1 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： "你们是作什么的？"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。" 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。 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， 我们为什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， 什么也没有剩下了。 19 为什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， 约瑟把他们迁到城市里去（"约瑟把他们迁到城市里去"有古卷及古译本作"使他们成了奴仆"）， 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。 27 以色列人住在埃及国的歌珊地， 他们在那里置业繁殖， 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。

1 And Joseph cometh, and declareth to Pharaoh, and saith, `My father, and my brethren, and their flock, and their herd, and all they have, have come from the land of Canaan, and lo, they [are] in the land of Goshen.`2 And out of his brethren he hath taken five men, and setteth them before Pharaoh;3 and Pharaoh saith unto his brethren, `What [are] your works?` and they say unto Pharaoh, `Thy servants [are] feeders of a flock, both we and our fathers;`4 and they say unto Pharaoh, `To sojourn in the land we have come, for there is no pasture for the flock which thy servants have, for grievous [is] the famine in the land of Canaan; and now, let thy servants, we pray thee, dwell in the land of Goshen.`5 And Pharaoh speaketh unto Joseph, saying, `Thy father and thy brethren have come unto thee:6 the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land cause thy father and thy brethren to dwell -- they dwell in the land of Goshen, and if thou hast known, and there are among them men of ability, then thou hast set them heads over the cattle I have.`7 And Joseph bringeth in Jacob his father, and causeth him to stand before Pharaoh; and Jacob blesseth Pharaoh.8 And Pharaoh saith unto Jacob, `How many [are] the days of the years of thy life?`9 And Jacob saith unto Pharaoh, `The days of the years of my sojournings [are] an hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not reached the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their sojournings.`10 And Jacob blesseth Pharaoh, and goeth out from before Pharaoh.11 And Joseph settleth his father and his brethren, and giveth to them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh commanded;12 and Joseph nourisheth his father, and his brethren, and all the house of his father [with] bread, according to the mouth of the infants.13 And there is no bread in all the land, for the famine [is] very grievous, and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan are feeble because of the famine;14 and Joseph gathereth all the silver that is found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn that they are buying, and Joseph bringeth the silver into the house of Pharaoh.15 And the silver is consumed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land of Canaan, and all the Egyptians come in unto Joseph, saying, `Give to us bread -- why do we die before thee, though the money hath ceased?`16 and Joseph saith, `Give your cattle; and I give to you for your cattle, if the money hath ceased.`17 And they bring in their cattle unto Joseph, and Joseph giveth to them bread, for the horses, and for the cattle of the flock, and for the cattle of the herd, and for the asses; and he tendeth them with bread, for all their cattle, during that year.18 And that year is finished, and they come in unto him on the second year, and say to him, `We do not hide from my lord, that since the money hath been finished, and possession of the cattle [is] unto my lord, there hath not been left before my lord save our bodies, and our ground;19 why do we die before thine eyes, both we and our ground? buy us and our ground for bread, and we and our ground are servants to Pharaoh; and give seed, and we live, and die not, and the ground is not desolate.`20 And Joseph buyeth all the ground of Egypt for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians have sold each his field, for the famine hath been severe upon them, and the land becometh Pharaoh`s;21 as to the people he hath removed them to cities from the [one] end of the border of Egypt even unto its [other] end.22 Only the ground of the priests he hath not bought, for the priests have a portion from Pharaoh, and they have eaten their portion which Pharaoh hath given to them, therefore they have not sold their ground.23 And Joseph saith unto the people, `Lo, I have bought you to-day and your ground for Pharaoh; lo, seed for you, and ye have sown the ground,24 and it hath come to pass in the increases, that ye have given a fifth to Pharaoh, and four of the parts are for yourselves, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for those who [are] in your houses, and for food for your infants.`25 And they say, `Thou hast revived us; we find grace in the eyes of my lord, and have been servants to Pharaoh;`26 and Joseph setteth it for a statute unto this day, concerning the ground of Egypt, [that] Pharaoh hath a fifth; only the ground of the priests alone hath not become Pharaoh`s.27 And Israel dwelleth in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they have possession in it, and are fruitful, and multiply exceedingly;28 and Jacob liveth in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, are an hundred and forty and seven years.29 And the days of Israel are near to die, and he calleth for his son, for Joseph, and saith to him, `If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and thou hast done with me kindness and truth; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt,30 and I have lain with my fathers, and thou hast borne me out of Egypt, and buried me in their burying-place.` And he saith, `I -- I do according to thy word;`31 and he saith, `Swear to me;` and he sweareth to him, and Israel boweth himself on the head of the bed.