- Genesis 47:11
וַיּוֹשֵׁב יוֹסֵף אֶת־אָבִיו וְאֶת־אֶחָיו וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם אֲחֻזָּה בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בְּמֵיטַב הָאָרֶץ בְּאֶרֶץ רַעְמְסֵס כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה פַרְעֹה׃
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.
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וְאוֹתֵיב יוֹסֵף יָת אֲבוּהִי וְיָת אֲחוֹהִי וִיהַב לְהוֹן אַחְסָנָא בְּאַרְעָא דְּמִצְרַיִם בִּדְשַׁפִּיר בְּאַרְעָא בַּאֲרַע רַעְמְסֵס כְּמָא דְּפַקֵּיד פַּרְעֹה׃
Yoseif settled his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best part of the land, in the land of Ramseis, as Pharaoh had ordered.
- Genesis 47:12
וַיְכַלְכֵּל יוֹסֵף אֶת־אָבִיו וְאֶת־אֶחָיו וְאֵת כׇּל־בֵּית אָבִיו לֶחֶם לְפִי הַטָּף׃
Joseph sustained his father, and his brothers, and all his father’s household with bread, down to the little ones.
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וְזָן יוֹסֵף יָת אֲבוּהִי וְיָת אֲחוֹהִי וְיָת כָּל בֵּית אֲבוּהִי לַחְמָא לְפוֹם טַפְלָא׃
Yoseif provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with bread according to [the needs of] the children.
- Genesis 47:13
וְלֶחֶם אֵין בְּכׇל־הָאָרֶץ כִּי־כָבֵד הָרָעָב מְאֹד וַתֵּלַהּ אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וְאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן מִפְּנֵי הָרָעָב׃
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.
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וְלַחְמָא לֵית בְּכָל אַרְעָא אֲרֵי תְּקֵיף כַּפְנָא לַחְדָּא וְאִשְׁתַּלְהִי עַמָּא דְּאַרְעָא דְּמִצְרַיִם וְעַמָּא דְּאַרְעָא דִּכְנַעַן מִן קֳדָם כַּפְנָא׃
There was no bread in all the land, for the famine was very severe. The [the people of the] land of Egypt, and Canaan were worn out because of the famine.
- Genesis 47:14
וַיְלַקֵּט יוֹסֵף אֶת־כׇּל־הַכֶּסֶף הַנִּמְצָא בְאֶרֶץ־מִצְרַיִם וּבְאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן בַּשֶּׁבֶר אֲשֶׁר־הֵם שֹׁבְרִים וַיָּבֵא יוֹסֵף אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף בֵּיתָה פַרְעֹה׃
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.
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וְלַקֵּיט יוֹסֵף יָת כָּל כַּסְפָּא דְּאִשְׁתְּכַח בְּאַרְעָא דְּמִצְרַיִם וּבְאַרְעָא דִּכְנַעַן בַּעֲבוּרָא דְּאִנּוּן זָבְנִין וְאַיְתִי יוֹסֵף יָת כַּסְפָּא לְבֵית פַּרְעֹה׃
Yoseif gathered up all the money that was to be found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, through the purchases [grain] they made. Yoseif brought the money to the house of Pharaoh.
- Genesis 47:15
וַיִּתֹּם הַכֶּסֶף מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וּמֵאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן וַיָּבֹאוּ כׇל־מִצְרַיִם אֶל־יוֹסֵף לֵאמֹר הָבָה־לָּנוּ לֶחֶם וְלָמָּה נָמוּת נֶגְדֶּךָ כִּי אָפֵס כָּסֶף׃
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!”
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וּשְׁלִים כַּסְפָּא מֵאַרְעָא דְּמִצְרַיִם וּמֵאַרְעָא דִּכְנַעַן וַאֲתוֹ כָּל מִצְרָאֵי לְוָת יוֹסֵף לְמֵימַר הַב לַנָא לַחְמָא וּלְמָא נְמוּת לְקִבְלָךְ אֲרֵי שְׁלִים כַּסְפָּא׃
When the money was used up in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all [the people of] Egypt came to Yoseif, saying, Give us bread; why should we die in your presence, [just] because there is no money?
- Genesis 47:16
וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹסֵף הָבוּ מִקְנֵיכֶם וְאֶתְּנָה לָכֶם בְּמִקְנֵיכֶם אִם־אָפֵס כָּסֶף׃
And Joseph said, “Bring your livestock, and I will sell to you against your livestock, if the money is gone.”
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וַאֲמַר יוֹסֵף הַבוּ גֵּיתֵיכוֹן וְאֶתֵּין לְכוֹן בְּגֵיתֵיכוֹן אִם שְׁלִים כַּסְפָּא׃
Yoseif said, Bring your livestock, and I will give you [food] [in exchange] for your livestock if there is no more money.
- Genesis 47:17
וַיָּבִיאוּ אֶת־מִקְנֵיהֶם אֶל־יוֹסֵף וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם יוֹסֵף לֶחֶם בַּסּוּסִים וּבְמִקְנֵה הַצֹּאן וּבְמִקְנֵה הַבָּקָר וּבַחֲמֹרִים וַיְנַהֲלֵם בַּלֶּחֶם בְּכׇל־מִקְנֵהֶם בַּשָּׁנָה הַהִוא׃
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 donkeys; thus he provided them with bread that year in exchange for all their livestock.
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וְאֵיתִיאוּ יָת גֵּיתֵיהוֹן לְוָת יוֹסֵף וִיהַב לְהוֹן יוֹסֵף לַחְמָא בְּסוּסָוָתָא וּבְגֵיתֵי עָנָא וּבְגֵיתֵי תוֹרֵי וּבִחְמָרַיָּא וְזָנִנּוּן בְּלַחְמָא בְּכָל גֵּיתֵיהוֹן בְּשַׁתָּא הַהִיא׃
They brought their livestock to Yoseif, and Yoseif gave them bread [in exchange] for their horses, their flocks of sheep, their herds of cattle and their donkeys. He tended [sustained] them with bread in exchange for all their livestock, in that year.
- Genesis 47:18
וַתִּתֹּם הַשָּׁנָה הַהִוא וַיָּבֹאוּ אֵלָיו בַּשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ לֹא־נְכַחֵד מֵאֲדֹנִי כִּי אִם־תַּם הַכֶּסֶף וּמִקְנֵה הַבְּהֵמָה אֶל־אֲדֹנִי לֹא נִשְׁאַר לִפְנֵי אֲדֹנִי בִּלְתִּי אִם־גְּוִיָּתֵנוּ וְאַדְמָתֵנוּ׃
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.
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וּשְׁלֵימַת שַׁתָּא הַהִיא וַאֲתוֹ לְוָתֵיהּ בְּשַׁתָּא תִּנְיֵיתָא וַאֲמַרוּ לֵיהּ לָא נְכַסֵּי מִן רִבּוֹנִי אֱלָהֵין שְׁלִים כַּסְפָּא וְגֵיתֵי בְעִירָא לְוָת רִבּוֹנִי לָא אִשְׁתְּאַר קֳדָם רִבּוֹנִי אֱלָהֵין גִּוְיָתַנָא וְאַרְעַנָא׃
That year came to an end. They came to him in the second year, and they said to him, We are holding nothing back from my master, for the money is used up, and the herds of cattle belong to my master. There is nothing left before my master except our bodies and our land.
- Genesis 47:19
לָמָּה נָמוּת לְעֵינֶיךָ גַּם־אֲנַחְנוּ גַּם אַדְמָתֵנוּ קְנֵה־אֹתָנוּ וְאֶת־אַדְמָתֵנוּ בַּלָּחֶם וְנִהְיֶה אֲנַחְנוּ וְאַדְמָתֵנוּ עֲבָדִים לְפַרְעֹה וְתֶן־זֶרַע וְנִחְיֶה וְלֹא נָמוּת וְהָאֲדָמָה לֹא תֵשָׁם׃
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.”
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לְמָא נְמוּת לְעֵינָךְ אַף אֲנַחְנָא אַף אַרְעַנָא קְנֵי יָתַנָא וְיָת אַרְעַנָא בְּלַחְמָא וּנְהֵי אֲנַחְנָא וְאַרְעַנָא עַבְדִּין לְפַרְעֹה וְהַב בַּר זְרַע וְנֵיחֵי וְלָא נְמוּת וְאַרְעָא לָא תְבוּר׃
Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land [in exchange] for bread. We and our land will become slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed grain, let us live and not die, and let the land not become desolate [uncultivated].
- Genesis 47:20
וַיִּקֶן יוֹסֵף אֶת־כׇּל־אַדְמַת מִצְרַיִם לְפַרְעֹה כִּי־מָכְרוּ מִצְרַיִם אִישׁ שָׂדֵהוּ כִּי־חָזַק עֲלֵהֶם הָרָעָב וַתְּהִי הָאָרֶץ לְפַרְעֹה׃
So Joseph gained possession of all the farmland 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.
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וּקְנָא יוֹסֵף יָת כָּל אַרְעָא דְּמִצְרַיִם לְפַרְעֹה אֲרֵי זַבִּינוּ מִצְרָאֵי גְּבַר חַקְלֵיהּ אֲרֵי תְּקֵיף עֲלֵיהוֹן כַּפְנָא וַהֲוָת אַרְעָא לְפַרְעֹה׃
Yoseif bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for every Egyptian sold his field, because the famine was severe upon them. Thus the land became Pharaoh’s [property.]
- Genesis 47:21
וְאֶת־הָעָם הֶעֱבִיר אֹתוֹ לֶעָרִים מִקְצֵה גְבוּל־מִצְרַיִם וְעַד־קָצֵהוּ׃
And he removed the population town by town, from one end of Egypt’s border to the other.
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וְיָת עַמָּא אַעְבַּר יָתֵיהּ מִקְּרֵי לִקְרֵי מִסּוֹף תְּחוּם מִצְרַיִם וְעַד סוֹפֵיהּ׃
He [Yoseif] then transferred the people to cities [from city to city], from one end of the border of Egypt to the other.
- Genesis 47:22
רַק אַדְמַת הַכֹּהֲנִים לֹא קָנָה כִּי חֹק לַכֹּהֲנִים מֵאֵת פַּרְעֹה וְאָכְלוּ אֶת־חֻקָּם אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לָהֶם פַּרְעֹה עַל־כֵּן לֹא מָכְרוּ אֶת־אַדְמָתָם׃
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 that Pharaoh had made to them; therefore they did not sell their land.
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לְחוֹד אֲרַע כּוּמְרַיָּא לָא קְנָא אֲרֵי חוּלָקָא לְכוּמְרַיָּא מִן קֳדָם פַּרְעֹה וְאָכְלִין יָת חוּלָקְהוֹן דִּיהַב לְהוֹן פַּרְעה עַל כֵּן לָא זַבִּינוּ יָת אֲרַעְהוֹן׃
But the land of the priests he did not buy, because the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh. They ate the allotment that Pharaoh gave them, and therefore they did not sell their land.
- Genesis 47:23
וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹסֵף אֶל־הָעָם הֵן קָנִיתִי אֶתְכֶם הַיּוֹם וְאֶת־אַדְמַתְכֶם לְפַרְעֹה הֵא־לָכֶם זֶרַע וּזְרַעְתֶּם אֶת־הָאֲדָמָה׃
Then Joseph said to the people, “Whereas I have this day acquired you and your land for Pharaoh, here is seed for you to sow the land.
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וַאֲמַר יוֹסֵף לְעַמָּא הָא קְנֵיתִי יָתְכוֹן יוֹמָא דֵין וְיָת אֲרַעְכוֹן לְפַרְעֹה הָא לְכוֹן בַּר זַרְעָא וְתִזְרְעוּן יָת אַרְעָא׃
Yoseif said to the people, Behold, I have today purchased you and your lands for Pharaoh. Here is seed, plant [it in] the soil.
- Genesis 47:24
וְהָיָה בַּתְּבוּאֹת וּנְתַתֶּם חֲמִישִׁית לְפַרְעֹה וְאַרְבַּע הַיָּדֹת יִהְיֶה לָכֶם לְזֶרַע הַשָּׂדֶה וּלְאׇכְלְכֶם וְלַאֲשֶׁר בְּבָתֵּיכֶם וְלֶאֱכֹל לְטַפְּכֶם׃
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.”
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וִיהֵי בְּאַעוֹלֵי עֲלַלְתָּא וְתִתְּנוּן חַד מִן חַמְשָׁא לְפַרְעֹה וְאַרְבְּעָא חוּלָקִין יְהֵי לְכוֹן לְבַר זְרַע חַקְלָא וּלְמֵיכַלְכוֹן וְלַאֲנָשׁ בָּתֵּיכוֹן וּלְמֵיכַל לְטַפְלְכוֹן׃
When it produces [the produce is gathered] you must give a fifth to Pharaoh. Four parts shall be yours for seed for your fields and for your food, and for those [the people] of your households, and for food for your little ones.
- Genesis 47:25
וַיֹּאמְרוּ הֶחֱיִתָנוּ נִמְצָא־חֵן בְּעֵינֵי אֲדֹנִי וְהָיִינוּ עֲבָדִים לְפַרְעֹה׃
And they said, “You have saved our lives! We are grateful to my lord, and we shall be serfs to Pharaoh.”
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וַאֲמַרוּ קַיֵּימְתַּנָא נַשְׁכַּח רַחֲמִין בְּעֵינֵי רִבּוֹנִי וּנְהֵי עַבְדִּין לְפַרְעֹה׃
They said, You have saved our lives. May we find favor in the eyes of my master, and we will be slaves to Pharaoh.
- Genesis 47:26
וַיָּשֶׂם אֹתָהּ יוֹסֵף לְחֹק עַד־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה עַל־אַדְמַת מִצְרַיִם לְפַרְעֹה לַחֹמֶשׁ רַק אַדְמַת הַכֹּהֲנִים לְבַדָּם לֹא הָיְתָה לְפַרְעֹה׃
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.
Targum Onkelos
וְשַׁוִּי יָתַהּ יוֹסֵף לִגְזֵירָא עַד יוֹמָא הָדֵין עַל אַרְעָא דְּמִצְרַיִם דִּיהוֹן יָהֲבִין חַד מִן חַמְשָׁא לְפַרְעֹה לְחוֹד אֲרַע כּוּמְרַיָּא בִּלְחוֹדֵיהוֹן לָא הֲוָת לְפַרְעֹה׃
Yoseif enacted a statute over the land of Egypt to this day, that a fifth belongs [they should give a fifth] to Pharaoh. Except the land of the priests alone, did not belong to Pharaoh.
- Genesis 47:27
וַיֵּשֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בְּאֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן וַיֵּאָחֲזוּ בָהּ וַיִּפְרוּ וַיִּרְבּוּ מְאֹד׃
Thus Israel settled in the country of Egypt, in the region of Goshen; they acquired holdings in it, and were fertile and increased greatly.
Targum Onkelos
וִיתֵיב יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאַרְעָא דְּמִצְרַיִם בְּאַרְעָא דְּגֹשֶׁן וְאַחְסִינוּ בַהּ וּנְפִישׁוּ וּסְגִיאוּ לַחְדָּא׃
Yisrael lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. They acquired property there. They were fruitful and [their population] increased greatly.