Genesis 47
1 Ingressus ergo Ioseph nunciavit Pharaoni, dicens: Pater meus et fratres, oves eorum et armenta, et cuncta quae possident, venerunt de Terra Chanaan: et ecce consistunt in Terra Gessen.
So then Joseph went in, and told Pharaoh, and said—My father and my brethren, and their flocks and their herds and all that they have, are come in from the land of Canaan, —and, here they are, in the land of Goshen.
2 Extremos quoque fratrum suorum quinque viros constituit coram rege:
Moreover out of the whole number of his brethren, he took with him five men, —and set them before Pharaoh.
3 quos ille interrogavit: Quid habetis operis? Responderunt: Pastores ovium sumus servi tui, et nos, et patres nostri.
And Pharaoh said unto the brethren of Joseph—What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh—Feeders of flocks, are thy servants, both we and our fathers.
4 Ad peregrinandum in terram tuam venimus: quoniam non est herba gregibus servorum tuorum, ingravescente fame in terra Chanaan: petimusque ut esse nos iubeas servos tuos in Terra Gessen.
And they said unto Pharaoh—To sojourn in the land, are we come in, for there is no pasture for the flocks which pertain to thy servants, for, severe, is the famine in the land of Canaan. Now, therefore, let thy servants dwell we pray thee in the land of Goshen.
5 Dixit itaque rex ad Ioseph: Pater tuus et fratres tui venerunt ad te.
Then spake Pharaoh unto Joseph saying, —Thy father and thy brethren, are come in unto thee.
6 Terra Aegypti in conspectu tuo est: in optimo loco fac eos habitare, et trade eis Terram Gessen. Quod si nosti in eis esse viros industrios, constitue illos magistros pecorum meorum.
The land of Egypt, is, before thee, in the best of the land, cause thou thy father and thy brethren to dwell, —let them dwell in the land of Goshen, And if thou knowest that there are among them men of ability, then shalt thou set them as chieftains of cattle over mine.
7 Post haec introduxit Ioseph patrem suum ad Regem, et statuit eum coram eo: qui benedicens illi,
So Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and caused him to stand before Pharaoh, —and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
8 et interrogatus ab eo: Quot sunt dies annorum vitae tuae?
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob: About how many, have been the days of the years of thy life?
9 Respondit: Dies peregrinationis meae centum triginta annorum sunt, parvi et mali, et non pervenerunt usque ad dies patrum meorum quibus peregrinati sunt.
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my sojournings, have been a hundred and thirty years, —Few and evil, have been the days of the years of my life, neither have they attained unto the days of the years of the lives of my fathers, in the days of their sojournings.
10 Et benedicto rege, egressus est foras.
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, —and came forth from the presence of Pharaoh.
11 Ioseph vero patri et fratribus suis dedit possessionem in Aegypto in optimo terrae loco, Ramesses, ut praeceperat Pharao.
So then Joseph fixed the dwelling of 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 Et alebat eos, omnemque domum patris sui, praebens cibaria singulis.
And Joseph nourished his father and his brethren, and all his father’s house, —with bread, according to the need of their little ones.
13 In toto enim orbe panis deerat, et oppresserat fames terram, maxime Aegypti et Chanaan.
But, bread, was there none in all the land, —for the famine was, very severe, —so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine,
14 E quibus omnem pecuniam congregavit pro venditione frumenti, et intulit eam in aerarium regis.
So Joseph gathered up all the silver that was found in the land of Egypt. and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which, they, were buying, —and Joseph brought the silver into the house of Pharaoh.
15 Cumque defecisset emptoribus pretium, venit cuncta Aegyptus ad Ioseph, dicens: Da nobis panes: quare morimur coram te, deficiente pecunia?
And the silver was spent out of the land of Egypt and out of the land of Canaan, so all the Egyptians came in unto Joseph, saying—Do give us bread, for why should we die before thee, although, silver, hath failed?
16 Quibus ille respondit: Adducite pecora vestra, et dabo vobis pro eis cibos, si pretium non habetis.
Then said Joseph: Give your cattle, and I will give you for your cattle, —if silver hath failed.
17 Quae cum adduxissent, dedit eis alimenta pro equis, et ovibus, et bobus, et asinis: sustentavitque eos illo anno pro commutatione pecorum.
So they brought in their cattle unto Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses and for the cattle of the flock and for the cattle of the herd, and for the asses, —and he provided them with bread for all their cattle, throughout that year.
18 Venerunt quoque anno secundo, et dixerunt ei: Non celamus domino nostro quod deficiente pecunia, pecora simul defecerunt: nec clam te est, quod absque corporibus et terra nihil habeamus.
When that year was ended, then came they unto him in the second year and said to him—We will not hide from my lord, how that the silver and the herds of beasts for my lord are come to an end, —there is nothing left before my lord, save only our bodies and our ground:
19 Cur ergo moriemur te vidente? et nos et terra nostra tui erimus: eme nos in servitutem regiam, et praebe semina, ne pereunte cultore redigatur terra in solitudinem.
Wherefore should we die before thine eyes both we, and our ground? Buy thou us and our ground, for bread, —and we and our ground will become servants to Pharaoh, and give seed, that we may live, and not die, and the ground, not lie waste.
20 Emit igitur Ioseph omnem Terram Aegypti, vendentibus singulis possessiones suas prae magnitudine famis. Subiecitque eam Pharaoni,
So Joseph bought all the ground of the Egyptians for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine had laid fast hold upon them, —so the land became Pharaoh’s.
21 et cunctos populos eius a novissimis terminis Aegypti usque ad extremos fines eius,
And as for the people, he brought them into bondage as servants, —from one end of the boundary of Egypt unto the other end thereof.
22 praeter terram sacerdotum, quae a rege tradita fuerat eis: quibus et statuta cibaria ex horreis publicis praebebantur, et idcirco non sunt compulsi vendere possessiones suas.
Only, the ground of the priests, bought he not, —for the priests had a statutory-portion, from Pharaoh and they had been eating their statutory-portion, which Pharaoh had given them, for which cause, they had not sold their ground.
23 Dixit ergo Ioseph ad populos: En ut cernitis, et vos et terram vestram Pharao possidet: accipite semina, et serite agros,
And Joseph said unto the people, Lo! I have bought you this day, and your ground for Pharaoh, —see, here is seed for you, so shall ye sow the ground;
24 ut fruges habere possitis. Quintam partem regi dabitis: quattuor reliquas permitto vobis in sementem, et in cibum familiis et liberis vestris.
and it shall come to pass that, of the yield, ye shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, —but the four parts, shall be your own—for seed for the field, and for your food and for them who are in your households and for food for your little ones.
25 Qui responderunt: Salus nostra in manu tua est: respiciat nos tantum dominus noster, et laeti serviemus regi.
And they said—Thou hast saved our lives! let us find favour in the eyes of my lord, so will we become Pharaoh’s servants.
26 Ex eo tempore usque in praesentem diem in universa terra Aegypti regibus quinta pars solvitur, et factum est quasi in legem, absque terra sacerdotali, quae libera ab hac conditione fuit.
And Joseph appointed it for a statute—until this day, regarding the ground of Egypt, that Pharaoh, should take a fifth, —only, the ground of the priests, was, theirs alone, it had not become Pharaoh’s.
27 Habitavit ergo Israel in Aegypto, idest, in Terra Gessen, et possedit eam: auctusque est, et multiplicatus nimis.
Thus Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt in the land of Goshen, —and gained possessions therein, and became fruitful and multiplied exceedingly.
28 Et vixit in ea decem et septem annis: factique sunt omnes dies vitae illius centum quadraginta septem annorum.
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, —so it came to pass that the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred and forty-seven years.
29 Cumque appropinquare cerneret diem mortis suae, vocavit filium suum Ioseph, et dixit ad eum: Si inveni gratiam in conspectu tuo, pone manum tuam sub femore meo: et facies mihi misericordiam et veritatem, ut non sepelias me in Aegypto:
And the days of Israel drew near that he must die, so he called for his son for Joseph and said to him—If, I pray thee I have found favour in thine eyes, place, I pray thee thy hand under my thigh, —so shalt thou deal with me in lovingkindness and faithfulness—Do not I pray thee, bury me in Egypt.
30 sed dormiam cum patribus meis, et auferas me de terra hac, condasque in sepulchro maiorum meorum. Cui respondit Ioseph: Ego faciam quod iussisti.
When I shall lie down with my fathers, then shalt thou carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said: I, will do according to thy word.
31 Et ille: Iura ergo, inquit, mihi. Quo iurante, adoravit Israel Deum, conversus ad lectuli caput.
Then he said: Come, swear to me! And he sware to him. Then did Israel bow himself down on the head of the couch.
