1約瑟的兄弟進見法老約瑟進去稟告法老，說：“我的父親和兄弟們，帶著他們的牛羊和他們所有的一切，都從迦南地來了，現在就在歌珊地。”
1Then 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約瑟從他所有的兄弟當中，挑選了五個人，把他們帶到法老面前。
2From among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.
3法老問約瑟的兄弟們說：“你們是作甚麼的？”他們回答法老：“僕人們是牧羊人，我們和我們的祖先都是一樣。”
3Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.”
4他們又對法老說：“我們來是要在這地寄居，因為迦南地的饑荒嚴重，你僕人們的羊群沒有草吃，所以，現在求你容許你僕人住在歌珊地。”
4They 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法老對約瑟說：“你的父親和兄弟們到你這裡來了；
5Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
6埃及地都在你面前，你只管叫你的父親和兄弟們住在這地最好的地方，他們可以住在歌珊地。你如果知道他們中間有能幹的人，可以派他們看管我的牲畜。”
6The 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雅各進見法老約瑟把他父親雅各帶到法老面前，雅各就給法老祝福。
7Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
8法老問雅各：“你有多大年紀了？”
8Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many are the days of the years of your life?”
9雅各回答法老：“我寄居在世的年日是一百三十歲。我一生的年日又少又苦，不及我祖先寄居在世的年日。”
9Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”
10雅各又給法老祝福，然後離開法老出去了。
10Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
11約瑟照著法老的吩咐安置他的父親和兄弟們，把蘭塞地，就是埃及地最好的地方，給他們作產業。
11Joseph 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約瑟照著孩子的數目，用糧食供養他的父親、兄弟們，以及父親的家人。
12Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
13饑荒那時，遍地都沒有糧食，因為饑荒非常嚴重。埃及地和迦南地的人，因為饑荒的緣故都餓昏了。
13There 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約瑟收集了埃及地和迦南地所有的銀子，就是眾人買糧的銀子；約瑟就把那些銀子交到法老的王宮去。
14Joseph 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埃及地和迦南地的銀子都用盡了，埃及眾人就來到約瑟那裡，說：“銀子已用完了。求你給我們糧食吧，我們為甚麼要餓死在你面前呢？”
15When 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約瑟回答：“如果銀子用完了，可以把你們的牲畜給我，我就把糧食給你們，交換你們的牲畜。”
16Joseph said, “Give me your livestock; and I will give you food for your livestock, if your money is gone.”
17於是，他們把牲畜帶到約瑟那裡，約瑟就把糧食給他們，交換他們的馬匹、羊群、牛群和驢。那一年，約瑟就用糧食交換他們所有的牲畜，來養活他們。
17They 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那一年過後，第二年他們又來到約瑟那裡，對他說：“我們不向我主隱瞞，我們的銀子都用盡了，牲畜也歸了我主；在我主面前，除了我們的身體和田地以外，甚麼也沒有剩下了。
18When 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為甚麼我們和我們的田地要在你面前消滅呢？求你用糧食買我們和我們的田地，我們和田地就必為法老效勞了。又求你給我們穀種，使我們可以活著，不至死亡，田地也不至荒蕪。”
19Why 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於是，約瑟為法老買了埃及所有的田地，因為埃及人遭遇了嚴重的饑荒，各人都賣了自己的田地。這樣，那地就都歸法老所有。
20So 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至於人民，約瑟把他們遷到城市裡去（“約瑟把他們遷到城市裡去”有古卷及古譯本作“使他們成了奴僕”），從埃及境內的一端，直到另一端。
21As 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只有祭司的田地，約瑟沒有買，因為祭司有從法老所得的糧餉；他們可以吃法老所給的糧餉，所以沒有賣自己的田地。
22Only 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約瑟對人民說：“看哪，我今日為法老買了你們和你們的田地。這裡有穀種給你們，你們可以種地。
23Then 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到了收割的時候，你們要把五分之一給法老，其餘四分可以歸你們自己，作田裡的種子，又作你們以及你們家人和孩子的食物。”
24It 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他們說：“你救了我們；願我們在我主面前得蒙喜悅，我們就作法老的奴僕。”
25They said, “You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
26於是，約瑟為埃及的田地立了一個法例，直到今日還有效，就是五分之一歸給法老；只有祭司的田地不歸給法老。
26Joseph 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雅各向約瑟最後的要求以色列人住在埃及國的歌珊地，他們在那裡置業繁殖，人數非常眾多。
27Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.
28雅各在埃及地住了十七年；他一生的壽數是一百四十七歲。
28Jacob 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以色列的死期快到了，就把他兒子約瑟叫了來，對他說：“如果我在你面前蒙你喜悅，請你把手放在我的大腿底下起誓，要以慈愛和誠實對待我，不要把我埋葬在埃及。
29The time drew 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我與我的祖先同睡的時候，你要把我從埃及帶出去，埋葬在他們的墓地裡。”約瑟說：“我必照著你的話去作。”
30but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place.” He said, “I will do as you have said.”
31雅各說：“你要向我起誓。”約瑟就向他起了誓，於是以色列靠著床頭（“靠著床頭”有古譯本作“倚著杖頭”﹝參來11:21﹞）敬拜 神。
31He said, “Swear to me,” and he swore to him. Israel bowed himself on the bed’s head.