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, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. 9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, 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 Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-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; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, 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, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, which 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, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven. 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six; 27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face 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 presented himself unto him; and he 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, because thou art yet alive. 31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; 32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed 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’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
1 En Israel het weggetrek met alles wat aan hom behoort het, en in Bers,ba gekom; en hy het offerandes gebring aan die God van sy vader Isak.
2 En God het tot Israel gespreek in naggesigte en gesê: Jakob, Jakob! En hy antwoord: Hier is ek!
3 Toe sê Hy: Ek is God, die God van jou vader. Moenie bevrees wees om na Egipte af te trek nie, want Ek sal jou daar 'n groot nasie maak.
4 Ek sal saam met jou aftrek na Egipte, en Ek sal jou gewis ook weer laat optrek; en Josef sal jou oë toedruk.
5 Daarna het Jakob weggetrek van Bers,ba af. En die seuns van Israel het hulle vader Jakob met hulle kinders en hulle vroue op die waens gelaai wat Farao gestuur het om hom te vervoer.
6 En hulle het hul vee en besittings geneem wat hulle in die land Kana„n verwerf het, en in Egipte gekom, Jakob en sy hele geslag saam met hom:
7 sy seuns en sy kleinseuns saam met hom; sy dogters en kleindogters en sy hele geslag het hy saam met hom in Egipte gebring.
8 En dit is die name van die seuns van Israel wat in Egipte gekom het -- Jakob en sy seuns. Die eersgeborene van Jakob was Ruben.
9 En die seuns van Ruben: Henog en Pallu en Hesron en Karmi.
10 En die seuns van S¡meon: J,muel en Jamin en Ohad en Jagin en Sohar en Saul, die seun van die Kana„nitiese vrou.
11 En die seuns van Levi: Gerson, Kehat en Mer ri.
12 En die seuns van Juda: Er en Onan en Sela en Peres en Serag. Maar Er en Onan het gesterwe in die land Kana„n; en die seuns van Peres was Hesron en Hamul.
13 En die seuns van Issaskar: Tola en Puwa en Job en Simron.
14 En die seuns van S,bulon: Sered en Elon en J gleël.
15 Dit is die seuns van Lea wat sy vir Jakob gebaar het in Paddan-Aram, saam met sy dogter Dina; al die siele van sy seuns en dogters was drie en dertig.
16 En die seuns van Gad: Sifjon en Haggi, Suni en Esbon, Eri en Arodi en Areëli.
17 En die seuns van Aser: Jimna en Jiswa en Jiswi en Ber¡a en Serag, hulle suster; en die seuns van Ber¡a: Heber en M lkiël.
18 Dit is die seuns van Silpa wat Laban aan sy dogter Lea gegee het; en sy het vir Jakob hierdie sestien siele gebaar.
19 Die seuns van Ragel, die vrou van Jakob: Josef en Benjamin.
20 En vir Josef is in Egipteland gebore Manasse en Efraim wat Asenat, die dogter van Potif,ra, die priester van On, vir hom gebaar het.
21 En die seuns van Benjamin: Bela en Beger en Asbel, Gera en Na„man, Egi en Ros, Muppim en Huppim en Ard.
22 Dit is die seuns van Ragel wat vir Jakob gebore is, almal saam veertien siele.
23 En die seuns van Dan: Husim.
24 En die seuns van N ftali: J gseël en Guni en Jeser en Sillem.
25 Dit is die seuns van Bilha wat Laban aan sy dogter Ragel gegee het; en sy het hulle vir Jakob gebaar, almal saam sewe siele.
26 Al die siele wat aan Jakob behoort het en, uit sy heup afkomstig, na Egipte gegaan het, behalwe die vroue van die seuns van Jakob, was almal saam ses en sestig siele.
27 En die seuns van Josef wat vir hom in Egipte gebore is, was twee siele. Al die siele van die huis van Jakob wat in Egipte gekom het, was sewentig.
28 En hy het Juda voor hom uit gestuur na Josef, dat die voor hom uit die pad moes wys na Gosen; en hulle het in die land Gosen aangekom.
29 Toe span Josef sy wa in, en hy trek op, sy vader Israel tegemoet na Gosen. En toe hy homself aan hom vertoon, het hy om sy hals geval en lank aan sy hals geween.
30 En Israel sê vir Josef: Nou kan ek sterwe nadat ek jou aangesig gesien het, dat jy nog leef!
31 Daarna het Josef met sy broers en die huis van sy vader gespreek: Ek sal optrek en aan Farao vertel en aan hom sê: My broers en die huis van my vader wat in die land Kana„n was, het na my gekom.
32 En die manne is herders van kleinvee -- want hulle was veeboere -- en hulle het hul kleinvee en hul beeste en alles wat hulle besit, saamgebring.
33 En as Farao julle laat roep en sê: Wat is julle nering?
34 dan moet julle antwoord: U dienaars was veeboere van ons jeug af tot nou toe, ons sowel as ons vaders -- sodat julle in die land Gosen kan woon. Want elke herder van kleinvee is vir die Egiptenaars 'n gruwel.