| 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. | 1 So Israel set out with al his possessions. Arriving at Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of hisfather Isaac. |
| 2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. | 2 God spoke to Israel in a vision at night, 'Jacob, Jacob,' he said. 'Here I am,' he replied. |
| 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: | 3 'I am El, God of your father,' he said. 'Do not be afraid of going down to Egypt, for I will make you intoa great nation there. |
| 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. | 4 I shal go down to Egypt with you and I myself shall bring you back again, and Joseph's hand wilclose your 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. | 5 So Jacob left Beersheba. Israel's sons conveyed their father Jacob, their little children and their wivesin the waggons Pharaoh had sent to fetch 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: | 6 Taking their livestock and all that they had acquired in Canaan, they arrived in Egypt -- Jacob and alhis offspring. |
| 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. | 7 With him to Egypt, he brought his sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters -- al hisoffspring. |
| 8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. | 8 These were the names of the Israelites, Jacob and his descendants, who arrived in Egypt: Reuben,Jacob's first-born, |
| 9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. | 9 and the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pal u, 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. | 10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of the Canaanitewoman. |
| 11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. | 11 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. | 12 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (Er and Onan had died in Canaan), andHezron and Hamul sons of Perez. |
| 13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. | 13 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Jashub and Shimron. |
| 14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. | 14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered, 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. | 15 These were the sons that Leah had borne to Jacob in Paddan-Aram, besides his daughter Dinah; inal , his sons and daughters numbered thirty-three. |
| 16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. | 16 The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, 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. | 17 The sons of Asher: Jimnah, Jishvah, Jishvi, Beriah, with their sister Serah; the sons of Beriah: Heberand Malchiel. |
| 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. | 18 These were the sons of Zilpah whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah; she bore these to Jacob --sixteen persons. |
| 19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. | 19 The sons of Rachel wife of Jacob: 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. | 20 Born to Joseph in Egypt were: Manasseh and Ephraim sons of Asenath, daughter of Potiphera priestof On. |
| 21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. | 21 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard. |
| 22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. | 22 These were the sons that Rachel bore to Jacob -- fourteen persons in al . |
| 23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim. | 23 The sons of Dan: Hushim. |
| 24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. | 24 The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer and Shil em. |
| 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. | 25 These were the sons of Bilhah whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel; she bore these to Jacob --seven persons in all. |
| 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; | 26 Altogether, the members of Jacob's family who arrived with him in Egypt -- his own issue, notcounting the wives of Jacob's sons -- numbered sixty-six all told. |
| 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. | 27 With Joseph's sons born to him in Egypt -- two persons -- the members of Jacob's family who wentto Egypt totalled seventy. |
| 28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. | 28 Israel sent Judah ahead to Joseph, so that Judah might present himself to Joseph in Goshen. Whenthey arrived in 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. | 29 Joseph had his chariot made ready and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as heappeared he threw his arms round his neck and for a long time wept on his shoulder. |
| 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. | 30 Israel said to Joseph, 'Now I can die, now that I have seen you in person and seen you stil 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; | 31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father's family, 'I shall go back and break the news toPharaoh. I shall tel him, "My brothers and my father's family who were in Canaan have come to 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. | 32 The men are shepherds and look after livestock, and they have brought their flocks and cattle and altheir possessions." |
| 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? | 33 Thus, when Pharaoh summons you and asks, "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. | 34 you are to say, "Ever since our boyhood your servants have looked after livestock, we and ourfathers before us," so that you can stay in the Goshen region -- for the Egyptians have a horror of al shepherds.' |