1 Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen." 2 From among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh. 3 Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?"
They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers." 4 They also said to Pharaoh, "We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen."
5 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers have come to you. 6 The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock."
7 Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How old are you?"
9 Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. The days of the years of my life have been few and evil. They have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage." 10 Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
11 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. 12 Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household with bread, according to the sizes of their families.
13 There was no bread 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 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. 15 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."
16 Joseph said, "Give me your livestock; and I will give you food for your livestock, if your money is gone."
17 They brought their livestock 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 livestock for that year. 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 our money is all spent, and the herds of livestock are my lord’s. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands. 19 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 servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land won’t be desolate."
20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for every man of the Egyptians sold his field, because the famine was severe on them, and the land became Pharaoh’s. 21 As for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end of it. 22 Only he didn’t buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them. That is why they didn’t sell their land. 23 Then Joseph said to the people, "Behold, I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh. Behold, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land. 24 It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little ones."
25 They said, "You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants."
26 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.
27 Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly. 28 Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years. 29 The time came near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don’t bury me in Egypt, 30 but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place."
Joseph said, "I will do as you have said."
31 Israel said, "Swear to me," and he swore to him. Then Israel bowed himself on the bed’s head.
1 约瑟进去禀告法老， 说： "我的父亲和兄弟们， 带着他们的牛羊和他们所有的一切， 都从迦南地来了， 现在就在歌珊地。"
2 约瑟从他所有的兄弟当中， 挑选了五个人， 把他们带到法老面前。
3 法老问约瑟的兄弟们说： "你们是作什么的？"他们回答法老： "仆人们是牧羊人， 我们和我们的祖先都是一样。"
4 他们又对法老说： "我们来是要在这地寄居， 因为迦南地的饥荒严重， 你仆人们的羊群没有草吃， 所以， 现在求你容许你仆人住在歌珊地。"
5 法老对约瑟说： "你的父亲和兄弟们到你这里来了；
6 埃及地都在你面前， 你只管叫你的父亲和兄弟们住在这地最好的地方， 他们可以住在歌珊地。你如果知道他们中间有能干的人， 可以派他们看管我的牲畜。"
7 约瑟把他父亲雅各带到法老面前， 雅各就给法老祝福。
8 法老问雅各： "你有多大年纪了？"
9 雅各回答法老： "我寄居在世的年日是一百三十岁。我一生的年日又少又苦， 不及我祖先寄居在世的年日。"
10 雅各又给法老祝福， 然后离开法老出去了。
11 约瑟照着法老的吩咐安置他的父亲和兄弟们， 把兰塞地， 就是埃及地最好的地方， 给他们作产业。
12 约瑟照着孩子的数目， 用粮食供养他的父亲、兄弟们， 以及父亲的家人。
13 那时， 遍地都没有粮食， 因为饥荒非常严重。埃及地和迦南地的人， 因为饥荒的缘故都饿昏了。
14 约瑟收集了埃及地和迦南地所有的银子， 就是众人买粮的银子； 约瑟就把那些银子交到法老的王宫去。
15 埃及地和迦南地的银子都用尽了， 埃及众人就来到约瑟那里， 说： "银子已用完了。求你给我们粮食吧， 我们为什么要饿死在你面前呢？"
16 约瑟回答： "如果银子用完了， 可以把你们的牲畜给我， 我就把粮食给你们， 交换你们的牲畜。"
17 于是， 他们把牲畜带到约瑟那里， 约瑟就把粮食给他们， 交换他们的马匹、羊群、牛群和驴。那一年， 约瑟就用粮食交换他们所有的牲畜， 来养活他们。
18 那一年过后， 第二年他们又来到约瑟那里， 对他说： "我们不向我主隐瞒， 我们的银子都用尽了， 牲畜也归了我主； 在我主面前， 除了我们的身体和田地以外， 什么也没有剩下了。
19 为什么我们和我们的田地要在你面前消灭呢？求你用粮食买我们和我们的田地， 我们和田地就必为法老效劳了。又求你给我们谷种， 使我们可以活着， 不至死亡， 田地也不至荒芜。"
20 于是， 约瑟为法老买了埃及所有的田地， 因为埃及人遭遇了严重的饥荒， 各人都卖了自己的田地。这样， 那地就都归法老所有。
21 至于人民， 约瑟把他们迁到城市里去（"约瑟把他们迁到城市里去"有古卷及古译本作"使他们成了奴仆"）， 从埃及境内的一端， 直到另一端。
22 只有祭司的田地， 约瑟没有买， 因为祭司有从法老所得的粮饷； 他们可以吃法老所给的粮饷， 所以没有卖自己的田地。
23 约瑟对人民说： "看哪， 我今日为法老买了你们和你们的田地。这里有谷种给你们， 你们可以种地。
24 到了收割的时候， 你们要把五分之一给法老， 其余四分可以归你们自己， 作田里的种子， 又作你们以及你们家人和孩子的食物。"
25 他们说： "你救了我们； 愿我们在我主面前得蒙喜悦， 我们就作法老的奴仆。"
26 于是， 约瑟为埃及的田地立了一个法例， 直到今日还有效， 就是五分之一归给法老； 只有祭司的田地不归给法老。
27 以色列人住在埃及国的歌珊地， 他们在那里置业繁殖， 人数非常众多。
28 雅各在埃及地住了十七年； 他一生的寿数是一百四十七岁。
29 以色列的死期快到了， 就把他儿子约瑟叫了来， 对他说： "如果我在你面前蒙你喜悦， 请你把手放在我的大腿底下起誓， 要以慈爱和诚实对待我， 不要把我埋葬在埃及。
30 我与我的祖先同睡的时候， 你要把我从埃及带出去， 埋葬在他们的墓地里。"约瑟说： "我必照着你的话去作。"
31 雅各说： "你要向我起誓。"约瑟就向他起了誓， 于是以色列靠着床头（"靠着床头"有古译本作"倚着杖头"﹝参来11:21﹞）敬拜 神。