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¹Yusuf gelip Firavun'a haber verdi ve şöyle dedi: «Babam, kardeşlerim, sürüleri, sığırları ve kendilerine ait olan her şey Kenan diyarından geldiler; işte şimdi Goşen diyarındalar.»

²Kardeşlerinin arasından beş adamı yanına alarak onları Firavun'un huzuruna çıkardı.

³Firavun Yusuf'un kardeşlerine, «İşiniz nedir?» diye sordu. Onlar da Firavun'a, «Biz kulların, hem biz hem de atalarımız, koyun çobanıyız» dediler.

⁴Firavun'a şöyle devam ettiler: «Bu diyarda geçici bir süre kalmak için geldik; çünkü Kenan diyarında kıtlık çok şiddetlendi ve kullarının sürüleri için otlak kalmadı. Şimdi izin ver de kulların Goşen diyarında yerleşelim.»

⁵Firavun Yusuf'a şöyle dedi: «Goşen diyarında yerleşsinler. Eğer aralarında becerikli adamlar olduğunu biliyorsan, onları benim hayvanlarımın başına sorumlu kıl.» Yakup ve oğulları Mısır'a, Yusuf'un yanına geldiler. Mısır Kralı Firavun bunu duydu.

⁶Firavun Yusuf'a konuşup şöyle dedi: «Baban ve kardeşlerin senin yanına geldiler. İşte, Mısır diyarı senin önündedir; babanı ve kardeşlerini diyarın en iyi toprağına yerleştir.»

⁷Sonra Yusuf babası Yakup'u içeri getirip Firavun'un huzuruna çıkardı; Yakup Firavun'u kutsadı.

⁸Firavun Yakup'a, «Hayatının günlerinin yılları ne kadardır?» diye sordu.

⁹Yakup Firavun'u yanıtladı: «Gurbette geçirdiğim yılların günleri yüz otuz yıldır. Hayatımın yıllarının günleri az ve sıkıntılı geçti; atalarımın gurbet günlerinde sürdükleri ömrün yıllarının günlerine erişmedi.»

¹⁰Yakup Firavun'u kutsadıktan sonra onun huzurundan ayrıldı.

¹¹Yusuf, Firavun'un buyurduğu gibi, babasını ve kardeşlerini yerleştirdi; onlara Mısır diyarının en iyi yerinde, Ramses bölgesinde mülk verdi.

¹²Yusuf babasına, kardeşlerine ve babasının bütün ev halkına, kişi başına düşen miktara göre tahıl dağıttı.

¹³Bütün ülkede yiyecek tahıl yoktu; çünkü kıtlık son derece şiddetlenmişti. Mısır diyarı ve Kenan diyarı kıtlıktan dolayı bitkin düşmüştü.

¹⁴Yusuf, satın aldıkları tahıl karşılığında Mısır ve Kenan diyarında bulunan bütün parayı topladı, onlara tahıl ölçüp verdi ve bütün parayı Firavun'un sarayına getirdi.

¹⁵Mısır ve Kenan diyarında para tükenince, bütün Mısırlılar Yusuf'a gelip, «Bize ekmek ver! Paramız bitti diye senin önünde niçin ölelim?» dediler.

¹⁶Yusuf, «Eğer paranız bittiyse, hayvanlarınızı getirin; hayvanlarınız karşılığında size ekmek vereyim» dedi.

¹⁷Onlar da hayvanlarını Yusuf'a getirdiler; Yusuf atlar, koyunlar, sığırlar ve eşekler karşılığında onlara ekmek verdi. O yıl onları bütün hayvanları karşılığında ekmekle besleyip geçindirdi.

¹⁸O yıl geçince, ikinci yıl yine ona gelip şöyle dediler: «Efendimizden gizleyecek değiliz; paramız tükendi, sürülerimiz ve mallarımız da efendimize geçti. Efendimizin önünde bedenlerimizden ve toprağımızdan başka bir şeyimiz kalmadı.

¹⁹Senin gözünün önünde niçin ölelim, toprağımız niçin viran olsun? Bizi ve toprağımızı ekmek karşılığında satın al; biz de toprağımız da Firavun'un kulları olalım. Bize tohum ver ki yaşayalım, ölmeyelim ve toprak viran olmasın.»

²⁰Böylece Yusuf Mısır'ın bütün topraklarını Firavun için satın aldı; çünkü kıtlık kendilerine ağır geldiğinden her Mısırlı tarlasını sattı. Böylelikle toprak Firavun'un oldu.

²¹Mısır'ın bir ucundan öbür ucuna kadar halkı kendisi için köle yaptı.

²²Ancak kahinlerin toprağını satın almadı; çünkü Firavun kahinlere belirli bir pay bağlamıştı ve onlar Firavun'un kendilerine verdiği payla geçiniyorlardı. Bu yüzden topraklarını satmadılar.

²³Yusuf halka, «İşte, bugün sizi ve toprağınızı Firavun için satın aldım» dedi, «Alın size tohum, toprağı ekin.

²⁴Ürün toplandığında beşte birini Firavun'a vereceksiniz; kalan dört pay ise toprağı ekmeniz için tohumluk, sizin, evlerinizdekilerin ve çocuklarınızın yemesi için yiyecek olacak.»

²⁵Onlar da, «Hayatımızı kurtardın!» dediler, «Efendimizin gözünde lütuf bulalım ve Firavun'un kulları olalım.»

²⁶Yusuf bunu Mısır toprağında bugüne kadar geçerli bir yasa yaptı: Beşte bir pay Firavun'a aitti. Yalnızca kahinlerin toprağı Firavun'un olmadı.

²⁷İsrail Mısır diyarında, Goşen bölgesinde yerleşti. Orada miras hakkı elde edip mülk edindiler, üreyip son derece çoğaldılar.

²⁸Yakup Mısır diyarında on yedi yıl yaşadı; Yakup'un ömrünün yıllarının günleri yüz kırk yedi yıl oldu.

²⁹İsrail'in öleceği günler yaklaşınca, oğlu Yusuf'u çağırıp ona şöyle dedi: «Eğer gözünde lütuf bulduysam, lütfen elini uyluğumun altına koy; bana sevgi ve sadakat göstererek beni Mısır'da gömmeyeceğine söz ver.

³⁰Atalarımla birlikte uyuduğumda, beni Mısır'dan çıkarıp onların mezarına göm.» Yusuf, «Sözün uyarınca yapacağım» dedi.

³¹Yakup, «Bana ant iç» dedi; Yusuf da ona ant içti. Bunun üzerine İsrail asasının ucuna yaslanarak secde etti.

¹ΕΛΘΩΝ δὲ ᾿Ιωσὴφ ἀπήγγειλε τῷ Φαραὼ λέγων· ὁ πατήρ μου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί μου καὶ τὰ κτήνη καὶ οἱ βόες αὐτῶν καὶ πάντα τὰ αὐτῶν ἦλθον ἐκ γῆς Χαναὰν καὶ ἰδού εἰσιν ἐν γῇ Γεσέμ.

²ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ παρέλαβε πέντε ἄνδρας καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτοὺς ἐναντίον Φαραώ.

³καὶ εἶπε Φαραὼ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ᾿Ιωσήφ· τί τὸ ἔργον ὑμῶν; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν τῷ Φαραώ· ποιμένες προβάτων οἱ παῖδές σου, καὶ ἡμεῖς καὶ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν.

⁴εἶπαν δὲ τῷ Φαραώ· παροικεῖν ἐν τῇ γῇ ἥκαμεν· οὐ γάρ ἐστι νομὴ τοῖς κτήνεσι τῶν παίδων σου, ἐνίσχυσε γὰρ ὁ λιμὸς ἐν γῇ Χαναάν· νῦν οὖν κατοικήσωμεν οἱ παῖδές σου ἐν γῇ Γεσέμ.

⁵εἶπε δὲ Φαραὼ τῷ ᾿Ιωσήφ· κατοικείτωσαν ἐν γῇ Γεσέμ· εἰ δὲ ἐπίστῃ ὅτι εἰσὶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἄνδρες δυνατοί, κατάστησον αὐτοὺς ἄρχοντας τῶν ἐμῶν κτηνῶν. ῏Ηλθον δὲ εἰς Αἴγυπτον πρὸς ᾿Ιωσὴφ ᾿Ιακὼβ καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἤκουσε Φαραὼ βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου.

⁶καὶ εἶπε Φαραὼ πρὸς ᾿Ιωσὴφ λέγων· ὁ πατήρ σου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί σου ἥκασι πρὸς σέ· ἰδοὺ ἡ γῆ Αἰγύπτου ἐναντίον σου ἐστίν· ἐν τῇ βελτίστῃ γῇ κατοίκισον τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου.

⁷εἰσήγαγε δὲ ᾿Ιωσὴφ ᾿Ιακὼβ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτὸν ἐναντίον Φαραώ, καὶ ηὐλόγησεν ᾿Ιακὼβ τὸν Φαραώ.

⁸εἶπε δὲ Φαραὼ τῷ ᾿Ιακώβ· πόσα ἔτη ἡμερῶν τῆς ζωῆς σου;

⁹καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιακὼβ τῷ Φαραώ· αἱ ἡμέραι τῶν ἐτῶν τῆς ζωῆς μου, ἃς παροικῶ, ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα ἔτη· μικραὶ καὶ πονηραὶ γεγόνασιν αἱ ἡμέραι τῶν ἐτῶν τῆς ζωῆς μου, οὐκ ἀφίκοντο εἰς τὰς ἡμέρας τῶν ἐτῶν τῆς ζωῆς τῶν πατέρων μου, ἃς ἡμέρας παρῴκησαν.

¹⁰καὶ εὐλογήσας ᾿Ιακὼβ τὸν Φαραὼ ἐξῆλθεν ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

¹¹καὶ κατῴκισεν ᾿Ιωσὴφ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς κατάσχεσιν ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ ἐν τῇ βελτίστῃ γῇ, ἐν γῇ Ραμεσσῆ, καθὰ προσέταξε Φαραώ.

¹²καὶ ἐσιτομέτρει ᾿Ιωσὴφ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς καὶ παντὶ τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ σῖτον κατὰ σῶμα.

¹³Σῖτος δὲ οὐκ ἦν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ· ἐνίσχυσε γὰρ ὁ λιμὸς σφόδρα. ἐξέλιπε δὲ ἡ γῆ Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἡ γῆ Χαναὰν ἀπὸ τοῦ λιμοῦ.

¹⁴συνήγαγε δὲ ᾿Ιωσὴφ πᾶν τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ εὑρεθὲν ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἐν γῇ Χαναὰν τοῦ σίτου, οὗ ἠγόραζον, καὶ ἐσιτομέτρει αὐτοῖς, καὶ εἰσήνεγκεν ᾿Ιωσὴφ πᾶν τὸ ἀργύριον εἰς τὸν οἶκον Φαραώ.

¹⁵καὶ ἐξέλιπε πᾶν τὸ ἀργύριον ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἐκ γῆς Χαναάν. ἦλθον δὲ πάντες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι πρὸς ᾿Ιωσήφ, λέγοντες· δὸς ἡμῖν ἄρτους, καὶ ἱνατί ἀποθνήσκομεν ἐναντίον σου; ἐκλέλοιπε γὰρ τὸ ἀργύριον ἡμῶν.

¹⁶εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς ᾿Ιωσήφ· φέρετε τὰ κτήνη ὑμῶν, καὶ δώσω ὑμῖν ἄρτους ἀντὶ τῶν κτηνῶν ὑμῶν, εἰ ἐκλέλοιπε τὸ ἀργύριον ὑμῶν.

¹⁷ἤγαγον δὲ τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν πρὸς ᾿Ιωσήφ, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ᾿Ιωσὴφ ἄρτους ἀντὶ τῶν ἵππων καὶ ἀντὶ τῶν προβάτων καὶ ἀντὶ τῶν βοῶν καὶ ἀντὶ τῶν ὄνων καὶ ἐξέθρεψεν αὐτοὺς ἐν ἄρτοις ἀντὶ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ἐκείνῳ.

¹⁸ἐξῆλθε δὲ τὸ ἔτος ἐκεῖνο, καὶ ἦλθον πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἔτει τῷ δευτέρῳ καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ· μή ποτε ἐκτριβῶμεν ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν; εἰ γὰρ ἐκλέλοιπε τὸ ἀργύριον ἡμῶν καὶ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ τὰ κτήνη πρὸς σὲ τὸν κύριον, καὶ οὐχ ὑπολέλειπται ἡμῖν ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ἀλλ᾿ ἢ τὸ ἴδιον σῶμα καὶ ἡ γῆ ἡμῶν.

¹⁹ἵνα οὖν μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν ἐναντίον σου καὶ ἡ γῆ ἐρημωθῇ, κτῆσαι ἡμᾶς καὶ τὴν γῆν ἡμῶν ἀντὶ ἄρτων, καὶ ἐσόμεθα ἡμεῖς καὶ ἡ γῆ ἡμῶν παῖδες τῷ Φαραώ· δὸς σπέρμα, ἵνα σπείρωμεν καὶ ζῶμεν καὶ μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν καὶ ἡ γῆ οὐκ ἐρημωθήσεται.

²⁰καὶ ἐκτήσατο ᾿Ιωσὴφ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων τῷ Φαραώ· ἀπέδοντο γὰρ οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν τῷ Φαραώ, ἐπεκράτησε γὰρ αὐτῶν ὁ λιμός· καὶ ἐγένετο ἡ γῇ τῷ Φαραώ,

²¹καὶ τὸν λαὸν κατεδουλώσατο αὐτῷ εἰς παῖδας ἀπ᾿ ἄκρων ὁρίων Αἰγύπτου ἕως τῶν ἄκρων,

²²χωρὶς τῆς γῆς τῶν ἱερέων μόνον· οὐκ ἐκτήσατο ταύτην ᾿Ιωσήφ, ἐν δόσει γὰρ ἔδωκε δόμα τοῖς ἱερεῦσι Φαραώ, καὶ ἤσθιον τὴν δόσιν, ἣν ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς Φαραώ· διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἀπέδοντο τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν.

²³εἶπε δὲ ᾿Ιωσὴφ πᾶσι τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις· ἰδοὺ κέκτημαι ὑμᾶς καὶ τὴν γῆν ὑμῶν σήμερον τῷ Φαραώ· λάβετε ἑαυτοῖς σπέρμα καὶ σπείρατε τὴν γῆν,

²⁴καὶ ἔσται τὰ γεννήματα αὐτῆς καὶ δώσετε τὸ πέμπτον μέρος τῷ Φαραώ, τὰ δὲ τέσσαρα μέρη ἔσται ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς εἰς σπέρμα τῇ γῇ καὶ εἰς βρῶσιν ὑμῖν καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις ὑμῶν.

²⁵καὶ εἶπαν· σέσωκας ἡμᾶς, εὕρομεν χάριν ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν καὶ ἐσόμεθα παῖδες τῷ Φαραώ.

²⁶καὶ ἔθετο αὐτοῖς ᾿Ιωσὴφ εἰς πρόσταγμα ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης, ἐπὶ γῆς Αἰγύπτου τῷ Φαραὼ ἀποπεμπτοῦν, χωρὶς τῆς γῆς τῶν ἱερέων μόνον· οὐκ ἦν τῷ Φαραώ.

²⁷Κατῴκησε δὲ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ ἐπὶ γῆς Γεσὲμ καὶ ἐκληρονόμησαν ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς καὶ ηὐξήθησαν καὶ ἐπληθύνθησαν σφόδρα.

²⁸ἐπέζησε δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ δεκαεπτὰ ἔτη· καὶ ἐγένοντο αἱ ἡμέραι ᾿Ιακὼβ ἐνιαυτῶν τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ ἑκατὸν τεσσαρακονταεπτὰ ἔτη.

²⁹ἤγγισαν δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι ᾿Ισραὴλ τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν, καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ᾿Ιωσὴφ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· εἰ εὕρηκα χάριν ἐναντίον σου, ὑπόθες τὴν χεῖρά σου ὑπὸ τὸν μηρόν μου καὶ ποιήσεις ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἐλεημοσύνην καὶ ἀλήθειαν τοῦ μή με θάψαι ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ,

³⁰ἀλλὰ κοιμηθήσομαι μετὰ τῶν πατέρων μου, καὶ ἀρεῖς με ἐξ Αἰγύπτου καὶ θάψεις με ἐν τῷ τάφῳ αὐτῶν. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· ἐγὼ ποιήσω κατὰ τὸ ρῆμά σου.

³¹εἶπε δέ· ὄμοσόν μοι. καὶ ὤμοσεν αὐτῷ. καὶ προσεκύνησεν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τῆς ράβδου αὐτοῦ.

¹AND Joseph came and told Pharao, [saying], My father, and my brethren, and their cattle, and their oxen, and all their possessions, are come out of the land of Chanaan, and behold, they are in the land of Gesem.

²And he took of his brethren five men, and set them before Pharao.

³And Pharao said to the brethren of Joseph, What is your occupation? and they said to Pharao, Thy servants are shepherds, both we and our father.

⁴And they said to Pharao, We are come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks of thy servants, for the famine has prevailed in the land of Chanaan; now then, we will dwell in the land of Gesem. And Pharao said to Joseph, Let them dwell in the land of Gesem; and if thou knowest that there are among them able men, make them overseers of my cattle. So Jacob and his sons came into Egypt, to Joseph; and Pharao, king of Egypt, heard [of it].

⁵And Pharao spoke to Joseph, saying, Thy father, and thy brethren, are come to thee.

⁶Behold, the land of Egypt is before thee; settle thy father and thy brethren in the best land.

⁷And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharao; and Jacob blessed Pharao.

⁸And Pharao said to Jacob, How many are the years of the days of thy life?

⁹And Jacob said to Pharao, The days of the years of my life, wherein I sojourn, are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, they have not attained to the days of the life of my fathers, in which days they sojourned.

¹⁰And Jacob blessed Pharao, and departed from him.

¹¹And Joseph settled his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best land, in the land of Ramesses, as Pharao commanded.

¹²And Joseph gave provision to his father, and his brethren, and to all the house of his father, corn for each person.

¹³And there was no corn in all the land, for the famine prevailed greatly; and the land of Egypt, and the land of Chanaan, fainted for the famine.

¹⁴And Joseph gathered all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and the land of Chanaan, [in return for] the corn which they bought, and he distributed corn to them; and Joseph brought all the money into the house of Pharao.

¹⁵And all the money failed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land of Chanaan; and all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, Give us bread, and why do we die in thy presence? for our money is spent.

¹⁶And Joseph said to them, Bring your cattle, and I will give you bread for your cattle, if your money is spent.

¹⁷And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in return for their horses, and for their sheep, and for their oxen, and for their asses; and Joseph maintained them with bread for all their cattle in that year.

¹⁸And that year passed, and they came to him in the second year, and said to him, Must we then be consumed from before our lord? for if our money has failed, and our possessions, and our cattle, [brought] to thee our lord, and there has not been left to us before our lord more than our own bodies and our land, [we are indeed destitute].

¹⁹In order, then, that we die not before thee, and the land be made desolate, buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharao: give seed that we may sow, and live and not die, so our land shall not be made desolate.

²⁰And Joseph bought all the land of the Egyptians, for Pharao; for the Egyptians sold their land to Pharao; for the famine prevailed against them, and the land became Pharao's.

²¹And he brought the people into bondage to him, for servants, from one extremity of Egypt to the other,

²²except only the land of the priests; Joseph bought not this, for Pharao gave a portion in the way of gift to the priests; and they ate their portion which Pharao gave them; therefore they sold not their land.

²³And Joseph said to all the Egyptians, Behold, I have bought you and your land this day for Pharao; take seed for you, and sow the land.

²⁴And there shall be the fruits of it; and ye shall give the fifth part to Pharao, and the four [remaining] parts shall be for yourselves, for seed for the earth, and for food for you, and all that are in your houses.

²⁵And they said, Thou hast saved us; we have found favour before our lord, and we will be servants to Pharao.

²⁶And Joseph appointed it to them for an ordinance until this day; to reserve a fifth part for Pharao, on the land of Egypt, except only the land of the priests, that was not Pharao's.

²⁷And Israel dwelt in Egypt, in the land of Gesem, and they gained an inheritance upon it; and they increased and multiplied very greatly.

²⁸And Jacob survived seventeen years in the land of Egypt; and Jacob's days of the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven years.

²⁹and the days of Israel drew nigh for him to die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If I have found favour before thee, put thy hand under my thigh, and thou shalt execute mercy and truth toward me, so as not to bury me in Egypt.

³⁰But I will sleep with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me up out of Egypt, and bury me in their sepulchre. And he said, I will do according to thy word.

³¹And he said, Swear to me; and he swore to him. And Israel did reverence, leaning on the top of his staff.