Genesis 47:1
וַיָּבֹ֣א יוֹסֵף֮ וַיַּגֵּ֣ד לְפַרְעֹה֒
And Joseph went and reported to Pharaoh,
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
And said:
אָבִ֨י וְאַחַ֜י וְצֹאנָ֤ם וּבְקָרָם֙ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָהֶ֔ם
“My father and my brothers,
and their flocks and their herds,
together with all that they have,
בָּ֖אוּ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן
They came from the land of Canaan,
וְהִנָּ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ גֹּֽשֶׁן׃
And behold they are in the territory of Goshen;”
Genesis 47:2
וּמִקְצֵ֣ה אֶחָ֔יו לָקַ֖ח חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֑ים
Now he had selected five men from all his brothers,
וַיַּצִּגֵ֖ם לִפְנֵ֥י פַרְעֹֽה׃
And he presented them before Pharaoh;
Genesis 47:3
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֛ה אֶל־אֶחָ֖יו מַה־מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶ֑ם
And Pharaoh said to his brothers:
“What is your work?”
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֗ה רֹעֵ֥ה צֹאן֙ עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ
And they said to Pharaoh:
“Your servants do flock shepherding,
גַּם־אֲנַ֖חְנוּ גַּם־אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃
Both we and our fathers;”
Genesis 47:4
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֗ה לָג֣וּר בָּאָרֶץ֮ בָּאנוּ֒
Then they said to Pharaoh:
“We have come to dwell in the land for a time,
כִּי־אֵ֣ין מִרְעֶ֗ה לַצֹּאן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ
Since there wasn’t any pasture for your servants’ flock,
כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד הָרָעָ֖ב בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן
Because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan;
וְעַתָּ֛ה יֵֽשְׁבוּ־נָ֥א עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ בְּאֶ֥רֶץ גֹּֽשֶׁן׃
And now in these circumstances,
Please allow your servants to stay in the territory of Goshen.
Genesis 47:5
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֔ה אֶל־יוֹסֵ֖ף לֵאמֹ֑ר
And Pharaoh said
to Joseph, saying:
אָבִ֥יךָ וְאַחֶ֖יךָ בָּ֥אוּ אֵלֶֽיךָ׃
“Your father and your brothers,
they have come to you;”
Genesis 47:6
אֶ֤רֶץ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לְפָנֶ֣יךָ הִ֔וא
“The land of Egypt, it is before you!
בְּמֵיטַ֣ב הָאָ֔רֶץ
In the best part of the land,
הוֹשֵׁ֥ב אֶת־אָבִ֖יךָ וְאֶת־אַחֶ֑יךָ
settle your father and your brothers;
יֵשְׁבוּ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ גֹּ֔שֶׁן
Let them dwell in the territory of Goshen;
וְאִם־יָדַ֗עְתָּ וְיֶשׁ־בָּם֙ אַנְשֵׁי־חַ֔יִל
And if you discern there are among them competent men,
וְשַׂמְתָּ֛ם שָׂרֵ֥י מִקְנֶ֖ה עַל־אֲשֶׁר־לִֽי׃
Then appoint them overseers of livestock, —
over what is mine.”
Genesis 47:7
וַיָּבֵ֤א יוֹסֵף֙ אֶת־יַֽעֲקֹ֣ב אָבִ֔יו
And Joseph brought in Jacob his father,
וַּיַּֽעֲמִדֵ֖הו לִפְנֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֑ה
And presented him before Pharaoh;
וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֶת־פַּרְעֹֽה׃
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh;
Genesis 47:8
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֖ה אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֑ב
And Pharaoh said to Jacob:
כַּמָּ֕ה יְמֵ֖י שְׁנֵ֥י חַיֶּֽיךָ׃
“How many are the days, the years of your life?”
Genesis 47:9
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יַעֲקֹב֙ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה
And Jacob said to Pharaoh:
יְמֵי֙ שְׁנֵ֣י מְגוּרַ֔י
“The days, the years of my sojournings, —
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וּמְאַ֖ת שָׁנָ֑ה
One hundred and thirty years;
מְעַ֣ט וְרָעִ֗ים הָיוּ֙ יְמֵי֙ שְׁנֵ֣י חַיַּ֔י
Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life,
וְלֹ֣א הִשִּׂ֗יגוּ אֶת־יְמֵי֙ שְׁנֵי֙ חַיֵּ֣י אֲבֹתַ֔י
And they have not attained to the days,
the years of the lives of my fathers,
בִּימֵ֖י מְגוּרֵיהֶֽם׃
In the days of their sojournings;”
Genesis 47:10
וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֶת־פַּרְעֹ֑ה
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh;
וַיֵּצֵ֖א מִלִּפְנֵ֥י פַרְעֹֽה׃
And he came out from Pharaoh’s presence.
Genesis 47:11
וַיּוֹשֵׁ֣ב יוֹסֵף֮ אֶת־אָבִ֣יו וְאֶת־אֶחָיו֒
And Joseph resettled his father and his brothers,
וַיִּתֵּ֨ן לָהֶ֤ם אֲחֻזָּה֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם
And gave them property in the land of Egypt,
בְּמֵיטַ֥ב הָאָ֖רֶץ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ רַעְמְסֵ֑ס
In the best part of the land, in the territory of Rameses,
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוָּ֥ה פַרְעֹֽה׃
As Pharaoh had commanded;
Genesis 47:12
וַיְכַלְכֵּ֤ל יוֹסֵף֙ אֶת־אָבִ֣יו וְאֶת־אֶחָ֔יו
And Joseph sustained his father and his brothers,
וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יו
And the whole his father’s household;
לֶ֖חֶם לְפִ֥י הַטָּֽף׃
With bread, in accordance with
the childrens’ portion;
Genesis 47:13
וְלֶ֤חֶם אֵין֙ בְּכָל־הָאָ֔רֶץ
Now there was no bread in all the land,
כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד הָרָעָ֖ב מְאֹ֑ד
For the famine was extremely severe;
וַתֵּ֜לַהּ אֶ֤רֶץ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ וְאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן
And the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away,
מִפְּנֵ֖י הָרָעָֽב׃
Due to the famine;
Genesis 47:14
וַיְלַקֵּ֣ט יוֹסֵ֗ף
And Joseph collected
אֶת־כָּל־הַכֶּ֙סֶף֙
All the money/silver
הַנִּמְצָ֤א בְאֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ וּבְאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן
What was found in the land of Egypt,
And in the land of Canaan,
בַּשֶּׁ֖בֶר אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֣ם שֹׁבְרִ֑ים
In exchange for the grain that they were purchasing;
וַיָּבֵ֥א יוֹסֵ֛ף אֶת־הַכֶּ֖סֶף בֵּ֥יתָה פַרְעֹֽה׃
And Joseph brought the money/silver
Into the house of Pharaoh;
Genesis 47:15
וַיִּתֹּ֣ם הַכֶּ֗סֶף מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַיִם֮ וּמֵאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַעַן֒
And the money of the land of Egypt,
and the land of Canaan was consumed,
וַיָּבֹאוּ֩ כָל־מִצְרַ֨יִם אֶל־יוֹסֵ֤ף לֵאמֹר֙
And all the Egyptians came to Joseph saying:
הָֽבָה־לָּ֣נוּ לֶ֔חֶם וְלָ֥מָּה נָמ֖וּת נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ
“Give us bread!…Now why must we die,
in front of you,
כִּ֥י אָפֵ֖ס כָּֽסֶף׃
Because money is no more!”
Genesis 47:16
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יוֹסֵף֙ הָב֣וּ מִקְנֵיכֶ֔ם
And Joseph said:
“Give now your livestock,
וְאֶתְּנָ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם בְּמִקְנֵיכֶ֑ם
Then I can give you bread,
in exchange for your livestock,
אִם־אָפֵ֖ס כָּֽסֶף׃
Even though money is no more.”
Genesis 47:17
וַיָּבִ֣יאוּ אֶת־מִקְנֵיהֶם֮ אֶל־יוֹסֵף֒
And they brought their livestock property to Joseph,
וַיִּתֵּ֣ן לָהֶם֩ יוֹסֵ֨ף לֶ֜חֶם בַּסּוּסִ֗ים
And Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses,
וּבְמִקְנֵ֥ה הַצֹּ֛אן וּבְמִקְנֵ֥ה הַבָּקָ֖ר וּבַחֲמֹרִ֑ים
And in exchange for the sheep and goat livestock,
and for the cattle livestock, and for the donkeys;
וַיְנַהֲלֵ֤ם בַּלֶּ֙חֶם֙ בְּכָל־מִקְנֵהֶ֔ם
Thus he provided them with the food in exchange for all their livestock,
בַּשָּׁנָ֖ה הַהִֽוא׃
For that year;
Genesis 47:18
וַתִּתֹּם֮ הַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַהִוא֒
When that year expired,
וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ אֵלָ֜יו בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשֵּׁנִ֗ית
Then they went to him in the second year,
וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ לוֹ֙ לֹֽא־נְכַחֵ֣ד מֵֽאֲדֹנִ֔י
And they said to him:
“We cannot conceal from my lord,
כִּ֚י אִם־תַּ֣ם הַכֶּ֔סֶף
That truly the money has gone,
וּמִקְנֵ֥ה הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֑י
And the animal livestock, to my lord.
לֹ֤א נִשְׁאַר֙ לִפְנֵ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י
Nothing remains before my lord,
בִּלְתִּ֥י אִם־גְּוִיָּתֵ֖נוּ וְאַדְמָתֵֽנוּ׃
Apart from our body and our soil”;
Genesis 47:19
לָ֧מָּה נָמ֣וּת לְעֵינֶ֗יךָ
For what reason should we perish before your eyes,
גַּם־אֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ גַּ֣ם אַדְמָתֵ֔נוּ
Both we and our land?
קְנֵֽה־אֹתָ֥נוּ וְאֶת־אַדְמָתֵ֖נוּ בַּלָּ֑חֶם
Purchase us and our land in exchange for bread;
וְנִֽהְיֶ֞ה אֲנַ֤חְנוּ וְאַדְמָתֵ֙נוּ֙ עֲבָדִ֣ים לְפַרְעֹ֔ה
Then we and our land will become slaves to Pharaoh,
וְתֶן־זֶ֗רַע וְנִֽחְיֶה֙ וְלֹ֣א נָמ֔וּת
And give us seed, that we may remain alive and not die,
וְהָאֲדָמָ֖ה לֹ֥א תֵשָֽׁם׃
And the land shall not become desolate.”
Genesis 47:20
וַיִּ֨קֶן יוֹסֵ֜ף אֶת־כָּל־אַדְמַ֤ת מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לְפַרְעֹ֔ה
And Joseph purchased all the arable land for Pharaoh,
כִּֽי־מָכְר֤וּ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ אִ֣ישׁ שָׂדֵ֔הוּ
Because the Egyptians, every man, had sold his field;
כִּֽי־חָזַ֥ק עֲלֵהֶ֖ם הָרָעָ֑ב
For the famine had grown strong upon them;
וַתְּהִ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ לְפַרְעֹֽה׃
And so the land became Pharaoh’s.
Genesis 47:21
וְאֶ֨ת־הָעָ֔ם הֶעֱבִ֥יר אֹת֖וֹ לֶעָרִ֑ים
Now the general population,
he had transferred into the cities; —
מִקְצֵ֥ה גְבוּל־מִצְרַ֖יִם וְעַד־קָצֵֽהוּ׃
From one end of Egypt’s territory,
even to the other end of it;
Genesis 47:22
רַ֛ק אַדְמַ֥ת הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים לֹ֣א קָנָ֑ה
Only the priests’ land he had not purchased;
כִּי֩ חֹ֨ק לַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים מֵאֵ֣ת פַּרְעֹ֗ה
Because an appointed portion for the priests,
came from Pharaoh,
וְאָֽכְל֤וּ אֶת־חֻקָּם֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤ן לָהֶם֙ פַּרְעֹ֔ה
Thus they ate their appointed portion,
That which Pharaoh had given them,
עַל־כֵּ֕ן לֹ֥א מָכְר֖וּ אֶת־אַדְמָתָֽם׃
Therefore they had not sold their land.
Genesis 47:23
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יוֹסֵף֙ אֶל־הָעָ֔ם
And Joseph said to the people:
הֵן֩ קָנִ֨יתִי אֶתְכֶ֥ם הַיּ֛וֹם
“Behold I have bought you this day,
וְאֶת־אַדְמַתְכֶ֖ם לְפַרְעֹ֑ה
and your land, for Pharaoh;
הֵֽא־לָכֶ֣ם זֶ֔רַע וּזְרַעְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־הָאֲדָמָֽה׃
Look here is seed for you!
And you will again sow the land”
Genesis 47:24
וְהָיָה֙ בַּתְּבוּאֹ֔ת וּנְתַתֶּ֥ם חֲמִישִׁ֖ית לְפַרְעֹ֑ה
And it shall take place at the harvests,
that you shall give a fifth of them to Pharaoh;
וְאַרְבַּ֣ע הַיָּדֹ֡ת
Now the four parts (80%),
יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶם֩ לְזֶ֨רַע הַשָּׂדֶ֧ה וּֽלְאָכְלְכֶ֛ם
It shall be yours as seed for the field
and for you to eat,
וְלַאֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּבָתֵּיכֶ֖ם וְלֶאֱכֹ֥ל לְטַפְּכֶֽם׃
And for those in your households,
And as food to eat for your little ones;
Genesis 47:25
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ
And they said:
הֶחֱיִתָ֑נוּ
“You have kept us alive!
נִמְצָא־חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י
Let us find favor in the eyes of my lord,
וְהָיִ֥ינוּ עֲבָדִ֖ים לְפַרְעֹֽה׃
And we will be bondmen to Pharaoh!”
Genesis 47:26
וַיָּ֣שֶׂם אֹתָ֣הּ יוֹסֵ֡ף
And so Joseph enacted it,
לְחֹק֩ עַד־הַיּ֨וֹם הַזֶּ֜ה עַל־אַדְמַ֥ת מִצְרַ֛יִם
As a statute unto this very day,
Over the land of Egypt,
לְפַרְעֹ֖ה לַחֹ֑מֶשׁ
“To Pharaoh belongs the fifth”;
רַ֞ק אַדְמַ֤ת הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ לְבַדָּ֔ם
But the land of the priests, them alone,
לֹ֥א הָיְָת֖ה לְפַרְעֹֽה׃
Did not become Pharaoh’s.
Genesis 47:27
וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם
And so Israel settled in the land of Egypt,
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ גֹּ֑שֶׁן
In the territory of Goshen;
וַיֵּאָחֲז֣וּ בָ֔הּ
And they were caught up in it,
וַיִּפְר֥וּ וַיִּרְבּ֖וּ מְאֹֽד׃
But they became fruitful and multiplied exceedingly.
Genesis 47:28
וַיְחִ֤י יַעֲקֹב֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם
Now Jacob lived in the land of Egypt
שְׁבַ֥ע עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָ֑ה
17 years,
וַיְהִ֤י יְמֵֽי־יַעֲקֹב֙ שְׁנֵ֣י חַיָּ֔יו
And it came to pass the days of Jacob,
the years of his lifespan,
שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֔ים וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּמְאַ֖ת שָׁנָֽה׃
were 147 years.
Genesis 47:29
וַיִּקְרְב֣וּ יְמֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֘ לָמוּת֒
Now when the days for Israel to die approached,
וַיִּקְרָ֣א ׀ לִבְנ֣וֹ לְיוֹסֵ֗ף
Then he called his son Joseph,
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ אִם־נָ֨א מָצָ֤אתִי חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ
And he said to him, –
“I pray thee if I have found grace in thine eyes,
שִֽׂים־נָ֥א יָדְךָ֖ תַּ֣חַת יְרֵכִ֑י
Place now your hand under my covenantal loin,
וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ עִמָּדִי֙ חֶ֣סֶד וֶאֱמֶ֔ת
So that you shall do with me a kindness and loyalty:
אַל־נָ֥א תִקְבְּרֵ֖נִי בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃
I pray thee do not bury me in Egypt;”
Genesis 47:30
וְשָֽׁכַבְתִּי֙ עִם־אֲבֹתַ֔י וּנְשָׂאתַ֙נִי֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם
“And that I will repose with my fathers,
and so carry me out of Egypt,
וּקְבַרְתַּ֖נִי בִּקְבֻרָתָ֑ם
Then bury me in their burial place.”
וַיֹּאמַ֕ר אָנֹכִ֖י אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה כִדְבָרֶֽךָ׃
And he said, “I shall do according to your word.”
Genesis 47:31
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִשָּֽׁבְעָה֙ לִ֔י וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע ל֑וֹ
And he said,
“Pledge yourself under oath to me,”
And so he pledged himself to him;
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ הַמִּטָּֽה׃ פ
Then Israel bowed himself in reverence
on the head of the bed.
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