创世记 47
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
约瑟的兄弟进见法老
47 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:“你们是作甚么的?”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。”
雅各进见法老
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。
饥荒
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,我们为甚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,甚么也没有剩下了。 19 为甚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,约瑟使他们作奴仆(按照《马索拉文本》,“使他们作奴仆”作“把他们迁到城市里去”;现参照其他抄本及古译本翻译),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。
雅各向约瑟最后的要求
27 以色列人住在埃及国的歌珊地,他们在那里置业繁衍,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。
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”。
創世記 47
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
雅各全家定居埃及
47 約瑟來到法老面前,對他說:「我父親和我的弟兄們已經帶著他們的羊群、牛群和所有的一切從迦南來了,現在就在歌珊。」 2 約瑟從弟兄中帶了五個人去見法老。 3 法老問他們:「你們做什麼工作?」他們回答說:「僕人們祖祖輩輩都是牧羊的。 4 迦南的饑荒很嚴重,羊群沒有草吃,所以我們到這裡來寄居,求你准許僕人們住在歌珊。」 5 法老對約瑟說:「你父親和弟兄們都來了, 6 整個埃及就在你面前,儘管安排他們住在國中最好的地方。他們可以住在歌珊。如果你知道他們中間有能幹的人,可以派他們看管我的牲畜。」
7 約瑟又帶父親雅各去見法老,雅各就為法老祝福。 8 法老問雅各:「你多大歲數了?」 9 雅各回答說:「我在世上寄居一百三十年了,我的日子又苦又短,不像我祖先那樣高壽。」 10 雅各為法老祝福後,就告退了。 11 約瑟遵照法老之命把埃及最好的地方——蘭塞境內的土地給他父親和弟兄們居住,作他們的產業。 12 約瑟按各家人口提供糧食給父親、弟兄及其他家人。
饑荒
13 饑荒很嚴重,到處都缺糧,埃及和迦南都飽受饑荒之苦。 14 約瑟把埃及人和迦南人向他買糧的銀子收集起來,存放在法老的庫房裡。 15 埃及人和迦南人的銀子都用光了,埃及人就來見約瑟,對他說:「我們的錢財都用光了,求你給我們糧食,免得我們餓死在你面前。」 16 約瑟說:「你們的錢財如果用盡了,可以用你們的牲畜來交換糧食。」 17 於是,他們把牲畜趕到約瑟那裡,用他們的牛、羊、驢和馬跟約瑟換糧食。那一年,他們就依靠換來的糧食生活。
18 到了第二年,他們又來見約瑟,對他說:「不瞞我主,我們的錢都用光了,牲畜也給你了,除了我們自己和田地以外,我們一無所有。 19 求你不要讓我們人死地荒。我們願意用自己和我們的田地來換糧食,我們和我們的田地都歸法老。求你給我們種子,我們好活下去,不致餓死,土地也不致荒廢。」
20 埃及人為饑荒所迫,紛紛賣掉自己的田地。約瑟替法老收購了埃及全國的田地,最後,所有的田地都歸法老了。 21 約瑟使埃及全境的人都成為法老的奴僕。 22 約瑟唯獨沒有買祭司的田地,因為祭司吃法老的俸祿,有足夠的供給,不用賣地。 23 約瑟對百姓說:「我為法老買了你們和你們的土地,這裡有種子,你們可以拿去耕種。 24 但是你們要把收成的五分之一給法老,其餘的,你們可以留下來作種子和全家人的口糧。」 25 他們說:「你救了我們的命,求你恩待我們,讓我們做法老的奴僕吧。」 26 於是,約瑟立下一條法令,到今天還有效,就是埃及出產的五分之一歸給法老。只有祭司的田地不歸法老。
27 以色列人住在埃及的歌珊,在那裡獲得了產業,人口興旺。 28 雅各在埃及住了十七年,他一共活了一百四十七歲。
29 他快要離世的時候,把兒子約瑟叫來,說:「你如果恩待我,請你把手放在我大腿底下起誓,你會以慈愛和信實待我,不把我葬在埃及。 30 我與祖先同眠後,你要把我帶出埃及安葬在我祖先的身邊。」約瑟說:「我必照你說的做。」 31 雅各要約瑟起誓,約瑟照做了。於是,以色列在床頭[a]敬拜上帝。
Footnotes
- 47·31 「在床頭」或譯「拄著拐杖」。
Genesis 47
New International Version
47 Joseph went and told Pharaoh, “My father and brothers, with their flocks and herds and everything they own, have come from the land of Canaan(A) and are now in Goshen.”(B) 2 He chose five of his brothers and presented them(C) before Pharaoh.
3 Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?”(D)
“Your servants(E) are shepherds,(F)” they replied to Pharaoh, “just as our fathers were.” 4 They also said to him, “We have come to live here for a while,(G) because the famine is severe in Canaan(H) and your servants’ flocks have no pasture.(I) So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen.”(J)
5 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you, 6 and the land of Egypt is before you; settle(K) your father and your brothers in the best part of the land.(L) Let them live in Goshen. And if you know of any among them with special ability,(M) put them in charge of my own livestock.(N)”
7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him(O) before Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed[a] Pharaoh,(P) 8 Pharaoh asked him, “How old are you?”
9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty.(Q) My years have been few and difficult,(R) and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.(S)” 10 Then Jacob blessed[b] Pharaoh(T) and went out from his presence.
11 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land,(U) the district of Rameses,(V) as Pharaoh directed. 12 Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their children.(W)
Joseph and the Famine
13 There was no food, however, in the whole region because the famine was severe; both Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of the famine.(X) 14 Joseph collected all the money that was to be found in Egypt and Canaan in payment for the grain they were buying,(Y) and he brought it to Pharaoh’s palace.(Z) 15 When the money of the people of Egypt and Canaan was gone,(AA) all Egypt came to Joseph(AB) and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes?(AC) Our money is all gone.”
16 “Then bring your livestock,(AD)” said Joseph. “I will sell you food in exchange for your livestock, since your money is gone.(AE)” 17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses,(AF) their sheep and goats, their cattle and donkeys.(AG) And he brought them through that year with food in exchange for all their livestock.
18 When that year was over, they came to him the following year and said, “We cannot hide from our lord the fact that since our money is gone(AH) and our livestock belongs to you,(AI) there is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land. 19 Why should we perish before your eyes(AJ)—we and our land as well? Buy us and our land in exchange for food,(AK) and we with our land will be in bondage to Pharaoh.(AL) Give us seed so that we may live and not die,(AM) and that the land may not become desolate.”
20 So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. The Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields, because the famine was too severe(AN) for them. The land became Pharaoh’s, 21 and Joseph reduced the people to servitude,[c](AO) from one end of Egypt to the other. 22 However, he did not buy the land of the priests,(AP) because they received a regular allotment from Pharaoh and had food enough from the allotment(AQ) Pharaoh gave them. That is why they did not sell their land.
23 Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed(AR) for you so you can plant the ground.(AS) 24 But when the crop comes in, give a fifth(AT) of it to Pharaoh. The other four-fifths you may keep as seed for the fields and as food for yourselves and your households and your children.”
25 “You have saved our lives,” they said. “May we find favor in the eyes of our lord;(AU) we will be in bondage to Pharaoh.”(AV)
26 So Joseph established it as a law concerning land in Egypt—still in force today—that a fifth(AW) of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. It was only the land of the priests that did not become Pharaoh’s.(AX)
27 Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen.(AY) They acquired property there(AZ) and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.(BA)
28 Jacob lived in Egypt(BB) seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.(BC) 29 When the time drew near for Israel(BD) to die,(BE) he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes,(BF) put your hand under my thigh(BG) and promise that you will show me kindness(BH) and faithfulness.(BI) Do not bury me in Egypt, 30 but when I rest with my fathers,(BJ) carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried.”(BK)
“I will do as you say,” he said.
31 “Swear to me,”(BL) he said. Then Joseph swore to him,(BM) and Israel(BN) worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.[d](BO)
Footnotes
- Genesis 47:7 Or greeted
- Genesis 47:10 Or said farewell to
- Genesis 47:21 Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also Vulgate); Masoretic Text and he moved the people into the cities
- Genesis 47:31 Or Israel bowed down at the head of his bed
Genesis 47
King James Version
47 Then Joseph came 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 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.
4 They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their 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 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
11 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 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
15 And when money failed 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 the money faileth.
16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.
18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
19 Wherefore shall 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, that the land be not desolate.
20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
23 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 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part 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 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace 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 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
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