Genesis 46
1 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.
| وَارْتَحَلَ إِسْرَائِيلُ وَكُلُّ مَالَهُ حَتَّى وَصَلَ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ، فَقَدَّمَ ذَبَائِحَ إِلَى إِلَهِ أَبِيهِ إِسْحاقَ. | ١ |
2 That night, God called to Jacob in a vision, saying, “Jacob! Jacob!” He replied, “I am here!”
| وَقَالَ اللهُ لإِسْرَائِيلَ فِي رُؤَى اللَّيْلِ: «يَعْقُوبُ، يَعْقُوبُ». فَأَجَابَ: «هَا أَنَا» | ٢ |
3 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.
| فَقَالَ: «أَنَا هُوَ اللهُ، إِلَهُ أَبِيكَ. لَا تَخَفْ مِنَ الذَّهَابِ إِلَى مِصْرَ لأَنِّي أَجْعَلُكَ أُمَّةً عَظِيمَةً هُنَاكَ. | ٣ |
4 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]
| أَنَا أَصْحَبُكَ إِلَى مِصْرَ، وَأَنَا أُرْجِعُكَ أَيْضاً، وَيُغْمِضُ يُوسُفُ أَجْفَانَكَ بِيَدَيْهِ عِنْدَ مَوْتِكَ». | ٤ |
5 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.
| فَانْطَلَقَ يَعْقُوبُ مِنْ بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ. وَحَمَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَعْقُوبَ أَبَاهُمْ وَأَوْلادَهُمْ وَزَوْجَاتِهِمْ فِي الْعَرَبَاتِ الَّتِي أَرْسَلَهَا فِرْعَوْنُ لِنَقْلِهِ. | ٥ |
6 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.
| وَأَخَذُوا مَعَهُمْ مَوَاشِيَهُمْ وَمُقْتَنَيَاتِهِمِ الَّتِي اقْتَنَوْهَا فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ وَجَاءُوا جَمِيعاً إِلَى مِصْرَ، | ٦ |
7 Jacob went to Egypt with all his sons and his daughters and grandsons and granddaughters—his whole family.
| فَقَدْ صَحِبَ يَعْقُوبُ مَعَهُ إِلَى مِصْرَ أَبْنَاءَهُ وَأَحْفَادَهُ مِنْ بَنِينَ وَبَنَاتٍ، وَسَائِرَ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ. | ٧ |
8 (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.)
| وَهَذِهِ أَسْمَاءُ أَبْنَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ قَدِمُوا مَعَهُ إِلَى مِصْرَ. يَعْقُوبُ وَأَبْنَاؤُهُ: رَأُوبَيْنُ بِكْرُ يَعْقُوبَ. | ٨ |
| وَأَبْنَاءُ رَأُوبَيْنَ: حَنُوكُ وَفَلُّو وَحَصْرُونُ وَكَرْمِي. | ٩ |
| وَأَبْنَاءُ شِمْعُونَ: يَمُوئِيلُ وَيَامِينُ وَأُوهَدُ وَيَاكِينُ وَصُوحَرُ وَشَأُولُ ابْنُ الْكَنْعَانِيَّةِ. | ١٠ |
| وَأَبْنَاءُ لاوِي: جِرْشُونُ وَقَهَاتُ وَمَرَارِي. | ١١ |
| وَأَبْنَاءُ يَهُوذَا: عِيرٌ وَأُونَانُ وَشِيلَةُ وَفَارَصُ وَزَارَحُ. وَمَاتَ عِيرٌ وَأُونَانُ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ. وَأَمَّا ابْنَا فَارَصَ فَهُمَا حَصْرُونُ وَحَامُولُ. | ١٢ |
| وَأَبْنَاءُ يَسَّاكَرَ: تُولاعُ وَفَوَّةُ وَيُوبٌ وَشِمْرُونُ. | ١٣ |
| وَأَبْنَاءُ زَبُولُونَ: سَارَدُ وَإِيلُونُ وَيَاحَلْئِيلُ. | ١٤ |
| هَؤُلاءِ جَمِيعُهُمْ أَبْنَاءُ لَيْئَةَ الَّذِينَ أَنْجَبَتْهُمْ لِيَعْقُوبَ فِي سَهْلِ أَرَامَ، فَضْلاً عَنِ ابْنَتِهِ دِينَةَ. فَكَانَ مَجْمُوعُ عَدَدِ بَنِيهِ وَبَنَاتِهِ وَأَحْفَادِهِ مِنْ لَيْئَةَ ثَلاثَةً وَثَلاثِينَ. | ١٥ |
| وَأَبْنَاءُ جَادٍ صِفْيُونُ وَحَجِّي وَشُونِي وَأَصْبُونَ وَعِيرِي وَأَرُودِي وَأَرْئِيلِي. | ١٦ |
| وَأَبْنَاءُ أَشِيرَ: يِمْنَةُ وَيِشْوَةُ وَيِشْوِيُ وَبَرِيعَةُ وَأُخْتُهُمْ سَارَحُ. أَمَّا ابْنَا بَرِيعَةَ فَهُمَا حَابَرُ وَمَلْكِيئِيلُ. | ١٧ |
| هُؤُلاءِ هُمْ بَنُو زِلْفَةَ جَارِيَةِ لَيْئَةَ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا إِيَّاهَا لابَانُ. فَكَانَ عَدَدُ ذُرِّيَّتِهَا الَّتِي أَنْجَبَتْهَا لِيَعْقُوبَ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ نَفْساً. | ١٨ |
| أَمَّا ابْنَا رَاحِيلَ زَوْجَةِ يَعْقُوبَ فَهُمَا يُوسُفُ وَبِنْيَامِينُ. | ١٩ |
| وَوُلِدَ لِيُوسُفَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ مَنَسَّى وَأَفْرَايِمُ اللَّذَانِ أَنْجَبَتْهُمَا لَهُ أَسْنَاتُ ابْنَةُ فُوطِيفَارَعَ كَاهِنِ أُونٍ. | ٢٠ |
| وَأَبْنَاءُ بِنْيَامِينَ بَالَعُ وَبَاكَرُ وَأَشْبِيلُ وَجِيرَا وَنَعْمَانُ وَإِيحِي وَرُوشُ وَمُفِّيمُ وَحُفِّيمُ وَأَرْدُ | ٢١ |
| هَؤُلاءِ ذُرِّيَّةُ رَاحِيلَ الَّذِينَ وُلِدُوا لِيَعْقُوبَ. وَعَدَدُهُمْ جَمِيعاً أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ شَخْصاً. | ٢٢ |
| وَابْنُ دَانٍ هُوَ حُوشِيمُ. | ٢٣ |
| وَأَبْنَاءُ نَفْتَالِي: يَاحَصْئِيلُ وَجُونِي وَيِصْرُ وَشِلِّيمُ. | ٢٤ |
| هَؤُلاءِ بَنُو يَعْقُوبَ الَّذِينَ أَنْجَبَتْهُمْ لَهُ بِلْهَةُ جَارِيَةُ رَاحِيلَ الَّتِي أَعْطَاهَا إِيَّاهَا أَبُوهَا لابَانُ، وَعَدَدُهُمْ جَمِيعاً سَبْعَةُ أَشْخَاصٍ. | ٢٥ |
26 Altogether there were 66 people who were Jacob’s descendants who went to Egypt with him. That number does not include his sons’ wives.
| فَكَانَ عَدَدُ جَمِيعِ الأَشْخَاصِ الْخَارِجِينَ مِنْ صُلْبِ يَعْقُوبَ، مِمَّنْ وَفَدُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ، سِتَّةً وَسِتِّينَ شَخْصاً مَاعَدَا زَوْجَاتِ أَبْنَائِهِ. | ٢٦ |
27 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.
| وَابْنَا يُوسُفَ اللَّذَانِ وُلِدَا لَهُ فِي مِصْرَ هُمَا شَخْصَانِ. فَيَكُونُ عَدَدُ نُفُوسِ بَيْتِ يَعْقُوبَ الَّتِي قَدِمَتْ إِلَى مِصْرَ سَبْعِينَ نَفْساً. | ٢٧ |
28 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,
| وَأَرْسَلَ يَعْقُوبُ يَهُوذَا أَمَامَهُ إِلَى يُوسُفَ لِيَدُلَّهُ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ الْمُؤَدِّيَةِ إِلَى جَاسَانَ. | ٢٨ |
29 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.
| فَأَعَدَّ يُوسُفُ مَرْكَبَتَهُ وَصَعِدَ لِلِقَاءِ أَبِيهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي جَاسَانَ. وَمَا إِنْ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى عَانَقَهُ يُوسُفُ وَبَكَى زَمَاناً طَوِيلاً. | ٢٩ |
30 Jacob said to Joseph, “I have seen you and I know that you are still alive! So now I am ready to die.”
| وَقَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ لِيُوسُفَ: «دَعْنِي أَمُوتُ الآنَ إِذْ قَدْ أَبْصَرْتُ وَجْهَكَ وَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّكَ مَازِلْتَ حَيًّا». | ٣٠ |
31 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.
| وَخَاطَبَ يُوسُفُ إخْوَتَهُ وَبَيْتَ أَبِيهِ: «أَنَا مَاضٍ الآنَ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ لأُخْبِرَهُ أَنَّ إخْوَتِي وَبَيْتَ أَبِي الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ قَدْ قَدِمُوا إِلَيَّ. | ٣١ |
32 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.’
| وَهُمْ رُعَاةُ غَنَمٍ، وَحِرْفَتُهُمْ رِعَايَةُ الْمَوَاشِي، لِذَلِكَ أَحْضَرُوا مَعَهُمْ غَنَمَهُمْ وَبَقَرَهُمْ وَكُلَّ مَالَهُمْ. | ٣٢ |
33 When the king summons you and asks, ‘What work do you do?’
| فَإِذَا دَعَاكُمْ وَسَأَلَكُمْ: مَا حِرْفَتُكُمْ؟ | ٣٣ |
34 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.
| قُولُوا: حِرْفَتُنَا رِعَايَةُ الْمَوَاشِي مُنْذُ صِبَانَا إِلَى الآنَ، كَذَلِكَ نَحْنُ وَهَكَذَا كَانَ آبَاؤُنَا جَمِيعاً. لِكَيْ تُقِيمُوا فِي أَرْضِ جَاسَانَ؛ لأَنَّ كُلَّ رَاعِي غَنَمٍ نَجِسٌ لَدَى الْمِصْرِيِّينَ». | ٣٤ |
