THEN Yoceph came and told Phar'oh, 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 Kena`an; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Phar'oh.
And Phar'oh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Phar'oh, Your servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.
They said moreover unto Phar'oh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for your servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Kena`an: now therefore, we pray you, let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
And Phar'oh spoke unto El-Yoceph, saying, Your father and your brethren are come unto you:
The land of Mitsrayim is before you; in the best of the land make your father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if you know any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
And Yoceph brought in Ya`aqov his father, and set him before Phar'oh: and Ya`aqov blessed Phar'oh.
And Phar'oh said unto El-Ya`aqov, How old are you?
And Ya`aqov said unto Phar'oh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a 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 Ya`aqov blessed Phar'oh, and went out from before Phar'oh.
And Yoceph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Mitsrayim, in the best of the land, in the land of Ra`amcec, as Phar'oh had commanded.
And Yoceph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Mitsrayim and all the land of Kena`an fainted by reason of the famine.
And Yoceph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Mitsrayim, and in the land of Kena`an, for the grain which they bought: and Yoceph brought the money into Phar'oh's house.
And when money failed in the land of Mitsrayim, and in the land of Kena`an, all the Mitsriym came unto El-Yoceph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in your presence? for the money fails.
And Yoceph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
And they brought their cattle unto El-Yoceph: and Yoceph 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.
When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my adoniy, how that our money is spent; my el-adoniy also has our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my adoniy, but our bodies, and our lands:
Wherefore shall we die before your eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Phar'oh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
And Yoceph bought all the land of Mitsrayim for Phar'oh; for the Mitsriym sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Phar'oh's.
And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Mitsrayim even to the other end thereof.
Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Phar'oh, and did eat their portion which Phar'oh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
Then Yoceph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Phar'oh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Phar'oh, 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 they said, You have saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my adoniy, and we will be Phar'oh's servants.
And Yoceph made it a law over the land of Mitsrayim unto this day, that Phar'oh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Phar'oh's.
And Yashar'el dwelt in the land of Mitsrayim, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
And Ya`aqov lived in the land of Mitsrayim seventeen years: so the whole age of Ya`aqov was a hundred forty and seven years.
And the time drew nigh that Yashar'el must die: and he called his son Yoceph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in your sight, put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray you, in Mitsrayim:
But I will lie with my fathers, and you shall carry me out of Mitsrayim, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as you have said.
And he said, Swear unto me. And he swore unto him. And Yashar'el bowed himself upon the bed's head.