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1 Luego, José fue a ver al faraón, y le dijo: ―Han llegado mi padre y mis hermanos desde Canaán con todas sus posesiones, ovejas y vacas. En este momento se encuentran en la región 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 había llevado consigo a cinco de sus hermanos y se los presentó al faraón.
2 From among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.
3 Este entonces les preguntó: ―¿A qué se dedican? Y ellos contestaron: ―Somos pastores, como nuestros antepasados.
3 Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.”
4 Hemos venido a vivir en Egipto porque no hay pasto para nuestro ganado en Canaán. El hambre es mucha allá. Queremos pedirle permiso para vivir 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 le dijo a José: ―Escoge el lugar que tú quieras para que vivan ellos. Dales la mejor tierra de Egipto. La tierra de Gosén es buena. Y si alguno de ellos quiere, ponlo a cargo de mis rebaños también.
5 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
6 Not in this translation
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 Entonces 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 ―¿Qué edad tienes? —le preguntó el faraón.
8 Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How old are you?”
9 Jacob le respondió: ―He vivido ciento treinta años que han sido largos y difíciles, pero no se pueden comparar con la edad de mis antepasados.
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 Entonces Jacob bendijo nuevamente al faraón y salió.
10 Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
11 José, pues, les dio la tierra de Ramsés, de acuerdo con lo que el faraón le 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 les proporcionó alimentos, según el número de los miembros de la 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 La escasez de alimentos fue cada vez mayor, de modo que toda la gente de Egipto y de Canaán estaba experimentando mucha 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 de Canaán y de Egipto a cambio del trigo que les vendía, e ingresó ese dinero en la tesorería 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 a la gente se le terminó el dinero, fueron a José a suplicar que se les diera alimentos. ―Se nos ha terminado el dinero —dijeron—. Por favor, denos alimentos, porque si no moriremos de hambre.
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 ―Bueno —replicó José—, denme sus ganados y yo les daré alimentos en cambio.
16 Joseph said, “Give me your livestock; and I will give you food for your livestock, if your money is gone.”
17 Así que trajeron el ganado a José para cambiarlo por alimentos. Pronto todos los caballos, ovejas, vacas y burros que había en Egipto pasaron a ser del faraón.
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 Al año siguiente vino nuevamente el pueblo y le dijo: ―Señor, usted sabe que ya no tenemos dinero. Además, todo nuestro ganado ahora es suyo. Tan solo podemos pagarle con 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? Cómprenos a nosotros y a nuestras tierras, y seremos esclavos del faraón. Cómprenos a nosotros por alimentos para que vivamos y para que la tierra no quede deshabitada.
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 Entonces José compró toda la tierra de Egipto para el faraón. La verdad es que, debido al hambre, los egipcios vendieron sus tierras. De ese modo, todo el país pasó a poder 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 Y todos los egipcios pasaron a ser esclavos del faraón.
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 La única tierra que no compró fue la de los sacerdotes, porque tenían ración de parte del faraón y no necesitaban venderla.
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 a la gente: ―Los he comprado a ustedes y a sus tierras para el faraón. Aquí está el trigo. Vayan y siembren 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, la quinta parte será para el faraón. Reserven cuatro partes para que se alimenten y tengan semilla para el año siguiente. Así tendrán alimento para ustedes y sus familias.
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 ―¡Usted nos ha salvado la vida! —le dijeron—. ¡Con todo gusto seremos esclavos 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 Entonces José estableció esta ley en Egipto: la quinta parte de todas las cosechas es del faraón. Esta ley todavía se sigue aplicando. Las únicas tierras que no pasaron a ser propiedad del faraón fueron las de los sacerdotes.
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 Los israelitas, pues, vivieron en la tierra de Gosén, en Egipto, consiguieron terrenos, prosperaron y tuvieron muchos hijos.
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, y 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 le acercaba el momento de la muerte, llamó a su hijo José y le dijo: ―Júrame solemnemente que harás lo que te voy a pedir. ¡Si de veras me amas, por favor, 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 yo haya muerto, sácame de Egipto y sepúltame junto a mis antepasados. Y José se lo prometió.
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 (27)
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
- 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
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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)