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Genesis 47
Names of God Bible
Genesis 47
Names of God Bible
Jacob [Israel] Meets Pharaoh
47 Joseph went and told Pharaoh, “My father and my brothers have arrived from Canaan with their flocks, herds, and everything they have. Now they are in Goshen.” 2 Since he had taken five of his brothers with him, he presented them to Pharaoh.
3 Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What kind of work do you do?”
They answered Pharaoh, “We are shepherds, as were our ancestors. 4 We have come to live in this land for a while. The famine is so severe in Canaan that there’s no pasture for our flocks. So please let us live in Goshen.”
5 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you. 6 All of Egypt is available to you. Have your father and your brothers live in the best part of the land. Let them live in Goshen. If they are qualified, put them in charge of my livestock.”
7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and had him stand in front of Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 Pharaoh asked him, “How old are you?”
9 Jacob answered Pharaoh, “The length of my stay on earth has been 130 years. The years of my life have been few and difficult, fewer than my ancestors’ years.” 10 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and left.
11 As Pharaoh had ordered, Joseph had his father and his brothers live in the best part of Egypt, the region of Rameses. He gave them property there. 12 Joseph also provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s family with food based on the number of children they had.
Joseph Acquires All the Land in Egypt for Pharaoh
13 The famine was so severe that there was no food anywhere. Neither Egypt nor Canaan were producing crops because of the famine. 14 Joseph collected all the money that could be found in Egypt and in Canaan as payment for the grain people bought. Then he took it to Pharaoh’s palace. 15 When the money in Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph. “Give us food,” they said. “Do you want us to die right in front of you? We don’t have any more money!”
16 Joseph replied, “If you don’t have any more money, give me your livestock, and I’ll give you food[a] in exchange.” 17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, sheep, goats, cattle, and donkeys. During that year he supplied them with food in exchange for all their livestock.
18 When that year was over, they came to him the next year. “Sir,” they said to him, “you know that our money is gone, and you have all our livestock. There’s nothing left to bring you except our bodies and our land. 19 Do you want us to die right in front of you? Do you want the land to be ruined? Take us and our land in exchange for food. Then we will be Pharaoh’s slaves and our land will be his property. But give us seed so that we won’t starve to death and the ground won’t become a desert.”
20 Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. Every Egyptian sold his fields because the famine was so severe. The land became Pharaoh’s. 21 All over Egypt Joseph moved the people to the cities. 22 But he didn’t buy the priests’ land because the priests received an income from Pharaoh, and they lived on that income. That’s why they didn’t sell their land.
23 Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh, here is seed for you. Plant crops in the land. 24 Every time you harvest, give one-fifth of the produce to Pharaoh. Four-fifths will be yours to use as seed for your fields and as food for your households.”
25 “You have saved our lives,” they said. “Please, sir, we are willing to be Pharaoh’s slaves.”
26 Joseph made a law concerning the land in Egypt which is still in force today: One-fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests didn’t belong to Pharaoh.
Jacob’s [Israel’s] Last Days in Egypt
27 So the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and had many children.
28 Jacob lived in Egypt 17 years, so he lived a total of 147 years. 29 Israel was about to die. He called for his son Joseph and said to him, “I want you to swear that you love me and are faithful to me. Please don’t bury me here. 30 I want to rest with my ancestors. Take me out of Egypt, and bury me in their tomb.”
“I will do as you say,” Joseph answered.
31 “Swear to me,” he said. So Joseph swore to him. Then Israel bowed down in prayer with his face at the head of his bed.
Footnotes
- Genesis 47:16 Samaritan Pentateuch, Greek, Targum; Masoretic Text “I’ll give to you.”
Genesis 47
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Genesis 47
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
47 Pagkatapos, umalis si Jose at pumunta sa Faraon kasama ang lima sa kanyang kapatid. Sinabi ni Jose sa hari, “Dumating na po ang aking ama at mga kapatid galing sa Canaan, at dala po nila ang mga hayop nila at ang lahat ng kanilang ari-arian. Naroon po sila ngayon sa Goshen.” 2 Ipinakilala niya agad sa Faraon ang lima sa kanyang kapatid.
3 Tinanong sila ng Faraon, “Ano ang trabaho ninyo?”
Sumagot sila, “Mga pastol po kami ng hayop, katulad ng mga magulang namin. 4 Pumunta kami rito para pansamantalang manirahan dahil matindi po ang taggutom sa Canaan, at wala na kaming mapagpastulan ng mga hayop namin. Hinihiling po namin sa inyo na kung maaari ay payagan nʼyo kaming manirahan sa Goshen.”
5 Sinabi ng Faraon kay Jose, “Ngayong dumating na ang iyong ama at mga kapatid, 6 nakabukas ang Egipto para sa pamilya ninyo. Patirahin sila sa Goshen, na isa sa magagandang lupain sa Egipto. Kung may mapipili ka sa kanila na mapagkakatiwalaan, gawin silang tagapagbantay ng mga hayop ko.”
7 Dinala ni Jose ang kanyang ama sa Faraon at ipinakilala. Pagkatapos, binasbasan[a] ni Jacob ang Faraon. 8 Tinanong siya ng Faraon, “Ilang taon ka na?”
9 Sumagot siya, “130 taon. Maikli at mahirap po ang naging buhay ko rito sa lupa. Hindi ito umabot sa kahabaan ng buhay ng aking mga ninuno.” 10 Pagkatapos, muli niyang binasbasan ang Faraon,[b] at umalis siya sa harapan ng Faraon.
11 Ayon sa utos ng Faraon, inilagay ni Jose sa ayos ang kanyang ama at mga kapatid sa Egipto; ibinigay niya sa kanila ang lugar ng Rameses,[c] na isa sa pinakamagandang lupain sa Egipto. 12 Sinustentuhan ni Jose ng pagkain ang kanyang ama, mga kapatid at ang buong sambahayan ng kanyang ama ayon sa dami ng kanilang mga anak.
13 Ngayon, malala na ang taggutom kaya wala nang pagkain kahit saan. Nanghina na ang mga tao sa Egipto at sa Canaan dahil sa gutom. 14 Tinipon ni Jose ang lahat ng perang ibinayad ng mga taga-Egipto at taga-Canaan na bumili ng pagkain, at dinala ito sa palasyo ng Faraon. 15 Dumating ang panahon na naubos na ang perang pambili ng mga taga-Egipto at ng mga taga-Canaan. Pumunta ang mga taga-Egipto kay Jose at sinabi, “Wala na po kaming pera. Kung maaari bigyan na lang ninyo kami ng pagkain dahil mamamatay na kami sa gutom.”
16 Sinabi ni Jose, “Kung wala na talaga kayong pera, dalhin nʼyo rito ang mga hayop ninyo at iyon ang ibayad ninyo sa pagkain ninyo.” 17 Kaya dinala nila kay Jose ang kanilang mga kabayo, tupa, baka at asno, at ipinalit ito sa pagkain. Sa loob ng isang taon, sinustentuhan sila ni Jose ng pagkain kapalit ng kanilang mga hayop.
18 Pagkalipas ng isang taon, pumunta na naman ang mga tao kay Jose at nagsabi, “Hindi po maitatago sa inyo na wala na kaming pera at ang mga hayop namin ay nariyan na sa inyo. Wala na pong naiwan sa amin, maliban sa aming sarili at mga lupain. 19 Kaya tulungan nʼyo po kami para hindi kami mamatay at hindi mapabayaan ang mga lupain namin. Payag po kami na maging alipin na lang ng hari at mapasakanya ang mga lupain namin para may makain lang kami. Bigyan nʼyo po kami agad ng mga binhi na maitatanim para hindi kami mamatay at hindi namin mapabayaan ang mga lupain namin.”
20 Kaya ipinagbili ng lahat ng taga-Egipto ang mga lupain nila kay Jose dahil matindi na ang taggutom. Binili ni Jose ang lahat ng ito para sa hari, kaya ang mga lupaing iyon ay naging pag-aari ng Faraon. 21 Ginawa ni Jose na mga alipin ng Faraon ang mga tao sa buong Egipto. 22 Ang mga lupain lang ng mga pari ang hindi nabili ni Jose. Hindi nila kailangang ipagbili ang mga lupain nila dahil sinusustentuhan sila ng Faraon ng pagkain at ng mga pangangailangan nila.
23 Sinabi ni Jose sa mga tao, “Ngayon na nabili ko na kayo pati ang mga lupain ninyo para sa Faraon, heto ang binhi para makapagtanim kayo. 24 Kapag aani kayo, ibigay ninyo sa Faraon ang 20 porsiyento ng ani ninyo. At sa inyo na ang matitira, para may maitanim kayo at may makain ang buong sambahayan ninyo.” 25 Sinabi ng mga tao, “Ginoo, napakabuti po ninyong amo sa amin; iniligtas nʼyo ang buhay namin. Pumapayag po kami na maging alipin ng Faraon.”
26 Kaya ginawa ni Jose ang kautusan sa lupain ng Egipto na ang 20 porsiyento ng ani ay para sa Faraon. Ang kautusang ito ay nagpapatuloy pa hanggang ngayon. Ang mga lupain lang ng mga pari ang hindi naging pag-aari ng Faraon.
27 Tumira ang mga Israelita sa Goshen na sakop ng Egipto. Nagkaroon sila roon ng lupain at dumami pa ang lahi nila.
28 Tumira si Jacob sa Egipto sa loob ng 17 taon, nabuhay siya hanggang 147 taon. 29 Nang naramdaman niyang malapit na siyang mamatay, tinawag niya si Jose at sinabi, “Kung maaari, ilagay mo ang kamay mo sa pagitan ng dalawang hita[d] ko at manumpa ka na ipagpapatuloy mo ang pagpapakita ng iyong kagandahang-loob sa akin. Huwag mo akong ilibing dito sa Egipto. 30 Kapag namatay na ako, ilibing mo ako sa libingan ng aking mga ninuno.”
Sumagot si Jose, “Gagawin ko po ang sinasabi ninyo.”
31 Sinabi ni Jacob, “Sumumpa ka sa akin.” Kaya sumumpa si Jose sa kanya. Lumuhod si Jacob sa kanyang higaan para magpasalamat sa Dios.
Genesis 47
New International Version
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
New King James Version
Genesis 47
New King James Version
Joseph Is Governor of Egypt
47 Then Joseph (A)went and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, their flocks and their herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan; and indeed they are in (B)the land of Goshen.” 2 And he took five men from among his brothers and (C)presented them to Pharaoh. 3 Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, (D)“What is your occupation?”
And they said to Pharaoh, (E)“Your servants are shepherds, both we and also our fathers.” 4 And they said to Pharaoh, (F)“We have come to dwell in the land, because your servants have no pasture for their flocks, (G)for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants (H)dwell in the land of Goshen.”
5 Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you. 6 (I)The land of Egypt is before you. Have your father and brothers dwell in the best of the land; let them dwell (J)in the land of Goshen. And if you know any competent men among them, then make them chief herdsmen over my livestock.”
7 Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob (K)blessed Pharaoh. 8 Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How old are you?”
9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, (L)“The days of the years of my [a]pilgrimage are (M)one hundred and thirty years; (N)few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and (O)they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.” 10 So Jacob (P)blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
11 And Joseph situated his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of (Q)Rameses, (R)as Pharaoh had commanded. 12 Then Joseph provided (S)his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with bread, according to the number in their families.
Joseph Deals with the Famine
13 Now there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, (T)so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine. 14 (U)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 So when the money failed in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us bread, for (V)why should we die in your presence? For the money has failed.”
16 Then Joseph said, “Give your livestock, and I will give you bread for your livestock, if the money is gone.” 17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the cattle of the herds, and for the donkeys. Thus he [b]fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock that year.
18 When that year had ended, they came to him the next year and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord that our money is gone; 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 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants of Pharaoh; give us seed, that we may (W)live and not die, that the land may not be desolate.”
20 Then Joseph (X)bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for every man of the Egyptians sold his field, because the famine was severe upon them. So the land became Pharaoh’s. 21 And as for the people, he [c]moved them into the cities, from one end of the borders of Egypt to the other end. 22 (Y)Only the land of the (Z)priests he did not buy; for the priests had rations allotted to them by Pharaoh, and they ate their rations which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their lands.
23 Then Joseph said to the people, “Indeed I have bought you and your land this day for Pharaoh. Look, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land. 24 And it shall come to pass in the harvest that you shall give one-fifth to Pharaoh. Four-fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and for your food, for those of your households and as food for your little ones.”
25 So they said, “You have saved (AA)our lives; let us find favor 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 to this day, that Pharaoh should have one-fifth, (AB)except for the land of the priests only, which did not become Pharaoh’s.
Joseph’s Vow to Jacob
27 So Israel (AC)dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions there and (AD)grew and multiplied exceedingly. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the length of Jacob’s life was one hundred and forty-seven years. 29 When the time (AE)drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Now if I have found favor in your sight, please (AF)put your hand under my thigh, and (AG)deal kindly and truly with me. (AH)Please do not bury me in Egypt, 30 but (AI)let me lie with my fathers; you shall carry me out of Egypt and (AJ)bury me in their burial place.”
And he said, “I will do as you have said.”
31 Then he said, “Swear to me.” And he swore to him. So (AK)Israel bowed himself on the head of the bed.
Footnotes
- Genesis 47:9 Lit. sojourning
- Genesis 47:17 supplied
- Genesis 47:21 So with MT, Tg.; Sam., LXX, Vg. made the people virtual slaves
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