영어성경공부 (창세기 47장)

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Genesis 47

1. Joseph went and told Pharaoh, 'My father and brothers, with their flocks and herds and everything they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.'

2. He chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.

3. Pharaoh asked the brothers, 'What is your occupation?' 'Your servants are shepherds,' they replied to Pharaoh, 'just as our fathers were.'

4. They also said to him, "We have come to live here awhile, because the famine is severe in Canaan and your servants' flocks have no pasture. So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen."

* awhile: (문예체, 격식) 잠깐, 잠시

 

5. Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Your father and your brothers have come to you,

6. and the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land. Let them live in Goshen. And if you know of any among them with special ability, put them in charge of my own livestock.'

7. Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed Pharaoh,

8. Pharaoh asked him, 'How old are you?'

9. And Jacob said to Pharaoh, 'The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.'

* pilgrimage: 순례 여행, 인생 행로, (명소, 고적 등을 찾는) 긴 여행

 

10. Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence.

11. So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh directed.

* settle: (자)정작하다 / (타)자리잡게 하다, 살게하다, 이주시키다

 

12. Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their children.

 

Joseph and the Famine

 

13. There was no food, however, in the whole region because the famine was severe; both Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of the famine.

* waste away: (특히 아파서)쇠약해지다 (=become emaciated), 숙척하다

 

14. Joseph collected all the money that was to be found in Egypt and Canaan in payment for the grain they were buying, and he brought it to Pharaoh's palace.

* be to: = be able to(available, possible) (바드)

In the sentence "Joseph collected all the money that was to be found in Egypt", the phrase "was to" means "was available" or "could be found". It is a form of the verb "to be" that is used to indicate a possibility or potentiality. In this case, it is being used to say that all the money that was available in Egypt was collected by Joseph. The phrase "was to" is sometimes used interchangeably with the phrase "was able to", but there is a subtle difference in meaning. The phrase "was able to" indicates that something was actually possible, while the phrase "was to" simply indicates that something was a possibility. In the sentence "Joseph collected all the money that was to be found in Egypt", it is possible that there was no money in Egypt at all, but the phrase "was to" indicates that there was at least some money available. Here are some other examples of how the phrase "was to" can be used: • I was to meet her at the park, but she never showed up. • The money was to be used to help the poor, but it was never distributed. • The new store was to open next month, but it has been delayed.

* find: <시간·돈을> 찾아내다, 마련다

* bring: 가져다[제공해] 주다

 

15. When the money of the people of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all Egypt came to Joseph and said, 'Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? Our money is used up.'

* used up: 다 써버리다

 

16. 'Then bring your livestock,' said Joseph. 'I will sell you food in exchange for your livestock, since your money is gone.'

17. So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their sheep and goats, their cattle and donkeys. And he brought them through that year with food in exchange for all their livestock.

* through that year with(전치사) 가 직접목적어 앞에 온 경우는 처음 본다. 바드가 모호성을 피하고, stylistic한 문장을 만들기 위해 앞에 오는 경우가 있단다. lyrical and poetic effect를 준단다.

 

18. When that year was over, they came to him the following year and said, 'We cannot hide from our lord the fact that since our money is gone and our livestock belongs to you, there is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.

19. Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we with our land will be in bondage to Pharaoh. Give us seed so that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.'

* bondage: (구식 또는 격식) 구속[속박](된 상태)

* desolate: 황량한, 적막한

 

20. So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. The Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields, because the famine was too severe for them. The land became Pharaoh's, 

* one and all: (구식) 모두[모든 사람들] (= everyone)

 

21. and Joseph reduced the people to servitude, from one end of Egypt to the other.

* reduce: <신분·지위를> 낮추다, 격하시키다

* servitude: (격식) 노예 상태

* one end of ~: ~의 한쪽 끝

* from one end of A to the other: A의 한쪽 큰에서 다른 쪽 끝에 이르기까지

 

22. However, he did not buy the land of the priests, because they received a regular allotment from Pharaoh and had food enough from the allotment Pharaoh gave them. That is why they did not sell their land.

* allotment: (격식) 할당[배당]량, 할당, 배당

 

23. Joseph said to the people, 'Now that I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you so you can plant the ground.

24. But when the crop comes in, give a fifth of it to Pharaoh. The other four-fifths you may keep as seed for the fields and as food for yourselves and your households and your children.'

25. 'You have saved our lives,' they said. 'May we find favor in the eyes of our lord; we will be in bondage to Pharaoh.'

26. So Joseph established it as a law concerning land in Egypt—still in force today—that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. It was only the land of the priests that did not become Pharaoh's.

* force: 시행

  - in force: 시행중인

 

27. Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.

28. Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.

29. When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, 'If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise that you will show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,

* draw: <때가> 가까워지다 ((to, toward(s))

  - draw near: 다가오다, 접근하다

 

30. but when I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried.' 'I will do as you say,' he said.

31. 'Swear to me,' he said. Then Joseph swore to him, and Israel worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.