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V 001 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
V 002 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favored kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
V 003 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favored and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
V 004 And the ill favored and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
V 005 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
V 006 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
V 007 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
V 008 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
V 009 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
V 010 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
V 011 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
V 012 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
V 013 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
V 014 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
V 015 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
V 016 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
V 017 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
V 018 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favored; and they fed in a meadow:
V 019 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favored and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
V 020 And the lean and the ill favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
V 021 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
V 022 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
V 023 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
V 024 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
V 025 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath showed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
V 026 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
V 027 And the seven thin and ill favored kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
V 028 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he showeth unto Pharaoh.
V 029 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
V 030 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
V 031 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
V 032 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
V 033 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
V 034 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
V 035 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
V 036 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
V 037 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
V 038 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
V 039 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
V 040 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
V 041 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
V 042 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
V 043 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
V 044 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
V 045 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
V 046 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
V 047 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
V 048 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
V 049 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
V 050 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
V 051 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
V 052 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
V 053 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
V 054 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
V 055 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
V 056 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
V 057 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.








 
 

فصل 41

أحلام فرعون

1- وَبَعْدَ انْقِضَاءِ سَنَتَيْنِ رَأَى فِرْعَوْنُ حُلْماً، وَإِذَا بِهِ وَاقِفٌ بِجُوَارِ نَهْرِ النِّيلِ 
2- وَإِذَا بِسَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ حِسَانِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَسَمِينَاتِ الأَبْدَانِ، صَاعِدَاتٍ مِنَ النَّهْرِ أَخَذَتْ تَرْعَى فِي الْمَرْجِ، 
3- ثُمَّ إِذَا بِسَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ أُخْرَى قَبِيحَاتِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَهَزِيلاَتٍ تَصْعَدُ وَرَاءَهَا مِنَ النَّهْرِ وَتَقِفُ إِلَى جُوَارِ الْبَقَرَاتِ الأُولَى عَلَى ضَفَّةِ النَّهْرِ. 
4- وَالْتَهَمَتِ الْبَقَرَاتُ الْقَبِيحَاتُ الْبَقَرَاتِ السَّبْعَ الْحَسَنَاتِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَالسَّمِينَاتِ. وَأَفَاقَ فِرْعَوْنُ. 
5- ثُمَّ نَامَ، فَحَلُمَ ثَانِيَةً، وَإِذَا بِسَبْعِ سَنَابِلَ نَابِتَةٍ مِنْ سَاقٍ وَاحِدَةٍ زَاهِيَةٍ وَمُمْتَلِئَةٍ 
6- ثُمَّ رَأَى سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ عَجْفَاءَ قَدْ لَفَحَتْهَا الرِّيحُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ نَابِتَةً وَرَاءَهَا، 
7- فَابْتَلَعَتِ السَّنَابِلُ الْعَجْفَاءُ السَّبْعَ السَّنَابِلَ الزَّاهِيَةَ الْمُمْتَلِئَةَ. وَأَفَاقَ فِرْعَوْنُ، وَأَدْرَكَ أَنَّهُ حُلْمٌ. 
8- وَلَمَّا كَانَ الصَّبَاحُ اسْتَوْلَى الانْزِعَاجُ عَلَى فِرْعَونَ فَأَرْسَلَ وَاسْتَدْعَى جَمِيعَ سَحَرَةِ مِصْرَ وَكُلَّ حُكَمَائِهَا، وَسَرَدَ عَلَيْهِمْ حُلْمَهُ، فَلَمْ يَجِدْ مَنْ يُفَسِّرُهُ لَهُ.

9- عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ رَئِيسُ السُّقَاةِ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «إِنِّي أَذْكُرُ الْيَوْمَ ذُنُوبِي. 
10- لَقَدْ سَخَطَ فِرْعَوْنُ عَلَى عَبْدَيْهِ، فَزَجَّنِي وَرَئِيسَ الْخَبَّازِينَ فِي مُعْتَقَلِ بَيْتِ رَئِيسِ الْحَرَسِ. 
11- فَحَلُمَ كُلٌّ مِنَّا حُلْماً فِي نَفْسِ اللَّيْلَةِ، وَكَانَ تَفْسِيرُ كُلِّ حُلْمٍ يَتَّفِقُ مَعَ أَحْوَالِ رَائِيهِ. 
12- وَكَانَ مَعَنَا هُنَاكَ غُلاَمٌ عِبْرَانِيٌّ، عَبْدٌ لِرَئِيسِ الْحَرَسِ، فَسَرَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ حُلْمَيْنَا فَفَسَّرَهُمَا لِكُلٍّ مِنَّا حَسَبَ تَعْبِيرِ حُلْمِهِ. 
13- وَقَدْ تَمَّ مَا فَسَّرَهُ لَنَا. فَرَدَّنِي فِرْعَوْنُ إِلَى وَظِيفَتِي وَأَمَّا ذَاكَ فَعَلَّقَهُ (عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ»).

 

فرعون يقص أحلامه على يوسف

14- فَبَعَثَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَاسْتَدْعَى يُوسُفَ، فَأَسْرَعُوا وَأَتَوْا بِهِ مِنَ السِّجْنِ فَحَلَقَ وَاسْتَبْدَلَ ثِيَابَهُ وَمَثَلَ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ. 
15- فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ حُلْماً وَلَيْسَ هُنَاكَ مَنْ يُفَسِّرُهُ، وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ عَنْكَ حَدِيثاً أَنَّكَ إِنْ سَمِعْتَ حُلْماً تَقْدِرُ أَنْ تُفَسِّرَهُ». 
16- فَأَجَابَ يُوسُفُ: «لاَ فَضْلَ لِي فِي ذَلِكَ، بَلْ إِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الَّذِي يُعْطِي فِرْعَوْنَ الْجَوَابَ الصَّائِبَ».

17- فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «رَأَيْتُ نَفْسِي فِي الْحُلْمِ وَإِذَا بِي أَقِفُ عَلَى ضَفَّةِ النَّهْرِ، 
18- وَإِذَا بِسَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ حِسَانِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَسَمِينَاتِ الأَبْدَانِ صَاعِدَاتٍ مِنَ النَّهْرِ تَرْعَى فِي الْمَرْجِ، 
19- ثُمَّ إِذَا بِسَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ أُخْرَى قَبِيحَاتِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَهَزِيلاَتٍ تَصْعَدُ وَرَاءَهَا مِنَ النَّهْرِ. لَمْ أَرَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ كُلِّهَا نَظِيرَهَا فِي الْقَبَاحَةِ. 
20- فَالْتَهَمَتِ الْبَقَرَاتُ الْهَزِيلاَتُ الْقَبِيحَاتُ السَّبْعَ الْبَقَرَاتِ الأُولَى السَّمِينَاتِ. 
21- وَمَعَ أَنَّهَا ابْتَلَعَتْهَا ظَلَّتْ عَجْفَاءَ وَكَأَنَّهَا لَمْ تَبْتَلِعْهَا وَبَقِيَ مَنْظَرُهَا قَبِيحاً كَمَا كَانَتْ. وَاسْتَيْقَظْتُ. 
22- ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ فِي حُلْمِي وَإِذَا بِسَبْعِ سَنَابِلَ زَاهِيَةٍ وَمُمْتَلِئَةٍ نَابِتَةٍ مِنْ سَاقٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، 
23- ثُمَّ إِذَا بِسَبْعِ سَنَابِلَ يَابِسَةٍ عَجْفَاءَ قَدْ لَفَحَتْهَا الرِّيحُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ نَابِتَةٍ وَرَاءَهَا، 
24- فَابْتَلَعَتِ السَّنَابِلُ الْعَجْفَاءُ السَّبْعَ الزَّاهِيَةَ. وَلَقَدْ سَرَدْتُ عَلَى السَّحَرَةِ هَذَيْنِ الْحُلْمَيْنِ، فَلَمْ أَجِدْ بَيْنَهُمْ مَنْ يُفَسِّرُهُمَا لِي».

 

يوسف يفسر أحلام فرعون

25- فَقَالَ يُوسُفُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «حُلْمَا فِرْعَوْنَ هُمَا حُلْمٌ وَاحِدٌ. وَقَدْ أَطْلَعَ اللهُ فِرْعَوْنَ عَمَّا هُوَ فَاعِلٌ. 
26- السَّبْعُ الْبَقَرَاتُ الْحِسَانُ هِيَ سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتٍ. وَالسَّبْعُ السَّنَابِلُ الزَّاهِيَاتُ هِيَ أَيْضاً سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتٍ. فَالْحُلْمَانِ هُمَا حُلْمٌ وَاحِدٌ. 
27- وَالسَّبْعُ الْبَقَرَاتُ الْقَبِيحَاتُ الْهَزِيلاَتُ الَّتِي صَعِدَتْ وَرَاءَهَا هِيَ سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتٍ. وَالسَّبْعُ السَّنَابِلُ الْفَارِغَاتُ الْمَلْفُوحَاتُ بِالرِّيحِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ سَتَكُونُ سَبْعَ سَنَوَاتِ جُوعٍ 
28- وَالأَمْرُ هُوَ كَمَا أَخْبَرْتُ بِهِ فِرْعَوْنَ: فَقَدْ أَطْلَعَ اللهُ فِرْعَوْنَ عَمَّا هُوَ صَانِعٌ 
29- هُوَذَا سَبْعُ سِنِينَ رَخَاءٍ عَظِيمٍ قَادِمَةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، 
30- تَعْقُبُهَا سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتِ جُوعٍ، حَتَّى يَنْسَى النَّاسُ كُلَّ الرَّخَاءِ الَّذِي عَمَّ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ، وَيُتْلِفُ الْجُوعُ الأَرْضَ، 
31- وَيَخْتَفِي كُلُّ أَثَرٍ لِلرَّخَاءِ فِي الْبِلاَدِ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ الْمَجَاعَةِ الَّتِي تَعْقُبُهُ، لأَنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ قَاسِيَةً جِدّاً 
32- أَمَّا تَكْرَارُ الْحُلْمِ عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَلَأَنَّ الأَمْرَ قَدْ حَتَمَهُ اللهُ ، وَلاَبُدَّ أَنْ يُجْرِيَهُ سَرِيعاً.

33- وَالآنَ لِيَبْحَثْ فِرْعَوْنُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ بَصِيرٍ حَكِيمٍ يُوَلِّيهِ عَلَى الْبِلاَدِ، 
34- وَلْيُقِمْ فِرْعَوْنُ نُظَّاراً عَلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ يَجْبُونَ خُمْسَ غَلَّتِهَا فِي سَنَوَاتِ الرَّخَاءِ السَّبْعِ. 
35- وَلِيَجْمَعُوا كُلَّ طَعَامِ سَنَوَاتِ الْخَيْرِ الْمُقْبِلَةِ، وَيَخْزِنُوا الْقَمْحَ بِتَفْوِيضٍ مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ وَيَحْفَظُوهُ فِي الْمُدُنِ لِيَكُونَ طَعَاماً، 
36- وَمَؤُونَةً لأَهْلِ الأَرْضِ فِي سَنَوَاتِ الْمَجَاعَةِ السَّبْعِ الَّتِي سَتَسُودُ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ  فَلاَ يَهْلِكُونَ جُوعاً».

 

يوسف يصبح حاكم مصر

37- فَاسْتَحْسَنَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَرِجَالُهُ جَمِيعاً هَذَا الْكَلاَمَ، 
38- وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِعَبِيدِهِ: «هَلْ نَجِدُ نَظِيرَ هَذَا رَجُلاً فِيهِ رُوحُ اللهِ؟» 
39- ثُمَّ قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «مِنْ حَيْثُ أَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَطْلَعَكَ عَلَى كُلِّ هَذَا، فَلَيْسَ هُنَاكَ بَصِيرٌ وَحَكِيمٌ نَظِيرَكَ. 
40- لِذَلِكَ أُوَلِّيكَ عَلَى بَيْتِي، وَيُذْعِنُ شَعْبِي لِكُلِّ أَمْرٍ تُصْدِرُهُ، وَلَنْ يَكُونَ أَعْظَمَ مِنْكَ سِوَايَ أَنَا صَاحِبِ الْعَرْشِ». 
41- ثُمَّ قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «هَا أَنَا قَدْ وَلَّيْتُكَ عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ». 
42- وَنَزَعَ فِرْعَوْنُ خَاتَمَهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ وَوَضَعَهُ فِي يَدِ يُوسُفَ، وَأَلْبَسَهُ ثِيَابَ كَتَّانٍ فَاخِرَةً وَطَوَّقَ عُنْقَهُ بِطَوْقٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، 
43- وَأَرْكَبَهُ فِي مَرْكَبَتِهِ الثَّانِيَةِ، وَنَادُوا: «ارْكَعُوا أَمَامَهُ». وَأَقَامَهُ وَالِياً عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. 
44- وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «أَنَا فِرْعَوْنُ، وَلاَ أَحَدَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُحَرِّكَ سَاكِناً فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ مِنْ غَيْرِ إِذْنِكَ».

45- وَدَعَا فِرْعَوْنُ اسْمَ يُوسُفَ صَفْنَاتَ فَعْنِيحَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ بِالْمِصْرِيَّةِ الْقَدِيمَةِ مُخَلِّصُ الْعَالَمِ أَوْ حَافِظُ الْحَيَاةِ). وَزَوَّجَهُ مِنْ أَسْنَاتَ بِنْتِ فُوطِي فَارَعَ كَاهِنِ أُونَ، فَذَاعَ اسْمُ يُوسُفَ فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْجَاءِ مِصْرَ.

 

سبع سنوات الخير

46- وَكَانَ يُوسُفُ فِي الثَّلاَثِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَمَا مَثَلَ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ. وَبَعْدَ أَنْ خَرَجَ مِنْ حَضْرَةِ فِرْعَوْنَ شَرَعَ يَجُولُ فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْجَاءِ الْبِلاَدِ.

47- وَفِي سَنَوَاتِ الْخِصْبِ السَّبْعِ غَلَّتِ الأَرْضُ بِوَفْرَةٍ، 
48- فَجَمَعَ كُلَّ طَعَامِ السَّبْعِ سَنَوَاتٍ الْمُتَوَافِرِ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ وَخَزَنَهُ فِي الْمُدُنِ، فَاخْتَزَنَ فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ غَلاَتِ مَا حَوْلَهَا مِنْ حُقُولٍ. 
49- وَادَّخَرَ يُوسُفُ كَمِّيَّاتٍ هَائِلَةً مِنَ الْقَمْحِ حَتَّى كَفَّ عَنْ إِحْصَائِهَا لِوَفْرَتِهَا الْعَظِيمَةِ.

 

أبناء يوسف

50- وَأَنْجَبَتْ أَسْنَاتُ بِنْتُ فُوطِي فَارَعَ كَاهِنِ أُونَ لِيُوسُفَ ابْنَيْنِ قَبْلَ حُلُولِ سَنَوَاتِ الْجُوعِ. 
51- فَدَعَا يُوسُفُ اسْمَ الْبِكْرِ مَنَسَّى (وَمَعْنَاهُ: مَنْ يَنْسَى أَوْ الْمَنْسِيُّ) وَقَالَ: «لأَنَّ اللهَ أَنْسَانِي كُلَّ مَشَقَّتِي وَكُلَّ بَيْتِ أَبِي». 
52- أَمَّا الثَّانِي فَدَعَا اسْمَهُ أَفْرَايِمَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: الْمُثْمِرُ مُضَاعَفاً) وَقَالَ: «لأَنَّ اللهَ جَعَلَنِي مُثْمِراً فِي أَرْضِ مَذَلَّتِي».

 

بداية سبع سنوات الجوع

53- ثُمَّ انْتَهَتْ سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتِ الرَّخَاءِ الَّذِي عَمَّ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ. 
54- وَحَلَّتْ سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتِ الْمَجَاعَةِ كَمَا أَنْبَأَ يُوسُفُ. فَحَدَثَتْ مَجَاعَةٌ فِي جَمِيعِ الْبُلْدَانِ. أَمَّا أَرْضُ مِصْرَ فَقَدْ تَوَافَرَ فِيهَا الْخُبْزُ. 
55- وَعِنْدَمَا عَمَّتِ الْمَجَاعَةُ جَمِيعَ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ صَرَخَ الشَّعْبُ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ طَالِبِينَ الْخُبْزَ، فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِكُلِّ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ: «اذْهَبُوا إِلَى يُوسُفَ وَافْعَلُوا كَمَا يَقُولُ لَكُمْ». 
56- وَطَغَتِ الْمَجَاعَةُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ الْبِلاَدِ فَفَتَحَ يُوسُفُ الْمَخَازِنَ وَبَاعَ الطَّعَامَ لِلْمِصْرِيِّينَ. وَلَكِنَّ وَطْأَةَ الْجُوعِ اشْتَدَّتْ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. 
57- وَأَقْبَلَ أَهْلُ الْبُلْدَانِ الأُخْرَى إِلَى مِصْرَ، إِلَى يُوسُفَ، لِيَبْتَاعُوا قَمْحاً لأَنَّ الْمَجَاعَةَ كَانَتْ شَدِيدَةً فِي كُلِّ الأَرْضِ.

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Chapter: 042

V 001 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
V 002 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
V 003 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
V 004 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
V 005 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
V 006 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
V 007 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
V 008 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
V 009 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
V 010 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
V 011 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
V 012 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
V 013 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
V 014 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
V 015 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
V 016 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
V 017 And he put them all together into ward three days.
V 018 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
V 019 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
V 020 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
V 021 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
V 022 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
V 023 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
V 024 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
V 025 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
V 026 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
V 027 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.
V 028 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
V 029 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
V 030 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
V 031 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
V 032 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
V 033 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
V 034 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land.
V 035 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
V 036 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
V 037 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
V 038 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
 

فصل 42

إخوة يوسف في مصر

1- وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى يَعْقُوبُ أَنَّ الْقَمْحَ مُتَوَافِرٌ فِي مِصْرَ، قَالَ لأَبْنَائِهِ: «مَا بَالُكُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ بَعْضُكُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ؟ 
2- لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ أَنَّ الْقَمْحَ مُتَوَافِرٌ فِي مِصْرَ. فَانْحَدِرُوا إِلَى هُنَاكَ وَاشْتَرُوا لَنَا قَمْحاً لِنَبْقَى عَلَى قَيْدِ الْحَيَاةِ وَلاَ نَمُوتَ». 
3- فَذَهَبَ عَشَرَةٌ مِنْ إِخْوَةِ يُوسُفَ لِيَشْتَرُوا قَمْحاً مِنْ مِصْرَ، 
4- أَمَّا بَنْيَامِينُ أَخُو يُوسُفَ فَلَمْ يُرْسِلْهُ يَعْقُوبُ مَعَ إِخْوَتِهِ خَوْفاً مِنْ أَنْ يَنَالَهُ مَكْرُوهٌ.

 

لقاء يوسف الأول بإخوته

5- فَقَدِمَ أَبْنَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى مِصْرَ مَعَ جُمْلَةِ الْقَادِمِينَ لِيَشْتَرُوا قَمْحاً، لأَنَّ الْمَجَاعَةَ كَانَتْ قَدْ أَصَابَتْ أَرْضَ كَنْعَانَ أَيْضاً. 
6- وَكَانَ يُوسُفُ هُوَ الْمُتَسَلِّطُ عَلَى مِصْرَ، وَالْقَائِمُ عَلَى بَيْعِ الْقَمْحِ لأَهْلِهَا جَمِيعاً. فَأَقْبَلَ إِخْوَةُ يُوسُفَ وَسَجَدُوا لَهُ بِوُجُوهِهِمْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ. 
7- فَلَمَّا رَآهُمْ عَرَفَهُمْ، وَلَكِنَّهُ تَنَكَّرَ لَهُمْ وَخَاطَبَهُمْ بِجَفَاءٍ وَسَأَلَهُمْ: «مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتُمْ؟» فَأَجَابُوهُ: «مِنْ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ لِنَشْتَرِيَ طَعَاماً». 
8- وَمَعَ أَنَّ يُوسُفَ عَرَفَهُمْ، إِلاَّ أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوهُ.

 

يوسف يستجوب إخوته

9- ثُمَّ تَذَكَّرَ يُوسُفُ أَحْلاَمَهُ الَّتِي حَلُمَهَا بِشَأْنِهِمْ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنْتُمْ جَوَاسِيسُ، وَقَدْ جِئْتُمْ لاكْتِشَافِ ثُغُورِنَا غَيْرِ الْمَحْمِيَّةِ» 
10- فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «لاَ يَاسَيِّدِي إِنَّمَا قَدِمَ عَبِيدُكَ لِشِرَاءِ الطَّعَامِ، 
11- فَنَحْنُ كُلُّنَا أَبْنَاءُ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ، نَحْنُ أُمَنَاءُ وَلَيْسَ عَبِيدُكَ جَوَاسِيسَ». 
12- وَلَكِنَّهُ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «لاَ! أَنْتُمْ قَدْ جِئْتُمْ لاكْتِشَافِ ثُغُورِنَا غَيْرِ الْمَحْمِيَّةِ» 
13- فَأَجَابُوهُ: «إِنَّ عَبِيدَكَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَخاً، أَبْنَاءُ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ مُقِيمٍ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ. وَقَدْ بَقِيَ أَخُونَا الصَّغِيرُ عِنْدَ أَبِينَا الْيَوْمَ، وَالآخَرُ مَفْقُودٌ». 
14- فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «إِنَّ الأَمْرَ كَمَا قُلْتُ لَكُمْ! أَنْتُمْ جَوَاسِيسُ. 
15- وَحَيَاةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تُغَادِرُوا هُنَا حَتَّى تَأْتُوا بِأَخِيكُمُ الأَصْغَرِ، وَبِذَلِكَ تُثْبِتُونَ صِدْقَكُمْ. 
16- أَوْفِدُوا وَاحِداً مِنْكُمْ لِيَأْتِيَ بِأَخِيكُمْ، أَمَّا بَقِيَّتُكُمْ فَتَمْكُثُونَ فِي السِّجْنِ حَتَّى تَثْبُتَ صِحَّةُ كَلاَمِكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ. وَإِلاَّ فَوَحَيَاةِ فِرْعَوْنَ أَنْتُمْ لَسْتُمْ سِوَى جَوَاسِيسَ». 
17- وَطَرَحَهُمْ فِي السِّجْنِ مَعاً ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ.

18- وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «افْعَلُوا مَا أَطْلُبُهُ مِنْكُمْ فَتَحْيَوْا، فَأَنَا رَجُلٌ أَتَّقِي اللهَ. 
19- إِنْ كُنْتُمْ حَقّاً صَادِقِينَ فَلْيَبْقَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْكُمْ رَهِينَةً، بَيْنَمَا يَأْخُذُ بَقِيَّتُكُمُ الْقَمْحَ وَيَنْطَلِقُونَ إِلَى بُيُوتِكُمُ الْجَائِعَةِ. 
20- وَلَكِنْ إِيتُونِي بِأَخِيكُمُ الأَصْغَرِ فَأَتَحَقَّقَ بِذَلِكَ مِنْ صِدْقِكُمْ وَلاَ تَمُوتُوا». فَوَافَقُوا عَلَى ذَلِكَ. 
21- وَقَالُوا: «حَقّاً إِنَّنَا أَذْنَبْنَا فِي حَقِّ أَخِينَا. لَقَدْ رَأَيْنَا ضِيقَةَ نَفْسِهِ عِنْدَمَا اسْتَرْحَمَنَا فَلَمْ نَسْمَعْ لَهُ. لِذَلِكَ أَصَابَتْنَا هَذِهِ الضِّيقَةُ» 
22- فَقَالَ رَأُوبَيْنُ: «أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ لاَ تَجْنُوا عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا؟ وَالآنَ هَا نَحْنُ مُطَالَبُونَ بِدَمِهِ». 
23- وَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ يُوسُفَ كَانَ فَاهِماً حَدِيثَهُمْ، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ يُخَاطِبُهُمْ عَنْ طَرِيقِ مُتَرْجِمٍ. 
24- فَتَحَوَّلَ عَنْهُمْ وَبَكَى، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَخَاطَبَهُمْ، وَأَخَذَ شِمْعُونَ وَقَيَّدَهُ أَمَامَ عُيُونِهِمْ.

 

عودة أبناء يعقوب إلى أبيهم

25- ثُمَّ أَمَرَ يُوسُفُ مُوَظَّفِيهِ أَنْ يَمْلَأُوا أَكْيَاسَهُمْ بِالْقَمْحِ، وَأَنْ يَرُدُّوا فِضَّةَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ إِلَى عِدْلِهِ، وَأَنْ يُعْطُوهُمْ زَاداً لِلطَّرِيقِ. فَفَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ. 
26- فَحَمَّلُوا حَمِيرَهُمُ الْقَمْحَ وَانْطَلَقُوا مِنْ هُنَاكَ. 
27- وَحِينَ فَتَحَ أَحَدُهُمْ عِدْلَهُ فِي الْخَانِ لِيَعْلِفَ حِمَارَهُ، لَمَحَ فِضَّتَهُ لأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ مَوْضُوعَةً فِي فَمِ الْعِدْلِ. 
28- فَقَالَ لإِخْوَتِهِ: «لَقَدْ رُدَّتْ إِلَيَّ فِضَّتِي، انْظُرُوا هَا هِيَ فِي عِدْلِي». فَغَاصَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ، وَتَطَلَّعَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ مُرْتَعِدِينَ وَقَالُوا: «مَا هَذَا الَّذِي فَعَلَهُ اللهُ بِنَا؟».

29- وَعِنْدَمَا قَدِمُوا عَلَى أَبِيهِمْ يَعْقُوبَ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ قَصُّوا عَلَيْهِ مَا حَلَّ بِهِمْ، وَقَالُوا: 
30- «الرَّجُلُ الْمُتَسَلِّطُ عَلَى مِصْرَ خَاطَبَنَا بِجَفَاءٍ، وَظَنَّ أَنَّنَا جَوَاسِيسُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، 
31- فَقُلْنَا لَهُ: نَحْنُ أُمَنَاءُ وَلَسْنَا جَوَاسِيسَ. 
32- نَحْنُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَخاً أَبْنَاءُ أَبِينَا. أَحَدُنَا مَفْقُودٌ، وَالأَصْغَرُ بَقِيَ الْيَوْمَ مَعَ أَبِينَا فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ. 
33- فَقَالَ لَنَا الرَّجُلُ سَيِّدُ الْبِلاَدِ: لِكَيْ أَتَحَقَّقَ أَنَّكُمْ أُمَنَاءُ. دَعُوا أَخاً وَاحِداً مِنْكُمْ عِنْدِي رَهِينَةً وَخُذُوا طَعَاماً لِبُيُوتِكُمُ الْجَائِعَةِ وَامْضُوا، 
34- ثُمَّ أَحْضِرُوا لِي أَخَاكُمُ الأَصْغَرَ، وَبَذَلِكَ أَعْرِفُ أَنَّكُمْ لَسْتُمْ جَوَاسِيسَ بَلْ قَوْماً أُمَنَاءَ، فَأُطْلِقَ لَكُمْ أَخَاكُمْ وَتَتَّجِرُونَ فِي الأَرْضِ». 
35- وَإِذْ شَرَعُوا فِي تَفْرِيغِ عِدَالِهِمْ وَجَدَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ فِضَّتَهُ فِي عِدْلِهِ، وَمَا إِنْ رَأَوْا هُمْ وَأَبُوهُمْ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى اسْتَبَدَّ بِهِمِ الْخَوْفُ.

36- فَقَالَ لَهُمْ أَبُوهُمْ: «لَقَدْ أَثْكَلْتُمُونِي أَوْلاَدِي. يُوسُفُ مَفْقُودٌ، وَشِمْعُونُ مَفْقُودٌ، وَهَا أَنْتُمْ تَأْخُذُونَ بَنْيَامِينَ بَعِيداً! كُلُّ هَذِهِ الدَّوَاهِي حَلَّتْ بِي!» 
37- فَقَالَ لَهُ رَأُوبَيْنُ: «اقْتُلِ ابْنَيَّ إِنْ لَمْ أَرْجِعْ بِهِ إِلَيْكَ. اعْهَدْ بِهِ إِلَيَّ وَأَنَا أَرُدُّهُ إِلَيْكَ». 
38- فَقَالَ: «لَنْ يَذْهَبَ ابْنِي مَعَكُمْ، فَقَدْ مَاتَ أَخُوهُ، وَهُوَ وَحْدَهُ بَاقٍ. فَإِنْ نَالَهُ مَكْرُوهٌ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي تَذْهَبُونَ فِيهَا، فَإِنَّكُمْ تُنْزِلُونَ شَيْبَتِي بِحُزْنٍ إِلَى قَبْرِي».

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Chapter: 043

V 001 And the famine was sore in the land.
V 002 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
V 003 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
V 004 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
V 005 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
V 006 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
V 007 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
V 008 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
V 009 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
V 010 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
V 011 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
V 012 And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
V 013 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
V 014 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
V 015 And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
V 016 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
V 017 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
V 018 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
V 019 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
V 020 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
V 021 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
V 022 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
V 023 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
V 024 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
V 025 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
V 026 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
V 027 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
V 028 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
V 029 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
V 030 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
V 031 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
V 032 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
V 033 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marveled one at another.
V 034 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
 

فصل 43

التأهب للرحلة الثانية إلى مصر

1- وَتَفَاقَمَتِ الْمَجَاعَةُ فِي الأَرْضِ. 
2- وَلَمَّا اسْتَهْلَكُوا الْقَمْحَ الَّذِي أَحْضَرُوهُ مِنْ مِصْرَ، قَالَ لَهُمْ أَبُوهُمْ: «ارْجِعُوا وَاشْتَرُوا لَنَا قَلِيلاً مِنَ الطَّعَامِ». 
3- فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا: «لَقَدْ حَذَّرَنَا الرَّجُلُ أَشَدَّ تَحْذِيرٍ وَقَالَ: لَنْ تَرَوْا وَجْهِي مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ أَخُوكُمْ مَعَكُمْ. 
4- فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُرْسِلُ أَخَانَا مَعَنَا، نَمْضِي وَنَشْتَرِي لَكَ طَعَاماً 
5- وَإِلاَّ فَلَنْ نَذْهَبَ لأَنَّ الرَّجُلَ قَالَ لَنَا: لاَ تَرَوْا وَجْهِي مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ أَخُوكُمْ مَعَكُمْ».

6- فَقَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ: «لِمَاذَا أَسَأْتُمْ إِلَيَّ فَأَخْبَرْتُمُ الرَّجُلَ أَنَّ لَكُمْ أَخاً أَيْضاً؟» 
7- فَأَجَابُوا: «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ قَدْ دَقَّقَ فِي اسْتِجْوَابِنَا عَنْ أَنْفُسِنَا وَعَنْ عَشِيرَتِنَا سَائِلاً: هَلْ أَبُوكُمْ حَيٌّ بَعْدُ؟ هَلْ لَكُمْ أَخٌ؟ فَأَجَبْنَاهُ حَسَبَ أَسْئِلَتِهِ. فَمِنْ أَيْنَ لَنَا أَنْ نَعْرِفَ أَنَّهُ سَيَقُولُ: أَحْضِرُوا أَخَاكُمْ إِلَى هُنَا؟ »

8- وَقَالَ يَهُوذَا لإِسْرَائِيلَ أَبِيهِ: «أَرْسِلِ الْغُلاَمَ مَعِي فَنَقُومَ وَنَذْهَبَ فَنَحْيَا وَلاَ نَمُوتَ نَحْنُ وَأَنْتَ وَأَوْلاَدُنَا جَمِيعاً. 
9- وَأَنَا ضَامِنٌ لَهُ. مِنْ يَدِي تَطْلُبُهُ. فَإِنْ لَمْ أَرُدَّهُ إِلَيْكَ وَأُوقِفْهُ أَمَامَكَ، أَكُنْ مُذْنِباً إِلَيْكَ كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ. 
10- فَلَوْ لَمْ نَتَوَانَ فِي السَّفَرِ لَكُنَّا قَدْ رَجَعْنَا مَرَّتَيْنِ».

11- فَقَالَ لَهُمْ أَبُوهُمْ: «إِنْ كَانَ لاَبُدَّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَافْعَلُوا. وَخُذُوا مَعَكُمْ هَدِيَّةً لِلرَّجُلِ: وَامْلَأُوا أَوْعِيَتَكُمْ مِنْ خَيْرِ جَنَى الأَرْضِ وَقَلِيلاً مِنَ الْبَلَسَانِ وَالْعَسَلِ وَالْكَثِيرَاءِ وَاللاَّذِنِ وَالْفُسْتُقِ وَاللَّوْزِ. 
12- وَخُذُوا مَعَكُمْ فِضَّةً أُخْرَى، وَالْفِضَّةَ الْمَرْدُودَةَ فِي أَفْوَاهِ عِدَالِكُمْ وَأَعِيدُوهَا. فَلَعَلَّ فِي الأَمْرِ سَهْواً. 
13- وَاسْتَصْحِبُوا مَعَكُمْ أَيْضاً أَخَاكُمْ وَقُومُوا ارْجِعُوا إِلَى الرَّجُلِ. 
14- وَلْيُنْعِمْ عَلَيْكُمُ اللهُ الْقَدِيرُ بِالرَّحْمَةِ لَدَى الرَّجُلِ، فَيُطْلِقَ لَكُمْ أَخَاكُمُ الآخَرَ وَبَنْيَامِينَ أَيْضاً. وَأَنَا إِنْ ثَكِلْتُهُمَا، أَكُونُ قَدْ ثَكِلْتُهُمَا».

 

عودة إخوة يوسف مع بنيامين إلى مصر

15- فَأَخَذَ الرِّجَالُ تِلْكَ الْهَدِيَّةَ، وَضِعْفَ الْفِضَّةِ، وَبَنْيَامِينَ، وَسَافَرُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ وَمَثَلُوا أَمَامَ يُوسُفَ. 
16- وَعِنْدَمَا شَاهَدَ يُوسُفُ بَنْيَامِينَ مَعَهُمْ قَالَ لِمُدَبِّرِ بَيْتِهِ: «أَدْخِلِ الرِّجَالَ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ وَاذْبَحْ ذَبِيحَةً وَهَيِّئْهَا، لأَنَّ هَؤُلاَءِ الرِّجَالَ سَيَتَنَاوَلُونَ مَعِي الطَّعَامَ فِي سَاعَةِ الْغَذَاءِ». 
17- فَفَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ كَمَا أَمَرَ يُوسُفُ، وَأَدْخَلَ الرِّجَالَ إِلَى بَيْتِ يُوسُفَ.

18- وَلَمَّا أُدْخِلُوا إِلَى بَيْتِ يُوسُفَ اعْتَرَاهُمُ الْخَوْفُ وَقَالُوا: «لَقَدْ جِيءَ بِنَا إِلَى هُنَا لِيَهْجُمَ عَلَيْنَا وَيَقَعَ بِنَا وَيَسْتَعْبِدَنَا وَيَسْتَوْلِيَ عَلَى حَمِيرِنَا، بِسَبَبِ الْفِضَّةِ الأُولَى الْمَرْدُودَةِ فِي عِدَالِنَا». 
19- فَتَقَدَّمُوا إِلَى مُدَبِّرِ بَيْتِ يُوسُفَ وَقَالُوا لَهُ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ الْبَابِ: 
20- «اسْتَمِعْ يَاسَيِّدِي، لَقَدْ قَدِمْنَا إِلَى هُنَا فِي الْمَرَّةِ الأُولَى لِنَشْتَرِيَ طَعَاماً، 
21- وَلَكِنَّنَا حِينَ نَزَلْنَا فِي الْخَانِ وَفَتَحْنَا عِدَالَنَا عَثَرَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنَّا عَلَى فِضَّتِهِ بِكَامِلِ وَزْنِهَا فِي فَمِ عِدْلِهِ، فَأَحْضَرْنَاهَا مَعَنَا لِنَرُدَّهَا. 
22- وَجِئْنَا مَعَنَا بِفِضَّةٍ أُخْرَى لِنَشْتَرِيَ طَعَاماً. وَلَسْنَا نَدْرِي مَنْ وَضَعَ فِضَّتَنَا فِي عِدَالِنَا».

23- فَقَالَ: «سَلاَمٌ لَكُمْ، لاَ تَخَافُوا، فَإِنَّ إِلَهَكُمْ وَإِلَهَ أَبِيكُمْ قَدْ وَهَبَكُمْ كَنْزاً فِي عِدَالِكُمْ، أَمَّا فِضَّتُكُمْ فَقَدْ وَصَلَتْ إِلَيَّ». ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ شِمْعُونَ. 
24- وَأَدْخَلَ الرَّجُلُ الْقَوْمَ إِلَى بَيْتِ يُوسُفَ وَقَدَّمَ لَهُمْ مَاءً لِيَغْسِلُوا أَرْجُلَهُمْ، وَعَلِيقاً لِحَمِيرِهِمْ. 
25- وَأَعَدُّوا الْهَدِيَّةَ فِي انْتِظَارِ مَجِيءِ يُوسُفَ عِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ، لأَنَّهُمْ سَمِعُوا أَنَّهُمْ سَيَتَنَاوَلُونَ الطَّعَامَ هُنَاكَ.

 

يوسف يأكل مع إخوته

26- فَلَمَّا أَقْبَلَ يُوسُفُ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ أَحْضَرُوا إِلَيْهِ الْهَدِيَّةَ الَّتِي حَمَلُوهَا مَعَهُمْ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ، وَانْحَنَوْا أَمَامَهُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ. 
27- فَسَأَلَهُمْ عَنْ أَحْوَالِهِمْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «هَلْ أَبُوكُمُ الشَّيْخُ الَّذِي أَخْبَرْتُمْ عَنْهُ بِخَيْرٍ؟ أَمَازَالَ حَيّاً؟» 
28- فَأَجَابُوا: «عَبْدُكَ أَبُونَا بِخَيْرٍ، وَهُوَ مَازَالَ حَيّاً». وَانْحَنَوْا وَسَجَدُوا.

29- وَتَلَفَّتَ فَرَأَى أَخَاهُ الشَّقِيقَ بَنْيَامِينَ، فَقَالَ: «أَهَذَا أَخُوكُمُ الأَصْغَرُ الَّذِي أَخْبَرْتُمُونِي عَنْهُ؟» ثُمَّ قَالَ: «لِيُنْعِمِ اللهُ عَلَيْكَ يَاابْنِي». 
30- وَانْدَفَعَ يُوسُفُ إِلَى مُخْدَعِهِ وَبَكَى هُنَاكَ لأَنَّ عَوَاطِفَهُ حَنَّتْ إِلَى أَخِيهِ.

31- ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ وَخَرَجَ وَتَجَلَّدَ، وَقَالَ: «قَدِّمُوا الطَّعَامَ». 
32- فَقَدَّمُوا لَهُ وَحْدَهُ، وَلَهُمْ وَحْدَهُمْ، وَلِلْمِصْرِيِّينَ الآكِلِينَ مَعَهُ وَحْدَهُمْ، إِذْ أَنَّهُ مَحْظُورٌ عَلَى الْمِصْرِيِّينَ أَنْ يَأْكُلُوا مَعَ الْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ، لأَنَّ ذَلِكَ رِجْسٌ عِنْدَهُمْ. 
33- فَجَلَسُوا فِي مَحْضَرِهِ، كُلٌّ وَفْقاً لِعُمْرِهِ، مِنَ الْبِكْرِ حَتَّى الصَّغِيرِ. فَنَظَرُوا بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ مَبْهُوتِينَ. 
34- وَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِمْ حِصَصاً مِنْ مَائِدَتِهِ، فَكَانَتْ حِصَّةُ بَنْيَامِينَ خَمْسَةَ أَضْعَافِ حِصَصِ إِخْوَتِهِ. وَاحْتَفُوا وَشَرِبُوا مَعَهُ.

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Chapter: 044

V 001 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.
V 002 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
V 003 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
V 004 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
V 005 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
V 006 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
V 007 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
V 008 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?
V 009 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.
V 010 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
V 011 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
V 012 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
V 013 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
V 014 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
V 015 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
V 016 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
V 017 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
V 018 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
V 019 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
V 020 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
V 021 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
V 022 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
V 023 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
V 024 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
V 025 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
V 026 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.
V 027 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
V 028 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
V 029 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
V 030 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
V 031 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
V 032 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
V 033 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
V 034 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
 

فصل 44 

الكأس الفضية المفقودة

1- وَأَمَرَ يُوسُفُ مَدَبِّرَ بَيْتِهِ قَائِلاً: «امْلاَءْ عِدَالَ الرِّجَالِ بِالطَّعَامِ بِقَدْرِ وُسْعِهَا، وَرُدَّ فِضَّةَ كُلِّ رَجُلٍ إِلَى فَمِ عِدْلِهِ.
2- وَضَعْ فِي فَمِ عِدْلِ الصَّغِيرِ كَأْسِيَ الْفِضِّيَّةَ وَثَمَنَ قَمْحِهِ». فَنَفَّذَ أَمْرَ يُوسُفَ.
3- وَمَا إِنْ أَشْرَقَ الصَّبَاحُ حَتَّى انْطَلَقَ الرِّجَالُ، هُمْ وَحَمِيرُهُمْ.
4- وَمَا كَادُوا يَبْتَعِدُونَ عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ قَلِيلاً حَتَّى قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِمُدَبِّرِ بَيْتِهِ: «اسْعَ خَلْفَ الرِّجَالِ، وَمَا إِنْ تُدْرِكُهُمْ حَتَّى تَقُولَ لَهُمْ: لِمَاذَا تُكَافِئُونَ الْخَيْرَ بِالشَّرِّ؟
5- أَلَيْسَتْ هَذِهِ هِيَ الكَأْسُ الَّتِي يَشْرَبُ فِيهَا سَيِّدِي وَيَتَفَاءَلُ بِالْغَيْبِ؟ لَشَدَّ مَا أَسَأْتُمْ فِي مَا صَنَعْتُمْ».

 

العثور على الكأس في عدل بنيامين

6- فَلَمَّا أَدْرَكَهُمْ خَاطَبَهُمْ بِهَذَا الْقَوْلِ، فَأَجَابُوهُ:
7- «لِمَاذَا يَتَكَلَّمُ سَيِّدِي بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْكَلاَمِ؟ حَاشَا لِعَبِيدِكَ أَنْ يَرْتَكِبُوا هَذَا الأَمْرَ.
8- هُوَذَا الْفِضَّةُ الَّتِي عَثَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا فِي أَفْوَاهِ عِدَالِنَا رَدَدْنَاهَا لَكَ مَعَنَا مِنْ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، فَكَيْفَ نَسْرِقُ فِضَّةً أَوْ ذَهَباً مِنْ بَيْتِ سَيِّدِكَ؟
9- مَنْ تَجِدْ مَعَهُ الْكَأْسَ مِنْ عَبِيدِكَ يَمُتْ، وَنَكُنْ نَحْنُ أَيْضاً عَبِيداً لِسَيِّدِي».
10- فَقَالَ: «فَلْيَكُنْ كَمَا تَقُولُونَ. فَالَّذِي أَجِدُهَا مَعَهُ يُصْبِحُ عَبْداً لِي، وَالْبَاقُونَ يَكُونُونَ أَبْرِيَاءَ».
11- فَبَادَرَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ إِلَى عِدْلِهِ وَحَطَّهُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَفَتَحَهُ،
12- فَفَتَّشَ مُبْتَدِئاً مِنْ عِدْلِ الْكَبِيرِ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى عِدْلِ الصَّغِيرِ، فَعَثَرَ عَلَى الْكَأْسِ فِي عِدْلِ بَنْيَامِينَ.
13- فَمَزَّقُوا ثِيَابَهُمْ وَحَمَلَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ عِدْلَهُ عَلَى حِمَارِهِ وَرَجَعُوا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ.

 

إخوة يوسف يسجدون له

14- وَدَخَلَ يَهُوذَا وَإِخْوَتُهُ إِلَى بَيْتِ يُوسُفَ إِذْ كَانَ مَا بَرِحَ هُنَاكَ، فَارْتَمَوا أَمَامَهُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ.
15- فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يُوسُفُ: «أَيُّ جِنَايَةٍ اقْتَرَفْتُمْ؟ أَمَا عَلِمْتُمْ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِثْلِي يَسْتَخْدِمُ كَأْسَهُ فِي مَعْرِفَةِ الْغَيْبِ؟»
16- فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا: «مَاذَا نَقُولُ لِسَيِّدِي، وَبِمَاذَا نُخَاطِبُهُ، وَكَيْفَ نُبْرِيءُ أَنْفُسَنَا؟ إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ فَضَحَ إِثْمَ عَبِيدِكَ. فَنَحْنُ وَمَنْ عُثِرَ مَعَهُ عَلَى الْكَأْسِ عَبِيدٌ لِسَيِّدِي».
17- فَقَالَ: «حَاشَا لِي أَنْ أَفْعَلَ هَذَا؛ إِنَّمَا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي عُثِرَ مَعَهُ عَلَى الْكَأْسِ هُوَ يَكُونُ لِي عَبْداً، أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَامْضُوا إِلَى أَبِيكُمْ بِأَمَانٍ».

 

يهوذا يتشفع لبنيامين

18- فَتَقَدَّمَ مِنْهُ يَهُوذَا وَقَالَ: «يَاسَيِّدِي، دَعْ عَبْدَكَ يَنْطِقُ بِكَلِمَةٍ فِي مَسْمَعِ سَيِّدِي، وَلاَ يَحْتَدِمْ غَضَبُكَ عَلَى عَبْدِكَ، لأَنَّ سُلْطَتَكَ مُمَاثِلَةٌ لِسُلْطَةِ فِرْعَوْنَ.
19- لَقَدْ سَأَلَ سَيِّدِي عَبِيدَهُ: أَلَكُمْ أَبٌ أَوْ أَخٌ؟
20- فَأَجَبْنَا سَيِّدِي: لَنَا أَبٌ شَيْخٌ، وَابْنُ شَيْخُوخَةٍ صَغِيرٌ مَاتَ أَخُوهُ الشَّقِيقُ وَبَقِيَ هُوَ وَحْدَهُ مِنْ أُمِّهِ، وَأَبُوهُ يُحِبُّهُ.
21- فَقُلْتَ لِعَبِيدِكَ: أَحْضِرُوهُ إِلَيَّ لأَرَاهُ بِعَيْنَيَّ.
22- فَقُلْنَا لِسَيِّدِي: لاَ يَقْدِرُ الْغُلاَمُ أَنْ يَتْرُكَ أَبَاهُ لِئَلاَّ يَمُوتَ أَبُوهُ إِذَا فَارَقَهُ.
23- فَقُلْتَ لِعَبِيدِكَ: مَا لَمْ تُحْضِرُوا أَخَاكُمْ إِلَيَّ لاَ تَرَوْنَ وَجْهِي بَعْدُ.
24- فَعِنْدَمَا قَدِمْنَا عَلَى عَبْدِكَ أَبِي، أَخْبَرْنَاهُ بِحَدِيثِ سَيِّدِي.
25- فَقَالَ أَبُونَا: ارْجِعُوا وَاشْتَرُوا لَنَا بَعْضَ الطَّعَامِ.
26- فَأَجَبْنَا: لاَ يُمْكِنُنَا أَنْ نَذْهَبَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ مَا لَمْ نَأْخُذْ أَخَانَا مَعَنَا، لأَنَّنَا لاَ نَقْدِرُ أَنْ نُقَابِلَ الرَّجُلَ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ أَخُونَا الصَّغِيرُ مَعَنَا.
27- فَقَالَ لَنَا عَبْدُكَ أَبُونَا: أَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ زَوْجَتِي قَدْ أَنْجَبَتْ لِيَ ابْنَيْنِ،
28- فَقَدْتُ أَحَدَهُمَا وَقُلْتُ: إِنَّمَا هُوَ قَدِ افْتُرِسَ افْتِرَاساً. وَلَمْ أَرَهُ إِلَى الآنَ.
29- فَإِنْ أَخَذْتُمْ هَذَا مِنِّي، وَلَحِقَهُ مَكْرُوهٌ، تُنْزِلُونَنِي إِلَى الْقَبْرِ بِشَيْبَةٍ شَقِيَّةٍ.
30- فَإِذَا عُدْتُ إِلَى عَبْدِكَ أَبِي الَّذِي تَعَلَّقَتْ نَفْسُهُ بِنَفْسِ الْغُلاَمِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنِ الْغُلاَمُ مَعَنَا،
31- وَرَأَى أَنَّ الْغُلاَمَ مَفْقُودٌ، فَإِنَّهُ يَمُوتُ، وَيُوَارِي عَبِيدُكَ شَيْبَةَ عَبْدِكَ أَبِيهِمْ بِشَقَاءٍ فِي الْقَبْرِ.
32- لأَنَّ عَبْدَكَ ضَمِنَ الْغُلاَمَ لأَبِي، وَقُلْتُ: إِنْ لَمْ أُرْجِعْهُ إِلَيْكَ أَكُنْ مُذْنِباً إِلَيْكَ مَدَى الْحَيَاةِ.
33- فَأَرْجُو مِنْ سَيِّدِي أَنْ يَتَّخِذَنِي عَبْداً لَهُ بَدَلاً مِنْ الْغُلاَمِ، وَدَعِ الْغُلاَمَ يَمْضِي مَعَ بَقِيَّةِ إِخْوَتِهِ،
34- إِذْ كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَبِي وَالْغُلاَمُ لَيْسَ مَعِي وَأَشْهَدَ مَا يَحِلُّ بِهِ مِنَ الشَّرِّ؟».

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Chapter: 045

V 001 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
V 002 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
V 003 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
V 004 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
V 005 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
V 006 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
V 007 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
V 008 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
V 009 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
V 010 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
V 011 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
V 012 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
V 013 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
V 014 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
V 015 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
V 016 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
V 017 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
V 018 And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
V 019 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
V 020 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
V 021 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
V 022 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
V 023 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
V 024 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
V 025 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
V 026 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
V 027 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
V 028 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
 

فصل 45

يوسف يكشف عن نفسه

1- فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ يُوسُفُ أَنْ يَتَمَالَكَ نَفْسَهُ أَمَامَ الْمَاثِلِينَ أَمَامَهُ، فَصَرَخَ: «لِيَخْرُجِ الْجَمِيعُ مِنْ هُنَا». فَلَمْ يَبْقَ أَحَدٌ مَعَ يُوسُفَ حِينَ كَشَفَ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ لإِخْوَتِهِ.
2- وَبَكَى بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ فَسَمِعَ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ كَمَا سَمِعَ بَيْتُ فِرْعَوْنَ.
3- وَقَالَ يُوسُفُ لإِخْوَتِهِ: «أَنَا يُوسُفُ. فَهَلْ أَبِي مَازَالَ حَيّاً؟» فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ إِخْوَتُهُ أَنْ يُجِيبُوهُ لأَنَّهُمُ امْتَلأُوا رُعْباً مِنْهُ.

4- فَقَالَ يُوسُفُ لإِخْوَتِهِ: «اُدْنُوا مِنِّي». فَاقْتَرَبُوا مِنْهُ، فَقَالَ: «أَنَا يُوسُفُ أَخُوكُمُ الَّذِي بِعْتُمُوهُ إِلَى مِصْرَ.
5- فَلاَ تَتَأَسَّفُوا الآنَ، وَلاَ يَصْعُبْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ بِعْتُمُونِي إِلَى هُنَا، لأَنَّ اللهَ أَرْسَلَنِي أَمَامَكُمْ حِفَاظاً عَلَى حَيَاتِكُمْ.
6- فَقَدْ صَارَ لِلْمَجَاعَةِ فِي هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ سَنَتَانِ، وَبَقِيَتْ خَمْسُ سَنَوَاتٍ لَنْ يَكُونَ فِيهَا فَلاَحَةٌ وَلاَ حَصَادٌ.
7- وَقَدْ أَرْسَلَنِي اللهُ أَمَامَكُمْ لِيَجْعَلَ لَكُمْ بَقِيَّةً فِي الأَرْضِ وَيُنْقِذَ حَيَاتَكُمْ بِخَلاَصٍ عَظِيمٍ.
8- فَلَسْتُمْ إِذاً أَنْتُمُ الَّذِينَ أَرْسَلْتُمُونِي إِلَى هُنَا بَلِ اللهُ ، الَّذِي جَعَلَنِي مُسْتَشَاراً لِفِرْعَوْنَ وَسَيِّداً لِكُلِّ بَيْتِهِ، وَمُتَسَلِّطاً عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ.
9- فَأَسْرِعُوا وَارْجِعُوا إِلَى أَبِي وَقُولُوا لَهُ: ابْنُكَ يُوسُفُ يَقُولُ: لَقَدْ أَقَامَنِي اللهُ سَيِّداً عَلَى كُلِّ مِصْرَ. تَعَالَ وَلاَ تَتَبَاطَأْ.
10- فَتُقِيمَ فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ لِتَكُونَ قَرِيباً مِنِّي أَنْتَ وَبَنُوكَ وَأَحْفَادُكَ وَغَنَمُكَ وَبَقَرُكَ وَكُلُّ مَالَكَ.
11- وَأَعُولُكَ هُنَاكَ لأَنَّ الْجُوعَ سَيَسْتَمِرُّ خَمْسَ سَنَوَاتٍ أُخْرَى، فَلاَ تَحْتَاجُ أَنْتَ وَعَائِلَتُكَ وَبَهَائِمُكَ.
12- وَهَا أَنْتُمْ وَأَخِي بِنْيَامِينُ شُهُودٌ أَنَّنِي أَنَا حَقّاً الَّذِي يُخَاطِبُكُمْ.
13- وَتُحَدِّثُونَ أَبِي عَنْ كُلِّ مَجْدِي فِي مِصْرَ وَعَمَّا شَهِدْتُمُوهُ. وَتُسْرِعُونَ فِي إِحْضَارِ أَبِي إِلَى هُنَا».

14- ثُمَّ تَعَانَقَ يُوسُفُ وَبِنْيَامِينُ وَبَكَيَا
15- وَقَبَّلَ يُوسُفُ بَاقِي إِخْوَتِهِ وَبَكَى مَعَهُمْ. وَعِنْدَئِذٍ فَقَطْ تَجَرَّأَ إِخْوَتُهُ عَلَى مُخَاطَبَتِهِ.

16- وَسَرَى الْخَبَرُ إِلَى بَيْتِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقِيلَ قَدْ جَاءَ إِخْوَةُ يُوسُفَ، فَسَرَّ ذَلِكَ فِرْعَوْنَ، وَعَبِيدَهُ أَيْضاً.
17- وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «اطْلُبْ مِنْ إِخْوَتِكَ أَنْ يُحَمِّلُوا دَوَابَهُمْ بِالْقَمْحِ وَيَرْجِعُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ،
18- لِيُحْضِرُوا أَبَاهُمْ وَأُسَرَهُمْ وَيَجِيئُوا إِلَيَّ، فَأُعْطِيَهُمْ أَفْضَلَ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ لِيَسْتَمْتِعُوا بِخَيْرَاتِهَا.
19- وَقَدْ صَدَرَ أَمْرٌ إِلَيْكَ أَنْ يَأْخُذُوا لَهُمْ عَرَبَاتٍ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ لِيَنْقُلُوا عَلَيْهَا أَوْلاَدَهُمْ وَزَوْجَاتِهِمْ وَأَبَاهُمْ وَيَحْضُرُوا إِلَى هُنَا.
20- لاَ يَكْتَرِثُوا لِمَا يُخَلِّفُونَهُ مِنْ مَتَاعٍ، فَخَيْرَاتُ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ كُلِّهَا هِيَ لَهُمْ».

 

الرجوع إلى أرض كنعان

21- فَفَعَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ هَكَذَا، وَأَعْطَاهُمْ يُوسُفُ عَرَبَاتٍ حَسَبَ أَمْرِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَؤُونَةً لِلطَّرِيقِ.
22- وَأَعْطَى كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ حُلَلَ ثِيَابٍ. أَمَّا بِنْيَامِينُ فَخَصَّهُ بِثَلاَثِ مِئَةِ قِطْعَةٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ وَخَمْسِ حُلَلِ ثِيَابٍ.
23- وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى أَبِيهِ عَشَرَةَ حَمِيرٍ مُحَمَّلَةٍ بِأَفْضَلِ خَيْرَاتِ مِصْرَ وَعَشْرَ أُتُنٍ مُثْقَلَةٍ بِالْحِنْطَةِ وَخُبْزاً وَطَعَاماً يَقْتَاتُ مِنْهَا فِي الطَّرِيقِ.
24- وَهَكَذَا صَرَفَ إِخْوَتَهُ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَوْصَاهُمْ: «لاَ تَتَخَاصَمُوا فِي الطَّرِيقِ».

25- وَانْطَلَقُوا مِنْ مِصْرَ حَتَّى أَقْبَلُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ إِلَى أَبِيهِمْ يَعْقُوبَ.
26- فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «إِنَّ يُوسُفَ مَازَالَ حَيّاً، وَهُوَ الْمُتَسَلِّطُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ». فَغُشِيَ عَلَى قَلْبِ يَعْقُوبَ لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُصَدِّقْهُمْ.
27- ثُمَّ حَدَّثُوهُ بِكَلاَمِ يُوسُفَ. وَعِنْدَمَا عَايَنَ يَعْقُوبُ الْعَرَبَاتِ الَّتِي أَرْسَلَهَا يُوسُفُ لِتَنْقُلَهُ، انْتَعَشَتْ رُوحُهُ،
28- وَقَالَ: «كَفَى! يُوسُفُ ابْنِي حَيٌّ بَعْدُ، سَأَذْهَبُ لأَرَاهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَمُوتَ».

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Chapter: 046

V 001 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
V 002 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
V 003 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
V 004 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
V 005 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
V 006 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
V 007 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
V 008 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
V 009 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
V 010 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
V 011 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
V 012 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
V 013 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
V 014 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
V 015 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
V 016 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
V 017 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
V 018 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
V 019 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
V 020 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
V 021 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
V 022 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
V 023 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
V 024 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
V 025 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
V 026 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
V 027 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
V 028 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
V 029 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
V 030 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
V 031 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and show Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
V 032 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
V 033 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
V 034 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
 

فصل 46

يعقوب يرتحل إلى مصر

1- وَارْتَحَلَ إِسْرَائِيلُ وَكُلُّ مَا لَهُ حَتَّى وَصَلَ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ، فَقَدَّمَ ذَبَائِحَ إِلَى إِلَهِ أَبِيهِ إِسْحقَ.
2- وَقَالَ اللهُ لإِسْرَائِيلَ فِي رُؤَى اللَّيْلِ: «يَعْقُوبُ، يَعْقُوبُ». فَأَجَابَ: «هَا أَنَا»
3- فَقَالَ: «أَنَا هُوَ اللهُ، إِلَهُ أَبِيكَ. لاَ تَخَفْ مِنَ الذَّهَابِ إِلَى مِصْرَ لأَنِّي أَجْعَلُكَ أُمَّةً عَظِيمَةً هُنَاكَ.
4- أَنَا أَصْحَبُكَ إِلَى مِصْرَ، وَأَنَا أُرْجِعُكَ أَيْضاً، وَيُغْمِضُ يُوسُفُ أَجْفَانَكَ بِيَدَيْهِ عِنْدَ مَوْتِكَ».

5- فَانْطَلَقَ يَعْقُوبُ مِنْ بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ. وَحَمَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَعْقُوبَ أَبَاهُمْ وَأَوْلاَدَهُمْ وَزَوْجَاتِهِمْ فِي الْعَرَبَاتِ الَّتِي أَرْسَلَهَا فِرْعَوْنُ لِنَقْلِهِ.
6- وَأَخَذُوا مَعَهُمْ مَوَاشِيَهُمْ وَمُقْتَنَيَاتِهِمِ الَّتِي اقْتَنَوْهَا فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ وَجَاءُوا جَمِيعاً إِلَى مِصْرَ،
7- فَقَدْ صَحِبَ يَعْقُوبُ مَعَهُ إِلَى مِصْرَ أَبْنَاءَهُ وَأَحْفَادَهُ مِنْ بَنِينَ وَبَنَاتٍ، وَسَائِرَ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ.

 

ذرية يعقوب

8- وَهَذِهِ أَسْمَاءُ أَبْنَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ قَدِمُوا مَعَهُ إِلَى مِصْرَ. يَعْقُوبُ وَأَبْنَاؤُهُ: رَأُوبَيْنُ بِكْرُ يَعْقُوبَ.
9- وَأَبْنَاءُ رَأُوبَيْنَ: حَنُوكُ وَفَلُّو وَحَصْرُونُ وَكَرْمِي.
10- وَأَبْنَاءُ شِمْعُونَ: يَمُوئِيلُ وَيَامِينُ وَأُوهَدُ وَيَاكِينُ وَصُوحَرُ وَشَأُولُ ابْنُ الْكَنْعَانِيَّةِ.
11- وَأَبْنَاءُ لاَوِي: جِرْشُونُ وَقَهَاتُ وَمَرَارِي.
12- وَأَبْنَاءُ يَهُوذَا: عِيرٌ وَأُونَانُ وَشِيلَةُ وَفَارَصُ وَزَارَحُ. وَمَاتَ عِيرٌ وَأُونَانُ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ. وَأَمَّا ابْنَا فَارَصَ فَهُمَا حَصْرُونُ وَحَامُولُ.
13- وَأَبْنَاءُ يَسَّاكَرَ: تُولاَعُ وَفَوَّةُ وَيُوبُ وَشِمْرُونُ.
14- وَأَبْنَاءُ زَبُولُونَ: سَارَدُ وَإِيلُونُ وَيَا حَلْئِيلُ.
15- هَؤُلاَءِ جَمِيعُهُمْ أَبْنَاءُ لَيْئَةَ الَّذِينَ أَنْجَبَتْهُمْ لِيَعْقُوبَ فِي سَهْلِ أَرَامَ، فَضْلاً عَنِ ابْنَتِهِ دِينَةَ. فَكَانَ مَجْمُوعُ عَدَدِ بَنِيهِ وَبَنَاتِهِ وَأَحْفَادِهِ مِنْ لَيْئَةَ ثَلاَثَةً وَثَلاَثِينَ.

16- وَأَبْنَاءُ جَادَ صِفْيُونُ وَحَجِّي وَشُونِي وَأَصْبُونَ وَعِيرِي وَأَرُودِي وَأَرْئِيلِي.
17- وَأَبْنَاءُ أَشِيرَ: يِمْنَةُ وَيِشْوَةُ وَيِشْوِيُ وَبَرِيعَةُ وَأُخْتُهُمْ سَارَحُ. أَمَّا ابْنَا بَرِيعَةَ فَهُمَا حَابَرُ وَمَلْكِيئِيلُ.
18- هُؤُلاَءِ هُمْ بَنُو زِلْفَةَ جَارِيَةِ لَيْئَةَ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا إِيَّاهَا لاَبَانُ. فَكَانَ عَدَدُ ذُرِّيَّتِهَا الَّتِي أَنْجَبَتْهَا لِيَعْقُوبَ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ نَفْساً.

19- أَمَّا ابْنَا رَاحِيلَ زَوْجَةِ يَعْقُوبَ فَهُمَا يُوسُفُ وَبِنْيَامِينُ.
20- وَوُلِدَ لِيُوسُفَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ مَنَسَّى وَأَفْرَايِمُ اللَّذَانِ أَنْجَبَتْهُمَا لَهُ أَسْنَاتُ ابْنَةُ فُوطِي فَارَعَ كَاهِنِ أُونٍ.
21- وَأَبْنَاءُ بِنْيَامِينَ بَالَعُ وَبَاكَرُ وَأَشْبِيلُ وَجِيرَا وَنَعْمَانُ وَإِيحِي وَرُوشُ وَمُفِّيمُ وَحُفِّيمُ وَأَرْدُ
22- هَؤُلاَءِ ذُرِّيَّةُ رَاحِيلَ الَّذِينَ وُلِدُوا لِيَعْقُوبَ. وَعَدَدُهُمْ جَمِيعاً أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ  شَخْصاً.

23- وَابْنُ دَانَ هُوَ حُوشِيمُ.
24- وَأَبْنَاءُ نَفْتَالِي: يَاحَصْئِيلُ وَجُونِي وَيِصْرُ وَشِلِّيمُ.
25- هَؤُلاَءِ بَنُو يَعْقُوبَ الَّذِينَ أَنْجَبَتْهُمْ لَهُ بِلْهَةُ جَارِيَةُ رَاحِيلَ الَّتِي أَعْطَاهَا إِيَّاهَا أَبُوهَا لاَبَانُ، وَعَدَدُهُمْ جَمِيعاً سَبْعَةُ أَشْخَاصٍ.

26- فَكَانَ عَدَدُ جَمِيعِ الأَشْخَاصِ الْخَارِجِينَ مِنْ صُلْبِ يَعْقُوبَ، مِمَّنْ وَفَدُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ، سِتَّةً وَسِتِّينَ شَخْصاً مَاعَدَا زَوْجَاتِ أَبْنَائِهِ.
27- وَابْنَا يُوسُفَ اللَّذَانِ وُلِدَا لَهُ فِي مِصْرَ هُمَا شَخْصَانِ. فَيَكُونُ عَدَدُ نُفُوسِ بَيْتِ يَعْقُوبَ الَّتِي قَدِمَتْ إِلَى مِصْرَ سَبْعِينَ نَفْساً.

 

الاستيطان في مصر

28- وَأَرْسَلَ يَعْقُوبُ يَهُوذَا أَمَامَهُ إِلَى يُوسُفَ لِيَدُلَّهُ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ الْمُؤَدِّيَةِ إِلَى جَاسَانَ.
29- فَأَعَدَّ يُوسُفُ مَرْكَبَتَهُ وَصَعِدَ لِلِقَاءِ أَبِيهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي جَاسَانَ. وَمَا إِنْ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى عَانَقَهُ يُوسُفُ وَبَكَى زَمَاناً طَوِيلاً.
30- وَقَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ لِيُوسُفَ: «دَعْنِي أَمُوتُ الآنَ إِذْ قَدْ أَبْصَرْتُ وَجْهَكَ وَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّكَ مَازِلْتَ حَيّاً».

31- وَخَاطَبَ يُوسُفُ إخْوَتَهُ وَبَيْتَ أَبِيهِ: «أَنَا مَاضٍ الآنَ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ لأُخْبِرَهُ أَنَّ إخْوَتِي وَبَيْتَ أَبِي الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ قَدْ قَدِمُوا إِلَيَّ.
32- وَهُمْ رُعَاةُ غَنَمٍ، وَحِرْفَتُهُمْ رِعَايَةُ الْمَوَاشِي، لِذَلِكَ أَحْضَرُوا مَعَهُمْ غَنَمَهُمْ وَبَقَرَهُمْ وَكُلَّ مَا لَهُمْ.
33- فَإِذَا دَعَاكُمْ وَسَأَلَكُمْ: مَا حِرْفَتُكُمْ؟
34- قُولُوا: حِرْفَتُنَا رِعَايَةُ الْمَوَاشِي مُنْذُ صِبَانَا إِلَى الآنَ، كَذَلِكَ نَحْنُ وَهَكَذَا كَانَ آبَاؤُنَا جَمِيعاً. لِكَيْ تُقِيمُوا فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ؛ لأَنَّ كُلَّ رَاعِي غَنَمٍ نَجِسٌ لَدَى الْمِصْرِيِّينَ».

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Chapter: 047

 V 001 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
V 002 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
V 003 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.
V 004 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
V 005 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
V 006 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
V 007 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
V 008 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
V 009 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
V 010 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
V 011 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, 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.
V 012 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
V 013 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
V 014 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
V 015 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
V 016 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
V 017 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.
V 018 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
V 019 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
V 020 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
V 021 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
V 022 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
V 023 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
V 024 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
V 025 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
V 026 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
V 027 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
V 028 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
V 029 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
V 030 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
V 031 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
 

فصل 47

لقاء إخوة يوسف بفرعون

1- وَمَثَلَ يُوسُفُ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «لَقَدْ جَاءَ أَبِي وَإِخْوَتِي مَعَ قُطْعَانِهِمْ وَمَوَاشِيهِمْ وَكُلِّ مَا لَهُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، وَهَا هُمُ الآنَ فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ».
2- وَأَخَذَ خَمْسَةً مِنْ إِخْوَتِهِ وَقَدَّمَهُمْ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ.
3- فَسَأَلَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ: «مَا هِيَ حِرْفَتُكُمْ؟» فَأَجَابُوهُ: «عَبِيدُكَ وَآبَاؤُهُمْ رُعَاةُ غَنَمٍ.
4- وَلَقَدْ جِئْنَا لِنَتَغَرَّبَ فِي الأَرْضِ إِذْ لَيْسَ لِغَنَمِ عَبِيدِكَ مَرْعًى مِنْ جَرَّاءِ وَطْأَةِ الْجُوعِ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، فَدَعْ عَبِيدَكَ يُقِيمُونَ فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ».

 

لقاء يعقوب بفرعون

5- فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «لَقَدْ جَاءَ إِلَيْكَ أَبُوكَ وَإِخْوَتُكَ،
6- وَأَرْضُ مِصْرَ أَمَامَكَ، فَأَنْزِلْ أَبَاكَ وَإِخْوَتَكَ فِي أَفْضَلِ الأَرْضِ. دَعْهُمْ يُقِيمُونَ فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ. وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْرِفُ أَنَّ بَيْنَهُمْ ذَوِي خِبْرَ ةٍ فَاعْهَدْ إِلَيْهِمْ فِي الإِشْرَافِ عَلَى مَوَاشِيَّ».

7- ثُمَّ أَحْضَرَ يُوسُفُ أَبَاهُ يَعْقُوبَ وَأَوْقَفَهُ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ، فَبَارَكَ يَعْقُوبُ فِرْعَوْنَ.
8- وَسَأَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَعْقُوبَ: «كَمْ هُوَ عُمْرُكَ؟»
9- فَأَجَابَ يَعْقُوبُ فِرْعَوْنَ: «سَنَوَاتُ غُرْبَتِي مِئَةٌ وَثَلاَثُونَ سَنَةً، قَلِيلَةٌ وَشَاقَّةٌ، وَلَمْ تَبْلُغْ سِنِي غُرْبَةِ آبَائِي».
10- ثُمَّ بَارَكَ يَعْقُوبُ فِرْعَوْنَ وَخَرَجَ مِنْ لَدُنِهِ.

11- وَأَنْزَلَ يُوسُفُ أَبَاهُ وَإِخْوَتَهُ فِي مِصْرَ وَمَلَّكَهُمْ فِي رَعَمْسِيسَ أَجْوَدَ الأَرْضِ كَمَا أَمَرَ فِرْعَوْنُ.
12- وَأَمَدَّ يُوسُفُ أَبَاهُ وَإِخْوَتَهُ وَأَهْلَ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ بِالطَّعَامِ عَلَى حَسَبِ عِيَالِهِمْ.

 

سياسة يوسف الزراعية

13- وَنَفَدَ الْخُبْزُ فِي جَمِيعِ الْبِلاَدِ لِشِدَّةِ الْمَجَاعَةِ، وَأَقْحَلَتْ أَرْضُ مِصْرَ وَأَرْضُ كَنْعَانَ مِنَ الْجُوعِ.
14- فَقَايَضَ يُوسُفُ الْقَمْحَ الَّذِي بِيعَ بِكُلِّ الْفِضَّةِ الْمَوْجُودَةِ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ وَفِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، وَحَمَلَهَا إِلَى خَزِينَةِ فِرْعَوْنَ.
15- وَعِنْدَمَا نَفَدَتِ الْفِضَّةُ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ وَمِنْ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ أَقْبَلَ جَمِيعُ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ إِلَى يُوسُفَ قَائِلِينَ: «أَعْطِنَا خُبْزاً، فَلِمَاذَا نَمُوتُ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيْكَ؟ إِنَّ فِضَّتَنَا قَدْ نَفَدَتْ».
16- فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «إِنْ نَفَدَتْ فِضَّتُكُمْ، فَهَاتُوا مَوَاشِيَكُمْ أُقَايِضُكُمْ بِهَا طَعَاماً».
17- فَأَتَوْا بِمَوَاشِيهِمْ، فَقَايَضَهُمْ يُوسُفُ خُبْزاً بِالْخَيْلِ وَمَوَاشِي الْغَنَمِ وَالْبَقَرِ وَالْحَمِيرِ. وَهَكَذَا قَايَضَ جَميِعَ مَوَاشِيهِمْ بِالْخُبْزِ فِي تِلْكَ السَّنَةِ.

18- وَعِنْدَمَا انْقَضَتْ تِلْكَ السَّنَةُ، أَقْبَلُوا إِلَيْهِ فِي السَّنَةِ التَّالِيَةِ قَائِلِينَ: «لاَ نُخْفِي عَنْ سَيِّدِي أَنَّ فِضَّتَنَا قَدْ نَفَدَتْ، وَأَنَّ مَوَاشِيَ الْبَهَائِمِ قَدْ أَصْبَحَتْ عِنْدَ سَيِّدِي، وَلَمْ يَبْقَ أَمَامَهُ إِلاَّ أَبْدَانُنَا وَأَرَاضِينَا،
19- فَلِمَاذَا نَمُوتُ نَحْنُ، وَأَرْضُنَا أَمَامَ عَيْنَيْكَ، اشْتَرِنَا نَحْنُ وَأَرْضَنَا لِقَاءَ الْخُبْزِ فَنُصْبِحَ نَحْنُ وَأَرَاضِينَا عَبِيداً لِفِرْعَوْنَ. وَأَعْطِنَا بُذُوراً لِنَزْرَعَهَا فَنَحْيَا وَلاَ نَمُوتَ وَلاَ تَصِيرَ أَرَاضِينَا مُقْفِرَةً».

20- وَهَكَذَا اشْتَرَى يُوسُفُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ كُلَّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، لأَنَّ جَمِيعَ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ بَاعُوا حُقُولَهُمْ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ الْمَجَاعَةِ الَّتِي أَلَمَّتْ بِهِمْ، وَصَارَتْ كُلُّ الأَرْضِ مِلْكاً لِفِرْعَوْنَ.
21- أَمَّا الشَّعْبُ فَقَدْ نَقَلَهُمْ إِلَى الْمُدُنِ مِنْ أَقْصَى حُدُودِ مِصْرَ إِلَى أَقْصَاهَا.
22- إِلاَّ أَنَّ أَرْضَ الْكَهَنَةِ لَمْ يَشْتَرِهَا، إِذْ كَانَ لِلْكَهَنَةِ مُخَصَّصَاتٌ مُعَيَّنَةٌ أَجْرَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ فِرْعَوْنُ، فَكَانُوا يَأْكُلُونَ مِنْهَا، فَلَمْ يَبِيعُوا أَرْضَهُمْ.

23- ثُمَّ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِلشَّعْبِ: «هَا قَدِ اشْتَرَيْتُكُمُ الْيَوْمَ أَنْتُمْ وَأَرْضَكُمْ فَصِرْتُمْ مِلْكاً لِفِرْعَوْنَ، فَإِلَيْكُمِ الْبِذَارَ لِتَزْرَعُوا الأَرْضَ.
24- وَيَكُونُ فِي مَوْسِمِ الْحَصَادِ أَنَّكُمْ تُقَدِّمُونَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ خُمْسَ الْغَلَّةِ وَتَحْتَفِظُونَ لَكُمْ بِالأَرْبَعَةِ الأَخْمَاسِ لِتَكُونَ بِذَاراً لِلْحَقْلِ وَطَعَاماً لَكُمْ وَلِمَنْ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ وَلأَوْلاَدِكُمْ».
25- فَأَجَابُوا: «لَقَدْ أَنْقَذْتَ حَيَاتَنَا، فَيَا لَيْتَنَا نَحْظَى بِرِضَى سَيِّدِنَا فَنَكُونَ عَبِيداً لِفِرْعَوْنَ»
26- وَمِنْ ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ إِلَى يَوْمِنَا هَذَا جَعَلَ يُوسُفُ فَرِيضَةَ الْخُمْسِ هَذِهِ ضَرِيبَةً عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، تُجْبَى لِفِرْعَوْنَ، بِاسْتِثْنَاءِ أَرْضِ الْكَهَنَةِ الَّتِي لَمْ تُصْبِحْ مِلْكاً لِفِرْعَوْنَ.

 

وعد يوسف ليعقوب

27- وَأَقَامَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي مِصْرَ فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ. وَاقْتَنَوْا فِيهَا أَمْلاَكاً وَأَثْمَرُوا وَتَكَاثَرُوا.
28- وَعَاشَ يَعْقُوبُ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً حَتَّى بَلَغَ مِنَ الْعُمْرِ مِئَةً وَسَبْعَةً وَأَرْبَعِينَ عَاماً.
29- وَعِنْدَمَا قَرُبَ يَوْمُ وَفَاتِهِ، اسْتَدْعَى ابْنَهُ يُوسُفَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ حَظِيتُ بِرِضَاكَ، فَضَعْ يَدَكَ تَحْتَ فَخْذِي، وَأَسْدِ لِي مَعْرُوفاً وَأَمَانَةً: لاَ تَدْفِنِّي فِي مِصْرَ
30- بَلْ دَعْنِي أَضْطَجِعُ إِلَى جُوَارِ آبَائِي. انْقُلْنِي مِنْ مِصْرَ وَوَارِنِي فِي مَدْفَنِهِمْ»، فَقَالَ: «أَنَا أَفْعَلُ حَسَبَ قَوْلِكَ».
31- فَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ: «احْلِفْ لِي». فَحَلَفَ لَهُ، فَسَجَدَ يَعْقُوبُ (شَاكِراً) عَلَى رَأْسِ السَّرِيرِ

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Chapter: 048

V 001 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
V 002 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
V 003 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
V 004 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
V 005 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
V 006 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
V 007 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
V 008 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
V 009 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
V 010 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
V 011 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath showed me also thy seed.
V 012 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
V 013 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.
V 014 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
V 015 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
V 016 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
V 017 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
V 018 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
V 019 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
V 020 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
V 021 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
V 022 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
 

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يعقوب يبارك ابني يوسف

1- ثُمَّ مَا لَبِثَ أَنْ قِيلَ لِيُوسُفَ: «أَبُوكَ مَرِيضٌ» فَاصْطَحَبَ مَعَهُ ابْنَيْهِ مَنَسَّى وَأَفْرَايِمَ.
2- وَقِيلَ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «ابْنُكَ يُوسُفُ قَادِمٌ إِلَيْكَ». فَاسْتَجْمَعَ قُوَاهُ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى السَّرِيرِ.

3- وَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِيُوسُفَ: «تَجَلَّى اللهُ الْقَدِيرُ لِي فِي لُوزَ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ وَبَارَكَنِي،
4- وَقَالَ لِي: هَا أَنَا أَجْعَلُكَ مُثْمِراً، وَأُكَثِّرُكَ وَيَخْرُجُ مِنْ صُلْبِكَ جُمْهُورُ شُعُوبٍ وَأَهَبُ ذُرِّيَّتَكَ هَذِهِ الأَرْضَ مِلْكاً أَبَدِيّاً.
5- وَالآنَ، إِنَّ ابْنَيْكَ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى اللَّذَيْنِ أَنْجَبْتَهُمَا فِي مِصْرَ قَبْلَ مَجِيئِي إِلَيْكَ هُنَا هُمَا لِي يَرِثَانِنِي كَرَأُوبَيْنَ وَشِمْعُونَ.
6- وَأَمَّا أَوْلاَدُكَ الَّذِينَ تُنْجِبُهُمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، فَيَكُونُونَ لَكَ، وَمَا يَرِثُونَهُ يَكُونُ تَحْتَ اسْمِ أَخَوَيْهِمْ.
7- لأَنَّنِي فِيمَا كُنْتُ رَاجِعاً مِنْ سَهْلِ آرَامَ، مَاتَتْ رَاحِيلُ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ عَلَى مَقْرُبَةٍ مِنْ أَفْرَاتَةَ، فَدَفَنْتُهَا فِي الطَّرِيقِ الْمُؤَدِّيَةِ إِلَى أَفْرَاتَةَ، الَّتِي هِيَ بَيْتُ لَحْمٍ».

8- وَأَبْصَرَ إِسْرَائِيلُ ابْنَيْ يُوسُفَ فَسَأَلَ: «مَنْ هَذَانِ؟»
9- فَأَجَابَهُ يُوسُفُ: «هُمَا ابْنَايَ اللَّذَانِ رَزَقَنِي إِيَّاهُمَا اللهُ هُنَا». فَقَالَ: «أَدْنِهُمَا مِنِّي فَأُبَارِكَهُمَا».
10- وَكَانَتْ عَيْنَا إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ كَلَّتَا مِنَ الشَّيْخُوخَةِ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ قَادِراً عَلَى النَّظَرِ، فَقَرَّبَهُمَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَبَّلَهُمَا وَاحْتَضَنَهُمَا
11- وَقَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ لِيُوسُفَ: «مَا كُنْتُ أَظُنُّ أَنَّنِي أُبْصِرُ وَجْهَكَ، وَهُوَذَا اللهُ قَدْ أَرَانِي ذُرِّيَّتَكَ أَيْضاً».
12- ثُمَّ أَبْعَدَهُمَا يُوسُفُ عَنْ حِضْنِ أَبِيهِ وَسَجَدَ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ.

13- وَأَخَذَ يُوسُفُ أَفْرَايِمَ بِيَمِينِهِ وَأَوْقَفَهُ إِلَى يَسَارِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَخَذَ مَنَسَّى بِيَسَارِهِ وَأَوْقَفَهُ إِلَى يَمِينِهِ،
14- فَمَدَّ إِسْرَائِيلُ يَمِينَهُ، مُتَعَمِّداً، وَوَضَعَهَا عَلَى رَأْسِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَهُوَ الصَّغِيرُ، وَيَسَارَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِ مَنَسَّى مَعْ أَنَّهُ الْبِكْرُ.
15- وَبَارَكَ يُوسُفَ قَائِلاً: «إِنَّ اللهَ الَّذِي سَلَكَ أَمَامَهُ أَبَوَايَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَإِسْحقُ، اللهَ الَّذِي رَعَانِي مُنْذُ وُجُودِي إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ،
16- الْمَلاَكَ الَّذِي أَنْقَذَنِي مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ، يُبَارِكُ الْغُلاَمَيْنِ، وَلْيُدْعَ عَلَيْهِمَا اسْمِي وَاسْمَا أَبَوَيَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحقَ، وَلْيَكْثُرَا كَثِيراً فِي الأَرْضِ».

17- وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى يُوسُفُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ قَدْ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى رَأْسِ أَفْرَايِمَ سَاءَهُ ذَلِكَ، فَأَمْسَكَ بِيَدِ أَبِيهِ لِيَنْقُلَهَا مِنْ رَأْسِ أَفْرَايِمَ إِلَى رَأْسِ مَنَسَّى.
18- وَقَالَ يُوسُفُ لأَبِيهِ: «لَيْسَ هَكَذَا يَاأَبِي. فَهَذَا هُوَ الْبِكْرُ، ضَعْ يَمِينَكَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ».
19- فَأَبَى أَبُوهُ وَقَالَ: «أَنَا أَعْرِفُ هَذَا يَاابْنِي، أَنَا أَعْرِفُ هَذَا، فَإِنَّهُ أَيْضاً يُصْبِحُ أُمَّةً عَظِيمَةً، وَلَكِنَّ أَخَاهُ الصَّغِيرَ يُصْبِحُ أَكْبَرَ مِنْهُ، وَذُرِّيَّتَهُ تَصِيرُ جُمْهُوراً مِنَ الأُمَمِ».
20- وَبَارَكَهُمَا فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ قَائِلاً: «بِكَ يُبَارِكُ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلِينَ: «لِيَجْعَلْكَ اللهُ مِثْلَ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمِثْلَ مَنَسَّى». وَهَكَذَا قَدَّمَ أَفْرَايِمَ عَلَى مَنَسَّى.
21- ثُمَّ قَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ لِيُوسُفَ: «إِنَّنِي مُشْرِفٌ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ سَيَكُونُ مَعَكُمْ وَيَرُدُّكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِ آبَائِكُمْ.
22- وَهَا أَنَا قَدْ وَهَبْتُ لَكَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ سَهْماً وَاحِداً عَلاَوَةً عَلَى إِخْوَتِكَ، أَخَذْتُهُ مِنَ الأَمُورِيِّينَ بِسَيْفِي وَقَوْسِي».

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Chapter: 049

V 001 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
V 002 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
V 003 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
V 004 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
V 005 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
V 006 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall.
V 007 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
V 008 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
V 009 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
V 010 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
V 011 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
V 012 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
V 013 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
V 014 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
V 015 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
V 016 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
V 017 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
V 018 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
V 019 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
V 020 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
V 021 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
V 022 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
V 023 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
V 024 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
V 025 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
V 026 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
V 027 Benjamin shall raven as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
V 028 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
V 029 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
V 030 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
V 031 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
V 032 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
V 033 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
 

 فصل 49

يعقوب يبارك أبناءه

1- ثُمَّ اسْتَدْعَى يَعْقُوبُ أَبْنَاءَهُ وَقَالَ: «الْتَفُّوا حَوْلِي لأُنْبِئَكُمْ بِمَا سَيَحْدُثُ لَكُمْ فِي الأَيَّامِ الْمُقْبِلَةِ.
2- اجْتَمِعُوا وَاسْمَعُوا يَاأَبْنَاءَ يَعْقُوبَ، وَاصْغَوْا إِلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ أَبِيكُمْ.
3- رَأُوبَيْنُ أَنْتَ بِكْرِي وَقُوَّتِي وَأَوَّلُ مَظْهَرِ رُجُولَتِي، فَضْلُ الرِّفْعَةِ وَفَضْلُ الْعِزِّ
4- لَكِنَّكَ فَائِرٌ كَالْمَاءِ لِذَلِكَ لَنْ تَظَلَّ مُتَفَوِّقاً، لأَنَّكَ اضْطَجَعْتَ فِي فِرَاشِ أَبِيكَ. صَعِدْتَ عَلَى سَرِيرِي فَدَنَّسْتَهُ.
5- شِمْعُونُ وَلاَوِي أَخَوَانِ سُيُوفُهُمَا آلاَتُ ظُلْمٍ.
6- فَيَانَفْسِي لاَ تَدْخُلِي فِي مَجْلِسِهِمَا، وَيَارُوحِي لاَ تَنْضَمِّي إِلَى مَجْمَعِهِمَا.
7- لأَنَّهُمَا فِي غَضَبِهِمَا اغْتَالاَ إِنْسَاناً، وَفِي عَبَثِهِمَا عَرْقَبَا ثَوْراً. مَلْعُونٌ سَخَطُهُمَا لأَنَّهُ عَنِيفٌ وَغَضَبُهُمَا لأَنَّهُ ضَارٍ. أُفَرِّقُهُمَا فِي يَعْقُوبَ وَأُشَتِّتُهُمَا فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.
8- يَهُوذَا، إِيَّاكَ يَحْمَدُ إِخْوَتُكَ، وَتَكُونُ يَدُكَ عَلَى عُنُقِ أَعْدَائِكَ، وَيَسْجُدُ لَكَ بَنُو أَبِيكَ.
9- يَهُوذَا شِبْلُ أَسَدٍ، عَنْ فَرِيسَةٍ قُمْتَ يَاابْنِي. ثُمَّ جَثَا وَرَبَضَ كَأَسَدٍ أَوْ كَلَبْوَةٍ، فَمَنْ يَجْرُؤُ عَلَى إِثَارَتِهِ؟
10- لاَ يَزُولُ صَوْلَجَانُ الْمُلْكِ مِنْ يَهُوذَا وَلاَ مُشْتَرِعٌ مِنْ صُلْبِهِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ شِيلُوهُ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: مَنْ لَهُ الأَمْرُ) فَتُطِيعُهُ الشُّعُوبُ.
11- يَرْبِطُ بِالْكَرْمَةِ جَحْشَهُ، وَبِأَفْضَلِ جَفْنَةٍ ابْنَ أَتَانِهِ. بِالْخَمْرِ يَغْسِلُ لِبَاسَهُ وَبِدَمِ الْعِنَبِ ثَوْبَهُ.
12- تَكُونُ عَيْنَاهُ أَشَدَّ سَوَاداً مِنَ الْخَمْرِ، وَأَسْنَانُهُ أَكْثَرَ بَيَاضاً مِنَ اللَّبَنِ.
13- زَبُولُونُ يَسْكُنُ عِنْدَ سَوَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ، وَيُصْبِحُ مَقَرُّهُ مَرْفًَأ لِلسُّفُنِ، وَتَمْتَدُّ تُخُومُهُ نَحْوَ صَيْدَا
14- يَسَّاكَرُ حِمَارٌ قَوِيٌّ رَابِضٌ بَيْنَ الْحَظَائِرِ.
15- عِنْدَمَا يَرَى خُصُوبَةَ مَرْتَعِهِ وَبَهْجَةَ أَرْضِهِ، تَسْتَكِينُ كَتِفَاهُ لِلأَثْقَالِ، وَيُسْتَعْبَدُ لِلْعَمَلِ الشَّاقِ.
16- دَانُ يَقْضِي لِشَعْبِهِ كَأَحَدِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.
17- دَانُ يَكُونُ ثُعْبَاناً عَلَى جَانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ وَأُفْعُوَاناً عَلَى السَّبِيلِ، يَلْسَعُ عَقِبَيِ الْفَرَسِ فَيَهْوِي رَاكِبُهُ إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ.
18- إِنَّنِي انْتَظَرْتُ خَلاصَكَ يَارَبُّ.

19- جَادُ يَقْتَحِمُهُ الْغُزَاةُ، وَلَكِنَّهُ يُطَارِدُ فُلُولَهُمْ وَيَقْحَمُهُمْ.
20- طَعَامُ أَشِيرَ دَسِمٌ، وَأَطَايبُهُ صَالِحَةٌ لِمَوَائِدِ الْمُلُوكِ.
21- نَفْتَالِي غَزَالَةٌ طَلِيقَةٌ يُرَدِّدُ أَقْوَالاً جَمِيلَةً.
22- يُوسُفُ كَرْمَةٌ مُثْمِرَةٌ إِلَى جُوَارِ عَيْنٍ، تَسَلَّقَتْ أَغْصَانُهُ الْحَائِطَ.
23- يُهَاجِمُهُ الرُّمَاةُ بِمَرَارَةٍ. وَيُطْلِقُونَ سِهَامَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِعَدَاوَةٍ.
24- وَلَكِنْ قَوْسُهُ ظَلَّتْ مَتِينَةً، وَتَشَدَّدَتْ سَوَاعِدُ يَدَيْهِ بِفَضْلِ سَوَاعِدِ عَزِيزِ يَعْقُوبَ، الرَّاعِي صَخْرِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.
25- بِفَضْلِ إِلَهِ أَبِيكَ الَّذِي يُعِينُكَ، بِفَضْلِ الْقَدِيرِ الَّذِي يُبَارِكُكَ بِبَرَكَاتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَبَرَكَاتِ الْغَمْرِ مِنْ تَحْتُ، وَبَرَكَاتِ الثَّدْيِ وَالرَّحِمِ.
26- إِنَّ بَرَكَاتِ أَبِيكَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ بَرَكَاتِ الْجِبَالِ الدَّهْرِيَّةِ، وَأَعْظَمُ مِنْ ذَخَائِرِ التِّلالِ الْقَدِيمَةِ، فَلْتَحُلَّ جَمِيعُهَا عَلَى رَأْسِكَ يَايُوسُفُ وَعَلَى جَبِينِ الَّذِي انْفَصَلَ عَنْ إِخْوَتِهِ.
27- بَنْيَامِينُ ذِئْبٌ ضَارٍ، يَفْتَرِسُ ضَحِيَّتَهُ فِي الصَّبَاحِ، وَيُفَرِّقُ الْغَنِيمَةَ فِي الْمَسَاءِ».

28- هَؤُلاَءِ جَمِيعاً هُمْ رُؤَسَاءُ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ. وَهَذَا مَا خَاطَبَهُمْ بِهِ أَبُوهُمْ وَبَارَكَهُمْ؛ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ بِالْبَرَكَةِ الْمُنَاسِبَةِ لَهُ.

 

وفاة يعقوب

29- ثُمَّ أَوْصَاهُمْ قَائِلاً: «قَرِيباً أَنْضَمُّ إِلَى آبَائِي، فَادْفِنُونِي إِلَى جُوَارِهِمْ فِي مَغَارَةِ حَقْلِ عِفْرُونَ الْحِثِّيِّ.
30- الَّتِي فِي حَقْلِ الْمَكْفِيلَةِ الْمُوَاجِهَةِ لِمَمْرَا فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، الَّتِي اشْتَرَاهَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَعَ الْحَقْلِ مِنْ عِفْرُونَ الْحِثِّيِّ لِتَكُونَ مَدْفَناً خَاصّاً.
31- فِيهَا دُفِنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَزَوْجَتُهُ سَارَةُ، ثُمَّ إِسْحقُ وَزَوْجَتُهُ رِفْقَةُ، وَأَيْضاً دَفَنْتُ لَيْئَةَ.
32- وَقَدِ اشْتَرَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْحَقْلَ وَالْمَغَارَةَ الَّتِي فِيهِ مِنَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ.»
33- وَلَمَّا فَرَغَ يَعْقُوبُ مِنْ تَوْصِيَةِ أَبْنَائِهِ تَمَدَّدَ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ، وَضَمَّ رِجْلَيْهِ مَعاً، ثُمَّ أَسْلَمَ رُوحَهُ وَلَحِقَ بِآبَائِهِ

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Chapter: 050

V 001 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
V 002 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
V 003 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
V 004 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
V 005 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.
V 006 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
V 007 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
V 008 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
V 009 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
V 010 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
V 011 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
V 012 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
V 013 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
V 014 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
V 015 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
V 016 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
V 017 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
V 018 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
V 019 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
V 020 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
V 021 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
V 022 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
V 023 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.
V 024 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
V 025 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
V 026 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
 

 فصل 50

تحنيط جثمان يعقوب

 

1- قَأَلْقَى يُوسُفُ بِنَفْسِهِ عَلَى جُثْمَانِ أَبِيهِ، وَبَكَى وَقَبَّلَهُ.
2-  ثُمَّ أَمَرَ يُوسُفُ عَبِيدَهُ الأَطِبَّاءَ أَنْ يُحَنِّطُوا أَبَاهُ.
3- وَقَدِ اسْتَغْرَقَ ذَلِكَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً، وَهِيَ الأَيَْامُ الْمَطْلُوبَةُ لاسْتِكْمَالِ التَّحْنِيطِ. وَبَكَى الْمِصْرِيُّونَ عَلَيْهِ سَبْعِينَ يَوْماً.

 

دفن يعقوب في كنعان

4- وَبَعْدَمَا انْقَضَتْ أَيَّامُ النُّوَاحِ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ يُوسُفُ لأَهْلِ بَيْتِ فِرْعَوْنَ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ حَظِيتُ بِرِضَاكُمْ، فَتَكَلَّمُوا فِي مَسَامِعِ فِرْعَوْنَ قَائِلِينَ:
5- لَقَدِ اسْتَحْلَفَنِي أَبِي وَقَالَ: أَنَا مُشْرِفٌ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ، فَادْفِنِّي فِي الْقَبْرِ الَّذِي حَفَرْتُهُ لِنَفْسِي فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، فَاسْمَحْ لِيَ الآنَ بِأَنْ أَمْضِيَ لأَدْفِنَ أَبِي ثُمَّ أَعُودَ».
6- فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ: «امْضِ وَادْفِنْ أَبَاكَ كَمَا اسْتَحْلَفَكَ».

7- فَانْطَلَقَ يُوسُفُ لِيَدْفِنَ أَبَاهُ، وَرَافَقَتْهُ حَاشِيَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ مِنْ أَعْيَانِ بَيْتِهِ وَوُجَهَاءِ مِصْرَ،
8- وَكَذَلِكَ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ وَإِخْوَتُهُ وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ. وَلَمْ يُخَلِّفُوا وَرَاءَهُمْ فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ سِوَى صِغَارِهِمْ وَغَنَمِهِمْ وَقُطْعَانِهِمْ.
9- وَصَاحَبَتْهُ أَيْضاً مَرْكَبَاتٌ وَفُرْسَانٌ، فَكَانُوا مَوْكِباً عَظِيماً.
10- وَلَمَّا وَصَلُوا إِلَى بَيْدَرِ أَطَادَ فِي عَبْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ أَقَامَ يُوسُفُ لأَبِيهِ مَنَاحَةً عَظِيمَةً مَرِيرَةً نَاحُوا فِيهَا عَلَيْهِ طَوَالَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ
11- وَعِنْدَمَا شَاهَدَ الْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ السَّاكِنُونَ هُنَاكَ الْمَنَاحَةَ فِي بَيْدَرِ أَطَادَ قَالُوا: «هَذِهِ مَنَاحَةٌ هَائِلَةٌ لِلْمَصْرِيِّينَ». وَسَمُّوا الْمَكَانَ الَّذِي فِي عَبْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ «آبِلَ مِصْرَايِمَ» (وَمَعْنَاهُ: مَنَاحَةُ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ).
12- وَنَفَّذَ أَبْنَاءُ يَعْقُوبَ وَصِيَّةَ أَبِيهِمْ،
13- فَنَقَلُوهُ إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ وَدَفَنُوهُ فِي مَغَارَةِ حَقْلِ الْمَكْفِيلَةِ مُقَابِلَ مَمْرَا الَّتِي اشْتَرَاهَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَعَ الْحَقْلِ مِنْ عِفْرُونَ الْحِثِّيِّ لِتَكُونَ مَدْفَناً خَاصّاً.

14- وَبَعْدَ أَنْ دَفَنَ يُوسُفُ أَبَاهُ، رَجَعَ هُوَ وَإِخْوَتُهُ وَسَائِرُ الَّذِينَ رَافَقُوهُ إِلَى مِصْرَ.

 

إحسان يوسف لإخوته

15- وَلَمَا رَأى إِخْوَةُ يُوسُفُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُمْ قَدْ مَاتَ قَالُوا: «لَعَلَّ يُوسُفَ الآنَ يَشْرَعُ فِي اضْطِهَادِنَا وَيَنْتَقِمُ مِنَّا لإِسَاءَتِنَا إِلَيْهِ؟»
16 فَبَعَثُوا إِلَيْهِ رَسُولاً قَائِلِينَ: «لَقَدْ أَوْصَى أَبُوكَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ وَقَالَ:
17- هَكَذَا تَقُولُونَ لِيُوسُفَ: اغْفِرْ لإِخْوَتِكَ ذَنْبَهُمْ وَخَطِيئَتَهُمْ، فَإِنَّهُمْ قَدْ أَسَاءُوا إِلَيْكَ. فَالآنَ اصْفَحْ عَنْ إِثْمِ عَبِيدِ إِلَهِ أَبِيكَ». فَلَمَّا بَلَغَتْهُ رِسَالَتُهُمْ بَكَى يُوسُفُ.
18- وَجَاءَ إِخْوَتُهُ أَيْضاً وَانْطَرَحُوا أَمَامَهُ وَقَالُوا: «هَا نَحْنُ عَبِيدُكَ».
19- فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لاَ تَخَافُوا: هَلْ أَنَا أَقُومُ مَقَامَ اللهِ؟
20- أَنْتُمْ نَوَيْتُمْ لِي شَرّاً، وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ قَصَدَ بِالشَّرِّ خَيْراً، لِيُنْجِزَ مَا تَمَّ الْيَوْمَ، لإِحْيَاءِ شَعْبٍ كَثِيرٍ.
21- لِذَلِكَ لاَ تَخَافُوا، فَأَنَا أَعُولُكُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَأَوْلاَدَكُمْ». فَطَمْأَنَهُمْ وَهَدَّأَ رَوْعَهُمْ.

22- وَأَقَامَ يُوسُفُ فِي مِصْرَ هُوَ وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ. وَعَاشَ يُوسُفُ مِئَةً وَعَشْرَ سِنِينَ،
23- حَتَّى شَهِدَ الجِيلَ الثَّالِثَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ أَفْرَايِمَ، وَكَذَلِكَ أَوْلاَدَ مَاكِيرَ بْنِ مَنَسَّى الَّذِينَ احْتَضَنَهُمْ عِنْدَ وِلاَدَتِهِمْ.
24- ثُمَّ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لإِخْوَتِهِ: «أَنَا مُوْشِكٌ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ، وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ سَيَفْتَقِدُكُمْ وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ وَيَرُدُّكُمْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَعَدَ بِهَا بِقَسَمٍ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ».
25- وَاسْتَحْلَفَ يُوسُفُ أَبْنَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلاً: «إِنَّ اللهَ سَيَفْتَقِدُكُمْ فَانْقُلُوا عِظَامِي مِنْ هُنَا».

 

موت يوسف

26- ثُمَّ مَاتَ يُوسُفُ وَقَدْ بَلَغَ مِنَ الْعُمْرِ مِئَةً وَعَشْرَ سِنِينَ. فَحَنَّطُوهُ وَوَضَعُوهُ فِي تَابُوتٍ فِي مِصْرَ