AT that time the children of Tarshiysh came against the sons of Yishma'el, and made war with them, and the children of Tarshiysh spoiled the Yishma'e'liym for a long time.
And the children of Yishma'el were small in number in those days, and they could not prevail over the children of Tarshiysh, and they were sorely oppressed.
And the old men of the Yishma'e'liym sent a record to the king of Mitsrayim, saying, Send I pray you unto your servants officers and hosts to help us to fight against the children of Tarshiysh, for we have been consuming away for a long time.
And Phar'oh sent Yoceph with the mighty men and host which were with him, and also his mighty men from the king's house.
And they went to the land of Chaviylah to the children of Yishma'el, to assist them against the children of Tarshiysh, and the children of Yishma'el fought with the children of Tarshiysh, and Yoceph smote the Tarshiyshiym and he subdued all their land, and the children of Yishma'el dwell therein unto this day.
And when the land of Tarshiysh was subdued, all the Tarshiyshiym ran away, and came on the border of their brethren the children of Yavan, and Yoceph with all his mighty men and host returned to Mitsrayim, not one man of them missing.
And at the revolution of the year, in the second year of Yoceph's reigning over Mitsrayim, Yahuah gave great plenty throughout the land for seven years as Yoceph had spoken, for Yahuah blessed all the produce of the earth in those days for seven years, and they ate and were greatly satisfied.
And Yoceph at that time had officers under him, and they collected all the food of the good years, and heaped grain year by year, and they placed it in the treasuries of Yoceph.
And at any time when they gathered the food Yoceph commanded that they should bring the grain in the ears, and also bring with it some of the soil of the field, that it should not spoil.
And Yoceph did according to this year by year, and he heaped up grain like the sand of the sea for abundance, for his stores were immense and could not be numbered for abundance.
And also all the inhabitants of Mitsrayim gathered all sorts of food in their stores in great abundance during the seven good years, but they did not do unto it as Yoceph did.
And all the food which Yoceph and the Mitsriym had gathered during the seven years of plenty, was secured for the land in stores for the seven years of famine, for the support of the whole land.
And the inhabitants of Mitsrayim filled each man his store and his concealed place with grain, to be for support during the famine.
And Yoceph placed all the food that he had gathered in all the cities of Mitsrayim, and he closed all the stores and placed sentinels over them.
And Yoceph's woman Acenath the daughter of Potiy Phera bore him two sons, Menashsheh and Ephrayim, and Yoceph was thirty four years old when he begat them.
And the lads grew up and they went in his ways and in his instructions, they did not deviate from the way which their father taught them, either to the right or left.
And Yahuah was with the lads, and they grew up and had understanding and skill in all wisdom and in all the affairs of government, and all the king's officers and his great men of the inhabitants of Mitsrayim exalted the lads, and they were brought up amongst the king's children.
And the seven years of plenty that were throughout the land were at an end, and the seven years of famine came after them as Yoceph had spoken, and the famine was throughout the land.
And all the people of Mitsrayim saw that the famine had commenced in the land of Mitsrayim, and all the people of Mitsrayim opened their stores of grain for the famine prevailed over them.
And they found all the food that was in their stores, full of vermin and not fit to eat, and the famine prevailed throughout the land, and all the inhabitants of Mitsrayim came and cried before Phar'oh, for the famine was heavy upon them.
And they said unto Phar'oh, Give food unto your servants, and wherefore shall we die through hunger before your eyes, even we and our little ones?
And Phar'oh answered them, saying, And wherefore do you cry unto me? did not Yoceph command that the grain should be laid up during the seven years of plenty for the years of famine? and wherefore did you not hearken to his voice?
And the people of Mitsrayim answered the king, saying, As your soul lives, our adoniy, your servants have done all that Yoceph ordered, for your servants also gathered in all the produce of their fields during the seven years of plenty and laid it in the stores unto this day.
And when the famine prevailed over your servants we opened our stores, and behold all our produce was filled with vermin and was not fit for food.
And when the king heard all that had befallen the inhabitants of Mitsrayim, the king was greatly afraid on account of the famine, and he was much terrified; and the king answered the people of Mitsrayim, saying, Since all this has happened unto you, go unto Yoceph, do whatsoever he shall say unto you, transgress not his commands.
And all the people of Mitsrayim went forth and came unto Yoceph, and said unto him, Give unto us food, and wherefore shall we die before you through hunger? for we gathered in our produce during the seven years as you did command, and we put it in store, and thus has it befallen us.
And when Yoceph heard all the words of the people of Mitsrayim and what had befallen them, Yoceph opened all his stores of the produce and he sold it unto the people of Mitsrayim.
And the famine prevailed throughout the land, and the famine was in all countries, but in the land of Mitsrayim there was produce for sale.
And all the inhabitants of Mitsrayim came unto Yoceph to buy grain, for the famine prevailed over them, and all their grain was spoiled, and Yoceph daily sold it to all the people of Mitsrayim.
And all the inhabitants of the land of Kena`an and the Pelishtiym, and those beyond the Yardan, and the children of the east and all the cities of the lands far and nigh heard that there was grain in Mitsrayim, and they all came to Mitsrayim to buy grain, for the famine prevailed over them.
And Yoceph opened the stores of grain and placed officers over them, and they daily stood and sold to all that came.
And Yoceph knew that his brethren also would come to Mitsrayim to buy grain, for the famine prevailed throughout the earth. And Yoceph commanded all his people that they should cause it to be proclaimed throughout the land of Mitsrayim, saying,
It is the pleasure of the king, of his second and of their great men, that any person who wishes to buy grain in Mitsrayim shall not send his servants to Mitsrayim to purchase, but his sons, and also any Mitsriy or Kena`aniy, who shall come from any of the stores from buying grain in Mitsrayim, and shall go and sell it throughout the land, he shall die, for no one shall buy but for the support of his household.
And any man leading two or three beasts shall die, for a man shall only lead his own beast.
And Yoceph placed sentinels at the gates of Mitsrayim, and commanded them, saying, Any person who may come to buy grain, suffer him not to enter until his name, and the name of his father, and the name of his father's father be written down, and whatsoever is written by day, send their names unto me in the evening that I may know their names.
And Yoceph placed officers throughout the land of Mitsrayim, and he commanded them to do all these things.
And Yoceph did all these things, and made these statutes, in order that he might know when his brethren should come to Mitsrayim to buy grain; and Yoceph's people caused it daily to be proclaimed in Mitsrayim according to these words and statutes which Yoceph had commanded.
And all the inhabitants of the east and west country, and of all the earth, heard of the statutes and regulations which Yoceph had enacted in Mitsrayim, and the inhabitants of the extreme parts of the earth came and they bought grain in Mitsrayim day after day, and then went away.
And all the officers of Mitsrayim did as Yoceph had commanded, and all that came to Mitsrayim to buy grain, the gate keepers would write their names, and their fathers' names, and daily bring them in the evening before Yoceph.