1 Then Joseph went to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds and all they have, are come from Canaan, and are now in the land of Goshen.2 And he took five of his brothers to Pharaoh.3 And Pharaoh said to them, What is your business? And they said, Your servants are keepers of sheep, as our fathers were before us.4 And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.5 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.6 And Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and when word of it came to the ears of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, he said to Joseph, Your father and brothers have come to you; all the land of Egypt is before you; let your father and your brothers have the best of the land for their resting-place.7 Then Joseph made his father Jacob come before Pharaoh, and Jacob gave him his blessing.8 And Pharaoh said to him, How old are you?9 And Jacob said, The years of my wanderings have been a hundred and thirty; small in number and full of sorrow have been the years of my life, and less than the years of the wanderings of my fathers.10 And Jacob gave Pharaoh his blessing, and went out from before him.11 And Joseph made a place for his father and his brothers, and gave them a heritage in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had given orders.12 And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food for the needs of their families.13 Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.14 And all the money in Egypt and in the land of Canaan which had been given for grain, came into the hands of Joseph: and he put it in Pharaoh's house.15 And when all the money in Egypt and Canaan was gone, the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread; would you have us come to destruction before your eyes? for we have no more money.16 And Joseph said, Give me your cattle; I will give you grain in exchange for your cattle if your money is all gone.17 So they took their cattle to Joseph and he gave them bread in exchange for their horses and flocks and herds and asses, so all that year he gave them food in exchange for their cattle.18 And when that year was ended, they came to him in the second year, and said, We may not keep it from our lord's knowledge that all our money is gone, and all the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nothing more to give my lord but our bodies and our land;19 Are we to come to destruction before your eyes, we and our land? take us and our land and give us bread; and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh; and give us seed so that we may have life and the land may not become waste.20 So Joseph got all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh; for every Egyptian gave up his land in exchange for food, because of their great need; so all the land became Pharaoh's.21 And as for the people, he made servants of them, town by town, from one end of Egypt to the other.22 Only he did not take the land of the priests, for the priests had their food given them by Pharaoh, and having what Pharaoh gave them, they had no need to give up their land.23 Then Joseph said to the people, I have made you and your land this day the property of Pharaoh; here is seed for you to put in your fields.24 And when the grain is cut, you are to give a fifth part to Pharaoh, and four parts will be yours for seed and food, and for your families and your little ones.25 And they said to him, Truly you have kept us from death; may we have grace in your eyes, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.26 Then Joseph made a law which is in force to this day, that Pharaoh was to have the fifth part; only the land of the priests did not become his.27 And so Israel was living among the Egyptians in the land of Goshen; and they got property there, and became very great in numbers and in wealth.28 And Jacob was living in the land of Goshen for seventeen years; so the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.29 And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt;30 But when I go to my fathers, you are to take me out of Egypt and put me to rest in their last resting-place. And he said, I will do so.31 And he said, Take an oath to me; and he took an oath to him: and Israel gave worship on the bed's head.

1 Ingressus ergo Joseph nuntiavit Pharaoni, dicens : Pater meus et fratres, oves eorum et armenta, et cuncta qu possident, venerunt de terra Chanaan : et ecce consistunt in terra Gessen. 2 Extremos quoque fratrum suorum quinque viros constituit coram rege : 3 quos ille interrogavit : Quid habetis operis ? Responderunt : Pastores ovium sumus servi tui, et nos et patres nostri. 4 Ad peregrinandum in terra tua venimus : quoniam non est herba gregibus servorum tuorum, ingravescente fame in terra Chanaan : petimusque ut esse nos jubeas servos tuos in terra Gessen. 5 Dixit itaque rex ad Joseph : Pater tuus et fratres tui venerunt ad te. 6 Terra gypti in conspectu tuo est : in optimo loco fac eos habitare, et trade eis terram Gessen. Quod si nosti in eis esse viros industrios, constitue illos magistros pecorum meorum. 7 Post hc introduxit Joseph patrem suum ad regem, et statuit eum coram eo : qui benedicens illi, 8 et interrogatus ab eo : Quot sunt dies annorum vit tu ? 9 respondit : Dies peregrinationis me centum triginta annorum sunt, parvi et mali, et non pervenerunt usque ad dies patrum meorum quibus peregrinati sunt. 10 Et benedicto rege, egressus est foras. 11 Joseph vero patri et fratribus suis dedit possessionem in gypto in optimo terr loco, Ramesses, ut prceperat Pharao. 12 Et alebat eos, omnemque domum patris sui, prbens cibaria singulis.13 In toto enim orbe panis deerat, et oppresserat fames terram, maxime gypti et Chanaan. 14 E quibus omnem pecuniam congregavit pro venditione frumenti, et intulit eam in rarium regis. 15 Cumque defecisset emptoribus pretium, venit cuncta gyptus ad Joseph, dicens : Da nobis panes : quare morimur coram te, deficiente pecunia ? 16 Quibus ille respondit : Adducite pecora vestra, et dabo vobis pro eis cibos, si pretium non habetis. 17 Qu cum adduxissent, dedit eis alimenta pro equis, et ovibus, et bobus, et asinis : sustentavitque eos illo anno pro commutatione pecorum. 18 Venerunt quoque anno secundo, et dixerunt ei : Non celabimus dominum nostrum quod deficiente pecunia, pecora simul defecerunt : nec clam te est, quod absque corporibus et terra nihil habeamus. 19 Cur ergo moriemur te vidente ? et nos et terra nostra tui erimus : eme nos in servitutem regiam, et prbe semina, ne pereunte cultore redigatur terra in solitudinem. 20 Emit igitur Joseph omnem terram gypti, vendentibus singulis possessiones suas pr magnitudine famis. Subjecitque eam Pharaoni, 21 et cunctos populos ejus a novissimis terminis gypti usque ad extremos fines ejus, 22 prter terram sacerdotum, qu a rege tradita fuerat eis : quibus et statuta cibaria ex horreis publicis prbebantur, et idcirco non sunt compulsi vendere possessiones suas. 23 Dixit ergo Joseph ad populos : En ut cernitis, et vos et terram vestram Pharao possidet : accipite semina, et serite agros, 24 ut fruges habere possitis. Quintam partem regi dabitis : quatuor reliquas permitto vobis in sementem, et in cibum familiis et liberis vestris. 25 Qui responderunt : Salus nostra in manu tua est : respiciat nos tantum dominus noster, et lti serviemus regi. 26 Ex eo tempore usque in prsentem diem, in universa terra gypti regibus quinta pars solvitur, et factum est quasi in legem, absque terra sacerdotali, qu libera ab hac conditione fuit.27 Habitavit ergo Isral in gypto, id est, in terra Gessen, et possedit eam : auctusque est, et multiplicatus nimis. 28 Et vixit in ea decem et septem annis : factique sunt omnes dies vit illius, centum quadraginta septem annorum. 29 Cumque appropinquare cerneret diem mortis su, vocavit filium suum Joseph, et dixit ad eum : Si inveni gratiam in conspectu tuo, pone manum tuam sub femore meo : et facies mihi misericordiam et veritatem, ut non sepelias me in gypto : 30 sed dormiam cum patribus meis, et auferas me de terra hac, condasque in sepulchro majorum meorum. Cui respondit Joseph : Ego faciam quod jussisti. 31 Et ille : Jura ergo, inquit, mihi. Quo jurante, adoravit Isral Deum, conversus ad lectuli caput.