Genesis 47 – NIV & TCB

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Genesis 47:1-31

1Joseph 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.” 2He chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.

3Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?”

“Your servants are shepherds,” they replied to Pharaoh, “just as our fathers were.” 4They also said to him, “We have come to live here for a while, because the famine is severe in Canaan and your servants’ flocks have no pasture. So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen.”

5Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you, 6and 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.”

7Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed47:7 Or greeted Pharaoh, 8Pharaoh asked him, “How old are you?”

9And 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.” 10Then Jacob blessed47:10 Or said farewell to Pharaoh and went out from his presence.

11So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh directed. 12Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their children.

Joseph and the Famine

13There was no food, however, in the whole region because the famine was severe; both Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of the famine. 14Joseph 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. 15When 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 all gone.”

16“Then bring your livestock,” said Joseph. “I will sell you food in exchange for your livestock, since your money is gone.” 17So 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.

18When 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. 19Why 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.”

20So 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, 21and Joseph reduced the people to servitude,47:21 Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also Vulgate); Masoretic Text and he moved the people into the cities from one end of Egypt to the other. 22However, 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.

23Joseph 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. 24But 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.”

26So 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.

27Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.

28Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven. 29When 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, 30but 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.47:31 Or Israel bowed down at the head of his bed

Tagalog Contemporary Bible

Genesis 47:1-31

1Pagkatapos, umalis si Jose at pumunta sa Faraon kasama ang lima sa kanyang kapatid. Sinabi ni Jose sa hari, “Dumating na po ang aking ama at mga kapatid galing sa Canaan, at dala po nila ang mga hayop nila at ang lahat ng kanilang ari-arian. Naroon po sila ngayon sa Goshen.” 2Ipinakilala niya agad sa Faraon ang lima sa kanyang kapatid.

3Tinanong sila ng Faraon, “Ano ang trabaho ninyo?”

Sumagot sila, “Mga pastol po kami ng hayop, katulad ng mga magulang namin. 4Pumunta kami rito para pansamantalang manirahan dahil matindi po ang taggutom sa Canaan, at wala na kaming mapagpastulan ng mga hayop namin. Hinihiling po namin sa inyo na kung maaari ay payagan nʼyo kaming manirahan sa Goshen.”

5Sinabi ng Faraon kay Jose, “Ngayong dumating na ang iyong ama at mga kapatid, 6nakabukas ang Egipto para sa pamilya ninyo. Patirahin sila sa Goshen, na isa sa magagandang lupain sa Egipto. Kung may mapipili ka sa kanila na mapagkakatiwalaan, gawin silang tagapagbantay ng mga hayop ko.”

7Dinala ni Jose ang kanyang ama sa Faraon at ipinakilala. Pagkatapos, binasbasan47:7 binasbasan: o, kinamusta. ni Jacob ang Faraon. 8Tinanong siya ng Faraon, “Ilang taon ka na?”

9Sumagot siya, “130 taon. Maikli at mahirap po ang naging buhay ko rito sa lupa. Hindi ito umabot sa kahabaan ng buhay ng aking mga ninuno.” 10Pagkatapos, muli niyang binasbasan ang Faraon,47:10 muli niyang binasbasan ang Faraon: o, nagpaalam si Jacob sa Faraon na uuwi na siya. at umalis siya sa harapan ng Faraon.

11Ayon sa utos ng Faraon, inilagay ni Jose sa ayos ang kanyang ama at mga kapatid sa Egipto; ibinigay niya sa kanila ang lugar ng Rameses,47:11 Rameses: o, Goshen. na isa sa pinakamagandang lupain sa Egipto. 12Sinustentuhan ni Jose ng pagkain ang kanyang ama, mga kapatid at ang buong sambahayan ng kanyang ama ayon sa dami ng kanilang mga anak.

13Ngayon, malala na ang taggutom kaya wala nang pagkain kahit saan. Nanghina na ang mga tao sa Egipto at sa Canaan dahil sa gutom. 14Tinipon ni Jose ang lahat ng perang ibinayad ng mga taga-Egipto at taga-Canaan na bumili ng pagkain, at dinala ito sa palasyo ng Faraon. 15Dumating ang panahon na naubos na ang perang pambili ng mga taga-Egipto at ng mga taga-Canaan. Pumunta ang mga taga-Egipto kay Jose at sinabi, “Wala na po kaming pera. Kung maaari bigyan na lang ninyo kami ng pagkain dahil mamamatay na kami sa gutom.”

16Sinabi ni Jose, “Kung wala na talaga kayong pera, dalhin nʼyo rito ang mga hayop ninyo at iyon ang ibayad ninyo sa pagkain ninyo.” 17Kaya dinala nila kay Jose ang kanilang mga kabayo, tupa, baka at asno, at ipinalit ito sa pagkain. Sa loob ng isang taon, sinustentuhan sila ni Jose ng pagkain kapalit ng kanilang mga hayop.

18Pagkalipas ng isang taon, pumunta na naman ang mga tao kay Jose at nagsabi, “Hindi po maitatago sa inyo na wala na kaming pera at ang mga hayop namin ay nariyan na sa inyo. Wala na pong naiwan sa amin, maliban sa aming sarili at mga lupain. 19Kaya tulungan nʼyo po kami para hindi kami mamatay at hindi mapabayaan ang mga lupain namin. Payag po kami na maging alipin na lang ng hari at mapasakanya ang mga lupain namin para may makain lang kami. Bigyan nʼyo po kami agad ng mga binhi na maitatanim para hindi kami mamatay at hindi namin mapabayaan ang mga lupain namin.”

20Kaya ipinagbili ng lahat ng taga-Egipto ang mga lupain nila kay Jose dahil matindi na ang taggutom. Binili ni Jose ang lahat ng ito para sa hari, kaya ang mga lupaing iyon ay naging pag-aari ng Faraon. 21Ginawa ni Jose na mga alipin ng Faraon ang mga tao sa buong Egipto. 22Ang mga lupain lang ng mga pari ang hindi nabili ni Jose. Hindi nila kailangang ipagbili ang mga lupain nila dahil sinusustentuhan sila ng Faraon ng pagkain at ng mga pangangailangan nila.

23Sinabi ni Jose sa mga tao, “Ngayon na nabili ko na kayo pati ang mga lupain ninyo para sa Faraon, heto ang binhi para makapagtanim kayo. 24Kapag aani kayo, ibigay ninyo sa Faraon ang 20 porsiyento ng ani ninyo. At sa inyo na ang matitira, para may maitanim kayo at may makain ang buong sambahayan ninyo.” 25Sinabi ng mga tao, “Ginoo, napakabuti po ninyong amo sa amin; iniligtas nʼyo ang buhay namin. Pumapayag po kami na maging alipin ng Faraon.”

26Kaya ginawa ni Jose ang kautusan sa lupain ng Egipto na ang 20 porsiyento ng ani ay para sa Faraon. Ang kautusang ito ay nagpapatuloy pa hanggang ngayon. Ang mga lupain lang ng mga pari ang hindi naging pag-aari ng Faraon.

27Tumira ang mga Israelita sa Goshen na sakop ng Egipto. Nagkaroon sila roon ng lupain at dumami pa ang lahi nila.

28Tumira si Jacob sa Egipto sa loob ng 17 taon, nabuhay siya hanggang 147 taon. 29Nang naramdaman niyang malapit na siyang mamatay, tinawag niya si Jose at sinabi, “Kung maaari, ilagay mo ang kamay mo sa pagitan ng dalawang hita47:29 ilagay … hita: Tingnan ang “footnote” sa 24:2. ko at manumpa ka na ipagpapatuloy mo ang pagpapakita ng iyong kagandahang-loob sa akin. Huwag mo akong ilibing dito sa Egipto. 30Kapag namatay na ako, ilibing mo ako sa libingan ng aking mga ninuno.”

Sumagot si Jose, “Gagawin ko po ang sinasabi ninyo.”

31Sinabi ni Jacob, “Sumumpa ka sa akin.” Kaya sumumpa si Jose sa kanya. Lumuhod si Jacob sa kanyang higaan para magpasalamat sa Dios.