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 to Pharaoh and said, “My father and my brothers and their flocks and cattle and all they own have come from the land of Canaan. See, they are in the land of Goshen.”

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

He took five men from among his brothers, and brought them to Pharaoh.

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

Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your work?” So they said to Pharaoh, “Your 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.»

They said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land, for there is no field with food for our flocks. The time without food is hard in the land of Canaan. So now we ask of you, let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”

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

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “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 in front of you. Have your father and your brothers live in the best of the land. Let them live in the land of Goshen. And if you know any able men among them, put my cattle in their care.”

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

Then Joseph brought his father Jacob to Pharaoh. Jacob prayed that good would come to Pharaoh.

8 ف َقالَ فِرعَوْنُ لِيَعقُوبَ: «كَمْ عُمْرُكَ؟»

And Pharaoh said to 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 answered Pharaoh, “I have traveled on this earth for 130 years. The years of my life have been few and full of sorrow, and less than the years that my fathers lived.”

10 و َبارَكَ يَعقُوبُ فِرعَوْنَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِندِهِ.

Then Jacob prayed that good would come to Pharaoh, and went away from him.

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

So Joseph made a place for his father and his brothers. He gave them a part of the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had told him.

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

Joseph gave food to his father and his brothers and all his father’s family, for the needs of their children. No Food Anywhere but in Egypt

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

Now there was no food in the land for the time without food was very hard. So the people in the land of both Egypt and Canaan became weak because of hunger.

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

So Joseph gathered all the money that was found in Egypt and Canaan for the grain 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.»

When the money was gone from the lands of Egypt and Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food! Why should we die in front of you? For we have no more money.”

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

Then Joseph said, “Give your cattle. I will give you food in trade for your cattle, because 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 animals to Joseph. And Joseph gave them food in trade for the horses and flocks and cattle and donkeys. He fed them that year in trade for their animals.

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 ended, they came to him the next year. They said, “We will not hide from my lord that our money is all gone. And the cattle belong to my lord. There is nothing left for our lord except 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 die in front of you and our lands be wasted? Buy us and our land in trade for food. We and our land will work for Pharaoh. Give us seed, so that we may live and not die, and so the land will not be wasted.”

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 every Egyptian sold his field, because the time without food was hard for them. So the land became Pharaoh’s.

21 و َاسْتَعبَدَ النّاسَ مِنْ أقصَى حُدُودِ مِصْرَ إلَى أقْصاها.

He had the people move to the cities from one end of Egypt to the other, to work for Pharaoh.

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 religious leaders he did not buy. For the religious leaders received money from Pharaoh. They lived on the money 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, “See, today I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh. Now here is seed for you to plant in the fields.

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 gathering time, you must give a fifth part to Pharaoh. Keep the rest to have seeds for the field, and to feed yourselves and your children and those of your houses.”

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

So they said, “You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the eyes of my lord. 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

Joseph made it a law in the land of Egypt that Pharaoh should have the fifth part. It is a law to this day. Only the land of the religious leaders did not become Pharaoh’s. Jacob’s Last Wish

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

Now Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in Goshen. They became richer there, and had children, and grew to a very large number.

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

Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So Jacob had lived 147 years in all.

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 came for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph. He said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, give me your promise to be kind and faithful to me. I ask of you, do not bury me in Egypt.

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

But let me lie down with my fathers. Carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried.” And Joseph said, “I will do as you have said.”

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

Jacob said, “Promise me.” So Joseph gave him his promise. Then Israel bowed in worship at the head of the bed.