Barashiyt 47

Then Yusaph 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 Kena’an; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen."

And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.

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."

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 Kena’an: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen."

And Pharaoh spake unto Yusaph, saying, "Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

The land of Mitzrayim 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."

And Yusaph brought in Yashar'al his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Yashar'al blessed Pharaoh.

And Pharaoh said unto Yashar'al, "How old art thou?"

And Yashar'al said unto Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a 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."

And Yashar'al blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

And Yusaph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Mitzrayim, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

And Yusaph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Mitzrayim and all the land of Kena’an fainted by reason of the famine.

And Yusaph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Mitzrayim, and in the land of Kena’an, for the corn which they bought: and Yusaph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.

And when money failed in the land of Mitzrayim, and in the land of Kena’an, all the Mitzrites came unto Yusaph, and said, "Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth."

And Yusaph said, "Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail."

And they brought their cattle unto Yusaph: and Yusaph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.

When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, "We will not hide it from my Adun, how that our money is spent; my Adun also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my Adun, but our bodies, and our lands:"

"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."

And Yusaph bought all the land of Mitzrayim for Pharaoh; for the Mitzrites sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.

Then Yusaph 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.

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."

Then Yusaph 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."

"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."

And they said, "Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my Adun, and we will be Pharaoh's servants."

And Yusaph made it a law over the land of Mitzrayim unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.

And Yashar'al dwelt in the land of Mitzrayim, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

And Yashar'al lived in the land of Mitzrayim seventeen years: so the whole age of Yashar'al was a hundred forty and seven years.

And the time drew nigh that Yashar'al must die: and he called his son Yusaph, 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 Mitzrayim:

But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Mitzrayim, and bury me in their buryingplace." And he said, "I will do as thou hast said."

And he said, "Swear unto me." And he swore unto him. And Yashar'al bowed himself upon the bed's head.