1 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 moreover 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.
1 Tad Jāzeps gāja un sacīja faraonam: „Mans tēvs un mani brāļi ar saviem sīklopiem un ar saviem liellopiem un ar visu, kas tiem ir, ir atnākuši no Kānaāna zemes un tagad ir Gošenē.“
2 Un viņš paņēma piecus vīrus no savu brāļu vidus un atveda tos pie faraona.
3 Un faraons sacīja uz viņa brāļiem: „Kāda jūsu nodarbošanās?“ Tie atbildēja: „Tavi kalpi ir sīklopu gani, kā mēs, tā arī mūsu tēvi.“
4 Un viņi sacīja faraonam: „Mēs esam nākuši, lai kā svešinieki piemājotu Šinī zemē, jo nav ganību tiem sīklopiem, kas pieder taviem kalpiem, tāpēc ka bads Kānaāna zemē ir smags. Tad nu, lūdzams, atļauj taviem kalpiem dzīvot Gošenē.“
5 Tad faraons sacīja Jāzepam, teikdams: „Tavs tēvs un tavi brāļi ir atnākuši pie tevis.
6 Ēģiptes zeme ir tavā priekšā; vislabākajā zemes daļā lai apmetas tavs tēvs un tavi brāļi—Gošenes zemē, un ja tu atzīsti, ka starp viņiem ir krietni vīri, tad iecel tos par pārraugiem tiem lopiem, kas man pieder.“
7 Un Jāzeps atveda savu tēvu Jēkabu un statīja to faraonam priekšā, un Jēkabs svētīja iaraonu.
8 Un faraons prasīja Jēkabam: „Cik daudz tev gadu?“
9 Un Jēkabs sacīja faraonam: „Mani svešniecības gadi ir simts trīsdesmit; īsi un bēdu pilni ir mani mūža gadi, un tie nesasniedz manu tēvu mūža gadus viņu sirošanas laikos.“
10 Un Jēkabs svētīja faraonu un aizgāja prom no faraona.
11 Tā Jāzeps iedeva savam tēvam un saviem brāļiem dzīves vietas un zemes īpašumus Ēģiptes labākajā daļā, Ramzesa novadā, kā to faraons bija pavēlējis.
12 Un Jāzeps apgādāja savu tēvu un savus brāļus un visu sava tēva namu ar maizi pēc bērnu skaita.
13 Un nebija maizes visā tanī zemē, jo bads bija jo smags, tā ka Ēģiptes zemei un Kānaāna zemei draudēja izmiršana.
14 Un Jāzeps savāca visu naudu, kas bija Ēģiptes un Kānaāna zemē, par to labību, ko tie bija pirkuši, un aiznesa šo naudu faraona namā.
15 Kad nu nauda Ēģiptes zemē un Kānaāna zemē bija izsmelta, tad visi ēģiptieši nāca pie Jāzepa, teikdami: „Dod mums maizi! Kāpēc mums mirt? Mums vairs nav naudas.“
16 Un Jāzeps atbildēja: „Atvediet man savus ganāmpulkus, tad es došu jums par jūsu lopiem, ja jums vairs nav naudas.“
17 Tad viņi atveda savus lopus pie Jāzepa, un Jāzeps iedeva tiem maizi pret zirgiem, sīklopiem, liellopiem un ēzeļiem; un tanī gadā viņš tos apgādāja ar labību pret nodotiem lopiem.
18 Kad gads bija pagājis, tie arī nākamajā gadā nāca pie viņa un sacīja: „Mēs mūsu kungam nevaram slēpt, ka nauda ir pagalam, bet sīklopi un liellopi pieder mūsu kungam; mums nekā vairs cita nav mūsu kunga priekšā, kā mēs paši un mūsu zeme.
19 Kāpēc lai mēs mirstam tavu acu priekšā, mēs un mūsu zeme? Pērc mūs un mūsu laukus pret maizi, tad mēs ar savu zemi būsim faraona kalpi. Tikai dod labību sēklai, ka mēs paliekam dzīvi un nemirstam, un zeme nepaliek par tuksnesi.“
20 Un Jāzeps nopirka faraonam visu Ēģiptes zemi, jo ēģiptieši pārdeva ikviens savu tīrumu, tāpēc ka pārāk nepanesams bija bads. Tā zeme nonāca faraona īpašumā.
21 Un tautu viņš pārvērta dzimtsļaudīs no viena Ēģiptes zemes gala līdz otram.
22 Tikai priesteru zemes viņš neuzpirka, jo priesteriem bija faraona dots likumīgs ienākums, un viņi pārtika no ienākuma, ko faraons viņiem bija nolicis, un tādēļ tie savus tīrumus nepārdeva.
23 Un Jāzeps sacīja tautai: „Redzi, es esmu tagad nopircis jūs un jūsu zemes faraonam. Te jums sēkla, ko savus laukus apsēt.
24 Bet ar augļiem būs tā, ka jums piektā dala jādod faraonam, bet četras daļas paliks jums, ir tīruma sēklai, ir barībai jums un tiem, kas jūsu namā, un pārtikai jūsu mazajiem bērniem.“
25 Un viņi atbildēja: „Tu mūsu dzīvības esi izglābis; ja mēs tikai varam atrast žēlastību sava kunga acīs, mēs būsim kalpi faraonam.“
26 Un Jāzeps to izdeva kā likumu, kas līdz pat šai dienai pastāv Ēģiptes zemē, ka faraonam jādod piektā daļa. Tikai priesteru zemes nebija pakļautas faraonam.
27 Tā Israēls apmetās Gošenes zemē, Ēģiptē, un tiem bija tur īpašumi, un viņi augļojās un vairojās ļoti spēji.
28 Jēkabs nodzīvoja Ēģiptē septiņpadsmit gadus, un Jēkaba mūža gadi bija simts četrdesmit septiņi gadi.
29 Kad laiks tuvojās, ka Israēlam bija jāmirst, tad viņš ataicināja savu dēlu Jāzepu un sacīja viņam: „Ja es esmu atradis labvēlību tavās acīs, tad liec savu roku zem mana ciskas kaula un parādi man žēlastību un mīlestību—neaproc mani Ēģiptes zemē,
30 Bet ļauj man gulēt pie maniem tēviem. Aizved mani no Ēģiptes un aproc mani viņu kapos.“ Tad tas sacīja: „Es darīšu, kā tu saki.“
31 Un viņš sacīja: „Zvēri man!“ Un tas zvērēja viņam. Tad Israēls zemu noliecās savas gultas galvgalī.
