1 ف َذَهَبَ يُوسُفُ وَكَلَّمَ فِرعَوْنَ فَقالَ لَهُ: «جاءَ أبِي وَإخوَتِي مَعَ كُلِّ غَنَمِهِمْ وَبَقَرِهِمْ وَكُلِّ ما يَملِكُونَ مِنْ أرْضِ كَنعانَ. وَهُمُ الآنَ فِي أرْضِ جاسانَ.»

Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, My father and my brothers, with their flocks and their herds and all that they own, have come from the land of Canaan, and they are in the land of Goshen.

2 و َأخَذَ يُوسُفُ مَعَهُ خَمْسَةً مِنْ إخْوَتِهِ وَقَدَّمَهُمْ إلَى فِرعَوْنَ.

And from among his brothers he took five men and presented them to Pharaoh.

3 ف َقالَ فِرعَوْنُ لإخْوَةِ يُوسُفَ: «ما هُوَ عَمَلُكُمْ؟» فَقالُوا لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «نَحنُ خُدّامَكَ رُعاةٌ، أباً عَنْ جَدٍّ.»

And Pharaoh said to his brothers, What is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers before us.

4 ث ُمَّ قالُوا لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «جِئْنا لِنَقِيمَ كَغُرَباءَ فِي الأرْضِ. إذْ لا يُوجَدُ مَرعَىً لِمَواشِي خُدّامِكَ، لِأنَّ المَجاعَةَ قاسِيَةٌ فِي أرْضِ كَنْعانَ. فاسْمَحْ لَنا، نَحنُ خُدّامَكَ، بِأنْ نَسْتَقِرَّ فِي أرْضِ جاسانَ.»

Moreover, they said to Pharaoh, We have come to sojourn in the land, for your servants have no pasture for our flocks, for the famine is very severe in Canaan. So now, we pray you, let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

5 ف َقالَ فِرعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «جاءَ أبوْكَ وَإخوَتُكَ إلَيكَ.

And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Your father and your brothers have come to you.

6 و َها هِيَ أرْضُ مِصْرَ مَفْتُوحَةٌ أمامَكَ. فَأسْكِنْ أباكَ وَإخوَتَكَ فِي أفضَلِ بُقعَةٍ فِي الأرْضِ. لِيَسْكُنُوا فِي أرْضِ جاسانَ. وَإنْ كُنتَ تَعرِفُ أنَّ بَينَهُمْ رِجالاً مُقْتَدِرِينَ، فَعَيِّنْهُمْ رُؤَساءَ رُعاةٍ مُشْرِفِينَ عَلَى مَواشِيَّ.»

The land of Egypt is before you; make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them live in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any men of ability among them, put them in charge of my cattle.

7 ث ُمَّ أحضَرَ يُوسُفُ أباهُ يَعقُوبَ وَقَدَّمَهُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ. وَبارَكَ يَعقُوبُ فِرعَوْنَ.

Then Joseph brought in Jacob his father and presented him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

8 ف َقالَ فِرعَوْنُ لِيَعقُوبَ: «كَمْ عُمْرُكَ؟»

And Pharaoh asked Jacob, How old are you?

9 ف َقالَ يَعقُوبُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «سَنَواتُ اغتِرابِي هِيَ مِئَةٌ وَثَلاثُونَ سَنَةً. وَسَنَواتُ حَياتِي قَلِيلَةٌ وَصَعْبَةٌ. وَلَمْ أبلُغْ عُمْرَ آبائِي.»

Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are 130 years; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and they have not attained to those of the life of my fathers in their pilgrimage.

10 و َبارَكَ يَعقُوبُ فِرعَوْنَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِندِهِ.

And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence.

11 و َهَكَذا أسْكَنَ يُوسُفُ أباهُ وَإخوَتَهُ وَأعطاهُمْ أملاكاً فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ، فِي أفضَلِ بُقْعَةٍ مِنْها، فِي أرْضِ رَعَمْسِيسَ، كَما أمَرَ فِرعَوْنُ.

Joseph settled his father and brethren and gave them a possession in Egypt in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses (Goshen), as Pharaoh commanded.

12 و َكانَ يُوسُفُ يَعُولُ أباهُ وَإخوَتَهُ وَكُلَّ بَيتِ أبِيهِ بِالطَّعامِ، مِنَ الكَبِيرِ إلَى الصَّغِيرِ. يُوسُفُ يشتري أرْضاً لفِرْعَون

And Joseph supplied his father and his brethren and all his father’s household with food, according to their families.

13 و َلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي البِلادِ طَعامٌ، إذْ كانَتِ المَجاعَةُ قاسِيَةً جِدّاً. وَافتَقَرَتْ أرْضُ مِصْرَ وَأرْضُ كَنْعانَ كَثِيراً بِسَبَبِ المَجاعَةِ.

there was no food in all the land, for the famine was distressingly severe, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan hung in doubt and wavered by reason of the hunger (destitution, starvation) of the famine.

14 ف َجَمَعَ يُوسُفُ كُلَّ الفِضَّةِ الَّتِي فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ وَفِي أرْضِ كَنْعانَ مُقابِلَ القَمحِ الَّذِي اشْتَرُوهُ. وَجَلَبَ يُوسُفُ الفِضَّةَ إلَى بَيتِ فِرعَوْنَ.

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.

15 و َلَمّا لَمْ تَعُدْ هُناكَ فِضَّةٌ فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ وَأرْضِ كَنْعانَ، جاءَ كُلُّ شَعبِ مِصْرَ إلَى يُوسُفَ وَقالُوا لَهُ: «أعطِنا طَعاماً، وَإلّا مُتْنا أمامَكَ. فَقَدْ نَفَذَتْ فِضَّتُنا.»

And when the money was exhausted in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, Give us food! Why should we die before your very eyes? For we have no money left.

16 ف َقالَ يُوسُفُ: «أعطُونِي مَواشِيكُمْ. وَسَأُعطِيكُمْ طَعاماً مُقابِلَ مَواشِيكُمْ إنْ كانَتْ فِضَّتُكُمْ قَدْ نَفَذَتْ.»

Joseph said, Give up your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for if your money is gone.

17 ف َأتَوا بِمَواشِيهِمْ إلَى يُوسُفَ. فَأعطاهُمْ طَعاماً مُقابِلَ خَيلِهِمْ وَغَنَمِهِمْ وَبَقَرِهِمْ وَحَمِيرِهِمْ. وَفِي تِلْكَ السَّنَةِ زَوَّدَهُمْ يُوسُفُ بِالطَّعامِ مُقابِلَ كُلِّ مَواشِيهِمْ.

So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and gave them food in exchange for the horses, flocks, cattle of the herds, and the donkeys; and he supplied them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year.

18 ف انقَضَتْ تِلْكَ السَّنَةُ. فَجاءُوا إلَيهِ فِي السَّنَةِ التّالِيَةِ وَقالُوا: «نَعلَمُ يا سَيِّدِي أنَّ فِضَّتَنا قَدْ نَفَذَتْ، وَقُطْعانَ مَواشِينا صارَتْ عِندَكَ يا سَيِّدِي. وَلَمْ يَبْقَ لَدَينا إلّا أجسادُنا وَأراضِينا.

When that year was ended, they came to the second year and said to him, We will not hide from my lord that our money is spent; my lord also has our herds of livestock; there is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our lands.

19 ف َإذا لَمْ تُرِدْ، يا سَيِّدِي، أنْ نَمُوتَ نَحنُ وَأراضِينا، فاشْتَرِنا نَحنُ وَأراضِينا مُقابِلَ الطَّعامِ. وَسَنَكُونُ عَبِيداً مَعَ أرْضِنا لِفِرْعَوْنَ. فَأعطِنا بِذاراً لِنَزْرَعَ، فَنَحْيا وَلا نَمُوتَ، وَلا تُصْبِحَ الأرْضُ قاحِلَةً.»

Why should we perish before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. And give us seed, that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate.

20 ف اشْتَرَى يُوسُفُ كُلَّ أرْضِ مِصْرَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ. فَقَدْ باعَ كُلُّ مِصْرِيٍّ حُقُولَهُ، لِأنَّهُمْ جاعُوا كَثِيراً. فَصارَتِ الأرْضُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ.

And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field because of the overwhelming severity of the famine upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s,

21 و َاسْتَعبَدَ النّاسَ مِنْ أقصَى حُدُودِ مِصْرَ إلَى أقْصاها.

And as for the people, he removed them to cities and practically made slaves of them, from one end of the borders of Egypt to the other.

22 أ مّا الأرْضُ الوَحِيدَةُ الَّتِي لَمْ يَشْتَرِها يُوسُفُ فَكانَتْ أرْضَ الكَهَنَةِ. إذْ كانَ الكَهَنَةُ يَتَلَقُّونَ دَخلاً ثابِتاً مِنْ فِرعَوْنَ. وَلِهَذا لَمْ يُضْطَرُّوا لِبَيعِ أراضِيهِمْ.

Only the priests’ land he did not buy, for the priests had a fixed pension from Pharaoh and lived on the amount Pharaoh gave them. So they did not sell their land.

23 و َقالَ يُوسُفُ لِلشَّعْبِ: «ها قَدِ اشْتَرَيتُكُمُ اليَوْمَ مَعَ أرْضِكُمْ لِفِرْعَوْنَ. فَخُذُوا بِذاراً، وَابْذُرُوها فِي الأرْضِ.

Then Joseph said to the people, Behold, I have today bought you and your land for Pharaoh. Now here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land.

24 ل َكِنْ حِينَ يَجِيءُ الحَصادُ، يَنْبَغِي أنْ تُعطُوا خُمْسَ مَحاصِيلِكُمْ لِفِرْعَوْنَ. وَاحتَفِظوا لِأنفُسِكُمْ بِأربَعَةِ أخماسٍ. أبقُوها بِذاراً لِلحَقلِ، وَطَعاماً لَكُمْ وَلِبُيُوتِكُمْ، وَطَعاماً لِصِغارِكُمْ.»

At the increase, you shall give one-fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths shall be your own to use for seed for the field and as food for you and those of your households and for your little ones.

25 ف َقالُوا: «لَقَدْ أنقَذْتَ حَياتَنا! وَإنْ كانَ يُرْضِيكَ يا سَيِّدِي، سَنَكُونُ عَبِيداً لِفِرْعَوْنَ.»

And 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 و َهَكَذا سَنَّ يُوسُفُ قانُوناً لِأرْضِ مِصْرَ. وَهُوَ قانُونٌ سارٍ إلَى هَذا اليَوْمِ. وَيَنُصُّ القانُونُ عَلَى أنَّ خُمْسَ المَحصُولِ هُوَ مِنْ نَصِيبِ فِرعَوْنَ. وَأرْضُ الكَهَنَةِ هِيَ وَحدَها الَّتِي لَمْ تَصِرْ لِفِرْعَوْنَ. وصيةُ يَعْقُوبَ بِدَفْنِهِ في كَنْعان

And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt—to this day—that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; it was the priests’ land only which did not become Pharaoh’s.

27 ف َاسْتَقَرَّ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ فِي أرْضِ جاسانَ مِنْ بِلادِ مِصْرَ، وَاقتَنُوا مُمتَلَكاتٍ هُناكَ. وَأنجَبُوا أبْناءً كَثِيرِينَ، فَصارَ عَدَدُهُمْ كَبِيراً جِدّاً.

And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they gained possessions there and grew and multiplied exceedingly.

28 و َعاشَ يَعقُوبُ فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً. وَعاشَ مِئَةً وَسَبْعاً وَأرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً.

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so Jacob reached the age of 147 years.

29 و َلَمّا اقْتَرَبَ يَعقُوبُ مِنَ المَوْتِ، اسْتَدعَى ابْنَهُ يُوسُفَ، وَقالَ لَهُ: «إنْ كُنْتَ تُحِبُّنِي حَقّاً، فَضَعْ يَدَكَ تَحتَ فَخذِي، وَاحلِفْ لِي بِأنَّكَ سَتَكُونُ صادِقاً مَعْي. لا تَدفِنِّي فِي مِصْرَ.

When the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and deal loyally and faithfully with me. Do not bury me, I beg of you, in Egypt,

30 ف َعِندَما أمُوتُ، أخرِجْنِي مِنْ مِصْرَ، وَادفِنِّي فِي مَقْبَرَةِ آبائِيَ.» فَقالَ يُوسُفُ: «سَأفْعَلُ كَما قُلْتَ.»

But let me lie with my fathers; you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burying place. And said, I will do as you have directed.

31 ف َقالَ: «احلِفْ لِي.» فَحَلَفَ يُوسُفُ لَهُ. فَسَجَدَ إسْرائيلُ للهِ مُستَنِداً عَلَى حَافَّةِ سَريرهِ.

Then Jacob said, Swear to me. And he swore to him. And Israel bowed himself upon the head of the bed.