## Onkelos Genesis Chapter 47

###### Onkelos Genesis 47:1
[Onkelos Genesis 47:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:1)

וַאֲתָא יוֹסֵף וְחַוִּי לְפַרְעֹה וַאֲמַר אַבָּא וְאַחַי וְעָנְהוֹן וְתוֹרְהוֹן וְכָל דִּי לְהוֹן אֲתוֹ מֵאַרְעָא דִכְנָעַן וְהָא אִנּוּן בְּאַרְעָא דְגשֶׁן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:2
[Onkelos Genesis 47:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:2)

וּמִקְצַת מִן אֲחוֹהִי דְּבַר חַמְשָׁא גֻבְרִין וַאֲקֵימִנּוּן קֳדָם פַּרְעֹה:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:3
[Onkelos Genesis 47:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:3)

וַאֲמַר פַּרְעֹה לַאֲחוֹהִי מָה עוֹבָדֵיכוֹן וַאֲמָרוּ לְפַרְעֹה רָעֵי עָנָא עַבְדָּיךְ אַף אֲנַחְנָא אַף אֲבְהָתָנָא:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:4
[Onkelos Genesis 47:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:4)

וַאֲמָרוּ לְוַת פַּרְעֹה לְאִתּוֹתָבָא בְאַרְעָא אֲתֵינָא אֲרֵי לֵית רַעֲיָא לְעָנָא דִּי לְעַבְדָּיךְ אֲרֵי תַקִּיף כַּפְנָא בְּאַרְעָא דִכְנָעַן וּכְעַן יֵתְבוּן **כְּעַן** עַבְדָּיךְ בְּאַרְעָא דְגשֶׁן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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 [**now**] settle in the land of Goshen.


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:5
[Onkelos Genesis 47:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:5)

וַאֲמַר פַּרְעֹה לְיוֹסֵף לְמֵימָר אֲבוּךְ וְאַחָיךְ אֲתוֹ לְוָתָךְ:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:6
[Onkelos Genesis 47:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:6)

אַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם קֳדָמָךְ הִיא בִּדְשַׁפִּיר בְּאַרְעָא אוֹתֵיב יָת אֲבוּךְ וְיָת אַחָיךְ יֵתְבוּן בְּאַרְעָא דְגשֶׁן וְאִם יָדַעְתְּ וְאִית בְּהוֹן גֻּבְרִין דְּחֵילָא וּתְמַנִּנּוּן רַבָּנֵי גֵיתֵי עַל דִּי לִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.]


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:7
[Onkelos Genesis 47:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:7)

וְאַיְתִי יוֹסֵף יָת יַעֲקֹב אֲבוּהִי וַאֲקִימִנֵּיהּ קֳדָם פַּרְעֹה וּבָרִיךְ יַעֲקֹב יָת פַּרְעֹה:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:8
[Onkelos Genesis 47:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:8)

וַאֲמַר פַּרְעֹה לְיַעֲקֹב כַּמָּה יוֹמֵי שְׁנֵי חַיָּךְ:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:9
[Onkelos Genesis 47:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:9)

וַאֲמַר יַעֲקֹב לְפַרְעֹה יוֹמֵי שְׁנֵי תוֹתָבוּתַי מְאָה וּתְלָתִין שְׁנִין זְעֵירִין וּבִישִׁין הֲווֹ יוֹמֵי שְׁנֵי חַיַּי וְלָא אַדְבִּיקוּ יָת יוֹמֵי שְׁנֵי חַיֵּי אֲבָהָתַי בְּיוֹמֵי תּוֹתָבוּתְהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:10
[Onkelos Genesis 47:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:10)

וּבָרִיךְ יַעֲקֹב יָת פַּרְעֹה וּנְפַק מִן קֳדָם פַּרְעֹה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yaakov blessed Pharaoh, and left Pharaoh’s presence.


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:11
[Onkelos Genesis 47:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:11)

וְאוֹתֵיב יוֹסֵף יָת אֲבוּהִי וְיָת אֲחוֹהִי וִיהַב לְהוֹן אַחֲסָנָא בְּאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם בִּדְשַׁפִּיר בְּאַרְעָא בְּאַרְעָא דְרַעְמְּסֵס כְּמָא דִי פַקִּיד פַּרְעֹה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:12
[Onkelos Genesis 47:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:12)

וְזָן יוֹסֵף יָת אֲבוּהִי וְיָת אֲחוֹהִי וְיָת כָּל בֵּית אֲבוּהִי לַחְמָא לְפוּם טַפְלָא:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:13
[Onkelos Genesis 47:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:13)

וְלַחְמָא לֵית בְּכָל אַרְעָא אֲרֵי תַקִּיף כַּפְנָא לַחֲדָא וְאִשְׁתַּלְהֵי **עַמָּא** דְאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם וְעַמָּא דְאַרְעָא דִכְנַעַן מִן קֳדָם כַּפְנָא:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:14
[Onkelos Genesis 47:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:14)

וְלַקִּיט יוֹסֵף יָת כָּל כַּסְפָּא דְּאִשְׁתְּכַח בְּאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם וּבְאַרְעָא דִכְנַעַן בְּעִיבוּרָא דִּי אִנּוּן זָבְנִין וְאַיְתֵי יוֹסֵף יָת כַּסְפָּא לְבֵית פַּרְעֹה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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 [**grain**] they made. Yoseif brought the money to the house of Pharaoh.


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:15
[Onkelos Genesis 47:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:15)

וּשְׁלִים כַּסְפָּא מֵאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם וּמֵאַרְעָא דִכְנַעַן וַאֲתוֹ כָל מִצְרָאֵי לְוַת יוֹסֵף לְמֵימַר הַב לָנָא לַחְמָא וּלְמָה נְמוּת לְקִבְלָךְ אֲרֵי שְׁלִים כַּסְפָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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?


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:16
[Onkelos Genesis 47:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:16)

וַאֲמַר יוֹסֵף הָבוּ גֵיתֵיכוֹן וְאֶתֵּן לְכוֹן בְּגֵיתֵיכוֹן אִם שְׁלִים כַּסְפָּא:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:17
[Onkelos Genesis 47:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:17)

וְאַיְתִיּוּ יָת גֵּיתֵיהוֹן לְוַת יוֹסֵף וִיהַב לְהוֹן יוֹסֵף לַחְמָא בְּסוּסָוָתָא וּבְגֵיתֵי עָנָא וּבְגֵיתֵי תוֹרִין וּבַחֲמָרִין **וְזָנִנּוּן** בְּלַחְמָא בְּכָל גֵּיתֵיהוֹן בְּשַׁתָּא הַהִיא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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 [**sustained**] them with bread in exchange for all their livestock, in that year.


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:18
[Onkelos Genesis 47:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:18)

וּשְׁלִימַת שַׁתָּא הַהִיא וַאֲתוֹ לְוָתֵיהּ בְּשַׁתָּא תִנְיֵתָא וַאֲמָרוּ לֵיהּ לָא נְכַסֵּי מִן רִבּוֹנִי אֶלָּהֵין שְׁלִים כַּסְפָּא וְגֵיתֵי בְעִירָא לְוַת רִבּוֹנִי לָא אִשְׁתָּאַר קֳדָם רִבּוֹנִי אֶלָּהֵין גְּוִיָּתָנָא וְאַרְעָנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:19
[Onkelos Genesis 47:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:19)

לְמָה נְמוּת לְעֵינָיךְ אַף אֲנַחְנָא אַף אַרְעָתָנָא קְנֵי יָתָנָא וְיָת אַרְעָתָנָא בְּלַחְמָא וּנְהֵי אֲנַחְנָא וְאַרְעָתָנָא עַבְדִּין לְפַרְעֹה וְהַב בַּר זַרְעָא וְנֵיחֵי וְלָא נְמוּת וְאַרְעָא **לָא תְבוּר**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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 [**uncultivated**].


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

וּקְנָא יוֹסֵף יָת כָּל אַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם לְפַרְעֹה אֲרֵי זַבִּינוּ מִצְרַיִם גְּבַר חַקְלֵיהּ אֲרֵי תְקֵיף עֲלֵיהוֹן כַּפְנָא וַהֲוַת אַרְעָא לְפַרְעֹה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.]


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:21
[Onkelos Genesis 47:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:21)

וְיָת עַמָּא אַעְבַּר יָתֵיהּ **מִקְּרֵי לִקְרֵי** מִסְּיָפֵי תְּחוּם מִצְרַיִם וְעַד סוֹפֵיהּ:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:22
[Onkelos Genesis 47:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:22)

לְחוֹד אַרְעָא דְכֻמָּרַיָּא לָא זַבִּין אֲרֵי חֳלָקָא לְכֻמָּרַיָּא מִלְּוַת פַּרְעֹה וְאָכְלִין יָת חֳלָקְהוֹן דִּיהַב לְהוֹן פַּרְעֹה עַל כֵּן לָא זַבִּינוּ יָת אַרְעֲהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:23
[Onkelos Genesis 47:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:23)

וַאֲמַר יוֹסֵף לְעַמָּא הָא זְבֵנִית יָתְכוֹן יוֹמָא דֵין וְיָת אַרְעֲכוֹן לְפַרְעֹה הֵא לְכוֹן בַּר זַרְעָא וְתִזְרְעוּן יָת אַרְעָא:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:24
[Onkelos Genesis 47:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:24)

וִיהֵי **בְּאָעוֹלֵי עֲלַלְתָּא** וְתִתְּנוּן חַד מִן חַמְשָׁא לְפַרְעֹה וְאַרְבַּע חֳלָקִין יְהֵא לְכוֹן לְבַר זְרַע חַקְלָא וּלְמֵיכַלְכוֹן וְלֶאֱנַשׁ בְּבָתֵּיכוֹן וּלְמֵיכַל לְטַפְלְכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When it produces [**the produce is gathered**] you must give a fifth to Pharaoh. Four parts shall be yours for seed for your fields and for your food, and for those [**the people**] of your households, and for food for your little ones.


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:25
[Onkelos Genesis 47:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:25)

וַאֲמָרוּ קַיִּמְתָּנָא נַשְׁכַּח רַחֲמִין בְּעֵינֵי רִבּוֹנִי וּנְהֵי עַבְדִּין לְפַרְעֹה:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:26
[Onkelos Genesis 47:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:26)

וְשַׁוִּי יָתַהּ יוֹסֵף לִגְזֵרָא עַד יוֹמָא הָדֵין עַל אַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם דִּיהוֹן **יָהֲבִין חַד מִן חַמְשָׁא** לְפַרְעֹה לְחוֹד אַרְעָא דְכֻמָּרַיָּא בִּלְחוֹדֵהוֹן לָא הֲוַת לְפַרְעֹה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yoseif enacted a statute over the land of Egypt to this day, that a fifth belongs [**they should give a fifth**] to Pharaoh. Except the land of the priests alone, did not belong to Pharaoh.


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:27
[Onkelos Genesis 47:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:27)

וִיתֵיב יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם בְּאַרְעָא דְגשֶׁן וְאַחֲסִינוּ בַהּ וּנְפִישׁוּ וּסְגִיאוּ לַחֲדָא:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:28
[Onkelos Genesis 47:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:28)

וַחֲיָא יַעֲקֹב בְּאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵי שְׁנִין וַהֲווֹ יוֹמֵי יַעֲקֹב שְׁנֵי חַיּוֹהִי מְאָה וְאַרְבְּעִין וּשְׁבַע שְׁנִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:29
[Onkelos Genesis 47:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:29)

וּקְרִיבוּ יוֹמֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לִמְמַת וּקְרָא לִבְרֵיהּ לְיוֹסֵף וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ אִם **כְּעַן** אַשְׁכָּחִית רַחֲמִין בְּעֵינָיךְ שַׁוִּי כְעַן יְדָךְ תְּחוֹת יַרְכִּי וְתַעְבֵּד עִמִּי **טִיבוּ** וּקְשׁוֹט לָא **כְעַן** תִּקְבְּרִנַּנִי בְּמִצְרָיִם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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 [**now**], place your hand under my thigh; that you will deal kindly [**with goodness**] and truthfully with me. Please [**Now**], do not bury me in Egypt.


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:30
[Onkelos Genesis 47:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:30)

וְאִשְׁכּוּב עִם אֲבָהָתַי וְתִטְּלִנַּנִי מִמִּצְרַיִם וְתִקְבְּרִנַּנִי בִּקְבֻרְתְּהוֹן וַאֲמַר אֲנָא אֶעְבֵּד כְּפִתְגָּמָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 47:31
[Onkelos Genesis 47:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/47:31)

וַאֲמַר קַיַּם לִי וְקַיִּים לֵיהּ וּסְגִיד יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל רֵישׁ עַרְסָא:

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