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 Niin Israel lähti liikkeelle ja otti mukaan kaiken väkensä ja omaisuutensa. Kun hän saapui Beer- sebaan, hän uhrasi teurasuhreja isänsä Iisakin Juma- lalle.
5 Jaakob lähti Beersebasta, ja hänen poikansa kuljettivat hänet sekä lapsensa ja vaimonsa Egyptiin niillä vaunuilla, jotka farao oli lähettänyt nouta- maan häntä.
6 He ottivat karjansa ja kaiken muun omaisuutensa, jonka olivat Kanaaninmaassa hankki- neet, ja niin Jaakob ja koko hänen sukunsa tulivat Egyptiin.
7 Jaakob vei kaikki poikansa ja pojanpoi- kansa, tyttärensä ja poikiensa tyttäret, koko sukun- sa mukanaan Egyptiin.
8 Nämä ovat Egyptiin tulleiden israelilaisten, Jaa- kobin jälkeläisten, nimet: Jaakobin esikoinen oli Ruuben,
9 ja Ruubenin pojat olivat Henok, Pallu, Hesron ja Karmi.
10 Simeonin pojat olivat Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Sohar ja Saul, jonka äiti oli kanaanilainen.
11 Leevin pojat olivat Gerson, Kehat ja Merari.
12 Juudan pojat olivat Er, Onan, Sela, Peres ja Serah. Er ja Onan olivat kuolleet Kanaanin- maassa. Peresin pojat olivat Hesron ja Hamul.
13 Isaskarin pojat olivat Tola, Puvva, Jasub ja Simron.
14 Sebulonin pojat olivat Sered, Elon ja Jahleel.
15 Tässä olivat Lean pojat, jotka hän oli synnyttänyt Jaakobille Mesopotamiassa, ja näiden poikien pojat. Mesopotamiassa Lealle oli syntynyt myös tytär Dina. Näitä Jaakobin jälkeläisiä, poikia ja tyttäriä, oli kolmekymmentäkolme.
16 Gadin pojat olivat Sifjon, Haggi, Suni, Esbon, Eri, Arodi ja Areli.
17 Asserin pojat olivat Jimna, Jisva, Jisvi ja Beria, ja heillä oli sisar Sera. Berian pojat olivat Heber ja Malkiel.
18 Näiden kuudentoista Jaakobin jälkeläisen kantaäiti oli Silpa, jonka Laban oli antanut orjattareksi tyttä- relleen Lealle.
19 Jaakobin vaimon Raakelin pojat olivat Joosef ja Benjamin.
20 Joosefille syntyivät Egyptissä pojat Manasse ja Efraim, ja heidät synnytti Asenat, Onin papin Poti-Feran tytär.
21 Benjaminin pojat olivat Bela, Beker, Asbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Ros, Muppim, Huppim ja Ard.
22 Näitä Jaakobille syntyneitä jälkeläisiä, joiden kantaäiti oli Raakel, oli neljätoista.
23 Danin poika oli Husim.
24 Naftalin pojat olivat Jahseel, Guni, Jeser ja Sillem.
25 Näiden seitsemän Jaakobin jälkeläisen kantaäiti oli Bilha, jonka Laban oli antanut orjattareksi tyttärelleen Raake- lille.
26 Jaakobin jälkeläisiä, jotka tulivat hänen mukanaan Egyptiin, oli kaikkiaan kuusikymmentäkuusi henkeä, ja vielä lisäksi hänen poikiensa vaimot.
27 Joosefin poikia, jotka olivat syntyneet hänelle Egyptissä, oli kaksi. Näin oli Jaakobin sukuun kuu- luvia tullut Egyptiin kaikkiaan seitsemänkymmentä henkeä.
28 Jaakob lähetti Juudan edellään Joosefin luo ilmoittamaan heidän saapumisestaan Goseniin. Niin he tulivat Gosenin maakuntaan,
29 ja Joosef valjastutti vaununsa ja lähti sinne isäänsä Israelia vastaan. Heti kun hän näki Jaakobin, hän riensi syleilemään häntä ja itki pitkään hänen olkaansa vasten.
32 Sanon hänelle, että te olette paimenia, olette aina olleet karjankasvattajia ja olette nyt tuoneet tänne lampaanne, vuohenne, nautakarjanne ja kaiken muun omaisuutenne.
33 Kun sitten farao kutsuu teidät luokseen ja kysyy, mikä teidän ammattinne on,