Genesis · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Genesis 47 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 José fue a informar al faraón: «Mi padre y mis hermanos han llegado de la tierra de Canaán con sus ovejas, su ganado y todo lo que tienen. Ahora están en la tierra de Gosén».
1 Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.”
2 José tomó a cinco de sus hermanos y los presentó al faraón.
2 From among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.
3 El faraón les preguntó: «¿A qué se dedican?». Ellos respondieron: «Tus siervos somos pastores, como lo fueron nuestros padres».
3 Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.”
4 También dijeron: «Hemos venido a vivir por un tiempo en esta tierra porque no hay pasto para nuestros rebaños en Canaán. El hambre es muy fuerte allí. Por favor, permite que tus siervos vivan en la tierra de Gosén».
4 They also said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”
5 El faraón dijo a José: «Tu padre y tus hermanos han venido a ti.
5 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
6 Toda la tierra de Egipto está delante de ti. Haz que tu padre y tus hermanos vivan en la mejor parte del país. Que vivan en Gosén. Y si sabes que entre ellos hay hombres capaces, ponlos a cargo de mi ganado».
6 The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock.”
7 Después José llevó a su padre Jacob ante el faraón, y Jacob bendijo al faraón.
7 Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
8 El faraón preguntó a Jacob: «¿Cuántos años tienes?».
8 Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How old are you?”
9 Jacob respondió: «He vivido como extranjero durante ciento treinta años. Pocos y difíciles han sido los años de mi vida, y no han llegado a los años que vivieron mis padres como extranjeros».
9 Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. The days of the years of my life have been few and evil. They have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”
10 Jacob volvió a bendecir al faraón y salió de su presencia.
10 Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
11 José instaló a su padre y a sus hermanos en Egipto y les dio tierras en la mejor parte del país, en la región de Ramesés, como el faraón había ordenado.
11 Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
12 José dio alimento a su padre, a sus hermanos y a toda la familia de su padre, según las necesidades de cada familia.
12 Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household with bread, according to the sizes of their families.
13 El hambre era tan fuerte que no había alimento en ningún lugar. Egipto y Canaán sufrían mucho por causa del hambre.
13 There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
14 José reunió todo el dinero que había en Egipto y Canaán a cambio del grano que compraban, y llevó el dinero a la casa del faraón.
14 Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
15 Cuando se acabó el dinero en Egipto y Canaán, todos los egipcios fueron a José y dijeron: «Danos alimento. ¿Por qué hemos de morir delante de ti? Ya no tenemos dinero».
15 When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, “Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For our money fails.”
16 José respondió: «Traigan su ganado. Si ya no tienen dinero, les daré alimento a cambio de sus animales».
16 Joseph said, “Give me your livestock; and I will give you food for your livestock, if your money is gone.”
17 Ellos llevaron su ganado a José, y él les dio alimento a cambio de sus caballos, ovejas, vacas y asnos. Así los alimentó durante aquel año a cambio de todo su ganado.
17 They brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock for that year.
18 Cuando terminó aquel año, volvieron a él al año siguiente y dijeron: «No podemos ocultar a nuestro señor que se acabó nuestro dinero y que nuestros animales ya pertenecen a nuestro señor. No nos queda nada para darte excepto nuestros cuerpos y nuestras tierras.
18 When that year was ended, they came to him the second year, and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord how our money is all spent, and the herds of livestock are my lord’s. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands.
19 ¿Por qué hemos de morir delante de ti, nosotros y nuestras tierras? Cómpranos a nosotros y nuestras tierras a cambio de alimento. Nosotros y nuestras tierras perteneceremos al faraón. Danos semilla para que podamos vivir y la tierra no quede desierta».
19 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land won’t be desolate.”
20 Así José compró para el faraón toda la tierra de Egipto, porque los egipcios vendieron sus campos debido al hambre. Toda la tierra pasó a ser propiedad del faraón.
20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for every man of the Egyptians sold his field, because the famine was severe on them, and the land became Pharaoh’s.
21 En cuanto al pueblo, José hizo que quedara al servicio del faraón por todo Egipto.
21 As for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end of it.
22 Solo no compró las tierras de los sacerdotes, porque ellos recibían alimento del faraón y por eso no tuvieron que vender sus tierras.
22 Only he didn’t buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them. That is why they didn’t sell their land.
23 Entonces José dijo al pueblo: «Hoy los he comprado a ustedes y sus tierras para el faraón. Aquí tienen semilla para sembrar la tierra.
23 Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh. Behold, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land.
24 Cuando llegue la cosecha, darán una quinta parte al faraón y las otras cuatro partes serán para ustedes: para sembrar los campos y para alimentar a sus familias y a sus niños».
24 It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.”
25 Ellos respondieron: «Nos has salvado la vida. Que hallemos favor ante nuestro señor y seremos siervos del faraón».
25 They said, “You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
26 José estableció como ley sobre las tierras de Egipto, que todavía existe, que una quinta parte de la cosecha pertenece al faraón. Solo las tierras de los sacerdotes no pasaron a ser del faraón.
26 Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of the priests alone didn’t become Pharaoh’s.
27 Israel vivió en la tierra de Egipto, en la región de Gosén. Allí adquirieron propiedades, tuvieron muchos hijos y se multiplicaron mucho.
27 Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.
28 Jacob vivió diecisiete años en Egipto. En total vivió ciento cuarenta y siete años.
28 Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.
29 Cuando se acercaba el momento de su muerte, Israel llamó a su hijo José y le dijo: «Si cuento con tu favor, pon tu mano debajo de mi muslo y prométeme que me tratarás con bondad y fidelidad. No me entierres en Egipto.
29 The time came near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don’t bury me in Egypt,
30 Cuando muera y me reúna con mis padres, sácame de Egipto y entiérrame donde ellos están sepultados». José respondió: «Haré lo que me pides».
30 but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place.” Joseph said, “I will do as you have said.”
People & places in this chapter
From this site's family tree and Bible maps, only where those guides cite this chapter.
People
Jacob
He wrestled with God through the night and rose as Israel, father of twelve tribes.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–35; 46–49
Joseph
Betrayed and enslaved, he rose to rule Egypt and saved his family from famine.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 37; 39–50
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 45:10; Genesis 46:31; Genesis 46:28; Genesis 45:16; Exodus 9:26
- 2 Acts 7:13; 2 Corinthians 4:14; Jude 24; Colossians 1:28
- 3 Genesis 46:33–34; 2 Thessalonians 3:10; Amos 7:14–15; Jonah 1:8; Genesis 4:2
- 4 Genesis 46:34; Deuteronomy 26:5; Genesis 15:13; Genesis 43:1; Acts 7:11
- 6 Exodus 18:21; Genesis 47:11; Proverbs 22:29; 2 Chronicles 26:10; Exodus 18:25
- 7 Genesis 47:10; 2 Samuel 14:22; Exodus 12:32; Luke 22:19; Matthew 26:26
- 9 Job 14:1; Psalm 39:12; Genesis 35:28; Psalm 39:5; Exodus 7:7
- 10 Genesis 47:7; Deuteronomy 33:1; Hebrews 7:7; 2 Samuel 8:10; Genesis 14:19
- 11 Genesis 47:6; Exodus 12:37; Exodus 1:11; John 17:24; John 14:2
- 12 Genesis 45:11; Mark 7:10–13; Exodus 20:12; Genesis 47:1; Ruth 4:15
- 13 Acts 7:11; Jeremiah 9:12; Lamentations 4:9; Genesis 41:30–31; 1 Kings 18:5
- 14 Genesis 41:56; Luke 16:10–12; 1 Peter 4:10; Luke 16:1–2; 1 Corinthians 4:2
- 15 Judges 8:8; Judges 8:5; Matthew 6:11; Psalm 37:3; Genesis 47:18–19
- 16 Philippians 4:8; 1 Corinthians 10:32; Proverbs 12:17; Colossians 4:5; Daniel 6:5–7
- 17 Isaiah 31:1; Job 2:4; Matthew 6:24; 1 Kings 10:28; Exodus 9:3
- 18 Jeremiah 38:9; 2 Kings 6:26
- 19 Nehemiah 5:2–3; Job 2:4; Lamentations 1:11; Lamentations 5:9; Lamentations 5:6
- 21 Genesis 41:48
- 22 Ezra 7:24; Joshua 21:1–45; Nehemiah 13:10; 1 Corinthians 9:13; Genesis 41:50
- 23 Isaiah 55:10; Isaiah 28:24–25; Genesis 45:6; Psalm 112:5; Proverbs 12:11
- 24 Genesis 41:34; Psalm 112:5; Psalm 41:1; Genesis 47:25; 1 Samuel 8:15–17
- 25 Genesis 33:15; Proverbs 11:26–27; Genesis 41:45; Genesis 50:20; Genesis 45:6–8
- 26 Genesis 47:22; Ezekiel 7:24
- 27 Genesis 46:3; Exodus 1:7; Acts 7:17; Psalm 107:38; Psalm 105:24
- 28 Psalm 90:10; Psalm 119:84; Psalm 90:12; Genesis 47:8–9; Genesis 37:2
- 29 Genesis 24:2; Deuteronomy 31:14; Genesis 24:49; 1 Kings 2:1; Genesis 50:24–25
- 30 Genesis 49:29–32; Genesis 25:9; Genesis 23:19; Genesis 50:25; 2 Samuel 19:37
- 31 1 Kings 1:47; Genesis 24:3; Hebrews 11:21; Genesis 47:29; Genesis 24:26
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
Why does my Bible say something different?
- Hebrews 11:21 and Genesis 47:31: Jacob’s staff or Jacob’s bed?
In the Hebrew text of Genesis 47:31 Israel bows “upon the bed’s head.” In the Septuagint he bows “on the top of his staff,” and Hebrews 11:21 quotes the Greek. The Hebrew consonants can be read either way; only the later vowel marks decide. The Orthodox Church reads “staff,” and St John of Damascus used the verse in defending the veneration of holy things.
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
"Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been," said Jacob, and elsewhere "all the days of my life." Thus under the form of history the law is laid down for what is to follow.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)