Then Joseph came and reported to Pharaoh, saying, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that is theirs, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in the region of Goshen.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויבא
19
יוסף
156
ויגד
23
לפרעה
385
ויאמר
257
אבי
13
ואחי
25
וצאנם
187
ובקרם
348
וכלאשר
557
להם
75
באו
9
מארץ
331
כנען
190
והנם
101
בארץ
293
גשן
353
Genesis 47:2
Gematria: 1832
ומקצהאחיולקחחמשהאנשיםויצגםלפניפרעה
And carefully selecting a few ” of his brothers, he presented them to Pharaoh.
We have come,” they told Pharaoh, “to sojourn in this land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, the famine being severe in the land of Canaan. Pray, then, let your servants stay in the region of Goshen.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויאמרו
263
אלפרעה
386
לגור
239
בארץ
293
באנו
59
כיאין
91
מרעה
315
לצאן
171
אשר
501
לעבדיך
136
כיכבד
56
הרעב
277
בארץ
293
כנען
190
ועתה
481
ישבונא
369
עבדיך
106
בארץ
293
גשן
353
Genesis 47:5
Gematria: 1218
ויאמרפרעהאליוסףלאמראביךואחיךבאואליך
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “As regards your father and your brothers who have come to you,
the land of Egypt is open before you: settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land; let them stay in the region of Goshen. And if you know some men of ability men of ability NJPS “capable men.” See the Dictionary under ’ish. among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ארץ
291
מצרים
380
לפניך
190
הוא
12
במיטב
63
הארץ
296
הושב
313
אתאביך
434
ואתאחיך
446
ישבו
318
בארץ
293
גשן
353
ואםידעת
531
וישבם
358
אנשיחיל
409
ושמתם
786
שרי
510
מקנה
195
עלאשרלי
641
Genesis 47:7
Gematria: 2619
ויבאיוסףאתיעקבאביוויעמדהולפניפרעהויברךיעקבאתפרעה
Joseph then brought his father Jacob and presented him to Pharaoh; and Jacob greeted Pharaoh.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויבא
19
יוסף
156
אתיעקב
583
אביו
19
ויעמדהו
141
לפני
170
פרעה
355
ויברך
238
יעקב
182
אתפרעה
756
Genesis 47:8
Gematria: 1358
ויאמרפרעהאליעקבכמהימישניחייך
Pharaoh asked Jacob, “How many are the years of your life?”
And Jacob answered Pharaoh, “The years of my sojourn [on earth] are one hundred and thirty. Few and hard have been the years of my life, nor do they come up to the life spans of my ancestors ancestors I.e., predecessors in general. Or, with NJPS, “fathers”—taking the “sojourns” to allude specifically to Terah, Abraham, and Isaac as wandering heads of corporate households. Heb. ’avoth. during their sojourns.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויאמר
257
יעקב
182
אלפרעה
386
ימי
60
שני
360
מגורי
259
שלשים
680
ומאת
447
שנה
355
מעט
119
ורעים
326
היו
21
ימי
60
שני
360
חיי
28
ולא
37
השיגו
324
אתימי
461
שני
360
חיי
28
אבתי
413
בימי
62
מגוריהם
304
Genesis 47:10
Gematria: 1848
ויברךיעקבאתפרעהויצאמלפניפרעה
Then Jacob bade Pharaoh farewell, and left Pharaoh’s presence.
So Joseph settled his father and his brothers, giving them holdings in the choicest part of the land of Egypt, in the region of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויושב
324
יוסף
156
אתאביו
420
ואתאחיו
432
ויתן
466
להם
75
אחזה
21
בארץ
293
מצרים
380
במיטב
63
הארץ
296
בארץ
293
רעמסס
430
כאשר
521
צוה
101
פרעה
355
Genesis 47:12
Gematria: 2304
ויכלכליוסףאתאביוואתאחיוואתכלביתאביולחםלפיהטף
Joseph sustained his father, and his brothers, and all his father’s household with bread, down to the little ones.
Now there was no bread in all the world, for the famine was very severe; both the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.
Joseph gathered in all the money that was to be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, as payment for the rations that were being procured, and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s palace.
And when the money gave out in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us bread, lest we die before your very eyes; for the money is gone!”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויתם
456
הכסף
165
מארץ
331
מצרים
380
ומארץ
337
כנען
190
ויבאו
25
כלמצרים
430
אליוסף
187
לאמר
271
הבהלנו
98
לחם
78
ולמה
81
נמות
496
נגדך
77
כי
30
אפס
141
כסף
160
Genesis 47:16
Gematria: 1842
ויאמריוסףהבומקניכםואתנהלכםבמקניכםאםאפסכסף
And Joseph said, “Bring your livestock, and I will sell to you against your livestock, if the money is gone.”
So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, for the stocks of sheep and cattle, and the asses; thus he provided them with bread that year in exchange for all their livestock.
And when that year was ended, they came to him the next year and said to him, “We cannot hide from my lord that, with all the money and animal stocks consigned to my lord, nothing is left at my lord’s disposal save our persons and our farmland.
Let us not perish before your eyes, both we and our land. Take us and our land in exchange for bread, and we with our land will be serfs to Pharaoh; provide the seed, that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become a waste.”
So Joseph gained possession of all the farm land of Egypt for Pharaoh, all the Egyptians having sold their fields because the famine was too much for them; thus the land passed over to Pharaoh.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויקן
166
יוסף
156
אתכלאדמת
896
מצרים
380
לפרעה
385
כימכרו
296
מצרים
380
איש
311
שדהו
315
כיחזק
145
עלהם
145
הרעב
277
ותהי
421
הארץ
296
לפרעה
385
Genesis 47:21
Gematria: 2503
ואתהעםהעביראתולעריםמקצהגבולמצריםועדקצהו
And he removed the population town by town, town by town Meaning of Heb. ’otho le‘arim uncertain. from one end of Egypt’s border to the other.
Only the land of the priests he did not take over, for the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh, and they lived off the allotment which Pharaoh had made to them; therefore they did not sell their land.
And when harvest comes, you shall give one-fifth to Pharaoh, and four-fifths shall be yours as seed for the fields and as food for you and those in your households, and as nourishment for your children.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
והיה
26
בתבואת
811
ונתתם
896
חמישית
768
לפרעה
385
וארבע
279
הידת
419
יהיה
30
לכם
90
לזרע
307
השדה
314
ולאכלכם
147
ולאשר
537
בבתיכם
474
ולאכל
87
לטפכם
179
Genesis 47:25
Gematria: 1786
ויאמרוהחיתנונמצאחןבעיניאדניוהיינועבדיםלפרעה
And they said, “You have saved our lives! We are grateful to my lord, and we shall be serfs to Pharaoh.”
And Joseph made it into a land law in Egypt, which is still valid, that a fifth should be Pharaoh’s; only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh’s.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וישם
356
אתה
406
יוסף
156
לחק
138
עדהיום
135
הזה
17
עלאדמת
545
מצרים
380
לפרעה
385
לחמש
378
רק
300
אדמת
445
הכהנים
130
לבדם
76
לא
31
היתה
420
לפרעה
385
Genesis 47:27
Gematria: 2794
וישבישראלבארץמצריםבארץגשןויאחזובהויפרווירבומאד
Thus Israel settled in the country of Egypt, in the region of Goshen; they acquired holdings in it, and were fertile and increased greatly.
And when the time approached for Israel to die, he summoned his son Joseph and said to him, “Do me this favor, place your hand under my thigh as a pledge of your steadfast loyalty: please do not bury me in Egypt.
When I lie down with my ancestors, ancestors Heb. ’avoth; trad. “fathers.” See the Dictionary under “predecessors.” take me up from Egypt and bury me in their burial-place.” He replied, “I will do as you have spoken.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ושכבתי
738
עםאבתי
523
ונשאתני
817
ממצרים
420
וקברתני
768
בקברתם
744
ויאמר
257
אנכי
81
אעשה
376
כדברך
246
Genesis 47:31
Gematria: 3114
ויאמרהשבעהליוישבעלווישתחוישראלעלראשהמטהפ
And he said, “Swear to me.” And he swore to him. Then Israel bowed at the head of the bed.