The Book of Genesis, Chapter 47ΓΕΝΕΣΙΣ ΜΖ′

Εἰσελθὼν δὲ Ιωσηφ ἀπήγγειλεν τῷ Φαραω λέγων· Ὁ πατήρ μου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί μου καὶ τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν καὶ πάντα ὅσα αὐτοῖς ἐστιν παρεγένοντο ἐκ γῆς Χανααν· καὶ ἰδοὺ εἰσὶν ἐν γῇ Γεσεμ.

And Joseph went in and reported to Pharaoh, saying: 'My father and my brothers and their livestock and all that belongs to them have come from the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Gesem.'

Ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ παρέλαβεν πέντε ἄνδρας καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτοὺς ἐναντίον Φαραω.

And from his brothers he took five men and set them before Pharaoh.

Καὶ εἶπεν Φαραω τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς Ιωσηφ· Τί τὸ ἔργον ὑμῶν; Οἱ δὲ εἶπον τῷ Φαραω· Ποιμένες προβάτων εἰσμεν οἱ παῖδές σου, καὶ ἡμεῖς καὶ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν.

And Pharaoh said to the brothers of Joseph: 'What is your occupation?' And they said to Pharaoh: 'Your servants are shepherds of sheep, both we and our fathers.'

Εἶπον δὲ τῷ Φαραω· Παροικεῖν ἐν τῇ γῇ ἥκαμεν· οὐ γάρ ἐστιν νομὴ τοῖς κτήνεσιν τῶν παίδων σου, ἐνίσχυσεν γὰρ ὁ λιμὸς ἐν γῇ Χανααν· νῦν οὖν κατοικήσομεν ἐν γῇ Γεσεμ.

And they said to Pharaoh: 'We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the livestock of your servants, since the famine has grown severe in the land of Canaan; and now therefore let us dwell in the land of Gesem.'

Εἶπεν δὲ Φαραω τῷ Ιωσηφ λέγων· Ὁ πατήρ σου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί σου ἥκασιν πρός σε·

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, saying: 'Your father and your brothers have come to you;'

ἰδοὺ ἡ γῆ τῆς Αἰγύπτου ἐναντίον σού ἐστιν· ἐν τῇ βελτίστῃ γῇ κατοίκισον τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου· κατοικείτωσαν ἐν γῇ Γεσεμ· εἰ δὲ ἐπίστῃ ὅτι εἰσὶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἄνδρες δυνατοί, κατάστησον αὐτοὺς ἄρχοντας τῶν ἐμῶν κτηνῶν.

Behold, the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best land; let them dwell in the land of Gesem; and if you know that there are capable men among them, appoint them overseers of my own livestock.

Εἰσήγαγεν δὲ Ιωσηφ Ιακωβ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτὸν ἐναντίον Φαραω· καὶ ηὐλόγησεν Ιακωβ τὸν Φαραω.

And Joseph brought in Jacob his father and stood him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Εἶπεν δὲ Φαραω τῷ Ιακωβ· Πόσα ἔτη ζωῆς σου;

And Pharaoh said to Jacob: 'How many are the years of your life?'

Εἶπεν δὲ Ιακωβ τῷ Φαραω· Αἱ ἡμέραι τῶν ἐτῶν τῆς παροικήσεώς μου ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα ἔτη· μικραὶ καὶ πονηραὶ γεγόνασιν αἱ ἡμέραι τῶν ἐτῶν τῆς ζωῆς μου καὶ οὐκ ἀφίκοντο εἰς τὰς ἡμέρας τῶν ἐτῶν τῆς ζωῆς τῶν πατέρων μου, ἃς αὐτοὶ ἔζησαν.

And Jacob said to Pharaoh: 'The days of the years of my sojourning are one 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, which they themselves lived.'

Καὶ ηὐλόγησεν Ιακωβ τὸν Φαραω καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from before him.

Καὶ κατῴκισεν Ιωσηφ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς κατάσχεσιν ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου, ἐν τῇ βελτίστῃ γῇ, ἐν γῇ Ραμεσση, καθὰ προσέταξεν Φαραω.

And Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

Καὶ ἐσιτομέτρει Ιωσηφ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντα τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ σῖτον κατὰ σῶμα.

And Joseph provided grain to his father and his brothers and all the household of his father, according to each person.

Σῖτος δὲ οὐκ ἦν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ· ἐνίσχυσεν γὰρ ὁ λιμὸς σφόδρα· ἐξέλιπεν δὲ ἡ γῆ Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἡ γῆ Χανααν ἀπὸ τοῦ λιμοῦ.

And there was no grain in all the land, for the famine was very severe; and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan were exhausted by the famine.

Συνέλεξεν δὲ Ιωσηφ πᾶν τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ εὑρεθὲν ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἐν γῇ Χανααν τοῦ σίτου οὗ ἠγόραζον, καὶ εἰσήνεγκεν Ιωσηφ τὸ ἀργύριον εἰς τὸν οἶκον Φαραω.

And Joseph collected all the silver found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan for the grain which they were buying, and Joseph brought the silver into the house of Pharaoh.

Καὶ ἐξέλιπεν τὸ ἀργύριον ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἐκ γῆς Χανααν. Ἦλθον δὲ πάντες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι πρὸς Ιωσηφ λέγοντες· Δὸς ἡμῖν ἄρτους· ἵνα τί ἀποθνῄσκομεν ἐναντίον σου; ἐκλέλοιπεν γὰρ τὸ ἀργύριον ἡμῶν.

And the silver was exhausted from the land of Egypt and from the land of Canaan. And all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying: 'Give us bread; why should we die before you? For our silver is gone.'

Εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς Ιωσηφ· Φέρετε τὰ κτήνη ὑμῶν, καὶ δώσω ὑμῖν ἄρτους ἀντὶ τῶν κτηνῶν ὑμῶν, εἰ ἐκλέλοιπεν τὸ ἀργύριον.

And Joseph said to them: 'Bring your livestock, and I will give you bread in exchange for your livestock, if the silver has run out.'

Ἤγαγον δὲ τὰ κτήνη πρὸς Ιωσηφ, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς Ιωσηφ ἄρτους ἀντὶ τῶν ἵππων καὶ ἀντὶ τῶν προβάτων καὶ ἀντὶ τῶν βοῶν καὶ ἀντὶ τῶν ὄνων· καὶ ἐξέθρεψεν αὐτοὺς ἐν ἄρτοις ἀντὶ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ἐκείνῳ.

And they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses and in exchange for the sheep and in exchange for the cattle and in exchange for the donkeys; and he fed them on bread in exchange for all their livestock in that year.

Παρῆλθεν δὲ ὁ ἐνιαυτὸς ἐκεῖνος, καὶ ἦλθον πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ τῷ δευτέρῳ καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ· Μή ποτε ἐκτριβῶμεν ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν· εἰ γὰρ ἐκλέλοιπεν τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ τὰ κτήνη πρὸς σέ, κύριε, οὐχ ὑπολείπεται ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν, ἀλλ᾿ ἢ τὸ σῶμα ἡμῶν καὶ ἡ γῆ ἡμῶν.

And that year passed, and they came to him in the second year and said to him: 'Lest we be destroyed before our lord — for if the silver and the livestock and the cattle have gone to you, lord, nothing remains before our lord except our bodies and our land.'

Ἵνα οὖν μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν ἐναντίον σου καὶ ἡ γῆ ἐρημωθῇ, κτῆσαι ἡμᾶς καὶ τὴν γῆν ἡμῶν ἀντὶ ἄρτου, καὶ ἐσόμεθα ἡμεῖς καὶ ἡ γῆ ἡμῶν παῖδες Φαραω· δὸς σπέρμα ἵνα σπείρωμεν καὶ ζήσωμεν καὶ μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν, καὶ ἡ γῆ οὐκ ἐρημωθήσεται.

So then, that we may not die before you and the land be made desolate, acquire us and our land in exchange for bread, and we and our land will be servants of Pharaoh; give seed so that we may sow and live and not die, and the land will not be desolated.

Ἐκτήσατο δὲ Ιωσηφ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων τῷ Φαραω· ἐπώλησαν γὰρ οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν τῷ Φαραω, ἐπεκράτησεν γὰρ αὐτῶν ὁ λιμός· καὶ ἐγένετο ἡ γῆ Φαραω.

And Joseph acquired all the land of the Egyptians for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold their land to Pharaoh, for the famine prevailed over them; and the land became Pharaoh's.

Καὶ τὸν λαὸν κατεδουλώσατο αὐτῷ εἰς παῖδας ἀπ᾿ ἄκρων ὁρίων Αἰγύπτου ἕως τῶν ἄκρων.

And the people he reduced to servitude for him, as servants, from the extremities of the borders of Egypt to the extremities.

Πλὴν τὴν γῆν τῶν ἱερέων μόνον οὐκ ἐκτήσατο· ἡ γὰρ μερὶς τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἐκ τοῦ Φαραω, καὶ ἤσθιον τὴν μερίδα αὐτῶν, ἣν ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς Φαραω· διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐπώλησαν τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν.

Except only the land of the priests he did not acquire; for the allotment to the priests came from Pharaoh, and they were eating their allotment which Pharaoh had given them; therefore they did not sell their land.

Εἶπεν δὲ Ιωσηφ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ· Ἰδοὺ κέκτημαι ὑμᾶς καὶ τὴν γῆν ὑμῶν σήμερον τῷ Φαραω· λάβετε ἑαυτοῖς σπέρμα καὶ σπείρετε τὴν γῆν·

And Joseph said to all the people: 'Behold, I have acquired you and your land today for Pharaoh; take seed for yourselves and sow the land;'

καὶ ἔσται τὰ γενήματα αὐτῆς, καὶ δώσετε τὸ πέμπτον τῷ Φαραω, τὰ δὲ τέσσαρα μέρη ἔσται ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς εἰς σπέρμα τῇ γῇ καὶ εἰς βρῶσιν ὑμῖν καὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις ὑμῶν.

And its produce will come, and you shall give the fifth part to Pharaoh, and the four parts will be for you yourselves — for seed for the land and for food for you and for all who are in your houses.

Καὶ εἶπον· Σεσωκας ἡμᾶς· εὕρομεν χάριν ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν· ἐσόμεθα παῖδες Φαραω.

And they said: 'You have saved us; may we find favor before our lord; we will be servants of Pharaoh.'

Καὶ ἔθετο αὐτοῖς Ιωσηφ εἰς πρόσταγμα ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης ἐπὶ γῆν Αἰγύπτου τῷ Φαραω ἀποπεμπέσθαι τὸ πέμπτον· χωρὶς τῆς γῆς τῶν ἱερέων μόνον, ἣ οὐκ ἦν Φαραω.

And Joseph established for them as a statute to this day over the land of Egypt that the fifth part should be sent to Pharaoh; except only the land of the priests, which did not belong to Pharaoh.

Κατῴκησεν δὲ Ισραηλ ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου, ἐν τῇ Γεσεμ, καὶ ἐκληρονόμησαν ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ ηὐξήθησαν καὶ ἐπληθύνθησαν σφόδρα.

And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Gesem, and they took possession in it and they grew and they multiplied greatly.

Ἔζησεν δὲ Ιακωβ ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου δέκα ἑπτὰ ἔτη· ἐγένοντο δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι Ιακωβ, τὰ ἔτη τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ, ἑκατὸν τεσσαράκοντα ἑπτά.

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred and forty-seven.

Ἤγγισαν δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι Ισραηλ τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ Ιωσηφ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Εἰ εὕρηκα χάριν ἐναντίον σου, ὑπόθες τὴν χεῖρά σου ὑπὸ τὸν μηρόν μου καὶ ποιήσεις ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἔλεος καὶ ἀλήθειαν τοῦ μὴ θάψαι με ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ·

And the days of Israel drew near to die, and he called his son Joseph and said to him: 'If I have found favor before you, place your hand under my thigh and you will deal with me in steadfast love and faithfulness, not to bury me in Egypt;'

ἀλλὰ κοιμηθήσομαι μετὰ τῶν πατέρων μου, καὶ ἄρεις με ἐξ Αἰγύπτου καὶ θάψεις με ἐν τῷ τάφῳ αὐτῶν. Εἶπεν δὲ Ιωσηφ· Ἐγὼ ποιήσω κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμά σου.

'but I will lie down with my fathers, and you will carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their tomb.' And Joseph said: 'I myself will do according to your word.'

Εἶπεν δέ· Ὄμοσόν μοι· καὶ ὤμοσεν αὐτῷ. Καὶ προσεκύνησεν Ισραηλ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τῆς ῥάβδου αὐτοῦ.

And he said: 'Swear to me'; and he swore to him. And Israel bowed upon the top of his staff.