AND it came to pass after this that Ya`aqov said, I will go and see my son in Mitsrayim and will then come back to the land of Kena`an of which Elohiym had spoken unto Avraham, for I cannot leave the land of my birth place.
Behold the Word of Yahuah came unto him, saying, Go down to Mitsrayim with all your household and remain there, fear not to go down to Mitsrayim for I will there make you a great nation.
And Ya`aqov said within himself, I will go and see my son whether the fear of his Elohiym is yet in his heart amidst all the inhabitants of Mitsrayim.
And Yahuah said unto Ya`aqov, Fear not about Yoceph, for he still retains his integrity to serve me, as will seem good in your sight, and Ya`aqov rejoiced exceedingly concerning his son.
At that time Ya`aqov commanded his sons and household to go to Mitsrayim according to the Word of Yahuah unto him, and Ya`aqov rose up with his sons and all his household, and he went out from the land of Kena`an from Be`er Sheva, with joy and gladness of heart, and they went to the land of Mitsrayim.
And it came to pass when they came near Mitsrayim, Ya`aqov sent Yahudah before him to Yoceph that he might show him a situation in Mitsrayim, and Yahudah did according to the word of his father, and he hastened and ran and came to Yoceph, and they assigned for them a place in the land of Goshen for all his household, and Yahudah returned and came along the road to his father.
And Yoceph harnessed the chariot, and he assembled all his mighty men and his servants and all the officers of Mitsrayim in order to go and meet his father Ya`aqov, and Yoceph's mandate was proclaimed in Mitsrayim, saying, All that do not go to meet Ya`aqov shall die.
And on the next day Yoceph went forth with all Mitsrayim a great and mighty host, all dressed in garments of fine linen and purple and with instruments of silver and gold and with their instruments of war with them.
And they all went to meet Ya`aqov with all sorts of musical instruments, with drums and timbrels, strewing myrrh and aloes all along the road, and they all went after this fashion, and the earth shook at their shouting.
And all the women of Mitsrayim went upon the roofs of Mitsrayim and upon the walls to meet Ya`aqov, and upon the head of Yoceph was Phar'oh's regal crown, for Phar'oh had sent it unto him to put on at the time of his going to meet his father.
And when Yoceph came within fifty cubits of his father, he alighted from the chariot and he walked toward his father, and when all the officers of Mitsrayim and her nobles saw that Yoceph had gone on foot toward his father, they also alighted and walked on foot toward Ya`aqov.
And when Ya`aqov approached the camp of Yoceph, Ya`aqov observed the camp that was coming toward him with Yoceph, and it gratified him and Ya`aqov was astonished at it.
And Ya`aqov said unto Yahudah, Who is that man whom I see in the camp of Mitsrayim dressed in kingly robes with a very red garment upon him and a royal crown upon his head, who has alighted from his chariot and is coming toward us? and Yahudah answered his father, saying, He is your son Yoceph the king; and Ya`aqov rejoiced in seeing the glory of his son.
And Yoceph came nigh unto his father and he bowed to his father, and all the men of the camp bowed to the ground with him before Ya`aqov.
And behold Ya`aqov ran and hastened to his son Yoceph and fell upon his neck and kissed him, and they wept, and Yoceph also embraced his father and kissed him, and they wept and all the people of Mitsrayim wept with them.
And Ya`aqov said unto Yoceph, Now I will die cheerfully after I have seen your face, that you are still living and with glory.
And the sons of Ya`aqov and their women and their children and their servants, and all the household of Ya`aqov wept exceedingly with Yoceph, and they kissed him and wept greatly with him.
And Yoceph and all his people returned afterward home to Mitsrayim, and Ya`aqov and his sons and all the children of his household came with Yoceph to Mitsrayim, and Yoceph placed them in the best part of Mitsrayim, in the land of Goshen.
And Yoceph said unto his father and unto his brethren, I will go up and tell Phar'oh, saying, My brethren and my father's household and all belonging to them have come unto me, and behold they are in the land of Goshen.
And Yoceph did so and took from his brethren Re'uven, Yisshakar, Zevulun, and his brother Binyamiyn and he placed them before Phar'oh.
And Yoceph spoke unto Phar'oh, saying, My brethren and my father's household and all belonging to them, together with their flocks and cattle have come unto me from the land of Kena`an, to sojourn in Mitsrayim; for the famine was sore upon them.
And Phar'oh said unto Yoceph, Place your father and brethren in the best part of the land, withhold not from them all that is good, and cause them to eat of the fat of the land.
And Yoceph answered, saying, Behold I have stationed them in the land of Goshen, for they are shepherds, therefore let them remain in Goshen to feed their flocks apart from the Mitsriym.
And Phar'oh said unto Yoceph, Do with your brethren all that they shall say unto you; and the sons of Ya`aqov bowed down to Phar'oh, and they went forth from him in peace, and Yoceph afterward brought his father before Phar'oh.
And Ya`aqov came and bowed down to Phar'oh, and Ya`aqov blessed Phar'oh, and he then went out; and Ya`aqov and all his sons, and all his household dwelt in the land of Goshen.
In the second year, that is in the hundred and thirtieth year of the life of Ya`aqov, Yoceph maintained his father and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread according to their little ones, all the days of the famine; they lacked nothing.
And Yoceph gave unto them the best part of the whole land; the best of Mitsrayim had they all the days of Yoceph; and Yoceph also gave unto them and unto the whole of his father's household, clothes and garments year by year; and the sons of Ya`aqov remained securely in Mitsrayim all the days of their brother.
And Ya`aqov always ate at Yoceph's table, Ya`aqov and his sons did not leave Yoceph's table day or night, besides what Ya`aqov's children consumed in their houses.
And all Mitsrayim ate bread during the days of the famine from the house of Yoceph, for all the Mitsriym sold all belonging to them on account of the famine.
And Yoceph purchased all the lands and fields of Mitsrayim for bread on the account of Phar'oh, and Yoceph supplied all Mitsrayim with bread all the days of the famine, and Yoceph collected all the silver and gold that came unto him for the grain which they bought throughout the land, and he accumulated much gold and silver, besides an immense quantity of onyx stones, bdellium and valuable garments which they brought unto Yoceph from every part of the land when their money was spent.
And Yoceph took all the silver and gold that came into his hand, about seventy two talents of gold and silver, and also onyx stones and bdellium in great abundance, and Yoceph went and concealed them in four parts, and he concealed one part in the wilderness near the Red Sea, and one part by the river Perath, and the third and fourth part he concealed in the desert opposite to the wilderness of Persia and Madai.
And he took part of the gold and silver that was left, and gave it unto all his brothers and unto all his father's household, and unto all the women of his father's household, and the rest he brought to the house of Phar'oh, about twenty talents of gold and silver.
And Yoceph gave all the gold and silver that was left unto Phar'oh, and Phar'oh placed it in the treasury, and the days of the famine ceased after that in the land, and they sowed and reaped in the whole land, and they obtained their usual quantity year by year; they lacked nothing.
And Yoceph dwelt securely in Mitsrayim, and the whole land was under his advice, and his father and all his brethren dwelt in the land of Goshen and took possession of it.
And Yoceph was very aged, advanced in days, and his two sons, Ephrayim and Menashsheh, remained constantly in the house of Ya`aqov, together with the children of the sons of Ya`aqov their brethren, to learn the ways of Yahuah and his Torah.
And Ya`aqov and his sons dwelt in the land of Mitsrayim in the land of Goshen, and they took possession in it, and they were fruitful and multiplied in it.