## Genesis Chapter 47

###### Genesis 47:1
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וַיָּבֹ֣א יוֹסֵף֮ וַיַּגֵּ֣ד לְפַרְעֹה֒ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אָבִ֨י וְאַחַ֜י וְצֹאנָ֤ם וּבְקָרָם֙ וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָהֶ֔ם בָּ֖אוּ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וְהִנָּ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ גֹּֽשֶׁן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yoseif came and told Pharaoh, and he said, My father, and my brothers, their sheep, their cattle, and all their possessions, have come from the land of Canaan, and they are now in the land of Goshen.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Yosef came and told Par῾o, 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.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Joseph came and told it to Pharaoh, and he said: My father and my brothers and their flocks and their herds and all that is theirs have come from the land of Canaan, and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.


###### Genesis 47:2
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וּמִקְצֵ֣ה אֶחָ֔יו לָקַ֖ח חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֑ים וַיַּצִּגֵ֖ם לִפְנֵ֥י פַרְעֹֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
From among his brothers, he took five men, and he presented them to Pharaoh.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he took some of his brothers, five men, and presented them to Par῾o.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And from the "edge" of his brothers, [the least vigorous (so that Pharaoh not impress them into military service)], he took five men, and he presented them to Pharaoh.


###### Genesis 47:3
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וַיֹּ֧אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֛ה אֶל־אֶחָ֖יו מַה־מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶ֑ם וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֗ה רֹעֵ֥ה צֹאן֙ עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ גַּם־אֲנַ֖חְנוּ גַּם־אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Pharaoh said to his brothers, What is your occupation? They said to Pharaoh, Your servants are shepherds, we and our fathers.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Par῾o said to his brothers, What is your occupation? And they said to Par῾o, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Pharaoh said to his brothers: What is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh: Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.


###### Genesis 47:4
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וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֗ה לָג֣וּר בָּאָ֘רֶץ֮ בָּ֒אנוּ֒ כִּי־אֵ֣ין מִרְעֶ֗ה לַצֹּאן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד הָרָעָ֖ב בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וְעַתָּ֛ה יֵֽשְׁבוּ־נָ֥א עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ בְּאֶ֥רֶץ גֹּֽשֶׁן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They said to Pharaoh, We have come to live in the land temporarily, since there is no pasture for your servant’s flocks, because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now then, please let your servants settle in the land of Goshen.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They said moreover to Par῾o, To sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is severe in the land of Kena῾an: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they said to Pharaoh: To sojourn in the land did we come. For there is no pasture for your servants' flocks. For the famine is sore in the land of Canaan. And now, let your servants abide in the land of Goshen.


###### Genesis 47:5
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֔ה אֶל־יוֹסֵ֖ף לֵאמֹ֑ר אָבִ֥יךָ וְאַחֶ֖יךָ בָּ֥אוּ אֵלֶֽיךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Pharaoh said to Yoseif, Your father and your brothers have come to you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Par῾o spoke to Yosef, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come to thee:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Pharaoh said to Joseph: Your father and your brothers have come to you.


###### Genesis 47:6
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אֶ֤רֶץ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לְפָנֶ֣יךָ הִ֔וא בְּמֵיטַ֣ב הָאָ֔רֶץ הוֹשֵׁ֥ב אֶת־אָבִ֖יךָ וְאֶת־אַחֶ֑יךָ יֵשְׁבוּ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ גֹּ֔שֶׁן וְאִם־יָדַ֗עְתָּ וְיֶשׁ־בָּם֙ אַנְשֵׁי־חַ֔יִל וְשַׂמְתָּ֛ם שָׂרֵ֥י מִקְנֶ֖ה עַל־אֲשֶׁר־לִֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The land of Egypt is before you. In the best of the land, settle your father and your brothers. Let them settle in the land of Goshen. If you know of capable men among them, appoint them livestock officers over my [herds.]

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
the land of Miżrayim 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 knowst any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The land of Egypt is before you. In the best of the land settle your father and your brothers. Let them live in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any experts among them [in shepherding], appoint them overseers over mine [i.e., my sheep].


###### Genesis 47:7
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וַיָּבֵ֤א יוֹסֵף֙ אֶת־יַֽעֲקֹ֣ב אָבִ֔יו וַיַּֽעֲמִדֵ֖הוּ לִפְנֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֑ה וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֶת־פַּרְעֹֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yoseif [then] brought in Yaakov, his father, and presented him to Pharaoh; and Yaakov blessed Pharaoh.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Yosef brought in Ya῾aqov his father, and set him before Par῾o: and Ya῾aqov blessed Par῾o.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Joseph brought Jacob his father and presented him to Pharaoh, and Jacob gave Pharaoh salutation.


###### Genesis 47:8
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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֖ה אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֑ב כַּמָּ֕ה יְמֵ֖י שְׁנֵ֥י חַיֶּֽיךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Pharaoh said to Yaakov, How many are the years of your life?

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Par῾o said to Ya῾aqov, How old art thou?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Pharaoh said to Jacob: How many are the days of the years of your life?


###### Genesis 47:9
[Genesis 47:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/47:9)

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יַעֲקֹב֙ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה יְמֵי֙ שְׁנֵ֣י מְגוּרַ֔י שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וּמְאַ֖ת שָׁנָ֑ה מְעַ֣ט וְרָעִ֗ים הָיוּ֙ יְמֵי֙ שְׁנֵ֣י חַיַּ֔י וְלֹ֣א הִשִּׂ֗יגוּ אֶת־יְמֵי֙ שְׁנֵי֙ חַיֵּ֣י אֲבֹתַ֔י בִּימֵ֖י מְגוּרֵיהֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yaakov said to Pharaoh, The years of my temporary residence are one hundred and thirty years. Few and troublesome have been the days of my life. I have not attained the years of my father’s lives, in the days of their temporary residence.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Ya῾aqov said to Par῾o, The days of the years of my sojournings are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojournings.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob said to Pharaoh: The days of the years of my sojournings are a hundred and thirty years. Few and troubled have been the days of the years of my life, and they did not attain [in good] to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojournings.


###### Genesis 47:10
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וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֶת־פַּרְעֹ֑ה וַיֵּצֵ֖א מִלִּפְנֵ֥י פַרְעֹֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yaakov blessed Pharaoh, and left Pharaoh’s presence.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Ya῾aqov blessed Par῾o, and went out from before Par῾o.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh [in leave-taking], and he left Pharaoh's presence.


###### Genesis 47:11
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וַיּוֹשֵׁ֣ב יוֹסֵף֮ אֶת־אָבִ֣יו וְאֶת־אֶחָיו֒ וַיִּתֵּ֨ן לָהֶ֤ם אֲחֻזָּה֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּמֵיטַ֥ב הָאָ֖רֶץ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ רַעְמְסֵ֑ס כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוָּ֥ה פַרְעֹֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yoseif settled his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best part of the land, in the land of Ramseis, as Pharaoh had ordered.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Yosef provided abodes for his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Miżrayim, in the best of the land, in the land of Ra῾meses, as Par῾o had commanded.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Joseph settled his father and his brothers, and he gave them a holding in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Ramses [in Goshen], as Pharaoh had commanded.


###### Genesis 47:12
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וַיְכַלְכֵּ֤ל יוֹסֵף֙ אֶת־אָבִ֣יו וְאֶת־אֶחָ֔יו וְאֵ֖ת כׇּל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יו לֶ֖חֶם לְפִ֥י הַטָּֽף׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yoseif provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with bread according to [the needs of] the children.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Yosef nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their little ones.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Joseph fed his father and his brothers and all of his father's household bread [sufficient for all, even] for the little ones [to "finger"].


###### Genesis 47:13
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וְלֶ֤חֶם אֵין֙ בְּכׇל־הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד הָרָעָ֖ב מְאֹ֑ד וַתֵּ֜לַהּ אֶ֤רֶץ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ וְאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן מִפְּנֵ֖י הָרָעָֽב׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
There was no bread in all the land, for the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt, and Canaan were worn out because of the famine.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Miżrayim and all the land of Kena῾an languished by reason of the famine.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And [(a reversion to the beginning of the years of famine)] there was no bread in all the land, for the famine was extremely severe, and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished in the famine.


###### Genesis 47:14
[Genesis 47:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/47:14)

וַיְלַקֵּ֣ט יוֹסֵ֗ף אֶת־כׇּל־הַכֶּ֙סֶף֙ הַנִּמְצָ֤א בְאֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ וּבְאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן בַּשֶּׁ֖בֶר אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֣ם שֹׁבְרִ֑ים וַיָּבֵ֥א יוֹסֵ֛ף אֶת־הַכֶּ֖סֶף בֵּ֥יתָה פַרְעֹֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yoseif gathered up all the money that was to be found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, through the purchases they made. Yoseif brought the money to the house of Pharaoh.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Yosef gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Miżrayim, and in the land of Kena῾an, for the corn which they bought: and Yosef brought the money to Par῾o’s house.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Joseph gathered all the money found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan [which they had given him] for the grain that they had purchased, and Joseph brought the money to the house of Pharaoh.


###### Genesis 47:15
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וַיִּתֹּ֣ם הַכֶּ֗סֶף מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֘יִם֮ וּמֵאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֒עַן֒ וַיָּבֹ֩אוּ֩ כׇל־מִצְרַ֨יִם אֶל־יוֹסֵ֤ף לֵאמֹר֙ הָֽבָה־לָּ֣נוּ לֶ֔חֶם וְלָ֥מָּה נָמ֖וּת נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֥י אָפֵ֖ס כָּֽסֶף׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
When the money was used up in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all [the people of] Egypt came to Yoseif, saying, Give us bread; why should we die in your presence, [just] because there is no money?

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And when money failed in the land of Miżrayim, and in the land of Kena῾an, all Miżrayim came to Yosef, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money fails.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the money was exhausted in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan. And all of Egypt came to Joseph, saying: Give us bread. Why should we die before you? For the money is at an end.


###### Genesis 47:16
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יוֹסֵף֙ הָב֣וּ מִקְנֵיכֶ֔ם וְאֶתְּנָ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם בְּמִקְנֵיכֶ֑ם אִם־אָפֵ֖ס כָּֽסֶף׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yoseif said, Bring your livestock, and I will give you [food] [in exchange] for your livestock if there is no more money.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Yosef said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Joseph said: Bring your kine and I will give (it) to you for your kine if the money is at an end.


###### Genesis 47:17
[Genesis 47:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/47:17)

וַיָּבִ֣יאוּ אֶת־מִקְנֵיהֶם֮ אֶל־יוֹסֵף֒ וַיִּתֵּ֣ן לָהֶם֩ יוֹסֵ֨ף לֶ֜חֶם בַּסּוּסִ֗ים וּבְמִקְנֵ֥ה הַצֹּ֛אן וּבְמִקְנֵ֥ה הַבָּקָ֖ר וּבַחֲמֹרִ֑ים וַיְנַהֲלֵ֤ם בַּלֶּ֙חֶם֙ בְּכׇל־מִקְנֵהֶ֔ם בַּשָּׁנָ֖ה הַהִֽוא׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They brought their livestock to Yoseif, and Yoseif gave them bread [in exchange] for their horses, their flocks of sheep, their herds of cattle and their donkeys. He tended them with bread in exchange for all their livestock, in that year.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they brought their cattle to Yosef; and Yosef gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they brought their kine to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread for the horses and for the flocks of sheep and for the herds of cattle and the asses. And he led them with bread for all of their kine in that year.


###### Genesis 47:18
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וַתִּתֹּם֮ הַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַהִוא֒ וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ אֵלָ֜יו בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשֵּׁנִ֗ית וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ לוֹ֙ לֹֽא־נְכַחֵ֣ד מֵֽאֲדֹנִ֔י כִּ֚י אִם־תַּ֣ם הַכֶּ֔סֶף וּמִקְנֵ֥ה הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֑י לֹ֤א נִשְׁאַר֙ לִפְנֵ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י בִּלְתִּ֥י אִם־גְּוִיָּתֵ֖נוּ וְאַדְמָתֵֽנוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
That year came to an end. They came to him in the second year, and they said to him, We are holding nothing back from my master, for the money is used up, and the herds of cattle belong to my master. There is nothing left before my master except our bodies and our land.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When that year was ended, they came to him in the second year, and said to him, We will not hide from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also has our herds of cattle; there is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And that year ended and they came to him in the second year [of the years of famine] and they said to him: We will not conceal it from my lord that the money and the kine are gone [and that all has come] to [the hand of] my lord. Nothing remains before my lord if not our bodies and our ground.


###### Genesis 47:19
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לָ֧מָּה נָמ֣וּת לְעֵינֶ֗יךָ גַּם־אֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ גַּ֣ם אַדְמָתֵ֔נוּ קְנֵֽה־אֹתָ֥נוּ וְאֶת־אַדְמָתֵ֖נוּ בַּלָּ֑חֶם וְנִֽהְיֶ֞ה אֲנַ֤חְנוּ וְאַדְמָתֵ֙נוּ֙ עֲבָדִ֣ים לְפַרְעֹ֔ה וְתֶן־זֶ֗רַע וְנִֽחְיֶה֙ וְלֹ֣א נָמ֔וּת וְהָאֲדָמָ֖ה לֹ֥א תֵשָֽׁם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land [in exchange] for bread. We and our land will become slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed grain, let us live and not die, and let the land not become desolate.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
why shall we die before thy eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Par῾o: and give us grain, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Why should we perish before your eyes, both we and our ground? Buy us and our ground for bread, and we and our ground will be servants to Pharaoh. And give us seed so that we will live and not die, and the ground will not be desolate. [(Even though Joseph said (45:6): "And five years are yet to come in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest," once Jacob came to Egypt, "blessing came at his heels," they began to sow and the famine ended.)]


###### Genesis 47:20
[Genesis 47:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/47:20)

וַיִּ֨קֶן יוֹסֵ֜ף אֶת־כׇּל־אַדְמַ֤ת מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לְפַרְעֹ֔ה כִּֽי־מָכְר֤וּ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ אִ֣ישׁ שָׂדֵ֔הוּ כִּֽי־חָזַ֥ק עֲלֵהֶ֖ם הָרָעָ֑ב וַתְּהִ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ לְפַרְעֹֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yoseif bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for every Egyptian sold his field, because the famine was severe upon them. Thus the land became Pharaoh’s [property.]

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Yosef bought all the land of Miżrayim for Par῾o; for Miżrayim sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Par῾o’s.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. For every man in Egypt sold his field; for the famine intensified over them. And the land became Pharaoh's possession.


###### Genesis 47:21
[Genesis 47:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/47:21)

וְאֶ֨ת־הָעָ֔ם הֶעֱבִ֥יר אֹת֖וֹ לֶעָרִ֑ים מִקְצֵ֥ה גְבוּל־מִצְרַ֖יִם וְעַד־קָצֵֽהוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He [Yoseif] then transferred the people to cities, from one end of the border of Egypt to the other.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And as for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of the borders of Miżrayim, to the other end.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he [Joseph] transferred the people to cities [from one city to another as a sign that they no longer had a holding in the land, (Joseph intending in this that his brothers not be branded as "exiles.")] from one end of the border of Egypt to the other.


###### Genesis 47:22
[Genesis 47:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/47:22)

רַ֛ק אַדְמַ֥ת הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים לֹ֣א קָנָ֑ה כִּי֩ חֹ֨ק לַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים מֵאֵ֣ת פַּרְעֹ֗ה וְאָֽכְל֤וּ אֶת־חֻקָּם֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤ן לָהֶם֙ פַּרְעֹ֔ה עַל־כֵּ֕ן לֹ֥א מָכְר֖וּ אֶת־אַדְמָתָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
But the land of the priests he did not buy, because the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh. They ate the allotment that Pharaoh gave them, and therefore they did not sell their land.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Only the land of the priests he bought not; for the priests had a portion assigned them by Par῾o, and did eat their portion which Par῾o gave them: therefore they sold not their lands.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Only the land of the priests he did not buy. For the priests had a dole from Pharaoh, and they ate their dole which Pharaoh had given them, wherefore they did not sell their land.


###### Genesis 47:23
[Genesis 47:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/47:23)

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יוֹסֵף֙ אֶל־הָעָ֔ם הֵן֩ קָנִ֨יתִי אֶתְכֶ֥ם הַיּ֛וֹם וְאֶת־אַדְמַתְכֶ֖ם לְפַרְעֹ֑ה הֵֽא־לָכֶ֣ם זֶ֔רַע וּזְרַעְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־הָאֲדָמָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yoseif said to the people, Behold, I have today purchased you and your lands for Pharaoh. Here is seed, plant [it in] the soil.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Yosef said to the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Par῾o: lo, here is grain for you, and you shall sow the land.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Joseph said to the people: Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh. Here is seed for you and sow the ground.


###### Genesis 47:24
[Genesis 47:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/47:24)

וְהָיָה֙ בַּתְּבוּאֹ֔ת וּנְתַתֶּ֥ם חֲמִישִׁ֖ית לְפַרְעֹ֑ה וְאַרְבַּ֣ע הַיָּדֹ֡ת יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶם֩ לְזֶ֨רַע הַשָּׂדֶ֧ה וּֽלְאׇכְלְכֶ֛ם וְלַאֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּבָתֵּיכֶ֖ם וְלֶאֱכֹ֥ל לְטַפְּכֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
When it produces you must give a fifth to Pharaoh. Four parts shall be yours for seed for your fields and for your food, and for those of your households, and for food for your little ones.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it shall come to pass at harvest times, that you shall give the fifth part to Par῾o, 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.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it shall be in the ingathering that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own for seed for the field [each year] and for your food and [as food] for those in your houses [manservants and maidservants] and as food for your little ones.


###### Genesis 47:25
[Genesis 47:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/47:25)

וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ הֶחֱיִתָ֑נוּ נִמְצָא־חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י וְהָיִ֥ינוּ עֲבָדִ֖ים לְפַרְעֹֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They said, You have saved our lives. May we find favor in the eyes of my master, and we will be slaves to Pharaoh.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find favour in the sight of my lord, and we will be Par῾o’s servants.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they said: You have kept us alive. May we find favor in the eyes of my lord [to do with us as you said] and we will be servants to Pharaoh [to pay him the yearly tribute].


###### Genesis 47:26
[Genesis 47:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/47:26)

וַיָּ֣שֶׂם אֹתָ֣הּ יוֹסֵ֡ף לְחֹק֩ עַד־הַיּ֨וֹם הַזֶּ֜ה עַל־אַדְמַ֥ת מִצְרַ֛יִם לְפַרְעֹ֖ה לַחֹ֑מֶשׁ רַ֞ק אַדְמַ֤ת הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ לְבַדָּ֔ם לֹ֥א הָיְתָ֖ה לְפַרְעֹֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yoseif enacted a statute over the land of Egypt to this day, that a fifth belongs to Pharaoh. Except the land of the priests alone, did not belong to Pharaoh.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Yosef made it a law over the land of Miżrayim to this day, that Par῾o should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Par῾o’s.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Joseph made it a statute [without repeal] until this day over the land of Egypt that a fifth of it reverted to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests alone did not revert to Pharaoh.


###### Genesis 47:27
[Genesis 47:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/47:27)

וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם בְּאֶ֣רֶץ גֹּ֑שֶׁן וַיֵּאָחֲז֣וּ בָ֔הּ וַיִּפְר֥וּ וַיִּרְבּ֖וּ מְאֹֽד׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yisrael lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. They acquired property there. They were fruitful and [their population] increased greatly.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Yisra᾽el dwelt in the land of Miżrayim in the country of Goshen; and they took possession of it, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen, and they had a holding in it, and they were fruitful and they multiplied exceedingly.


###### Genesis 47:28
[Genesis 47:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/47:28)

וַיְחִ֤י יַעֲקֹב֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם שְׁבַ֥ע עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָ֑ה וַיְהִ֤י יְמֵֽי־יַעֲקֹב֙ שְׁנֵ֣י חַיָּ֔יו שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֔ים וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּמְאַ֖ת שָׁנָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yaakov lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. The days of Yaakov, the years of his life were one hundred and forty seven years.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Ya῾aqov lived in the land of Miżrayim seventeen years: so the whole age of Ya῾aqov was a hundred and forty seven years.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. And the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred and forty-seven years.


###### Genesis 47:29
[Genesis 47:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/47:29)

וַיִּקְרְב֣וּ יְמֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ לָמוּת֒ וַיִּקְרָ֣א**׀** לִבְנ֣וֹ לְיוֹסֵ֗ף וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ אִם־נָ֨א מָצָ֤אתִי חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ שִֽׂים־נָ֥א יָדְךָ֖ תַּ֣חַת יְרֵכִ֑י וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ עִמָּדִי֙ חֶ֣סֶד וֶאֱמֶ֔ת אַל־נָ֥א תִקְבְּרֵ֖נִי בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The days of Yisrael’s death drew near, and he called for his son Yoseif, and said to him, If I have found favor in your eyes, please, place your hand under my thigh; that you will deal kindly and truthfully with me. Please, do not bury me in Egypt.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the time drew near for Yisra᾽el to die: and he called his son Yosef, and said to him, If now I have found favour 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 Miżrayim:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the days of Israel "drew near to die" [(This phrase always connotes not attaining to the age of one's father. Isaac lived 180 years, and Jacob, 147)]. And he called to his son, to Joseph, [who was in a position to carry out what he asked] and he said to him: If I have now found favor in your eyes, place your hand under my thigh [and swear] that you will do with me lovingkindness and truth. [(The lovingkindness one does with the dead is one of "truth" in that there is no expectation of reciprocation.)] Do not bury me in Egypt.


###### Genesis 47:30
[Genesis 47:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/47:30)

וְשָֽׁכַבְתִּי֙ עִם־אֲבֹתַ֔י וּנְשָׂאתַ֙נִי֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם וּקְבַרְתַּ֖נִי בִּקְבֻרָתָ֑ם וַיֹּאמַ֕ר אָנֹכִ֖י אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה כִדְבָרֶֽךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
For I will lie with my fathers. Carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their grave. He [Yoseif said], I will do as you say.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Miżrayim, and bury me in their buryingplace.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I will lie [i.e., expire] with my fathers, and you shall carry me from Egypt and bury me in their burial place. And he said: I shall do as you say.


###### Genesis 47:31
[Genesis 47:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/47:31)

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִשָּֽׁבְעָה֙ לִ֔י וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע ל֑וֹ וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ הַמִּטָּֽה׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He [Yaakov] said, Swear to me, and he swore to him. Yisrael prostrated himself at the head of the bed.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he said, I will do as thou hast said. And he said, Swear to me. And he swore to him. And Yisra᾽el bowed himself upon the bed’s head.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he said: Swear to me. And he swore to him. And Israel bowed [("In the fox's time (of authority; here, an allusion to Joseph's rule), bow down to him.")] towards the head of the bed [i.e., towards the Shechinah, which rests above the head of the sick.]