ ٱشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ. فَصَارَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ.

21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from [one] end of the borders of Egypt even to the [other] end thereof.

٢١ وَأَمَّا ٱلشَّعْبُ فَنَقَلَهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْمُدُنِ مِنْ أَقْصَى حَدِّ مِصْرَ إِلَى أَقْصَاهُ.

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

٢٢ إِلَا إِنَّ أَرْضَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ لَمْ يَشْتَرِهَا، إِذْ كَانَتْ لِلْكَهَنَةِ فَرِيضَةٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ فِرْعَوْنَ، فَأَكَلُوا فَرِيضَتَهُمُ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَاهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ، لِذَلِكَ لَمْ يَبِيعُوا أَرْضَهُمْ.

23 Then Joseph said to 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.

٢٣ فَقَالَ يُوسُفُ لِلشَّعْبِ: «إِنِّي قَدِ ٱشْتَرَيْتُكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَأَرْضَكُمْ لِفِرْعَوْنَ. هُوَذَا لَكُمْ بِذَارٌ فَتَزْرَعُونَ ٱلْأَرْضَ.

24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth [part] 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.

٢٤ وَيَكُونُ عِنْدَ ٱلْغَلَّةِ أَنَّكُمْ تُعْطُونَ خُمْسًا لِفِرْعَوْنَ، وَٱلْأَرْبَعَةُ ٱلْأَجْزَاءُ تَكُونُ لَكُمْ بِذَارًا لِلْحَقْلِ، وَطَعَامًا لَكُمْ وَلِمَنْ فِي بْيُوتِكُمْ، وَطَعَامًا لِأَوْلَادِكُمْ».

25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

٢٥ فَقَالُوا: «أَحْيَيْتَنَا. لَيْتَنَا نَجِدُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْ سَيِّدِي فَنَكُونَ عَبِيدًا لِفِرْعَوْنَ».

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

٢٦ فَجَعَلَهَا يُوسُفُ فَرْضًا عَلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ: لِفِرْعَوْنَ ٱلْخُمْسُ. إِلَا إِنَّ أَرْضَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَحْدَهُمْ لَمْ تَصِرْ لِفِرْعَوْنَ.

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

٢٧ وَسَكَنَ إِسْرَائِيلُ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ، وَتَمَلَّكُوا فِيهَا وَأَثْمَرُوا وَكَثُرُوا جِدًّا.

28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was a hundred and forty seven years.

٢٨ وَعَاشَ يَعْقُوبُ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ سَبْعَ عَشَرَةَ سَنَةً. فَكَانَتْ أَيَّامُ يَعْقُوبَ، سِنُو حَيَاتِهِ مِئَةً وَسَبْعًا وَأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً.

29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

٢٩ وَلَمَّا قَرُبَتْ أَيَّامُ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ دَعَا ٱبْنَهُ يُوسُفَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ فَضَعْ يَدَكَ تَحْتَ فَخْذِي وَٱصْنَعْ مَعِي مَعْرُوفًا وَأَمَانَةً: لَا تَدْفِنِّي فِي مِصْرَ،

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

٣٠ بَلْ أَضْطَجِعُ مَعَ آبَائِي، فَتَحْمِلُنِي مِنْ مِصْرَ وَتَدْفِنُنِي فِي مَقْبَرَتِهِمْ». فَقَالَ: «أَنَا أَفْعَلُ بِحَسَبِ قَوْلِكَ».

31 And he said, Swear to me: and he swore to him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.

٣١ فَقَالَ: «ٱحْلِفْ لِي». فَحَلَفَ لَهُ. فَسَجَدَ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَلَى رَأْسِ ٱلسَّرِيرِ.