New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 47:18-20

18When that yearהַשָּׁנָ֣הha.sha.NahH8141was endedH8552,they cameוַיָּבֹ֨אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935to him thenextהַשֵּׁנִ֗יתha.she.NitH8145yearבַּשָּׁנָ֣הba.sha.NahH8141and saidוַיֹּ֤אמְרוּvai.Yo.me.ruH559to him, “We will not hideנְכַחֵ֣דne.kha.ChedH3582from my lordמֵֽאֲדֹנִ֔יme.'a.do.NiH113that our moneyהַכֶּ֔סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701is allH8552spentH8552, and thecattleוּמִקְנֵ֥ה הַבְּהֵמָ֖הu.mik.Neh ha.be.he.MahH4735 H929are my lord’sאֲדֹנִ֑י'a.do.NiH113.There is nothingH3808leftנִשְׁאַר֙nish.'ArH7604for my lordאֲדֹנִ֔י'a.do.NiH113exceptבִּלְתִּ֥יbil.TiH1115 H518our bodiesגְּוִיָּתֵ֖נוּge.vi.ya.Te.nuH1472and our landsוְאַדְמָתֵֽנוּ׃ve.'ad.ma.Te.nuH127.

19Whyלָ֧מָּהLa.mahH4100should we dieנָמ֣וּתna.MutH4191before your eyesלְעֵינֶ֗יךָle.'ei.Nei.khaH5869,bothH1571we and our landאַדְמָתֵ֔נוּ'ad.ma.Te.nuH127?Buyקְנֵֽה־ke.neh-H7069us and our landאַדְמָתֵ֖נוּ'ad.ma.Te.nuH127forfoodבַּלָּ֑חֶםba.La.chemH3899,and we and our landוְאַדְמָתֵ֙נוּ֙ve.'ad.ma.Te.nuH127will be slavesעֲבָדִ֣ים'a.va.DimH5650to Pharaohלְפַרְעֹ֔הle.far.'OhH6547.So giveוְתֶן־ve.ten-H5414us seedזֶ֗רַעZe.ra'H2233,that we may liveוְנִֽחְיֶה֙ve.nich.YehH2421and not dieנָמ֔וּתna.MutH4191,and that the landוְהָאֲדָמָ֖הve.ha.'a.da.MahH127may not be desolateתֵשָֽׁם׃te.ShamH3456.”

20So Josephיוֹסֵ֜ףyo.SefH3130boughtוַיִּ֨קֶןvai.Yi.kenH7069allכָּל־kol-H3605the landאַדְמַ֤ת'ad.MatH127of Egyptמִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimH4714for Pharaohלְפַרְעֹ֔הle.far.'OhH6547, foreveryאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376EgyptianH4714soldמָכְר֤וּma.khe.RuH4376his fieldשָׂדֵ֔הוּsa.De.huH7704,becauseH3588the famineהָרָעָ֑בha.ra.'AvH7458was severeחָזַ֥קcha.ZakH2388upon them. Thus the landהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776becameוַתְּהִ֥יva.te.HiH1961Pharaoh’sלְפַרְעֹֽה׃le.far.'OhH6547.

Read all of Genesis 47

Commentaries on Genesis 47