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 Jacobs 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, Jacobs 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 Jacobs 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 fathers 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.
1 Israel partiu com tudo o que lhe pertencia. Ao chegar a Berseba, ofereceu sacrifícios ao Deus de Isaque, seu pai.
2 E Deus falou a Israel por meio de uma visão noturna: "Jacó! Jacó! " "Eis-me aqui", respondeu ele.
3 "Eu sou Deus, o Deus de seu pai", disse ele. "Não tenha medo de descer ao Egito, porque lá farei de você uma grande nação.
4 Eu mesmo descerei ao Egito com você e certamente o trarei de volta. E a mão de José fechará os seus olhos. "
5 Então Jacó partiu de Berseba. Os filhos de Israel levaram seu pai Jacó, seus filhos e as suas mulheres nas carruagens que o faraó tinha enviado.
6 Também levaram os seus rebanhos e os bens que tinham adquirido em Canaã. Assim Jacó foi para o Egito com toda a sua descendência.
7 Levou consigo para o Egito seus filhos, seus netos, suas filhas e suas netas, isto é, todos os seus descendentes.
8 Estes são os nomes dos israelitas, Jacó e seus descendentes, que foram para o Egito: Rúben, o filho mais velho de Jacó.
9 Estes foram os filhos de Rúben: Enoque, Palu, Hezrom e Carmi.
10 Estes foram os filhos de Simeão: Jemuel, Jamim, Oade, Jaquim, Zoar e Saul, filho de uma cananéia.
11 Estes foram os filhos de Levi: Gérson, Coate e Merari.
12 Estes foram os filhos de Judá: Er, Onã, Selá, Perez e Zerá. Er e Onã morreram na terra de Canaã. Estes foram os filhos de Perez: Hezrom e Hamul.
13 Estes foram os filhos de Issacar: Tolá, Puá, Jasube e Sinrom.
14 Estes foram os filhos de Zebulom: Serede, Elom e Jaleel.
15 Foram esses os filhos que Lia deu a Jacó em Padã-Arã, além de sua filha Diná. Seus descendentes eram ao todo trinta e três.
16 Estes foram os filhos de Gade: Zefom, Hagi, Suni, Esbom, Eri, Arodi e Areli.
17 Estes foram os filhos de Aser: Imna, Isvá, Isvi e Berias, e a irmã deles, Sera. Estes foram os filhos de Berias: Héber e Malquiel.
18 Foram esses os dezesseis descendentes que Zilpa, serva que Labão tinha dado à sua filha Lia, deu a Jacó.
19 Estes foram os filhos de Raquel, mulher de Jacó: José e Benjamim.
20 Azenate, filha de Potífera, sacerdote de Om, deu dois filhos a José no Egito: Manassés e Efraim.
21 Estes foram os filhos de Benjamim: Belá, Bequer, Asbel, Gera, Naamã, Eí, Rôs, Mupim, Hupim e Arde.
22 Foram esses os catorze descendentes que Raquel deu a Jacó.
23 O filho de Dã foi Husim.
24 Estes foram os filhos de Naftali: Jazeel, Guni, Jezer e Silém.
25 Foram esses os sete descendentes que Bila, serva que Labão tinha dado à sua filha Raquel, deu a Jacó.
26 Todos os que foram para o Egito com Jacó, todos os seus descendentes, sem contar as mulheres de seus filhos, totalizaram sessenta e seis pessoas.
27 Com mais os dois filhos que nasceram a José no Egito, os membros da família de Jacó que foram para o Egito chegaram a setenta.
28 Ora, Jacó enviou Judá à sua frente a José, para saber como ir a Gósen. Quando lá chegaram,
29 José, de carruagem pronta, partiu para Gósen para encontrar-se com seu pai Israel. Assim que o viu, correu para abraçá-lo e, abraçado a ele, chorou longamente.
30 Israel disse a José: "Agora já posso morrer, pois vi o seu rosto e sei que você ainda está vivo".
31 Então José disse aos seus irmãos e a toda família de seu pai: "Vou partir e informar ao faraó que os meus irmãos e toda a família de meu pai, que viviam em Canaã, vieram para cá.
32 Direi que os homens são pastores, cuidam de rebanhos, e trouxeram consigo suas ovelhas, seus bois e tudo quanto lhes pertence.
33 Quando o faraó mandar chamá-los e perguntar: ‘Em que vocês trabalham? ’,
34 respondam-lhe assim: ‘Teus servos criam rebanhos desde pequenos, como o fizeram nossos antepassados’. Assim lhes será permitido habitar na região de Gósen, pois todos os pastores são desprezados pelos egípcios".