Life of Joseph in Gilaki (Complete) فیلم یوسف پیامبر به گیلکی - کامل

Jacob lived in the land of Canaan,j the land where his father had settled. This is the story of Jacob. When Joseph was 17 years old, he cared for the flocks with his brothers and he would report negative things about his brothers to his father. His brothers were sons of his father's wives Bilhah and Zilpah. Jacob loved Joseph more than all his other sons because he was a child born to him in his old age, and he provided a multi-colored robe for him. When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than the rest of his sons, they hated him. Joseph had a dream. Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Listen to the dream I had: We were tying up wheat bundles in the field. I saw that my bundle of wheat stood up and your bundles of wheat made a ring around my bundle of wheat and bowed before it." His brothers said, "You mean that you will be our king? You will command us?" Because of his dream and his words, their grudge against him grew twice as bad. Joseph had another dream which he described for his brothers. He said, "I saw a dream where the sun, moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me." His father said in rebuke, "What kind of dream is this that you had? You mean that your mother and your brothers and I must come and bow down to you?" His brothers became jealous of him, but his father stored away the words of Joseph in his mind. Joseph's brothers had gone to the pastures near the city of Shechem to let his father's sheep graze. Jacob said to Joseph, "Joseph, go and bring me back news of the condition of your brothers and the flocks." Joseph set out after them and saw them in the vicinity of Dothan. As soon as Joseph's brothers saw him from a distance, before he reached them, they devised a plan to kill him. They said to each other, "The one who is always dreaming is coming. Come, let's kill him and throw him into one of these wells! Let's say that a wild animal ate him. We'll see what happens to his dreams." But Reuben, when he heard what kind of plan they were devising said, "Come, let's not spill any blood. Let's not kill him. Let's throw him in this well right in the middle of this wilderness, but let's not take his life." He said this so that he could rescue Joseph from them and return him to his father. As soon as Joseph reached his brothers, they pulled the multi-colored robe from his body. They took him and threw him into a well that was dry. They sat down to eat. When they turned their heads, their eyes fell on a caravan of Ishmaelites in the distance coming from Gilead which was bringing a load of gum, balm and spices on their camels to Egypt. Judah said to his brothers, "What do we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his death? Come, let's not take his life. Let's sell him to the Ishmaelites. He's our brother, our own flesh and blood." His brothers listened to him. They took Joseph out of the well and sold him for a price of 20 pieces of silver. The merchants took Joseph to Egypt. When Reuben went to the well and didn't see Joseph in the well, he tore his clothes. He returned to his brothers and said, "That boy isn't there! How do I answer my father now?" They picked up Joseph's robe and dipped the robe in the blood of a male goat that they had slaughtered. They took the multi-colored robe and brought it to their father and said, "We found this robe in the middle of the road. See if is it your son's or not." Jacob closely examined the robe and said, "It's my son's robe! A wild animal must have eaten him!" Then Jacob tore his clothes in grief, put on mourning clothes and mourned for many days because of his son. All of his children, both sons and daughters came to comfort their father, but Jacob could not be consoled. He was saying, "I will die in mourning. I will go to the grave and be with my son." So Jacob wept and wept. Joseph was taken by the Ishmaelite traders to Egypt. Potiphar, who was one of Pharaoh's personal officials, and the leader of his guards, bought Joseph. The Lord was with Joseph, and Joseph's master saw that the Lord was with Joseph. To his master, Joseph became very dear and he became his special servant. Potiphar put his house and his possessions into Joseph's hands. From the time that Potiphar put his house and his possessions into Joseph's hands, the Lord blessed the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord came on his house and his possessions, whether in the house or in the field. Joseph was a well-built and handsome young man. One day, Potiphar's wife was attracted to Joseph. She said, "Come and sleep with me!" But Joseph refused. He said to his master's wife, "Look, I'm in charge of everything in this house. My master doesn't worry about anything in the house. Everything he has he's entrusted to me. No one is higher than me in this house. Everything is under my authority, except you his wife. So how could I do this wicked thing and commit this great sin against God?" Potiphar's wife spoke every day of her desire to Joseph. But Joseph refused to sleep with her or be with her. One day, Joseph went into the house to do his work. Of the household servants, none were in the house. Potiphar's wife grabbed his cloak and said, "Come and sleep with me." When Potiphar's wife saw Joseph's cloak remained in her hand and he had run from the house outside, she called her servants. She said, "Look! My husband brought this Hebrew into the house to disgrace us. He had come to sleep with me and I screamed. When he heard me scream, he left his cloak here with me." So his wife kept Joseph's cloak with her until Joseph's master came home. When Joseph's master heard his wife say, "Your servant has brought me trouble," he became very angry. He had Joseph arrested and thrown into prison. It was a prison where the king's prisoners were put. The Lord was with Joseph. He was kind to him there. And Joseph received favor from the prison warden. The prison warden entrusted all of the prisoners of the prison to Joseph. So, any business going on inside of the prison, Joseph answered to. The prison warden put all of the prison into Joseph's hands. The warden didn't have any concerns because the Lord was with Joseph. In everything Joseph did, the Lord made him successful. Some time passed until the chief cupbearer and the chief baker to the king of Egypt displeased the king. They were put in the same prison where Joseph was being held. The prison warden entrusted them to Joseph. Joseph attended to them. After they were imprisoned for a while, the king of Egypt's cupbearer and baker each had a dream. Each person's dream had a meaning of its own. The next morning, Joseph went to them and saw that they were very upset. Joseph asked, "What is it that has made you so upset today?" They answered, "Each of us had a dream last night, but there is no one here that can interpret our dreams." Joseph said to them, "Doesn't the ability to interpret dreams belong to God? Tell me what dream you had." So, the chief cupbearer retold his dream for Joseph. "In a dream I saw a grapevine before my eyes which had three branches. It bloomed, blossoms came out and grapes formed. I had Pharaoh's cup in my hand. I picked the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup and gave it to him." Joseph said to him, "The interpretation of your dreams is this: The three branches are symbolic of three days. In three days, Pharaoh will restore you and return you to your previous job. You will be a cupbearer in the court of Pharaoh and will pour wine and give it to Pharaoh. When everything goes well for you, remember me and show me this kindness. Tell Pharaoh my story and ask him to release me from this prison. Since I was taken from the land of the Hebrews and was brought here by force, even here in Egypt I have done nothing wrong that I should be thrown into this prison." When the chief baker saw that the interpretation of the chief cupbearer was good, he said to Joseph, "I, too, had a dream in which three baskets of white bread were stacked on top of each other. In the top basket were various sweet breads for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating the bread from the basket that was on my head." Joseph said, "The interpretation of your dream is this: the three baskets are symbolic of three days. In three days, Pharaoh will cut off your head and will hang you. The birds will eat the flesh of your body." Three days later, which was Pharaoh's birthday, he held a feast for all of his officials. He brought the chief cupbearer and the chief baker before his officials. He sent the chief cupbearer to his previous job so that he could give Pharaoh his wine cup. However, he killed the chief baker and hung him just as Joseph had predicted. The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him. Two years later, Pharaoh had a dream. Pharaoh slept and he dreamed again. Pharaoh woke up and realized he had been dreaming. Pharaoh described to them everything he had dreamed, but no one could interpret his dream. Meanwhile, the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, "Today I have remembered my sin. On the day that Pharaoh was angry with his servants, you sent me along with the chief baker to the palace prison. Each of us had a dream one night. With us in that place was a young Hebrew who was the servant of the prison warden. We told him everything we dreamed. He interpreted each person's dream. The interpretation that he gave us is exactly what happened." Pharaoh sent for Joseph and they immediately brought him out. Joseph shaved his beard, changed his clothes and came into Pharaoh's presence. Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I've had a dream that no one is able to interpret, but I've heard about you and that you can interpret any dream." Joseph answered Pharaoh, "I can't, but God will give Pharaoh a good answer." Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I had a dream where I was standing on the bank of the river Nile. Suddenly, seven fat and sleek cows came out of the Nile and ate in the meadow. Following them, seven other cows which were bad-looking, thin and bony came out. In all the land of Egypt, I had never seen such bad-looking cows. These thin and bad-looking cows ate the fat and sleek cows that at first had come out. Although they had eaten them, you couldn't tell. They were just as thin as they were at the beginning. Then I woke up. I had another dream where seven heads of wheat, full and good, grew on a stalk. Suddenly, seven dry heads of wheat, dry and thin and scorched by a warm wind, grew up after them. The thin heads swallowed the seven good heads. I told these dreams to the magicians, but there was no one who could interpret them for me." Joseph said to Pharaoh, "Both of the dreams of Pharaoh say one thing. God has revealed to you those things that will happen in the land of Egypt. The seven good cows are symbolic of seven years. The seven heads of good wheat are symbolic of seven years. The seven thin and bad-looking cows that had come out after them are seven years. The seven heads, thin and scorched by the warm wind, are symbolic of seven years of famine. The seven years that are coming will be seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt. However, after that, seven years of famine will come, which will cause the seven years of abundance to be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will oppress this land. Because Pharaoh's dream was repeated twice, it shows that this famine has been ordained by God and God will do it soon. The time has come for Pharaoh to find a wise man who can supervise the entire land of Egypt. Pharaoh should appoint overseers for this land, so that during these seven years of abundance, one fifth of the harvest of Egypt is stored away. In these seven good years, all of the wheat and grain and food should be kept safe in Pharaoh's warehouses, so that there will always be food in the cities. This food should be stored in the land of Egypt, so that in the seven years of famine, the people of Egypt might have food. In this way, this land will not be destroyed by the famine." Pharaoh and all of his officials approved what Joseph said. Then Pharaoh asked his officials, "Where can we find such a man as this who has the divine spirit in him?" So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Now that God has revealed all of his plans to you, there is no one else like you who is so wise. I will put you in charge of all of the affairs of my palace and all of the people will be under your authority. Only in respect to the throne will I be higher than you." So Pharaoh took off his signet ring and put it on Joseph's hand. He put an expensive linen robe on his shoulders and he hung a gold chain around his neck. He had him mount his second-best royal chariot and before him men shouted, "Kneel!" Pharaoh made Joseph ruler over all of the land of Egypt. Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Even though I am Pharaoh, no one in all the land of Egypt may lift a hand or foot without your permission." Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah and gave him Asenath as a wife. Asenath was the daughter of Potiphera. Potiphera was a priest of On. Joseph inspected the entire land of Egypt. Joseph was thirty years old when he became the servant of the king of Egypt. So Joseph left Pharaoh so that he could tour all of the land of Egypt. In the seven years of abundance, the land of Egypt had plentiful harvests. In those years, Joseph commanded that all of the harvest throughout Egypt be brought to the storehouses of the cities and that the entire harvest be stored away. Joseph stored away as much wheat as he could. The wheat was like the sand of the seashore. It was so much that no one could count it. Before the years of famine arrived, Joseph's wife bore two sons for him. Joseph called his first son Manasseh which means abundance. He said, "It is because God took away all of my suffering and the fact that I'm far away from my father and family from my memory." He called his second son Ephraim which means fruitful because he said, "God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering." The seven years of abundance in Egypt came to an end. Just as Joseph had predicted, there was now seven years of famine. Famine had also come to the other lands. But in the land of Egypt, the storehouses of wheat were full. When there was famine throughout Egypt, the people went and begged Pharaoh for wheat. Pharaoh said to all the people, "Go to Joseph and do everything he tells you." When there was famine throughout the country of Egypt, Joseph opened up the storehouses and sold wheat to the Egyptians because throughout Egypt the famine was severe. The people of all the other countries also came to Egypt so that they could buy wheat from Joseph, because throughout all the land, famine had come. When Jacob heard that wheat was abundant in Egypt, he said to his children, "Why are you standing around here looking this way and that? I heard that in Egypt wheat is plentiful. Go there and buy wheat so that we might remain alive and not die." Ten of Joseph's brothers set out and went to Egypt so that they could buy grain. But Jacob did not send Benjamin who was Joseph's blood brother, because he was afraid that harm might come to him. Jacob's sons were among those who had come to Egypt for wheat. When his brothers arrived there, they kneeled in reverence before Joseph with their faces to the ground. As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended that he didn't know them and spoke harshly to them. He asked them, "Where do you come from?" They answered, "We have come from the land of Canaan to buy wheat and food." Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn't recognize Joseph. And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had had about them. He said, "You are spies! You came to see where our country is unprotected." They answered, "No, Lord! We, your servants, came to buy food. We, your servants, are twelve brothers. We are the sons of one father who lives in the land of Canaan. Our little brother is with him. One of our brothers disappeared." Joseph said to them, "Just as I said, you are spies! This is how I will test you: I swear on Pharaoh's soul that until you bring your little brother here, I will not allow you to leave Egypt. Send one person from among you to go and bring your little brother here. The others will be in prison so that I will know whether you are telling the truth or not. If everything you said is not the truth, I swear by Pharaoh's soul that you are spies." So Joseph imprisoned all of them for three days. On the third day he said to them, "You must do everything I say, if you want to live, because I fear God. If you are honest men, one of your brothers should stay in prison. The others should load their wheat and take it to your families so they won't starve. But you must bring back your little brother to me so that I know you are telling the truth and so that you won't die." They said to each other, "For certain we did evil towards our younger brother; he was pleading for his life and we saw his distress, but we didn't care. This is the reason we are receiving such talk." Reuben answered, "I told you not to harm him, but you didn't listen! You see, his blood is on our hands and we must answer for it." They did not realize that Joseph understood their words. Joseph turned away and wept. When he turned back, he ordered that they take Simon and tie him up in front of his brothers. After that, Joseph gave the order, "Fill their saddle-bags with wheat! Put each person's silver in his own sack! Give them also food for the journey!" They loaded their donkeys with the wheat and set out. In the evening, they arrived at a palm grove to spend the night there. One of them went to feed his donkey. When he opened his sack, he saw his bag of silver inside. He said to his brothers, "They returned my silver coins! Look! It is in my sack!" They trembled with fear in their hearts. With fear and trembling they said to each other, "What is this disaster that God has brought on us?" When they returned to their father in Canaan, they recounted to him everything that had happened. They said, "That man who is the ruler of the country spoke harshly to us. He acted as if we were spies. But we said, 'We are honest men. We are not spying. We are twelve brothers, the sons of one father. One person is lost and our little brother is with his father in Canaan.' That man who is the ruler of the country said to us, 'One of your brothers must stay here, but bring your little brother to me so that I will know that you are honest and not spies. I will release your brother so that you can trade in this land.' " When they opened up their sacks of wheat, each person found their money in their saddle-bag. When they along with their father saw the silver, they were frightened. Jacob said, "You have taken my children from me. Joseph is not to be found. Simon too is not here. Now you are taking Benjamin from me and this money is in the sacks! All of these disasters are coming on me!" Reuben said to his father, "If I don't bring him back to you, you can kill my two sons! Entrust him to me, I will bring him back." But Jacob said, "I will not send my son there with you because his brother died. He is the only one that remains. If on this trip disaster comes to him, It will bring my gray head down to the grave." Later, everything that they had brought from Egypt was eaten. Their father said to them, "Return and buy a little food!" Judah said to his father, "If you send our brother with us, we will go there and buy food for you. But if you don't send him, we will not go because that man said to us, 'I will not see you unless your little brother is with you!' " Jacob asked, "Why did you say to that man, 'We have a little brother?' You have caused me great pain." They answered, "That man so urgently questioned us about us and our family. He asked, 'Is your father still living? Do you have another brother?' We answered his questions. We didn't know that he would say to us, 'Go and bring your little brother here!' " Judah said, "Send the youth with me. We will set out right away so that everyone - me, you, our children will not die of hunger, but will live. I myself will guarantee his safety. Entrust him to me. If I don't bring him back and deliver him to you, I will bear the sin until the day I die." Their father Jacob said to them, "Now that it has to be this way, take a little of the best produce of our country, put it in your saddle-bags and offer it to the man as a gift. A little balm and myrrh, a little honey, spices, pistachio nuts and almonds. Bring this with you along with twice the money. Also return the money that was in your sacks, in case they have made a mistake. Take your brother Benjamin with you. Get up and go to that man. May Almighty God give you kindness and favor before that man so that Benjamin and your other brother may be free. If it must be that I will not see my sons anymore, so be it." So with all the gifts they had and twice the money, and with Benjamin, they went to Egypt. The moment Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to his household servant, "Bring these men to the house, slaughter an animal and prepare food, for they are going to eat lunch with me." The servant did everything that Joseph had told him to do and brought them to Joseph's house. Joseph's brothers were fearful. They said to each other, "He brought us here because of the money that we found in our saddle-bags the first time and so that he can have time to attack us, make us slaves and take our donkeys." When they saw Joseph's servant near the door to the house, they said, "Sir, in truth, the first time we came to buy wheat, on the way, when we opened our sacks, each person's money was in the top of his sack. So we have brought that money back with us to return it. We have brought more money as well so that we can buy wheat. We don't know who put our money into our sacks." Joseph's servant said to them, "Don't worry, don't be afraid! It was your God, the God of your ancestors, that put treasure into your sacks. I had already received the money for the wheat." Then he went and brought their brother Simon to them. When Joseph came to the house, they unwrapped all of the gifts that they had brought, presented them to him and bowed before him. Joseph asked them how they were. He asked, "Your father that you told me about, is he alive and well?" They answered, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still in good health." When Joseph saw his brother Benjamin, he asked, "Is this your little brother that you told me about?" He said to Benjamin, "Dear boy, God bless you!" Joseph was deeply moved at seeing his brother, so he turned away to find a quiet place where he could go and cry. He went into his room and wept. After Joseph washed his face, he came out, gathered himself and commanded, "Bring the lunch!" Joseph's brothers had been seated at the table next to each other in order, from the oldest brother to the youngest brother. They looked at each other in astonishment. While they were serving the food to them at the table, they served Benjamin five times more food than anyone else. They ate the food with him in joy and happiness. After that, Joseph gave his household servant a certain command. He said, "Fill their sacks with wheat, as much as they are able to carry. Then put the money they spent on the grain into each person's sack. Take my silver cup and put it into Benjamin's sack along with the money he spent on the wheat." When dawn came, they set off with their donkeys. But they were not far from the city when Joseph said to his servant, "Go quickly after them and when you reach them say, 'Why did you repay good with evil? Why are you taking my master's silver cup with you from which he drinks wine and with which he predicts the future? You have done an evil thing.' " When the servant reached them, he said everything that Joseph had said. But they said, "What is this thing you are saying? Far be it from us, your servants, to have stolen something! We returned the money for the wheat that had been in our sacks. How could we have stolen gold and silver from your master's house? If you find the silver cup inside any person's sack, he should die and we will become your master's slaves." The servant agreed and said, "Whoever is found to have the cup, will be the slave of my master. You will then be free to go." They quickly unloaded their sacks and opened them. Then the servant searched first in the sack of the oldest brother and then came to the youngest brother's. He saw the cup inside Benjamin's sack. They tied the loads on to their donkeys and returned to the city. Joseph said to them, "What is this thing that you have done? Didn't you know a man like me can predict the future and recognize thievery?" Judah answered, "What can we say to our Lord? How can we show that we are innocent? It was God that revealed the sin of your servants. Now we have returned to say all of us along with the one who was found to have the cup in his sack will be your slaves." But Joseph said, "No, I won't do this. Only the one who was found to have the cup in his sack will be my slave. All of you are free. Go in peace back to your father." Judah came forward a little and said, "My Master, allow your servant to speak with you and may you not be angry with your servant. I know that you have the same authority that Pharaoh has. My Lord, you asked your servants, 'Do you have a father or brothers?' We answered that we have an aged father and one teenage brother who was born in his old age and whose brother died. He is the only reminder left of his mother. His father really loves him. He is the life of his father. So if I now return and don't bring him to my father and he sees that I haven't brought him with me, he will die of shock. In this way we, your servants, will bring our father's white-haired head to the grave. I, your servant, gave my father a promise. I said, 'If I return and don't bring your son with me, I will bear this sin for eternity!' So now, instead of Benjamin being your slave, allow your servant to be the slave of my lord. Allow the youth to return with his brothers." Joseph could no longer keep himself from crying in front of them. He commanded, "Everyone go out!" No one remained. He wailed so much that the Egyptians heard him and in Pharaoh's house they also were aware of it. Joseph said to his brothers, "It's me, Joseph!" But his brothers were tongue-tied and couldn't respond because they feared him. Joseph said, "Come close to me." When they went closer to him he said, "I am your brother Joseph, the same one you sold into Egypt. Now you don't have to be afraid. Don't beat up on yourselves because you sold me, because it was to save the lives of people that God sent me here ahead of you. For there have been two years of famine in this land and there will be five more years without planting or harvesting. But God sent me here ahead of you so that he could preserve your descendents on the earth and save you in a miraculous way. So actually it wasn't you who sent me here, it was God. He made me Pharaoh's counselor, supervisor of his house and ruler over the entire land of Egypt. Now, as soon as possible go back and say to my father, 'Your son Joseph said, "God has made me ruler throughout Egypt. Quickly rise up and come to me! You, your children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren will live here along with your herds and flocks and everything that you have. You will live in the land of Goshen where I am. You will live near me. There I can care for you." ' " Then he cried and hugged his brother Benjamin and they cried together. Joseph with tears in his eyes kissed his brothers. Then they talked with him. When the news that Joseph's brothers had come reached Pharaoh and his officials, everyone rejoiced. Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Say to your brothers, 'Load up your animals and return to the land of Canaan. Your father should bring his entire family to Egypt. I will give you the richest farmland of Egypt, which will bear you an abundant harvest.' Go to your brothers and say, 'Bring carts from Egypt so you can bring your father and wives and children. Bring them here. Don't worry about your possessions since you will have the best possessions of Egypt.' " So they returned from Egypt to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. They said to their father, "Joseph is still alive! He's become the ruler of the entire land of Egypt!" Jacob was troubled. He could not believe what they were saying. So they retold everything that Joseph had said to them. When Jacob saw the carts that Joseph had sent to carry them, his spirit revived. Jacob said, "Now I believe that my son Joseph is alive. I will go to him so that I can see him before my death." So Jacob took everything he had with him. He set off and travelled until he arrived at Beersheba. He offered sacrifices to God there. That evening God spoke to Jacob in a dream. He heard, "Jacob! Jacob!" Jacob answered, "I am here." He heard a reply, "It is me, God; the God of your father. Don't be afraid about your journey to Egypt, because I myself will make you into a great nation there. I am with you; we will go together to Egypt. Know that I myself will bring you back. Joseph will close your eyes with his hand." Jacob set out from Beersheba. His sons took their father Jacob, along with their wives and children, in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to carry them. They took their flocks and their possessions which they had in Canaan. All those that went with Jacob to Egypt, those that were descendents of Jacob, except the daughters-in-law, numbered sixty-six persons. The family members of Jacob in Egypt were seventy with the two children of Joseph that were born in Egypt. Jacob sent his son Judah ahead of him to ask Joseph which direction to go to get to Goshen. When they arrived in the region of Goshen, Joseph ordered that his personal chariot be brought. He mounted it and went to Goshen to meet his father Jacob. When Joseph reached his father, they threw their arms around each other's necks and cried. Jacob said to Joseph, "Now I'm ready to die because I see with my own eyes that you are alive." Joseph said to his brothers and his father's family, "Now I must go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'My brothers and my father's family who had been in Canaan have come to me' and I'll inform him, 'They are shepherds and cattle herders who brought their flocks and herds and everything they have with them.' Pharaoh will call you and will ask, 'What is your work?' You should say to him, 'We, your servants have been herders since our youth. It's the same work that our ancestors used to do.' " Joseph went to Pharaoh and said, "My father and my brothers, along with their flocks and herds and everything they have have come from the land of Canaan. They are now in Goshen." Joseph went and from among his brothers he picked five and brought them to Pharaoh. Pharaoh asked them, "What is your work?" They answered Pharaoh, "We, your servants, like our ancestors, are shepherds. We have come to Egypt to live because we, your servants, don't have any pastures in Canaan for our sheep. In Canaan the famine is severe, so please allow your servants to settle in Goshen." Pharaoh said to Joseph, "The land of Egypt is spread before your eyes. I will give them whatever place you think is best. Take them to Goshen and settle them there. Whichever of them you think is skilled and worthy, let them be cattle herders and shepherds for me." Joseph brought his father to Pharaoh. Pharaoh asked him, "How old are you?" Jacob said, "It is now 130 years that I've been wandering the earth; a short life full of pain and suffering and one which falls short of the length of time my ancestors wandered the earth." Jacob turned and went out. Just as Pharaoh said, Joseph gave his father and brothers the best place in Egypt as their possession. He also provided plenty of food for his father, brothers and their households. Day by day the famine became worse there, so much so that the famine and lack of food was causing the people of the lands of Egypt and Canaan to perish. Joseph gathered all the money that the people of Egypt and Canaan had given for the purchase of wheat. When the people of Egypt and Canaan ran out of money, the people of Egypt came to Joseph and said, "Give us food! Why must we die before your eyes now that we are broke?" Joseph said, "Now that you don't have money, bring your sheep and cattle so that in exchange for your animals, I can give you wheat." So they brought their animals and gave them to Joseph. In that year he gave them plenty of food in exchange for their animals. When the year came to an end, the next year they came to Joseph and said, "Master, what can be hidden from you? All of our possessions are gone. Our animals are yours. We have nothing left except our lives and our land. Why should we and our land be destroyed before your eyes? Buy our cultivated land in exchange for food and we along with our cultivated land will belong to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we might survive and not die, so our land will not become desolate." So Joseph bought all of the cultivated land of Egypt for Pharaoh. But he didn't buy the land of the priests because they were receiving a regular amount from Pharaoh. Joseph said to the people, "Now that I have bought you and your lands for Pharaoh, I will give you seed so that you can cultivate. But out of the produce of the harvest you must give one-fifth to Pharaoh. The other four-fifths will be your seed for the next year and your food for your family and children." The people said, "Master, Be kind to us! Save our lives and we will belong to Pharaoh!" So Joseph established a law in Egypt that is in effect to this day that one-fifth of the produce of the harvest belongs to Pharaoh. Only the priests were not owned by Phararoh. So the children of Israel settled in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and had children and increased in number. Jacob lived for seventeen years in Egypt. He was 147 years old. When the time of his death came, he called for his son Joseph. "If you love me, make a covenant with me that you will be faithful to me and not bury me in Egypt. Instead, when I become one with my ancestors, take me out of Egypt and bury me alongside them." Joseph said, "I will do everything you said." Jacob said, "Swear an oath to me!" Joseph swore an oath and Jacob praised God. After the passing of some days they brought news to Joseph. "Your father is sick." He took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him and went to see his father. When they said to Jacob, "Your son Joseph is coming to you," Jacob gathered all his strength and sat up in bed. Jacob said to Joseph, "It was Almighty God who appeared to me in the city of Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me. He said, 'I will make your offspring abundant and fruitful. From you I will create many peoples and after you, I will give this land as an everlasting possession to your children.' So now, these two sons who were born before I came to Egypt, Ephraim and Manasseh, like my sons Reuben and Simeon, will be mine. Every other child born after them to you will be yours. The land of their inheritance will be a part of the portions of Manasseh and Ephraim." When Jacob saw Joseph's children, he asked, "Are these your children?" Joseph said to his father, "These are my sons which God gave to me here." Jacob said, "Bring them to me so that I can bless them!" Jacob's eyes couldn't see well because of his old age. So for this reason Joseph brought his sons closer. Jacob hugged them and kissed them. Jacob said to Joseph, "I never thought that I would see you again. Now God has been merciful to me that I can even see your children." Joseph had his children who had been sitting get up, and he bowed to his father. Joseph took his children by the hand and arranged them in front of Jacob so that Jacob's right hand would be on Manasseh's head and his left hand would be on Ephraim's head. He brought them close to his father. But Jacob put his right hand on Ephraim's head who was the younger brother and he put his left hand on Manasseh's head who was the older brother. He blessed Joseph saying, "May the same God who was with my father and my ancestors Abraham and Isaac and who lived with them bless your children. May the God who has shepherded me my entire life up until today and the angel who freed me from every evil, bless them. May it be that they keep the names of myself and my ancestors Abraham and Isaac. I will make them into many peoples in this land." When Joseph saw that his father's right hand was on Ephraim's head, he took his father's hand so he could move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's. He said to his father, "Father, put your right hand on Manasseh's head. He's my oldest son." But his father refused and said, "Dear son, I know what I am doing. He will also become a great people, but the people of the little brother will be bigger than his. From his descendents many nations will come." Jacob said to Joseph, "I am dying, but God is with you and he will return you to the land of your forefathers." Lastly, Jacob gave these instructions, "I am dying and going to my ancestors. Bury me with my ancestors in that cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre in Canaan where Abraham bought that field and cave from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place; that same place where Abraham is buried along with his wife Sarah and Isaac with his wife Rebekah. I buried Lea in that same place." When Jacob gave these instructions to his sons, he drew his arms and legs into his bed, died and went to his ancestors. Weeping, Joseph threw himself on his father and kissed him. Joseph commanded the doctors that served him, "Take him and embalm him." The process of embalming him took 40 days and when they were done, the people of Egypt mourned for him for 70 days. So Joseph went to bury his father and all of the servants of Pharaoh, the court officials and all the ministers of Egypt set out after him. All of Joseph's family, his brothers and all of his father's family members followed him. The children and the flocks and herds remained in Goshen. The riders with their horses and chariots formed a long caravan of people who accompanied him on the road to Canaan. Jacob's sons carried out Jacob's instructions just as he had said. They took him to the land of Canaan to the cave that was in the field of Machpelah near Mamre where Abraham had bought the cave and field from Ephron the Hittite. They buried him there. When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said to each other, "If Joseph because of our animosity holds a grudge against us and takes revenge, what should we do?" For this reason, they sent Joseph a message, "Our father gave these instructions before he died, 'You are to say to Joseph, "You must forgive your brothers who acted with animosity toward you." ' So now we beg you to forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father." When Joseph heard their words, he wept. Joseph's brothers came and fell at Joseph's feet and said, "We are your servants." But Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid. Am I sitting in the place of God? You acted with animosity toward me, but it was the will of the God of goodness, and today it has come to pass that numerous lives have been saved. So don't be afraid. I will take care of the needs of you and your children." In this way he showed kindness toward them and they felt reassured. Joseph lived with his father and his family in Egypt for 110 years. Joseph said to his brothers, "I will die soon, but you can be sure that God will help you. He will bring you out of this land and into the land that had been promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob." Joseph required Jacob's sons to swear an oath. He said, "Be certain that God will help you. You must carry my bones from here with you." Joseph was 110 years old when he died. So they embalmed him in Egypt and laid him in a coffin.