창세기(Genesis) 47장

 

 

창세기(Genesis) 47장

 

1. Joseph went and told Pharaoh, "My

father and brothers, with their flocks

and herds and everything they own,

have come from the land of Canaan

and are now in Goshen."

 

2. He chose five of his brothers and

presented them before Pharaoh.

 

3. Pharaoh asked the brothers, "What

is your occupation?" "Your servants

are shepherds," they replied to

Pharaoh, "just as our fathers were."

 

4. They also said to him, "We have

come to live here awhile, because

the famine is severe in Canaan and

your servants' flocks have no

pasture. So now, please let your

servants settle in Goshen."

 

5. Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Your

father and your brothers have

come to you,

 

6. and the land of Egypt is before

you; settle your father and your

brothers in the best part of the

land. Let them live in Goshen.

And if you know of any among

them with special ability, put

them in charge of my own

livestock."

 

7. Then Joseph brought his father

Jacob in and presented him before

Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed

Pharaoh,

 

8. Pharaoh asked him, "How old are

you?"

 

9. And Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The

years of my pilgrimage are a hundred

and thirty. My years have been few

and difficult, and they do not equal

the years of the pilgrimage of my

fathers."

 

10. Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and

went out from his presence.

 

11. So Joseph settled his father and his

brothers in Egypt and gave them

property in the best part of the land,

the districrt of Rameses, as Pharaoh

directed.

 

12. Joseph also provided his father

and his brothers and all his father's

household with food, according to

the number of their children.

 

13. There was no food, however, in

the whole rehion because the famine

was severe; both Egypt and Canaan

wasted away because of the famine.

 

14. Joseph collected all the money

that was to be found in Egypt and

Canaan in payment for the grain

they were buying, and he brought

it to Pharaoh's palace.

 

15. When the money of the people of

Egypt and Canaan was gone, all Egypt

came to Joseph and said, "Give us

food. Why should we die before your

eyes? Our money is used up."

 

16. "Then bring your livestock," said

Joseph. "I will sell you food in

exchange for your livestock, since

your money is gone."

 

17. So they brought their livestock to

Joseph, and he gave them food in

exchange for their horses, their

sheep and goats, their cattle and

donkeys. And he brought them

through that year with food in

exchange for all their livestock.

 

18. When that year was over, they

came to him the following year and

said, "We cannot hide from our lord

the fact that since our money is

gone and our livestock belongs to

you, there is nothing left for our

lord except our bodies and our

land.

 

19. Why should we perish before your

eyes- -we and our land as well? Buy

us and our land in exchange for food,

and we with our land will be in

bondage to Pharaoh. Give us seed

so that we may live and not die, and

that the land may not become

desolate."

 

20. So Joseph bought all the land in

Egypt for Pharaoh. The Egyptians,

one and all, sold their fields, because

the famine was too severe for them.

The land became Pharaoh's,

 

21. and Joseph reduced the people to

servitude, from one end of Egypt to

the other.

 

22. However, he did not buy the land

of the priests, because they received

a regular allotment from Pharaoh

and had food enough from the

allotment Pharaoh gave them. That

is why they did not sell their land.

 

23. Joseph said to the people, "Now

that I have bought you and your land

today for Pharaoh, here is seed for

you so you can plant the ground.

 

24. But when the crop comes in, give

a fifth of it to Pharaoh. The other four

-fifths you may keep as seed for the

fields and as food for yourselves and

your households and your children."

 

25. "You have saved our lives," they said.

"May we find favor in the eyes of our

lord; we will be in bondage to Pharaoh."

 

26. So Joseph established it as a law

concerning land in Egypt- -still in force

today- -that a fifth of the produce

belongs to Pharaoh. It was only the

land of the priests that did not

become Pharaoh's.

 

27. Now the Israelites settled in Egypt

in the region of Goshen. They acquired

property there and were fruitful and

increased greatly in number.

 

28. Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years,

and the years of his life were a hundred

and forty-seven.

 

29. When the time drew near for Israel

to die, he called for his son Joseph

and said to him, "If I have found favor

in your eyes, put your hand under my

thigh and promise that you will show

me kindness and faithfulness. Do not

bury me in Egypt,

 

30. but when I rest with my fathers,

carry me out of Egypt and bury me

where they are buried." "I will do as

you say," he said.

 

31. "Swear to me," he said. Then Joseph

swore to him, and Israel worshiped as

he leaned on the top of his staff.