Genesis Chapter 47 — Jacob Before Pharaoh | KJV & Biblical Hebrew

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וַיָּבֹא יוֹסֵף וַיַּגֵּד לְפַרְעֹה

KJVThen Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

So Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, "My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan."

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וּמִקְצֵה אֶחָיו לָקַח חֲמִשָּׁה אֲנָשִׁים

KJVAnd he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.

And from among his brothers he took five men and presented them to Pharaoh.

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וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל אֶחָיו מַה מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶם

KJVAnd Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" And they said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, as our fathers were."

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וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל פַּרְעֹה לָגוּר בָּאָרֶץ

KJVThey said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan."

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וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל יוֹסֵף לֵאמֹר

KJVAnd Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you."

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אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לְפָנֶיךָ הִוא

KJVThe land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. Let them settle in the land of Goshen.

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וַיָּבֵא יוֹסֵף אֶת יַעֲקֹב אָבִיו

KJVAnd Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Then Joseph brought in Jacob his father and stood him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

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וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל יַעֲקֹב

KJVAnd Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

And Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years of your life?"

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וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב אֶל פַּרְעֹה

KJVAnd Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

And Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my sojourning are 130 years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life."

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וַיְבָרֶךְ יַעֲקֹב אֶת פַּרְעֹה

KJVAnd Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.

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וַיּוֹשֵׁב יוֹסֵף אֶת אָבִיו

KJVAnd Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

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

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וַיְכַלְכֵּל יוֹסֵף אֶת אָבִיו

KJVAnd Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.

And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their dependents.

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וְלֶחֶם אֵין בְּכָל הָאָרֶץ

KJVAnd there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of the famine.

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וַיְלַקֵּט יוֹסֵף אֶת כָּל הַכֶּסֶף

KJVAnd Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.

And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, in exchange for the grain that they bought. And Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.

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וַיִּתֹּם הַכֶּסֶף מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם

KJVAnd when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.

And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, "Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes?"

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וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹסֵף הָבוּ מִקְנֵיכֶם

KJVAnd Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

And Joseph answered, "Give your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock, if your money is gone."

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וַיָּבִיאוּ אֶת מִקְנֵיהֶם אֶל יוֹסֵף

KJVAnd they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.

So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the herds, and the donkeys.

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וַתִּתֹּם הַשָּׁנָה הַהִוא

KJVWhen that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

And when that year was ended, they came to him the following year and said to him, "We will not hide from my lord that our money is all spent."

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לָמָּה נָמוּת לְעֵינֶיךָ

KJVWherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be servants to Pharaoh.

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וַיִּקֶן יוֹסֵף אֶת כָּל אַדְמַת מִצְרַיִם

KJVAnd Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh’s.

So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for all the Egyptians sold their fields, because the famine was severe on them.

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וְאֶת הָעָם הֶעֱבִיר אֹתוֹ לֶעָרִים

KJVAnd as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

As for the people, he made servants of them from one end of Egypt to the other.

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רַק אַדְמַת הַכֹּהֲנִים לֹא קָנָה

KJVOnly the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.

Only the land of the priests he did not buy, for the priests had a fixed allowance from Pharaoh.

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וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹסֵף אֶל הָעָם

KJVThen Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

Then Joseph said to the people, "Behold, I have this day bought you and your land for Pharaoh."

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וְהָיָה בַּתְּבוּאֹת וּנְתַתֶּם חֲמִישִׁית לְפַרְעֹה

KJVAnd it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

And at the harvests you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and as food for yourselves and your households.

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וַיֹּאמְרוּ הֶחֱיִתָנוּ

KJVAnd they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.

And they said, "You have saved our lives; may it please my lord, we will be servants to Pharaoh."

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וַיָּשֶׂם אֹתָהּ יוֹסֵף לְחֹק

KJVAnd Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh’s.

So Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt, and it stands to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth.

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וַיֵּשֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם

KJVAnd Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.

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וַיְחִי יַעֲקֹב בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם

KJVAnd Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were 147 years.

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וַיִּקְרְבוּ יְמֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לָמוּת

KJVAnd the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

When the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and promise to deal kindly and truly with me."

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וְשָׁכַבְתִּי עִם אֲבֹתַי

KJVBut I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

Do not bury me in Egypt, but let me lie with my fathers. Carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burying place." He answered, "I will do as you have said."

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וַיֹּאמֶר הִשָּׁבְעָה לִי

KJVAnd he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.

And he said, "Swear to me"; and he swore to him. Then Israel bowed himself upon the head of his bed.

Genesis — Chapter 47