1 Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. 2 God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, "Jacob, Jacob!"

He said, "Here I am."

3 He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation. 4 I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph’s hand will close your eyes."

5 Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt—Jacob, and all his offspring with him, 7 his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and he brought all his offspring with him into Egypt.

8 These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. 9 The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, 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 died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron. 14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three. 16 The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. 17 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls. 19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin. 20 To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. 21 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. 23 The son of Dan: Hushim. 24 The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven. 26 All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct offspring, in addition to Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six. 27 The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.

28 Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 Joseph prepared his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. 30 Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive."

31 Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father’s house, "I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, ‘My brothers, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. 32 These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’ 33 It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘What is your occupation?’ 34 that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to 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.