1 And Israel went on his journey with all he had, and came to Beer-sheba, where he made offerings to the God of his father Isaac.2 And God said to Israel in a night-vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.3 And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:4 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will see that you come back again, and at your death Joseph will put his hands on your eyes.5 Then Jacob went on from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Jacob took their father and their little ones and their wives in the carts which Pharaoh had sent for them.6 And they took their cattle and all the goods which they had got in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, even Jacob and all his seed:7 His sons and his sons' sons, his daughters and his daughters' sons and all his family he took with him into Egypt.8 And these are the names of the children of Israel who came into Egypt, even Jacob and all his sons: Reuben, Jacob's oldest son;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 woman of Canaan;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 had come to their death in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.13 And the sons of Issachar: Tola and Puah and Job and Shimron;14 And the sons of Zebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel;15 All these, together with his daughter Dinah, were the children of Leah, whom Jacob had by her in Paddan-aram; they were thirty-three in number.16 And the sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon, Eri and Arodi and Areli;17 And the sons of Asher: Jimnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah, and Sarah, their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.18 These are the children of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and Jacob had these sixteen children by her.19 The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.20 And Joseph had Manasseh and Ephraim in the land of Egypt, by Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On.21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah and Becher and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim and Ard.22 All these were the children of Rachel whom Jacob had by her, fourteen persons.23 And the son of Dan was Hushim.24 And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and Shillem.25 These were the children of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, seven persons.26 All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt, the offspring of his body, were sixty-six, without taking into account the wives of Jacob's sons.27 And the sons of Joseph whom he had in Egypt were two. Seventy persons of the family of Jacob came into Egypt.28 Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.29 And Joseph got his carriage ready and went to Goshen for the meeting with his father; and when he came before him, he put his arms round his neck, weeping.30 And Israel said to Joseph, Now that I have seen you living again, I am ready for death.31 And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;32 And these men are keepers of sheep and owners of cattle, and have with them their flocks and their herds and all they have.33 Now when Pharaoh sends for you and says, What is your business?34 You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fathers; in this way you will be able to have the land of Goshen for yourselves; because keepers of sheep are unclean in the eyes of the Egyptians.

1 Profectusque Isral cum omnibus qu habebat, venit ad Puteum juramenti : et mactatis ibi victimis Deo patris sui Isaac, 2 audivit eum per visionem noctis vocantem se, et dicentem sibi : Jacob, Jacob. Cui respondit : Ecce adsum. 3 Ait illi Deus : Ego sum fortissimus Deus patris tui : noli timere, descende in gyptum, quia in gentem magnam faciam te ibi. 4 Ego descendam tecum illuc, et ego inde adducam te revertentem : Joseph quoque ponet manus suas super oculos tuos. 5 Surrexit autem Jacob a Puteo juramenti : tuleruntque eum filii cum parvulis et uxoribus suis in plaustris qu miserat Pharao ad portandum senem, 6 et omnia qu possederat in terra Chanaan : venitque in gyptum cum omni semine suo, 7 filii ejus, et nepotes, fili, et cuncta simul progenies. 8 Hc sunt autem nomina filiorum Isral, qui ingressi sunt in gyptum, ipse cum liberis suis. Primogenitus Ruben. 9 Filii Ruben : Henoch et Phallu et Hesron et Charmi. 10 Filii Simeon : Jamuel et Jamin et Ahod, et Jachin et Sohar, et Saul filius Chanaanitidis. 11 Filii Levi : Gerson et Caath et Merari. 12 Filii Juda : Her et Onan et Sela et Phares et Zara ; mortui sunt autem Her et Onan in terra Chanaan. Natique sunt filii Phares : Hesron et Hamul. 13 Filii Issachar : Thola et Phua et Job et Semron. 14 Filii Zabulon : Sared et Elon et Jahelel. 15 Hi filii Li quos genuit in Mesopotamia Syri cum Dina filia sua : omnes anim filiorum ejus et filiarum, triginta tres. 16 Filii Gad : Sephion et Haggi et Suni et Esebon et Heri et Arodi et Areli. 17 Filii Aser : Jamne et Jesua et Jessui et Beria, Sara quoque soror eorum. Filii Beria : Heber et Melchiel. 18 Hi filii Zelph, quam dedit Laban Li fili su : et hos genuit Jacob sedecim animas. 19 Filii Rachel uxoris Jacob : Joseph et Benjamin. 20 Natique sunt Joseph filii in terra gypti, quos genuit ei Aseneth filia Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos : Manasses et Ephraim. 21 Filii Benjamin : Bela et Bechor et Asbel et Gera et Naaman et Echi et Ros et Mophim et Ophim et Ared. 22 Hi filii Rachel quos genuit Jacob : omnes anim, quatuordecim. 23 Filii Dan : Husim. 24 Filii Nephthali : Jasiel et Guni et Jeser et Sallem. 25 Hi filii Bal, quam dedit Laban Racheli fili su : et hos genuit Jacob : omnes anim, septem. 26 Cunct anim, qu ingress sunt cum Jacob in gyptum, et egress sunt de femore illius, absque uxoribus filiorum ejus, sexaginta sex. 27 Filii autem Joseph, qui nati sunt ei in terra gypti, anim du. Omnes anim domus Jacob, qu ingress sunt in gyptum, fuere septuaginta.28 Misit autem Judam ante se ad Joseph, ut nuntiaret ei, et occurreret in Gessen. 29 Quo cum pervenisset, juncto Joseph curro suo, ascendit obviam patri suo ad eumdem locum : vidensque eum, irruit super collum ejus, et inter amplexus flevit. 30 Dixitque pater ad Joseph : Jam ltus moriar, quia vidi faciem tuam, et superstitem te relinquo. 31 At ille locutus est ad fratres suos, et ad omnem domum patris sui : Ascendam, et nuntiabo Pharaoni, dicamque ei : Fratres mei, et domus patris mei, qui erant in terra Chanaan, venerunt ad me : 32 et sunt viri pastores ovium, curamque habent alendorum gregum : pecora sua, et armenta, et omnia qu habere potuerunt, adduxerunt secum. 33 Cumque vocaverit vos, et dixerit : Quod est opus vestrum ? 34 respondebitis : Viri pastores sumus servi tui, ab infantia nostra usque in prsens, et nos et patres nostri. Hc autem dicetis, ut habitare possitis in terra Gessen : quia detestantur gyptii omnes pastores ovium.