Gênesis 47 - Bíblia Online

José veio à presença de Faraó e anunciou-lhe: Meu pai e meus irmãos chegaram de Canaã com os rebanhos, o gado e tudo quanto têm. Encontram-se, para já, instalados na terra de Gosen. 
E tinha trazido consigo cinco dos seus irmãos, que apresentou a Faraó. Este perguntou-lhes: Qual é a vossa actividade? Somos pastores, tal como os nossos antepassados. Viemos viver aqui para o Egipto porque lá em Canaã não há pastagens para os rebanhos; a fome é muito maior do que cá. Nós queríamos pedir-te que nos deixasses viver na terra de Gosen. 
Faraó disse a José: Escolhe tu onde queres que eles vivam. Dá-lhes mesmo a melhor terra do Egipto. Se querem a terra de Gosen está muito bem. E se houver dentre eles alguns que sejam bastante capazes, põe-nos como responsáveis dos meus rebanhos. 
Então José trouxe o seu pai Jacob para o apresentar ao Faraó. E Jacob abençoou o rei. Qual é a tua idade?, perguntou-lhe o Faraó. 
Tenho 130 anos, anos difíceis e de labutas, e não são tantos quantos os meus antepassados viveram. Antes de sair da presença do rei, Jacob abençoou-o de novo. 
E assim José reservou a melhor terra do Egipto - a terra de Ramassés - para o seu pai e os irmãos viverem lá, tal como Faraó tinha indicado. E forneceu-lhes alimentos, de acordo com os seus agregados familiares. 
A fome era cada vez maior. As pessoas morriam de miséria, tanto na terra de Canaã como no Egipto. José conseguiu arrecadar todo o dinheiro tanto do Egipto como de Canaã, em troca de trigo, e fê-lo depositar nos cofres reais. E quando já não havia mais moeda de troca, a população veio ter com José, chorando outra vez por mais comida.Já não temos dinheiro. Arranja-nos contudo maneira de termos de comer. Porque é que haveríamos de morrer? 
Bom, então dêem-me o vosso gado. Recebê-lo-ei em troca de comida. 
Trouxeram assim o gado a José para terem com que se alimentarem. E depressa toda a espécie de animais - cavalos, ovelhas, bois, jumentos, etc. - que havia no Egipto tornaram-se propriedade de Faraó. 
No ano seguinte vieram de novo: Não temos dinheiro, os animais já são todos teus, só temos as nossas vidas e as terras. Não queremos morrer! Compra-nos a nós e às nossas terras para servirmos o rei. Se nos vendermos por alimento ao menos não morreremos e nem as terras ficarão abandonadas. 
Dessa sorte José comprou toda a terra do Egipto para Faraó, e os egípcios venderam-se para o seu serviço. As únicas terras que ele não comprou foram as que pertenciam aos sacerdotes porque estes recebiam a alimentação de Faraó e não necessitaram de vender coisa nenhuma. 
José disse ao povo: Comprei-vos, vocês e as vossas terras, para Faraó. Portanto aqui está o trigo. Agora vão e semeiem a terra. Quando fizerem as colheitas, um quinto de tudo o que obtiverem pertencerá a Faraó. Das quatro partes que ficam, terão de pôr de lado um tanto para semearem de novo em vistas do ano seguinte, e o resto é para se alimentarem - vocês, as vossas famílias, os vossos meninos. 
Salvaste-nos a vida, disseram. De bom grado seremos servos do rei. 
Foi dessa forma que José fez a lei, válida para todo o território do Egipto e que ainda hoje está em vigor, em como deve ser paga ao Faraó um imposto de um quinto de todos os cereais, excepto quanto ao que for produzido nas terras pertencentes aos templos. 
E viveu Israel na terra de Gosen, no Egipto, tomando posse da terra e trabalhando-a, começando a prosperar e multiplicando-se muito. 
Jacob viveu ainda dezassete anos depois que veio para o Egipto. Ao todo foram 147 os anos da sua vida. 
Quando sentiu que se aproximava o fim, chamou José e disse-lhe: Quero pedir-te que dês solenemente a garantia em como respeitarás este último pedido que te vou fazer, e que mostrarás assim a tua afeição para comigo: quero que me enterres, não aqui no Egipto, mas que me leves daqui e que ponhas o meu corpo, depois de eu morrer, junto com os meus pais.José garantiu-lhe que faria assim. E Jacob insistiu: Mas jura-me. E ele jurou-lhe srael adorou, inclinando a cabeça sobre a cabeceira da cama. 

Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and, look, they are in the land of Goshen. 
And from among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh. 
And Pharaoh said to his brothers, What is your{+} occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Your slaves are shepherds, both we, and our fathers. 
And they said to Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land we have come; for there is no pasture for your slaves' flocks; for the famine is intense in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray you, let your slaves dwell in the land of Goshen. 
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know that there are among them capable men, put them in charge of my herds. And Jacob and his sons came to Egypt to Joseph, and Pharaoh the king of Egypt heard it. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Your father and your brothers have come to you. 
Look, the land of Egypt is before you. You may settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. 
And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 
And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How many are the days of the years of your life? 
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, and they haven't attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh. 
And Joseph placed his father and his brothers, 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. 
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brothers, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families. 
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very intense, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. 
And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. 
And when the money was all spent 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 your presence? For [our] money fails. 
And Joseph said, Give your{+} cattle; and I will give it to you{+} for your{+} cattle, if you{+} are out of money. 
And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year. 
And 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 all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: 
why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be slaves to Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land not be desolate. 
So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was intense on them: and the land became Pharaoh's. 
And as for the people, he made them slaves from one end of the border of Egypt even to its other end. 
Only the land of the priests he didn't buy: for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they didn't sell their land. 
Then Joseph said to the people, Look, I have bought you{+} this day and your{+} land for Pharaoh: look, here is seed for you{+}, and you{+} will sow the land. 
And it will come to pass at the ingatherings, that you{+} will give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will 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. 
And they said, You have saved our lives: let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's slaves. 
And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone didn't become Pharaoh's. 
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got possessions in it, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly. 
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years. 
And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: don't bury me, I pray you, in Egypt; 
but when I sleep with my fathers, you will carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying-place. And he said, I will do as you have said. 
And he said, Swear to me: and he swore to him. And Israel bowed himself on the head of the bed. 

Gênesis 48

José veio à presença de Faraó e anunciou-lhe: Meu pai e meus irmãos chegaram de Canaã com os rebanhos, o gado e tudo quanto têm. Encontram-se, para já, instalados na terra de Gosen. 
E tinha trazido consigo cinco dos seus irmãos, que apresentou a Faraó. Este perguntou-lhes: Qual é a vossa actividade? Somos pastores, tal como os nossos antepassados. Viemos viver aqui para o Egipto porque lá em Canaã não há pastagens para os rebanhos; a fome é muito maior do que cá. Nós queríamos pedir-te que nos deixasses viver na terra de Gosen. 
Faraó disse a José: Escolhe tu onde queres que eles vivam. Dá-lhes mesmo a melhor terra do Egipto. Se querem a terra de Gosen está muito bem. E se houver dentre eles alguns que sejam bastante capazes, põe-nos como responsáveis dos meus rebanhos. 
Então José trouxe o seu pai Jacob para o apresentar ao Faraó. E Jacob abençoou o rei. Qual é a tua idade?, perguntou-lhe o Faraó. 
Tenho 130 anos, anos difíceis e de labutas, e não são tantos quantos os meus antepassados viveram. Antes de sair da presença do rei, Jacob abençoou-o de novo. 
E assim José reservou a melhor terra do Egipto - a terra de Ramassés - para o seu pai e os irmãos viverem lá, tal como Faraó tinha indicado. E forneceu-lhes alimentos, de acordo com os seus agregados familiares. 
A fome era cada vez maior. As pessoas morriam de miséria, tanto na terra de Canaã como no Egipto. José conseguiu arrecadar todo o dinheiro tanto do Egipto como de Canaã, em troca de trigo, e fê-lo depositar nos cofres reais. E quando já não havia mais moeda de troca, a população veio ter com José, chorando outra vez por mais comida.Já não temos dinheiro. Arranja-nos contudo maneira de termos de comer. Porque é que haveríamos de morrer? 
Bom, então dêem-me o vosso gado. Recebê-lo-ei em troca de comida. 
Trouxeram assim o gado a José para terem com que se alimentarem. E depressa toda a espécie de animais - cavalos, ovelhas, bois, jumentos, etc. - que havia no Egipto tornaram-se propriedade de Faraó. 
No ano seguinte vieram de novo: Não temos dinheiro, os animais já são todos teus, só temos as nossas vidas e as terras. Não queremos morrer! Compra-nos a nós e às nossas terras para servirmos o rei. Se nos vendermos por alimento ao menos não morreremos e nem as terras ficarão abandonadas. 
Dessa sorte José comprou toda a terra do Egipto para Faraó, e os egípcios venderam-se para o seu serviço. As únicas terras que ele não comprou foram as que pertenciam aos sacerdotes porque estes recebiam a alimentação de Faraó e não necessitaram de vender coisa nenhuma. 
José disse ao povo: Comprei-vos, vocês e as vossas terras, para Faraó. Portanto aqui está o trigo. Agora vão e semeiem a terra. Quando fizerem as colheitas, um quinto de tudo o que obtiverem pertencerá a Faraó. Das quatro partes que ficam, terão de pôr de lado um tanto para semearem de novo em vistas do ano seguinte, e o resto é para se alimentarem - vocês, as vossas famílias, os vossos meninos. 
Salvaste-nos a vida, disseram. De bom grado seremos servos do rei. 
Foi dessa forma que José fez a lei, válida para todo o território do Egipto e que ainda hoje está em vigor, em como deve ser paga ao Faraó um imposto de um quinto de todos os cereais, excepto quanto ao que for produzido nas terras pertencentes aos templos. 
E viveu Israel na terra de Gosen, no Egipto, tomando posse da terra e trabalhando-a, começando a prosperar e multiplicando-se muito. 
Jacob viveu ainda dezassete anos depois que veio para o Egipto. Ao todo foram 147 os anos da sua vida. 
Quando sentiu que se aproximava o fim, chamou José e disse-lhe: Quero pedir-te que dês solenemente a garantia em como respeitarás este último pedido que te vou fazer, e que mostrarás assim a tua afeição para comigo: quero que me enterres, não aqui no Egipto, mas que me leves daqui e que ponhas o meu corpo, depois de eu morrer, junto com os meus pais.José garantiu-lhe que faria assim. E Jacob insistiu: Mas jura-me. E ele jurou-lhe srael adorou, inclinando a cabeça sobre a cabeceira da cama. 

Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and, look, they are in the land of Goshen. 
And from among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh. 
And Pharaoh said to his brothers, What is your{+} occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Your slaves are shepherds, both we, and our fathers. 
And they said to Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land we have come; for there is no pasture for your slaves' flocks; for the famine is intense in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray you, let your slaves dwell in the land of Goshen. 
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know that there are among them capable men, put them in charge of my herds. And Jacob and his sons came to Egypt to Joseph, and Pharaoh the king of Egypt heard it. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Your father and your brothers have come to you. 
Look, the land of Egypt is before you. You may settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. 
And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 
And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How many are the days of the years of your life? 
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, and they haven't attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh. 
And Joseph placed his father and his brothers, 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. 
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brothers, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families. 
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very intense, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. 
And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. 
And when the money was all spent 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 your presence? For [our] money fails. 
And Joseph said, Give your{+} cattle; and I will give it to you{+} for your{+} cattle, if you{+} are out of money. 
And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year. 
And 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 all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: 
why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be slaves to Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land not be desolate. 
So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was intense on them: and the land became Pharaoh's. 
And as for the people, he made them slaves from one end of the border of Egypt even to its other end. 
Only the land of the priests he didn't buy: for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they didn't sell their land. 
Then Joseph said to the people, Look, I have bought you{+} this day and your{+} land for Pharaoh: look, here is seed for you{+}, and you{+} will sow the land. 
And it will come to pass at the ingatherings, that you{+} will give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will 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. 
And they said, You have saved our lives: let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's slaves. 
And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone didn't become Pharaoh's. 
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got possessions in it, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly. 
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years. 
And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: don't bury me, I pray you, in Egypt; 
but when I sleep with my fathers, you will carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying-place. And he said, I will do as you have said. 
And he said, Swear to me: and he swore to him. And Israel bowed himself on the head of the bed. 

Gênesis 48