Genesis 46
1 Toen vertrok Israël met al de zijnen, en ging naar Beër-Sjéba. Daar droeg hij een offer op aan den God van zijn vader Isaäk.
So Jacob left [Canaan], taking with him all his family and possessions. When they arrived at Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to God, the one whom his father Isaac worshiped.
2 En God sprak tot Israël in een nachtelijk visioen: Jakob, Jakob! Hij antwoordde: Hier ben ik!
That night, God called to Jacob in a vision, saying, “Jacob! Jacob!” He replied, “I am here!”
3 En Hij zeide: Ik ben God, de God van uw vader! Vrees niet, naar Egypte te trekken; want Ik zal daar een groot volk van u maken.
God said, “I am God, the one your father worshiped. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, because I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation there.
4 Ik zelf ga met u mee naar Egypte; maar Ik breng u ook terug, en Josef zal u de ogen sluiten.
I will go down to Egypt with you, and later I will bring [your descendants] back to Canaan again. And Joseph will be with you [MTY] when you die.” [IDM]
5 Daarna trok Jakob uit Beër-Sjéba. De zonen van Israël zetten hun vader Jakob met hun kinderen en vrouwen op de wagens, die Farao gezonden had, om hen te vervoeren,
Jacob left Beersheba, and his sons took their father, their wives, and their children, in the carts that the king had sent for them to travel in.
6 en namen hun vee en hun bezittingen mee, die ze in het land Kanaän hadden verworven. Zo trok Jakob met heel zijn geslacht naar Egypte.
So Jacob and all his family went to Egypt. They took with them the livestock and all the other possessions that they had acquired in Canaan.
7 Zijn zonen en kleinzonen, zijn dochters en kleindochters, heel zijn geslacht voerde hij mee naar Egypte.
Jacob went to Egypt with all his sons and his daughters and grandsons and granddaughters—his whole family.
8 Dit zijn de namen van de zonen van Israël, die naar Egypte kwamen: Jakob en zijn zonen; de oudste zoon van Jakob was Ruben.
(Here is/I will now give you) a list of the names of the members of Jacob’s family who went with him to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s oldest son; Reuben’s sons Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; Simeon and his sons Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, who was the son of a Canaan people-group woman; Levi and his sons Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; Judah and his sons, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (his other sons, Er, and Onan, had died in Canaan); Perez and his two sons Hezron and Hamul; Issachar and his sons Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron; Zebulon and his sons Sered, Elon, and Jahleel; (Those were the sons of Jacob and Leah, and their daughter Dinah, who were born in Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia: There were 33 of them, altogether.) They had Gad and his sons Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli; Asher and his sons Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; and their sister Serah; Beriah’s sons Heber and Malkiel; (Those were the children and grandchildren of Jacob and Zilpah, the slave girl whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah: There were 16 of them, altogether.) Joseph and Benjamin, the sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel; (Ephraim and Manasseh were Joseph’s two sons. [They did not go down to Egypt] because they were already in Egypt. They were sons of Asenath, the daughter of On, who was the priest in the temple in On [city].) Benjamin and his sons Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard; (Those were the sons and grandsons of Rachel and Jacob: There were 14 people altogether.) Dan and his son Hushim; Naphtali and his sons Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. (Those were the sons and grandsons of Jacob and Bilhah, the slave girl whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel: There were seven people altogether.)
9 De zonen van Ruben waren Chanok, Palloe, Chesron en Karmi.
10 De zonen van Simeon: Jemoeël, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Sóchar en Sjaoel, de zoon van een kanaänietische vrouw.
11 De zonen van Levi: Gersjon, Kehat en Merari.
12 De zonen van Juda: Er, Onan, Sjela, Fares en Zara. Er en Onan stierven in het land Kanaän. De zonen van Fares waren Esron en Chamoel.
13 De zonen van Issakar: Tola, Poewwa, Job en Sjimron.
14 De zonen van Zabulon: Séred, Elon en Jachleël.
15 Dit waren de zonen van Lea, die zij Jakob in Paddan-Aram had geschonken; bovendien nog zijn dochter Dina. Allen tezamen drie en dertig zonen en dochters.
16 De zonen van Gad waren: Sifjon, Chaggi, Sjoeni, Esbon, Eri, Arodi en Areli.
17 De zonen van Aser: Jimna, Jisjwa, Jisjwi en Beria, en Sérach hun zuster. De zonen van Beria waren Chéber en Malkiël.
18 Dit waren de zonen van Zilpa, die Laban aan zijn dochter Lea had gegeven; deze zestien had zij Jakob geschonken.
19 De zonen van Jakobs vrouw Rachel waren Josef en Benjamin.
20 In Egypte werden Manasse en Efraïm aan Josef geboren uit Asenat, de dochter van Poti-Féra, den priester van On.
21 De zonen van Benjamin waren Béla, Béker, Asjbel, Gera, Naäman, Echi, Rosj, Moeppim, Choeppim en Ard.
22 Dit waren de zonen van Rachel, die zij Jakob had geschonken. In het geheel veertien personen.
23 De zoon van Dan was Choesjim.
24 De zonen van Neftali: Jachseël, Goeni, Jéser en Sjillem.
25 Dit waren de zonen van Bilha, die Laban aan zijn dochter Rachel had gegeven. Dezen had zij Jakob geschonken; in het geheel zeven personen.
26 Het volledig aantal personen uit Jakob geboren, die met hem naar Egypte trokken, bedroeg zes en zestig, behalve de vrouwen van zijn zonen.
Altogether there were 66 people who were Jacob’s descendants who went to Egypt with him. That number does not include his sons’ wives.
27 De zonen van Josef in Egypte geboren waren twee in getal. Dus bedroeg het hele geslacht van Jakob, dat naar Egypte kwam, zeventig personen.
Including Jacob and Joseph and Joseph’s two sons who were born in Egypt, there were 70 members of Jacob’s family when they were all there in Egypt.
28 Nadat Jakob Juda vooruit had gezonden naar Josef, om hem bij zich in Gósjen te ontbieden, kwamen zij in het land Gósjen aan.
Jacob sent Judah to go ahead of the rest of them to talk with Joseph and ask for directions on how to travel to Goshen. Then [Judah returned to the rest of his family and] they all traveled to the Goshen region. When they arrived there,
29 En Josef spande zijn wagen in, en reed naar Gósjen, om zijn vader Israël te ontmoeten. Toen hij hem zag, viel hij hem snikkend om de hals.
Joseph got his chariot ready and went to Goshen to meet his father. When Joseph arrived, he threw his arms around his father’s neck and cried a long time.
30 En Israël sprak tot Josef: Thans kan ik gerust sterven, nu ik u heb teruggezien, en nu ik weet, dat ge nog leeft!
Jacob said to Joseph, “I have seen you and I know that you are still alive! So now I am ready to die.”
31 Daarna sprak Josef tot zijn broers en tot het gezin van zijn vader: Ik zal Farao gaan berichten: "Mijn broeders en het gezin van mijn vader, die in het land Kanaän woonden, zijn bij mij aangekomen.
Then Joseph said to his [older] brothers [and younger brother] and to the rest of his father’s family, “I will go to the king and say to him, ‘My [older] brothers [and younger brother] and my father and the rest of his family, who were living in Canaan land, have all come to me.
32 De mannen willen hun kudde weiden; want het zijn veebezitters, en ze hebben hun schapen en runderen met heel hun bezit met zich meegebracht."
The men are all shepherds. They take care of their livestock, and they have brought with them their sheep and goats and cattle, and everything else that they own.’
33 Wanneer Farao u dus ontbiedt en u vraagt, wat uw beroep is,
When the king summons you and asks, ‘What work do you do?’
34 moet ge antwoorden: "Uw dienaars zijn als onze vaders veebezitters geweest van onze jeugd af tot heden toe." Dan zult gij u in het land Gósjen mogen vestigen; want de Egyptenaren hebben een afkeer van schaapherders.
answer him by saying, ‘From the time when we were young, we have taken care of livestock, just as our ancestors did.’ If you tell him that, he will let you live in the Goshen region.” Joseph told them to say that because the people of Egypt despised all shepherds.
