The Holy Ivri Heritage Bible

1And Yosef came and told Pharaoh, saying, “My father, my brothers, their flocks, their herds, and all their possessions have come out of the land of Kena’an, and behold, they are in the land of Goshen [Gesem].” 2And he took five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh. 3And Pharaoh said to the brothers of Yosef, “What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.” 4And they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, for the famine is severe in the land of Kena’an; now therefore, let us dwell in the land of Goshen.” 5And Pharaoh said to Yosef, “Let them dwell in the land of Goshen; and if you know that there are among them able men, make them overseers of my cattle.” 6So Ya’akov and his sons came into Mitzrayim, to Yosef; and Pharaoh, king of Mitzrayim, heard of it. 7And Yosef brought in Ya’akov his father, and set him before Pharaoh; and Ya’akov blessed Pharaoh. 8And Pharaoh said to Ya’akov, “How many are the years of your life?” 9And Ya’akov 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 my life, and they have not attained to the days of the life of my fathers in their sojourning.” 10And Ya’akov blessed Pharaoh, and departed from him. 11And Yosef settled his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Mitzrayim, in the best of the land, in the land of Ramesses, as Pharaoh commanded. 12And Yosef provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to their number. 13And there was no bread in all the land, for the famine was very severe; and the land of Mitzrayim and the land of Kena’an languished because of the famine. 14And Yosef gathered all the silver that was found in the land of Mitzrayim and in the land of Kena’an, in exchange for the grain they bought; and Yosef brought the silver into Pharaoh’s house. 15And when the silver failed in the land of Mitzrayim and in the land of Kena’an, all the Egyptians came to Yosef, saying, “Give us bread, for why should we die before you? For our silver is gone.” 16And Yosef said, “Bring your livestock, and I will give you bread for your livestock, if your silver is gone.” 17And they brought their livestock to Yosef, and Yosef gave them bread in exchange for their horses, their flocks, their herds, and their donkeys; and he sustained them with bread for all their livestock that year. 18And when that year was ended, they came to him the second year and said, “We will not hide from our master that our silver is spent, and our livestock belongs to you; there is nothing left before our master but our bodies and our land. 19Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed, that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate.” 20So Yosef bought all the land of Mitzrayim for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold their land because the famine was severe, and the land became Pharaoh’s. 21And Yosef made the people servants from one end of the gevul [border/boundary] of Mitzrayim to the other, 22except only the land of the priests; Yosef did not buy it, for Pharaoh gave them a portion, and they ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their land. 23And Yosef said to all the Egyptians, “Behold, I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh. Here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land. 24And at the harvest you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts shall be for yourselves, for seed for the field, and for food for you and those in your houses.” 25And they said, “You have saved our lives; we have found favor in the sight of our master, and we will be servants to Pharaoh.” 26And Yosef made it a statute in the land of Mitzrayim to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh’s. 27And Yisra’el dwelt in the land of Mitzrayim, in the land of Goshen; and they acquired property there, and were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly. 28And Ya’akov lived in the land of Mitzrayim seventeen years; so the days of Ya’akov, the years of his life, were one hundred and forty-seven years. 29And the time drew near for Yisra’el to die; and he called his son Yosef and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh, and deal with me in mercy and truth: do not bury me in Mitzrayim. 30But I will lie with my fathers, and you shall carry me up out of Mitzrayim, and bury me in their qever (burial cave).” And Yosef said, “I will do according to your word.” 31And he said, “Swear to me.” And he swore to him. And Yisra’el bowed in worship, leaning on the top of his staff.