1 Partiu, pois, Israel com tudo o que possuía, e veio a Berseba, e ofereceu sacrifícios ao Deus de Isaque, seu pai. 2 Falou Deus a Israel em visões, de noite, e disse: Jacó! Jacó! Ele respondeu: Eis-me aqui! 3 Então, disse: Eu sou Deus, o Deus de teu pai; não temas descer para o Egito, porque lá eu farei de ti uma grande nação. 4 Eu descerei contigo para o Egito e te farei tornar a subir, certamente. A mão de José fechará os teus olhos. 5 Então, se levantou Jacó de Berseba; e os filhos de Israel levaram Jacó, seu pai, e seus filhinhos, e as suas mulheres nos carros que Faraó enviara para o levar. 6 Tomaram o seu gado e os bens que haviam adquirido na terra de Canaã e vieram para o Egito, Jacó e toda a sua descendência. 7 Seus filhos e os filhos de seus filhos, suas filhas e as filhas de seus filhos e toda a sua descendência, levou-os consigo para o Egito.

8 São estes os nomes dos filhos de Israel, Jacó, e seus filhos, que vieram para o Egito: Rúben, o primogênito de Jacó. 9 Os filhos de Rúben: Enoque, Palu, Hezrom e Carmi. 10 Os filhos de Simeão: Jemuel, Jamim, Oade, Jaquim, Zoar e Saul, filho de uma mulher cananeia. 11 Os filhos de Levi: Gérson, Coate e Merari. 12 Os filhos de Judá: Er, Onã, Selá, Perez e Zera; Er e Onã, porém, morreram na terra de Canaã. Os filhos de Perez foram: Hezrom e Hamul. 13 Os filhos de Issacar: Tola, Puva, Jó e Sinrom. 14 Os filhos de Zebulom: Serede, Elom e Jaleel. 15 São estes os filhos de Lia, que ela deu à luz a Jacó em Padã-Arã, além de Diná, sua filha; todas as pessoas, de seus filhos e de suas filhas, trinta e três. 16 Os filhos de Gade: Zifiom, Hagi, Suni, Esbom, Eri, Arodi e Areli. 17 Os filhos de Aser: Imna, Isvá, Isvi, Berias e Sera, irmã deles; e os filhos de Berias: Héber e Malquiel. 18 São estes os filhos de Zilpa, a qual Labão deu a sua filha Lia; e estes deu ela à luz a Jacó, a saber, dezesseis pessoas. 19 Os filhos de Raquel, mulher de Jacó: José e Benjamim. 20 Nasceram a José na terra do Egito Manassés e Efraim, que lhe deu à luz Asenate, filha de Potífera, sacerdote de Om. 21 Os filhos de Benjamim: Belá, Bequer, Asbel, Gera, Naamã, Eí, Rôs, Mupim, Hupim e Arde. 22 São estes os filhos de Raquel, que nasceram a Jacó, ao todo catorze pessoas. 23 O filho de Dã: Husim. 24 Os filhos de Naftali: Jazeel, Guni, Jezer e Silém. 25 São estes os filhos de Bila, a qual Labão deu a sua filha Raquel; e estes deu ela à luz a Jacó, ao todo sete pessoas. 26 Todos os que vieram com Jacó para o Egito, que eram os seus descendentes, fora as mulheres dos filhos de Jacó, todos eram sessenta e seis pessoas; 27 e os filhos de José, que lhe nasceram no Egito, eram dois. Todas as pessoas da casa de Jacó, que vieram para o Egito, foram setenta.

28 Jacó enviou Judá adiante de si a José para que soubesse encaminhá-lo a Gósen; e chegaram à terra de Gósen. 29 Então, José aprontou o seu carro e subiu ao encontro de Israel, seu pai, a Gósen. Apresentou-se, lançou-se-lhe ao pescoço e chorou assim longo tempo. 30 Disse Israel a José: Já posso morrer, pois já vi o teu rosto, e ainda vives. 31 E José disse a seus irmãos e à casa de seu pai: Subirei, e farei saber a Faraó, e lhe direi: Meus irmãos e a casa de meu pai, que estavam na terra de Canaã, vieram para mim. 32 Os homens são pastores, são homens de gado, e trouxeram consigo o seu rebanho, e o seu gado, e tudo o que têm. 33 Quando, pois, Faraó vos chamar e disser: Qual é o vosso trabalho? 34 Respondereis: Teus servos foram homens de gado desde a mocidade até agora, tanto nós como nossos pais; para que habiteis na terra de Gósen, porque todo pastor de rebanho é abominação para os egípcios.

1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. 3 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: 4 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. 5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: 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. 6 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: 7 his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s first-born. 9 And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 10 And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. 11 And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron. 14 And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. 16 And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. 17 And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 19 The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin. 20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bare unto him. 21 And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. 23 And the sons of Dan: Hushim. 24 And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob: all the souls were seven. 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six; 27 and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive. 31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; 32 and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? 34 that ye shall say, Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

1 So Israel set out with all that was his, and when he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

2 And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, "Jacob! Jacob!" "Here I am," he replied.

3 "I am God, the God of your father," he said. "Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

4 I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph's own hand will close your eyes."

5 Then Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel's sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport him.

6 So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt, taking with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan.

7 Jacob brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters —all his offspring.

8 These are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob.

9 The sons of Reuben: Hanok, Pallu, Hezron and Karmi.

10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

12 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

13 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, "Jashub "and Shimron.

14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon and Jahleel.

15 These were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, "besides his daughter Dinah. These sons and daughters of his were thirty-three in all.

16 The sons of Gad: Zephon, "Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli.

17 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah. Their sister was Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malkiel.

18 These were the children born to Jacob by Zilpah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah —sixteen in all.

19 The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

20 In Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. [^5]

21 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.

22 These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob —fourteen in all.

23 The son of Dan: Hushim.

24 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem.

25 These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel —seven in all.

26 All those who went to Egypt with Jacob —those who were his direct descendants, not counting his sons' wives —numbered sixty-six persons.

27 With the two sons "who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob's family, which went to Egypt, were seventy "in all.

28 Now Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When they arrived in the region of Goshen,

29 Joseph had his chariot made ready and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father "and wept for a long time.

30 Israel said to Joseph, "Now I am ready to die, since I have seen for myself that you are still alive."

31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, 'My brothers and my father's household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

32 The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks and herds and everything they own.'

33 When Pharaoh calls you in and asks, 'What is your occupation?'

34 you should answer, 'Your servants have tended livestock from our boyhood on, just as our fathers did.' Then you will be allowed to settle in the region of Goshen, for all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians."