创世记 47
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
约瑟简弟兄见法老
47 约瑟进去告诉法老说：“我的父亲和我的弟兄带着羊群牛群，并一切所有的，从迦南地来了，如今在歌珊地。” 2 约瑟从他弟兄中挑出五个人来，引他们去见法老。 3 法老问约瑟的弟兄说：“你们以何事为业？”他们对法老说：“你仆人是牧羊的，连我们的祖宗也是牧羊的。” 4 他们又对法老说：“迦南地的饥荒甚大，仆人的羊群没有草吃，所以我们来到这地寄居。现在求你容仆人住在歌珊地。” 5 法老对约瑟说：“你父亲和你弟兄到你这里来了， 6 埃及地都在你面前，只管叫你父亲和你弟兄住在国中最好的地，他们可以住在歌珊地。你若知道他们中间有什么能人，就派他们看管我的牲畜。”
约瑟引雅各见法老
7 约瑟领他父亲雅各进到法老面前，雅各就给法老祝福。 8 法老问雅各说：“你平生的年日是多少呢？” 9 雅各对法老说：“我寄居在世的年日是一百三十岁。我平生的年日又少又苦，不及我列祖在世寄居的年日。” 10 雅各又给法老祝福，就从法老面前出去了。 11 约瑟遵着法老的命，把埃及国最好的地，就是兰塞境内的地，给他父亲和弟兄居住，作为产业。 12 约瑟用粮食奉养他父亲和他弟兄，并他父亲全家的眷属，都是照各家的人口奉养他们。
13 饥荒甚大，全地都绝了粮，甚至埃及地和迦南地的人因那饥荒的缘故都饿昏了。 14 约瑟收聚了埃及地和迦南地所有的银子，就是众人籴粮的银子，约瑟就把那银子带到法老的宫里。 15 埃及地和迦南地的银子都花尽了，埃及众人都来见约瑟，说：“我们的银子都用尽了，求你给我们粮食，我们为什么死在你面前呢？”
约瑟以粮易畜
16 约瑟说：“若是银子用尽了，可以把你们的牲畜给我，我就为你们的牲畜给你们粮食。” 17 于是他们把牲畜赶到约瑟那里，约瑟就拿粮食换了他们的牛、羊、驴、马。那一年因换他们一切的牲畜，就用粮食养活他们。 18 那一年过去，第二年他们又来见约瑟，说：“我们不瞒我主，我们的银子都花尽了，牲畜也都归了我主。我们在我主眼前，除了我们的身体和田地之外，一无所剩。 19 你何忍见我们人死地荒呢？求你用粮食买我们和我们的地，我们和我们的地就要给法老效力。又求你给我们种子，使我们得以存活，不致死亡，地土也不致荒凉。”
以粮易地
20 于是，约瑟为法老买了埃及所有的地。埃及人因被饥荒所迫，各都卖了自己的田地，那地就都归了法老。 21 至于百姓，约瑟叫他们从埃及这边直到埃及那边，都各归各城。 22 唯有祭司的地，约瑟没有买，因为祭司有从法老所得的常俸。他们吃法老所给的常俸，所以他们不卖自己的地。 23 约瑟对百姓说：“我今日为法老买了你们和你们的地，看哪，这里有种子给你们，你们可以种地。 24 后来打粮食的时候，你们要把五分之一纳给法老，四分可以归你们做地里的种子，也做你们和你们家口孩童的食物。” 25 他们说：“你救了我们的性命！但愿我们在我主眼前蒙恩，我们就做法老的仆人。” 26 于是约瑟为埃及地定下常例，直到今日，法老必得五分之一，唯独祭司的地不归法老。
雅各遗命于约瑟
27 以色列人住在埃及的歌珊地，他们在那里置了产业，并且生育甚多。 28 雅各住在埃及地十七年，雅各平生的年日是一百四十七岁。 29 以色列的死期临近了，他就叫了他儿子约瑟来，说：“我若在你眼前蒙恩，请你把手放在我大腿底下，用慈爱和诚实待我，请你不要将我葬在埃及。 30 我与我祖我父同睡的时候，你要将我带出埃及，葬在他们所葬的地方。”约瑟说：“我必遵着你的命而行。” 31 雅各说：“你要向我起誓。”约瑟就向他起了誓，于是以色列在床头上[a]敬拜神。
Footnotes
- 创世记 47:31 或作：扶着杖头。
创世记 47
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
雅各全家定居埃及
47 约瑟来到法老面前，对他说：“我父亲和我的弟兄们已经带着他们的羊群、牛群和所有的一切从迦南来了，现在就在歌珊。” 2 约瑟从弟兄中带了五个人去见法老。 3 法老问他们：“你们做什么工作？”他们回答说：“仆人们祖祖辈辈都是牧羊的。 4 迦南的饥荒很严重，羊群没有草吃，所以我们到这里来寄居，求你准许仆人们住在歌珊。” 5 法老对约瑟说：“你父亲和弟兄们都来了， 6 整个埃及就在你面前，尽管安排他们住在国中最好的地方。他们可以住在歌珊。如果你知道他们中间有能干的人，可以派他们看管我的牲畜。”
7 约瑟又带父亲雅各去见法老，雅各就为法老祝福。 8 法老问雅各：“你多大岁数了？” 9 雅各回答说：“我在世上寄居一百三十年了，我的日子又苦又短，不像我祖先那样高寿。” 10 雅各为法老祝福后，就告退了。 11 约瑟遵照法老之命把埃及最好的地方——兰塞境内的土地给他父亲和弟兄们居住，作他们的产业。 12 约瑟按各家人口提供粮食给父亲、弟兄及其他家人。
饥荒
13 饥荒很严重，到处都缺粮，埃及和迦南都饱受饥荒之苦。 14 约瑟把埃及人和迦南人向他买粮的银子收集起来，存放在法老的库房里。 15 埃及人和迦南人的银子都用光了，埃及人就来见约瑟，对他说：“我们的钱财都用光了，求你给我们粮食，免得我们饿死在你面前。” 16 约瑟说：“你们的钱财如果用尽了，可以用你们的牲畜来交换粮食。” 17 于是，他们把牲畜赶到约瑟那里，用他们的牛、羊、驴和马跟约瑟换粮食。那一年，他们就依靠换来的粮食生活。
18 到了第二年，他们又来见约瑟，对他说：“不瞒我主，我们的钱都用光了，牲畜也给你了，除了我们自己和田地以外，我们一无所有。 19 求你不要让我们人死地荒。我们愿意用自己和我们的田地来换粮食，我们和我们的田地都归法老。求你给我们种子，我们好活下去，不致饿死，土地也不致荒废。”
20 埃及人为饥荒所迫，纷纷卖掉自己的田地。约瑟替法老收购了埃及全国的田地，最后，所有的田地都归法老了。 21 约瑟使埃及全境的人都成为法老的奴仆。 22 约瑟唯独没有买祭司的田地，因为祭司吃法老的俸禄，有足够的供给，不用卖地。 23 约瑟对百姓说：“我为法老买了你们和你们的土地，这里有种子，你们可以拿去耕种。 24 但是你们要把收成的五分之一给法老，其余的，你们可以留下来作种子和全家人的口粮。” 25 他们说：“你救了我们的命，求你恩待我们，让我们做法老的奴仆吧。” 26 于是，约瑟立下一条法令，到今天还有效，就是埃及出产的五分之一归给法老。只有祭司的田地不归法老。
27 以色列人住在埃及的歌珊，在那里获得了产业，人口兴旺。 28 雅各在埃及住了十七年，他一共活了一百四十七岁。
29 他快要离世的时候，把儿子约瑟叫来，说：“你如果恩待我，请你把手放在我大腿底下起誓，你会以慈爱和信实待我，不把我葬在埃及。 30 我与祖先同眠后，你要把我带出埃及安葬在我祖先的身边。”约瑟说：“我必照你说的做。” 31 雅各要约瑟起誓，约瑟照做了。于是，以色列在床头[a]敬拜上帝。
Footnotes
- 47:31 “在床头”或译“拄着拐杖”。
Genesis 47
Easy-to-Read Version
Israel Settles in Goshen
47 Joseph went in to Pharaoh and said, “My father and my brothers and all their families are here. They have all their animals and everything they own from the land of Canaan with them. They are now in the land of Goshen.” 2 Joseph chose five of his brothers to be with him before the Pharaoh.
3 Pharaoh said to the brothers, “What work do you do?”
The brothers said to Pharaoh, “Sir, we are shepherds, just as our ancestors were shepherds before us.” 4 They said to Pharaoh, “The famine is very bad in Canaan. There are no fields left with grass for our animals, so we have come to live in this land. We ask you to please let us live in Goshen.”
5 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you. 6 You can choose any place in Egypt for them to live. Give your father and your brothers the best land. Let them live in the land of Goshen. And if they are skilled shepherds, they can also care for my cattle.”
7 Then Joseph called his father Jacob to come in to meet Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
8 Then Pharaoh said to him, “How old are you?”
9 Jacob said to Pharaoh, “I have had a short life with many troubles. I am only 130 years old. My father and his ancestors lived to be much older than I am.”
10 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and left from his meeting with him.
11 Joseph did what Pharaoh said and gave his father and brothers land in Egypt. It was the best land in Egypt, in the eastern part of the country, around Rameses. 12 Joseph also gave his father, his brothers, and all their people the food they needed.
Joseph Buys Land for Pharaoh
13 The famine got worse; there was no food anywhere in the land. Egypt and Canaan became very poor because of this bad time. 14 People in the land bought more and more grain. Joseph saved the money and brought it to Pharaoh’s house. 15 After some time, the people in Egypt and Canaan had no money left. They had spent all their money to buy grain. So the people of Egypt went to Joseph and said, “Please give us food. Our money is gone. If we don’t eat, we will die while you are watching.”
16 But Joseph answered, “Give me your cattle, and I will give you food.” 17 So the people used their cattle and horses and all their other animals to buy food. And that year, Joseph gave them food and took their animals.
18 But the next year the people had no animals and nothing to buy food with. So they went to Joseph and said, “You know that we have no money left, and all our animals belong to you. So we have nothing left—only what you see—our bodies and our land. 19 Surely we will die while you are watching. But if you give us food, we will give Pharaoh our land, and we will be his slaves. Give us seed so that we can plant. Then we will live and not die, and the land will grow food for us again.”
20 So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. All the people in Egypt sold Joseph their fields. They did this because they were very hungry. 21 And everywhere in Egypt all the people became Pharaoh’s slaves. 22 The only land Joseph didn’t buy was the land that the priests owned. The priests didn’t need to sell their land because Pharaoh paid them for their work. So they used this money to buy food to eat.
23 Joseph said to the people, “Now I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh. So I will give you seed, and you can plant your fields. 24 At harvest time, you must give one-fifth of your crops to Pharaoh. You can keep four-fifths for yourselves. You can use the seed you keep for food and planting the next year. Now you can feed your families and your children.”
25 The people said, “You have saved our lives. We are happy to be slaves to Pharaoh.”
26 So Joseph made a law at that time in the land, and that law continues today. The law says that one-fifth of everything from the land belongs to the Pharaoh who owns all the land. The only land he does not own is the land of the priests.
Don’t Bury Me in Egypt
27 Israel stayed in Egypt. He lived in the land of Goshen. His family grew and became very large. They became landowners there and did very well.
28 Jacob lived in Egypt 17 years, so he was 147 years old. 29 The time came when Israel knew he would soon die, so he called his son Joseph to him. He said, “If you love me, put your hand under my leg and make a promise.[a] Promise that you will do what I say and that you will be truthful with me. When I die, don’t bury me in Egypt. 30 Bury me in the place where my ancestors are buried. Carry me out of Egypt and bury me in our family grave.”
Joseph answered, “I promise that I will do what you say.”
31 Then Jacob said, “Make a vow to me.” And Joseph vowed to him that he would do this. Then Israel laid his head back down on the bed.[b]
Footnotes
- Genesis 47:29 put your hand … make a promise This was a sign of a very important promise that Jacob trusted Joseph to keep.
- Genesis 47:31 Then Israel … on the bed Or “Then Israel bowed down at the head of his bed” or “Then Israel worshiped on the head of the staff.”
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