1 ingressus ergo Ioseph nuntiavit Pharaoni dicens
pater meus et fratres oves eorum et armenta
et cuncta quae possident venerunt de terra Chanaan
et ecce consistunt in terra Gessen
2 extremos quoque fratrum suorum quinque viros statuit
coram rege
3 quos ille interrogavit quid habetis operis
responderunt pastores ovium sumus servi tui et nos et patres nostri
4 ad peregrinandum in terra tua venimus
quoniam non est herba gregibus servorum tuorum
ingravescente fame in regione Chanaan
petimusque ut esse nos iubeas servos tuos in terra Gessen
5 dixit itaque rex ad Ioseph
pater tuus et fratres tui venerunt ad te
6 terra Aegypti in conspectu tuo est
in optimo loco fac habitare eos et trade eis terram
Gessen
quod si nosti esse in eis viros industrios
constitue illos magistros pecorum meorum
7 post haec introduxit Ioseph patrem suum ad regem
et statuit eum coram eo
qui benedicens illi
8 et interrogatus ab eo
quot sunt dies annorum vitae tuae
9 respondit dies peregrinationis vitae meae centum triginta annorum sunt parvi et mali
et non pervenerunt usque ad dies patrum meorum
quibus peregrinati sunt
10 et benedicto rege egressus est foras
11 Ioseph vero patri et fratribus suis dedit possessionem in Aegypto
in optimo loco terrae solo Ramesses
ut praeceperat Pharao
12 et alebat eos omnemque domum patris sui praebens cibaria singulis
13 in toto enim orbe panis deerat
et oppresserat fames terram maxime Aegypti et Chanaan
14 e quibus omnem pecuniam congregavit pro venditione frumenti
et intulit eam in aerarium regis
15 cumque defecisset emptoris pretium
venit cuncta Aegyptus ad Ioseph dicens da nobis panes
quare morimur coram te deficiente pecunia
16 quibus ille respondit adducite pecora vestra
et dabo vobis pro eis cibos si pretium non habetis
17 quae cum adduxissent
dedit eis alimenta pro equis et ovibus et bubus et asinis
sustentavitque eos illo anno pro commutatione pecorum
18 veneruntque anno secundo et dixerunt ei
non celamus dominum nostrum
quod deficiente pecunia pecora simul defecerint
nec clam te est
quod absque corporibus et terra nihil habeamus
19 cur ergo morimur te vidente
et nos et terra nostra tui erimus eme nos in servitutem regiam
et praebe semina
ne pereunte cultore redigatur terra in solitudinem
20 emit igitur Ioseph omnem terram Aegypti
vendentibus singulis possessiones suas prae magnitudine famis
subiecitque eam Pharaoni
21 et cunctos populos eius
a novissimis terminis Aegypti usque ad extremos fines eius
22 praeter terram sacerdotum quae a rege tradita fuerat eis
quibus et statuta cibaria ex horreis publicis praebebantur
et idcirco non sunt conpulsi vendere possessiones suas
23 dixit ergo Ioseph ad populos
en ut cernitis et vos et terram vestram Pharao possidet
accipite semina et serite agros
24 ut fruges habere possitis
quintam partem regi dabitis quattuor reliquas permitto vobis
in sementem et in cibos famulis et liberis vestris
25 qui responderunt salus nostra in manu tua est
respiciat nos tantum dominus noster et laeti serviemus regi
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 condicione fuit
27 habitavit ergo Israhel in Aegypto id est in terra Gessen et possedit eam
auctusque est et multiplicatus nimis
28 et vixit in ea decem et septem annis
factique sunt omnes dies vitae illius centum quadraginta
septem annorum
29 cumque adpropinquare cerneret mortis diem
vocavit filium suum Ioseph et dixit ad eum
si inveni gratiam in conspectu tuo
pone manum sub femore meo
et facies mihi misericordiam et veritatem
ut non sepelias me in Aegypto
30 sed dormiam cum patribus meis
et auferas me de hac terra
condasque in sepulchro maiorum
cui respondit Ioseph ego faciam quod iussisti
31 et ille iura ergo inquit mihi
quo iurante adoravit Israhel Deum
conversus ad lectuli caput
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, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen. 2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. 4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. 5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee: 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. 7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
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. 12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
13 ¶ And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. 14 And Joseph gathered up 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. 15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. 16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. 17 And they brought their cattle unto 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. 18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: 19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate. 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. 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. 22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands. 23 Then Joseph said unto 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. 24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto 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. 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. 26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh’s.
27 ¶ And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. 29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto 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: 30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. 31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.