¹Ingressus ergo Joseph nuntiavit Pharaoni,And so Joseph entered and reported to Pharaoh,dicens:saying:Pater meus et fratres,“My father and brothers,oves eorum et armenta,their sheep and herds,et cuncta quæ possident,and everything that they possess,venerunt de terra Chanaan:have arrived from the land of Canaan.et ecce consistunt in terra Gessen.And behold, they stand together in the land of Goshen.”

¹Ingressus ergo Joseph nuntiavit Pharaoni,And so Joseph entered and reported to Pharaoh,dicens:saying:Pater meus et fratres,“My father and brothers,oves eorum et armenta,their sheep and herds,et cuncta quæ possident,and everything that they possess,venerunt de terra Chanaan:have arrived from the land of Canaan.et ecce consistunt in terra Gessen.And behold, they stand together in the land of Goshen.”

²Extremos quoque fratrum suorum quinque viros constituit coram rege:Likewise, he stood in the sight of the king five men, the last of his brothers.

²Extremos quoque fratrum suorum quinque viros constituit coram rege:Likewise, he stood in the sight of the king five men, the last of his brothers.

³quos ille interrogavit:And he questioned them,Quid habetis operis?“What do you have for work?”Responderunt:They responded:Pastores ovium sumus servi tui,“Your servants are pastors of sheep,et nos et patres nostri.both we and our fathers.

³quos ille interrogavit:And he questioned them,Quid habetis operis?“What do you have for work?”Responderunt:They responded:Pastores ovium sumus servi tui,“Your servants are pastors of sheep,et nos et patres nostri.both we and our fathers.

⁴Ad peregrinandum in terra tua venimus:We came to sojourn in your land,quoniam non est herba gregibus servorum tuorum,because there is no grass for the flocks of your servants,ingravescente fame in terra Chanaan:the famine being very grievous in the land of Canaan.petimusque ut esse nos jubeas servos tuos in terra Gessen.And we petition you that you may order us, your servants, to be in the land of Goshen.”

⁴Ad peregrinandum in terra tua venimus:We came to sojourn in your land,quoniam non est herba gregibus servorum tuorum,because there is no grass for the flocks of your servants,ingravescente fame in terra Chanaan:the famine being very grievous in the land of Canaan.petimusque ut esse nos jubeas servos tuos in terra Gessen.And we petition you that you may order us, your servants, to be in the land of Goshen.”

⁵Dixit itaque rex ad Joseph:And so the king said to Joseph:Pater tuus et fratres tui venerunt ad te.“Your father and brothers have come to you.

⁵Dixit itaque rex ad Joseph:And so the king said to Joseph:Pater tuus et fratres tui venerunt ad te.“Your father and brothers have come to you.

⁶Terra Ægypti in conspectu tuo est:The land of Egypt is in your sight.in optimo loco fac eos habitare,Cause them to live in the best place,et trade eis terram Gessen.and deliver to them the land of Goshen.Quod si nosti in eis esse viros industrios,And if you know there to be industrious men among them,constitue illos magistros pecorum meorum.appoint these as foremen over my cattle.”

⁶Terra Ægypti in conspectu tuo est:The land of Egypt is in your sight.in optimo loco fac eos habitare,Cause them to live in the best place,et trade eis terram Gessen.and deliver to them the land of Goshen.Quod si nosti in eis esse viros industrios,And if you know there to be industrious men among them,constitue illos magistros pecorum meorum.appoint these as foremen over my cattle.”

⁷Post hæc introduxit Joseph patrem suum ad regem,After this, Joseph brought in his father to the king,et statuit eum coram eo: qui benedicens illi,and he stood him in his sight. He blessed him,

⁷Post hæc introduxit Joseph patrem suum ad regem,After this, Joseph brought in his father to the king,et statuit eum coram eo: qui benedicens illi,and he stood him in his sight. He blessed him,

⁸et interrogatus ab eo:and he questioned him:Quot sunt dies annorum vitæ tuæ?“How many are the days of the years of your life?”

⁸et interrogatus ab eo:and he questioned him:Quot sunt dies annorum vitæ tuæ?“How many are the days of the years of your life?”

⁹respondit:He responded,Dies peregrinationis meæ centum triginta annorum sunt,“The days of my sojourn are one hundred and thirty years,parvi et mali,few and unworthy,et non pervenerunt usque ad dies patrum meorum quibus peregrinati sunt.and they do not reach even to the days of the sojourning of my fathers.”

⁹respondit:He responded,Dies peregrinationis meæ centum triginta annorum sunt,“The days of my sojourn are one hundred and thirty years,parvi et mali,few and unworthy,et non pervenerunt usque ad dies patrum meorum quibus peregrinati sunt.and they do not reach even to the days of the sojourning of my fathers.”

¹⁰Et benedicto rege,And blessing the king,egressus est foras.he went outside.

¹⁰Et benedicto rege,And blessing the king,egressus est foras.he went outside.

¹¹Joseph vero patri et fratribus suis dedit possessionem in Ægypto in optimo terræ loco,Truly, Joseph gave his father and brothers a possession in Egypt, in the best place of the land,Ramesses,in Rameses,ut præceperat Pharao.as Pharaoh had instructed.

¹¹Joseph vero patri et fratribus suis dedit possessionem in Ægypto in optimo terræ loco,Truly, Joseph gave his father and brothers a possession in Egypt, in the best place of the land,Ramesses,in Rameses,ut præceperat Pharao.as Pharaoh had instructed.

¹²Et alebat eos,And he fed them,omnemque domum patris sui,along with all his father’s house,præbens cibaria singulis.providing portions of food to each one.

¹²Et alebat eos,And he fed them,omnemque domum patris sui,along with all his father’s house,præbens cibaria singulis.providing portions of food to each one.

¹³In toto enim orbe panis deerat,For in the whole world there was a lack of bread,et oppresserat fames terram,and a famine had oppressed the land,maxime Ægypti et Chanaan.most of all Egypt and Canaan,

¹³In toto enim orbe panis deerat,For in the whole world there was a lack of bread,et oppresserat fames terram,and a famine had oppressed the land,maxime Ægypti et Chanaan.most of all Egypt and Canaan,

¹⁴E quibus omnem pecuniam congregavit pro venditione frumenti,from which he gathered together all the money for the grain that they bought,et intulit eam in ærarium regis.and he took it into the treasury of the king.

¹⁴E quibus omnem pecuniam congregavit pro venditione frumenti,from which he gathered together all the money for the grain that they bought,et intulit eam in ærarium regis.and he took it into the treasury of the king.

¹⁵Cumque defecisset emptoribus pretium,And when the buyers had run out of money,venit cuncta Ægyptus ad Joseph,all Egypt came to Joseph,dicens:saying:Da nobis panes:“Give us bread.quare morimur coram te,Why should we die in your sight,deficiente pecunia?lacking money?”

¹⁵Cumque defecisset emptoribus pretium,And when the buyers had run out of money,venit cuncta Ægyptus ad Joseph,all Egypt came to Joseph,dicens:saying:Da nobis panes:“Give us bread.quare morimur coram te,Why should we die in your sight,deficiente pecunia?lacking money?”

¹⁶Quibus ille respondit:And he responded to them:Adducite pecora vestra,“Bring me your cattle,et dabo vobis pro eis cibos,and I will give food to you in exchange for them,si pretium non habetis.if you do not have money.”

¹⁶Quibus ille respondit:And he responded to them:Adducite pecora vestra,“Bring me your cattle,et dabo vobis pro eis cibos,and I will give food to you in exchange for them,si pretium non habetis.if you do not have money.”

¹⁷Quæ cum adduxissent,And when they had brought them,dedit eis alimenta pro equis,he gave them food for their horses,et ovibus,and sheep,et bobus,and oxen,et asinis:and donkeys.sustentavitque eos illo anno pro commutatione pecorum.And he sustained them in that year in exchange for their cattle.

¹⁷Quæ cum adduxissent,And when they had brought them,dedit eis alimenta pro equis,he gave them food for their horses,et ovibus,and sheep,et bobus,and oxen,et asinis:and donkeys.sustentavitque eos illo anno pro commutatione pecorum.And he sustained them in that year in exchange for their cattle.

¹⁸Venerunt quoque anno secundo,Likewise,et dixerunt ei:they came the second year,Non celabimus dominum nostrum quod deficiente pecunia,and they said to him:pecora simul defecerunt:“We will not conceal from our lord that our money is gone;nec clam te est,likewise our cattle are gone.quod absque corporibus et terra nihil habeamus.Neither are you unaware that we have nothing left but our bodies and our land.

¹⁸Venerunt quoque anno secundo,Likewise,et dixerunt ei:they came the second year,Non celabimus dominum nostrum quod deficiente pecunia,and they said to him:pecora simul defecerunt:“We will not conceal from our lord that our money is gone;nec clam te est,likewise our cattle are gone.quod absque corporibus et terra nihil habeamus.Neither are you unaware that we have nothing left but our bodies and our land.

¹⁹Cur ergo moriemur te vidente?Therefore,et noswhy should you watch us die?et terra nostra tui erimus:Both we and our land will be yours.eme nos in servitutem regiam,Buy us into royal servitude,et præbe semina,but provide seed,ne pereunte cultore redigatur terra in solitudinem.lest by the dying off of cultivators the land be reduced to a wilderness.”

¹⁹Cur ergo moriemur te vidente?Therefore,et noswhy should you watch us die?et terra nostra tui erimus:Both we and our land will be yours.eme nos in servitutem regiam,Buy us into royal servitude,et præbe semina,but provide seed,ne pereunte cultore redigatur terra in solitudinem.lest by the dying off of cultivators the land be reduced to a wilderness.”

²⁰Emit igitur Joseph omnem terram Ægypti,Therefore, Joseph bought all the land of Egypt,vendentibus singulis possessiones suas præ magnitudine famis.each one selling his possessions because of the magnitude of the famine.Subjecitque eam Pharaoni,And he subjected it to Pharaoh,

²⁰Emit igitur Joseph omnem terram Ægypti,Therefore, Joseph bought all the land of Egypt,vendentibus singulis possessiones suas præ magnitudine famis.each one selling his possessions because of the magnitude of the famine.Subjecitque eam Pharaoni,And he subjected it to Pharaoh,

²¹et cunctos populos ejus a novissimis terminis Ægypti usque ad extremos fines ejus,along with all of its people, from the newest borders of Egypt, even to its furthest limits,

²¹et cunctos populos ejus a novissimis terminis Ægypti usque ad extremos fines ejus,along with all of its people, from the newest borders of Egypt, even to its furthest limits,

²²præter terram sacerdotum,except the land of the priests,quæ a rege tradita fuerat eis:which had been delivered to them by the king.quibus et statuta cibaria ex horreis publicis præbebantur,To these also a portion of food was supplied out of the public storehouses,et idcirco non sunt compulsi vendere possessiones suas.and, for this reason, they were not compelled to sell their possessions.

²²præter terram sacerdotum,except the land of the priests,quæ a rege tradita fuerat eis:which had been delivered to them by the king.quibus et statuta cibaria ex horreis publicis præbebantur,To these also a portion of food was supplied out of the public storehouses,et idcirco non sunt compulsi vendere possessiones suas.and, for this reason, they were not compelled to sell their possessions.

²³Dixit ergo Joseph ad populos:Therefore,En ut cernitis,Joseph said to the people:et vos“So,et terram vestram Pharao possidet:as you discern,accipite semina,both you and your lands are possessed by Pharaoh;et serite agros,take seed and sow the fields,

²³Dixit ergo Joseph ad populos:Therefore,En ut cernitis,Joseph said to the people:et vos“So,et terram vestram Pharao possidet:as you discern,accipite semina,both you and your lands are possessed by Pharaoh;et serite agros,take seed and sow the fields,

²⁴ut fruges habere possitis.so that you may be able to have grain.Quintam partem regi dabitis:One fifth part you will give to the king;quatuor reliquas permitto vobis in sementem,the remaining four I permit to you,et in cibum familiis et liberis vestris.as seed and as food for your families and children.

²⁴ut fruges habere possitis.so that you may be able to have grain.Quintam partem regi dabitis:One fifth part you will give to the king;quatuor reliquas permitto vobis in sementem,the remaining four I permit to you,et in cibum familiis et liberis vestris.as seed and as food for your families and children.

²⁵Qui responderunt:And they responded:Salus nostra in manu tua est:“Our health is in your hand;respiciat nos tantum dominus noster,only let our lord look kindly upon us,et læti serviemus regi.and we will serve the king with gladness.”

²⁵Qui responderunt:And they responded:Salus nostra in manu tua est:“Our health is in your hand;respiciat nos tantum dominus noster,only let our lord look kindly upon us,et læti serviemus regi.and we will serve the king with gladness.”

²⁶Ex eo tempore usque in præsentem diem,From that time, even to the present day,in universa terra Ægypti regibus quinta pars solvitur,in the entire land of Egypt, the fifth part is turned over to the kings,et factum est quasi in legem,and it has become like a law,absque terra sacerdotali,except in the land of the priests,quæ libera ab hac conditione fuit.which was free from this condition.

²⁶Ex eo tempore usque in præsentem diem,From that time, even to the present day,in universa terra Ægypti regibus quinta pars solvitur,in the entire land of Egypt, the fifth part is turned over to the kings,et factum est quasi in legem,and it has become like a law,absque terra sacerdotali,except in the land of the priests,quæ libera ab hac conditione fuit.which was free from this condition.

²⁷Habitavit ergo Israël in Ægypto,And so,id est,Israel lived in Egypt,in terra Gessen,that is,et possedit eam:in the land of Goshen,auctusque est,and he possessed it.et multiplicatus nimis.And he increased and was multiplied exceedingly.

²⁷Habitavit ergo Israël in Ægypto,And so,id est,Israel lived in Egypt,in terra Gessen,that is,et possedit eam:in the land of Goshen,auctusque est,and he possessed it.et multiplicatus nimis.And he increased and was multiplied exceedingly.

²⁸Et vixit in ea decem et septem annis:And he lived in it seventeen years.factique sunt omnes dies vitæ illius,And all the days of his life that passed were one hundredcentum quadraginta septem annorum.and forty-seven years.

²⁸Et vixit in ea decem et septem annis:And he lived in it seventeen years.factique sunt omnes dies vitæ illius,And all the days of his life that passed were one hundredcentum quadraginta septem annorum.and forty-seven years.

²⁹Cumque appropinquare cerneret diem mortis suæ,And when he discerned that the day of his death was approaching,vocavit filium suum Joseph,he called his son Joseph,et dixit ad eum:and he said to him:Si inveni gratiam in conspectu tuo,“If I have found favor in your sight,pone manum tuam sub femore meo:place your hand under my thigh.et facies mihi misericordiam et veritatem,And you shall show me mercy and truth,ut non sepelias me in Ægypto:not to bury me in Egypt.

²⁹Cumque appropinquare cerneret diem mortis suæ,And when he discerned that the day of his death was approaching,vocavit filium suum Joseph,he called his son Joseph,et dixit ad eum:and he said to him:Si inveni gratiam in conspectu tuo,“If I have found favor in your sight,pone manum tuam sub femore meo:place your hand under my thigh.et facies mihi misericordiam et veritatem,And you shall show me mercy and truth,ut non sepelias me in Ægypto:not to bury me in Egypt.

³⁰sed dormiam cum patribus meis,But I shall sleep with my fathers,et auferas me de terra hac,and you will carry me from this landcondasque in sepulchro majorum meorum.and bury me in the sepulcher of my ancestors.”Cui respondit Joseph:And Joseph answered him,Ego faciam quod jussisti.“I will do what you have ordered.”

³⁰sed dormiam cum patribus meis,But I shall sleep with my fathers,et auferas me de terra hac,and you will carry me from this landcondasque in sepulchro majorum meorum.and bury me in the sepulcher of my ancestors.”Cui respondit Joseph:And Joseph answered him,Ego faciam quod jussisti.“I will do what you have ordered.”

³¹Et ille:And he said,Jura ergo, inquit,“Then swear it to me.”mihi. Quo jurante,And as he was swearing,adoravit Israël Deum, conversus ad lectuli caput.Israel adored God, turning to the head of his resting place.

³¹Et ille:And he said,Jura ergo, inquit,“Then swear it to me.”mihi. Quo jurante,And as he was swearing,adoravit Israël Deum, conversus ad lectuli caput.Israel adored God, turning to the head of his resting place.