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 went in 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 و َأخَذَ يُوسُفُ مَعَهُ خَمْسَةً مِنْ إخْوَتِهِ وَقَدَّمَهُمْ إلَى فِرعَوْنَ.

And from among his brethren he took five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.

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

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.

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.»

And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants' 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 ف َقالَ فِرعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «جاءَ أبوْكَ وَإخوَتُكَ إلَيكَ.

And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

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 thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

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

And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

8 ف َقالَ فِرعَوْنُ لِيَعقُوبَ: «كَمْ عُمْرُكَ؟»

And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life?

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

And Jacob said unto 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 have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

10 و َبارَكَ يَعقُوبُ فِرعَوْنَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِندِهِ.

And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.

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

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

And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

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

And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason 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 all spent 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 our money faileth.

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

And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

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

And they brought their cattle unto Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for 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.

And when that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto 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 nought 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.»

wherefore should 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, and that the land be not desolate.

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

So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was sore upon them: and the land became Pharaoh's.

21 و َاسْتَعبَدَ النّاسَ مِنْ أقصَى حُدُودِ مِصْرَ إلَى أقْصاها.

And as for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

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 land of the priests bought he not: for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them; wherefore they sold not their land.

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

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

And it shall come to pass at the ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth 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 ف َقالُوا: «لَقَدْ أنقَذْتَ حَياتَنا! وَإنْ كانَ يُرْضِيكَ يا سَيِّدِي، سَنَكُونُ عَبِيداً لِفِرْعَوْنَ.»

And they said, Thou hast 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 statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone became not 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 land of Goshen; and they gat them possessions therein, and were fruitful, 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 the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven 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.

And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found favor 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 ف َعِندَما أمُوتُ، أخرِجْنِي مِنْ مِصْرَ، وَادفِنِّي فِي مَقْبَرَةِ آبائِيَ.» فَقالَ يُوسُفُ: «سَأفْعَلُ كَما قُلْتَ.»

but when I sleep with my fathers, thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying-place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

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

And he said, Swear unto me: and he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.