1 E Israel iniciou sua jornada com tudo que ele tinha, e veio a Berseba, e ofereceu sacrifícios ao Deus de seu pai Isaque.2 E Deus falou a Israel em visões noturnas, e disse: Jacó, Jacó. E ele disse: Aqui estou.3 E ele disse: Eu sou Deus, o Deus de teu pai; não temas em descer ao Egito, porque lá eu farei de ti uma grande nação.4 Eu descerei contigo ao Egito, e eu também certamente te trarei de lá novamente. E José colocará a sua mão sobre os teus olhos.5 E Jacó levantou-se de Berseba, e os filhos de Israel carregaram Jacó, seu pai, e seus pequenos, e suas mulheres, nas carroças que Faraó havia enviado para o levar.6 E eles tomaram seu gado, e seus bens, que haviam obtido na terra de Canaã, e vieram ao Egito, Jacó e toda a sua semente com ele;7 seus filhos, e os filhos de seus filhos com ele, suas filhas, e as filhas de seus filhos, e toda a sua semente ele trouxe consigo para o Egito.8 E estes são os nomes dos filhos de Israel, que vieram ao Egito, Jacó e seus filhos: Rúben, o primogênito de Jacó,9 e os filhos de Rúben: Enoque, e Palu, e Hezrom, e Carmi.10 E os filhos de Simeão: Jemuel, e Jamim, e Oade, e Jaquim, e Zoar, e Saul, filho de uma mulher cananeia.11 E os filhos de Levi: Gérson, Coate e Merari.12 E os filhos de Judá: Er, e Onã, e Selá, e Perez, e Zerá; mas Er e Onã morreram na terra de Canaã; e os filhos de Perez foram Hezrom e Hamul.13 E os filhos de Issacar: Tola, e Puva, e Jó, e Sinrom.14 E os filhos de Zebulom: Serede, e Elom, e Jaleel.15 Estes são os filhos de Lia, que ela deu a Jacó em Padã-Arã, com Diná, sua filha; todas as almas de seus filhos e de suas filhas foram trinta e três.16 E os filhos de Gade: Zifiom, e Hagi, e Suni, e Esbom, e Eri, e Arodi, e Areli.17 E os filhos de Aser: Imna, e Isvá, e Isvi, e Berias, e Sera, irmã deles; e os filhos de Berias: Héber e Malquiel.18 Estes são os filhos de Zilpa, a qual Labão deu à sua filha Lia; e ela deu estes a Jacó, dezesseis almas.19 Os filhos de Raquel, mulher de Jacó: José e Benjamim.20 E nasceram a José, na terra do Egito, Manassés e Efraim, que lhe deu Azenate, filha de Potífera, sacerdote de Om.21 E os filhos de Benjamim foram Belá, e Bequer, e Asbel, e Gera, e Naamã, e Eí, e Rôs, e Mupim, e Hupim, e Arde.22 Estes são os filhos de Raquel, que nasceram a Jacó, ao todo foram catorze almas.23 E o filho de Dã: Husim.24 E os filhos de Naftali: Jazeel, e Guni, e Jezer, e Silém.25 Estes são os filhos de Bila, a qual Labão deu à sua filha Raquel; e ela deu estes a Jacó; todas as almas foram sete.26 Todas as almas que vieram com Jacó ao Egito, que saíram de seus lombos, fora as mulheres dos filhos de Jacó, todas as almas foram sessenta e seis.27 E os filhos de José, que lhe nasceram no Egito, foram duas almas. Todas as almas da casa de Jacó, que vieram ao Egito, foram setenta.28 E ele enviou Judá adiante até José, para direcionar sua face para Gósen, e eles vieram à terra de Gósen.29 E José preparou sua carruagem, e subiu para encontrar Israel, seu pai, em Gósen, e se apresentou a ele, e se lançou ao seu pescoço, e chorou ao seu pescoço por um bom tempo.30 E Israel disse a José: Agora, deixa-me morrer, pois eu vi a tua face, porque tu estás vivo ainda.31 E José disse a seus irmãos, e à casa de seu pai: Eu subirei, e anunciarei a Faraó, para dizer-lhe: Meus irmãos e a casa de meu pai, que estavam na terra de Canaã, vieram a mim;32 e os homens são pastores, pois seu trabalho tem sido apascentar gado, e eles trouxeram seus rebanhos, e seu gado, e tudo que eles têm.33 E acontecerá que, quando Faraó vos chamar, e lhes disser: Qual é a vossa ocupação?34 Vós direis: O negócio de teus servos tem sido com gado desde a nossa juventude até agora, tanto a nossa, como também de nossos pais, para que possais habitar na terra de Gósen, pois todo pastor é uma abominação para os egípcios.

1 So Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba. And he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.2 And God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and called out, Jacob! Jacob! And he said, Here am I.3 And He said, I am the Mighty God, the God of your fathers. Do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there.4 I will go down with you into Egypt, and I will arise to bring you back. And Joseph shall put his hand on your eyes.5 And Jacob arose from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.6 So they took their livestock and their possessions which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his seed with him.7 His sons and his sons’ sons, his daughters and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed he brought with him into Egypt.8 And these were the names of the sons of Israel who went into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben was Jacob’s firstborn.9 The sons of Reuben were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.10 The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.11 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.12 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.13 The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.14 The sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.15 These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls, his sons and his daughters: thirty-three.16 The sons of Gad were Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.17 The sons of Asher were Jimnah, Ishuah, Isui, Beriah, and Serah, their sister. And the sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel.18 These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob: sixteen souls.19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife, were Joseph and Benjamin.20 And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him.21 The sons of Benjamin were Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.22 These were the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: fourteen souls in all.23 The son of Dan was Hushim.24 The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.25 These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these to Jacob: seven souls in all.26 All the souls who went with Jacob to Egypt, who came forth from his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six souls in all.27 And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob who went into Egypt were seventy.28 And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to give directions before him to Goshen. And they came into the land of Goshen.29 And Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; and he presented himself to him, and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.30 And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive.31 And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s house, I will go up and report to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and those of my fathers house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.32 And the men tend cattle, for they are men of livestock; and they have brought their flocks, their herds, and all that they have.33 So it shall be, when Pharaoh summons you and says, What is your occupation?34 that you shall say, Your servants have been men of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and also our fathers; that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.