Genesis 47

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	GREEK BIBLE
1 Joseph went and told Pharaoh, "My father and my brothers have come from the land of Canaan, with their flocks and herds and everything else they own; and they are now in the region of Goshen."	1 Ελθων δε ο Ιωσηφ, απηγγειλε προς τον Φαραω λεγων, Ο πατηρ μου και οι αδελφοι μου, και τα ποιμνια αυτων και αι αγελαι αυτων και παντα οσα εχουσιν, ηλθον εκ της γης Χανααν? και ιδου, ειναι εν τη γη Γεσεν.
2 He then presented to Pharaoh five of his brothers whom he had selected from their full number.	2 Και παραλαβων εκ των αδελφων αυτου πεντε ανδρας, παρεστησεν αυτους ενωπιον του Φαραω.
3 When Pharaoh asked them what their occupation was, they answered, "We, your servants, like our ancestors, are shepherds.	3 Και ειπεν ο Φαραω προς τους αδελφους αυτου, Τι ειναι το επιτηδευμα σας; οι δε ειπον προς τον Φαραω, Ποιμενες προβατων ειναι οι δουλοι σου και ημεις και οι πατερες ημων.
4 We have come," they continued, "in order to stay in this country, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks in the land of Canaan, so severe has the famine been there. Please, therefore, let your servants settle in the region of Goshen."	4 Ειπον ετι προς τον Φαραω, Ηλθομεν δια να παροικησωμεν εν τη γη? διοτι δεν υπαρχει βοσκη δια τα ποιμνια των δουλων σου, επειδη επεβαρυνεν η πεινα εν τη γη Χανααν? τωρα λοιπον ας κατοικησωσι, παρακαλουμεν, οι δουλοι σου εν τη γη Γεσεν.
5 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "They may settle in the region of Goshen; and if you know any of them to be qualified, you may put them in charge of my own livestock." Thus, when Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and Pharaoh, king of Egypt, heard about it, Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Now that your father and brothers have come to you,	5 Και ειπεν ο Φαραω προς τον Ιωσηφ λεγων, Ο πατηρ σου και οι αδελφοι σου ηλθον προς σε?
6 the land of Egypt is at your disposal; settle your father and brothers in the pick of the land."	6 η γη της Αιγυπτου ειναι εμπροσθεν σου? εις το καλητερον της γης κατοικισον τον πατερα σου και τους αδελφους σου? ας κατοικησωσιν εν τη γη Γεσεν? και εαν γνωριζης οτι ευρισκονται μεταξυ αυτων ανδρες αξιοι, καταστησον αυτους επιστατας επι των ποιμνιων μου.
7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him to Pharaoh. After Jacob had paid his respects to Pharaoh,	7 Εισηγαγε δε ο Ιωσηφ Ιακωβ τον πατερα αυτου και παρεστησεν αυτον ενωπιον του Φαραω? και ευλογησεν ο Ιακωβ τον Φαραω.
8 Pharaoh asked him, "How many years have you lived?"	8 Και ειπεν ο Φαραω προς τον Ιακωβ, Ως ποσαι ειναι αι ημεραι των ετων της ζωης σου;
9 Jacob replied: "The years I have lived as a wayfarer amount to a hundred and thirty. Few and hard have been these years of my life, and they do not compare with the years that my ancestors lived as wayfarers."	9 Και ο Ιακωβ ειπε προς τον Φαραω, Αι ημεραι των ετων της παροικιας μου ειναι εκατον τριακοντα ετη? ολιγαι και κακαι υπηρξαν αι ημεραι των ετων της ζωης μου και δεν εφθασαν εις τας ημερας των ετων της ζωης των πατερων μου εν ταις ημεραις της παροικιας αυτων.
10 Then Jacob bade Pharaoh farewell and withdrew from his presence.	10 Και ευλογησεν ο Ιακωβ τον Φαραω και εξηλθεν απ' εμπροσθεν του Φαραω.
11 As Pharaoh had ordered, Joseph settled his father and brothers and gave them holdings in Egypt on the pick of the land, in the region of Rameses.	11 Και κατωκισεν ο Ιωσηφ τον πατερα αυτου και τους αδελφους αυτου, και εδωκεν εις αυτους ιδιοκτησιαν εν τη γη της Αιγυπτου, εις το καλητερον της γης, εν τη γη Ραμεσση, καθως προσεταξεν ο Φαραω.
12 And Joseph sustained his father and brothers and his father's whole household, down to the youngest, with food.	12 Και ετρεφεν ο Ιωσηφ τον πατερα αυτου και τους αδελφους αυτου και παντα τον οικον του πατρος αυτου με αρτον, κατα τας οικογενειας αυτων.
13 Since there was no food in any country because of the extreme severity of the famine, and the lands of Egypt and Canaan were languishing from hunger,	13 Και αρτος δεν ητο καθ' ολην την γην? διοτι η πεινα ητο βαρεια σφοδρα, ωστε η γη της Αιγυπτου και η γη της Χανααν απεκαμον υπο της πεινης.
14 Joseph gathered in, as payment for the rations that were being dispensed, all the money that was to be found in Egypt and Canaan, and he put it in Pharaoh's palace.	14 Και συνηγαγεν ο Ιωσηφ απαν το αργυριον, το ευρισκομενον εν τη γη της Αιγυπτου και εν τη γη Χανααν, δια τον σιτον τον οποιον ηγοραζον? και εφερεν ο Ιωσηφ το αργυριον εις τον οικον του Φαραω.
15 When all the money in Egypt and Canaan was spent, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, pleading, "Give us food or we shall perish under your eyes; for our money is gone."	15 Και αφου εξελιπε το αργυριον εκ της γης Αιγυπτου και εκ της γης Χανααν, ηλθον παντες οι Αιγυπτιοι προς τον Ιωσηφ, λεγοντες, Δος αρτον εις ημας? επειδη δια τι να αποθανωμεν εμπροσθεν σου; διοτι εξελιπε το αργυριον.
16 "Since your money is gone," replied Joseph, "give me your livestock, and I will sell you bread in return for your livestock."	16 Ειπε δε ο Ιωσηφ, Φερετε τα κτηνη σας και θελω σας δωσει αρτον αντι των κτηνων σας, εαν εξελιπε το αργυριον.
17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he sold them food in return for their horses, their flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, and their donkeys. Thus he got them through that year with bread in exchange for all their livestock.	17 Και εφεραν τα κτηνη αυτων προς τον Ιωσηφ και εδωκεν εις αυτους ο Ιωσηφ αρτον αντι των ιππων και αντι των προβατων και αντι των βοων και αντι των ονων? και εθρεψεν αυτους με αρτον εν τω ενιαυτω εκεινω αντι παντων των κτηνων αυτων.
18 When that year ended, they came to him in the following one and said: "We cannot hide from my lord that, with our money spent and our livestock made over to my lord, there is nothing left to put at my lord's disposal except our bodies and our farm land.	18 Αφου δε ετελειωσεν ο ενιαυτος εκεινος, ηλθον προς αυτον το δευτερον ετος και ειπον προς αυτον, δεν θελομεν κρυψει απο του κυριου ημων οτι εξελιπε το αργυριον? και τα κτηνη εγειναν του κυριου ημων? δεν εμεινεν αλλο εμπροσθεν του κυριου ημων, ειμη τα σωματα ημων και η γη ημων?
19 Why should we and our land perish before your very eyes? Take us and our land in exchange for food, and we will become Pharaoh's slaves and our land his property; only give us seed, that we may survive and not perish, and that our land may not turn into a waste."	19 δια τι να απολεσθωμεν ενωπιον σου και ημεις και η γη ημων; αγορασον ημας και την γην ημων δια αρτον? και θελομεν εισθαι ημεις και η γη ημων δουλοι εις τον Φαραω? και δος εις ημας σπορον, δια να ζησωμεν και να μη αποθανωμεν και η γη να μη ερημωθη.
20 Thus Joseph acquired all the farm land of Egypt for Pharaoh, since with the famine too much for them to bear, every Egyptian sold his field; so the land passed over to Pharaoh,	20 Και ηγορασεν ο Ιωσηφ πασαν την γην Αιγυπτου δια τον Φαραω? διοτι οι Αιγυπτιοι επωλησαν εκαστος τον αγρον αυτου, επειδη η πεινα υπερεβαρυνεν επ' αυτους? ουτως η γη εγεινε του Φαραω?
21 and the people were reduced to slavery, from one end of Egypt's territory to the other.	21 τον δε λαον μετετοπισεν αυτον εις πολεις, απ' ακρου των οριων της Αιγυπτου εως ακρου αυτης?
22 Only the priests' lands Joseph did not take over. Since the priests had a fixed allowance from Pharaoh and lived off the allowance Pharaoh had granted them, they did not have to sell their land.	22 μονον την γην των ιερεων δεν ηγορασε? διοτι οι ιερεις ειχον μεριδιον προσδιωρισμενον υπο του Φαραω? και ετρωγον το μεριδιον αυτων, το οποιον εδωκεν εις αυτους ο Φαραω? δια τουτο δεν επωλησαν την γην αυτων.
23 Joseph told the people: "Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh, here is your seed for sowing the land.	23 Τοτε ειπεν ο Ιωσηφ προς τον λαον, Ιδου, ηγορασα εσας και την γην σας σημερον εις τον Φαραω? ιδου, λαβετε σπορον και σπειρατε την γην?
24 But when the harvest is in, you must give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, while you keep four-fifths as seed for your fields and as food for yourselves and your families (and as food for your children)."	24 και εν τω καιρω των γεννηματων, θελετε δωσει το πεμπτον εις τον Φαραω? τα δε τεσσαρα μερη θελουσιν εισθαι εις εσας δια σπορον των αγρων και δια τροφην σας και δια τους οντας εν τοις οικοις υμων και δια τροφην των παιδιων υμων.
25 "You have saved our lives!" they answered. "We are grateful to my lord that we can be Pharaoh's slaves."	25 Οι δε ειπον, συ εσωσας την ζωην ημων? ας ευρωμεν χαριν εμπροσθεν του κυριου ημων και θελομεν εισθαι δουλοι του Φαραω.
26 Thus Joseph made it a law for the land in Egypt, which is still in force, that a fifth of its produce should go to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not pass over to Pharaoh.	26 Και εθεσεν ο Ιωσηφ τουτο νομον εν τη γη της Αιγυπτου μεχρι της σημερον, να διδεται το πεμπτον εις τον Φαραω? εκτος της γης των ιερεων μονον, ητις δεν εγεινε του Φαραω.
27 Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. There they acquired property, were fertile, and increased greatly.	27 Κατωκησε δε ο Ισραηλ εν τη γη της Αιγυπτου, εν τη γη Γεσεν? και απεκτησαν εν αυτη κτηματα, και ηυξηνθησαν και επληθυνθησαν σφοδρα.
28 Jacob lived in the land of Egypt for seventeen years; the span of his life came to a hundred and forty-seven years.	28 Επεζησε δε ο Ιακωβ εν τη γη της Αιγυπτου δεκαεπτα ετη? και εγειναν αι ημεραι των ετων της ζωης του Ιακωβ εκατον τεσσαρακοντα επτα ετη.
29 When the time approached for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him: "If you really wish to please me, put your hand under my thigh as a sign of your constant loyalty to me; do not let me be buried in Egypt.	29 Και επλησιασαν αι ημεραι του Ισραηλ δια να αποθανη? και καλεσας τον υιον αυτου τον Ιωσηφ, ειπε προς αυτον, Εαν ευρηκα τωρα χαριν εμπροσθεν σου, βαλε, παρακαλω, την χειρα σου υπο τον μηρον μου, και καμε εις εμε ελεος και αληθειαν? μη με θαψης, παρακαλω, εν τη Αιγυπτω?
30 When I lie down with my ancestors, have me taken out of Egypt and buried in their burial place."	30 αλλα θελω κοιμηθη μετα των πατερων μου και θελεις με μετακομισει εκ της Αιγυπτου και θελεις με θαψει εν τω ταφω αυτων. Ο δε ειπεν, Εγω θελω καμει κατα τον λογον σου.
31 "I will do as you say," he replied. But his father demanded, "Swear it to me!" So Joseph swore to him. Then Israel bowed at the head of the bed.	31 Ο δε ειπεν, Ομοσον μοι και ωμοσεν εις αυτον. Και προσεκυνησεν ο Ισραηλ επι το ακρον της ραβδου αυτου.