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.
Israele dunque si partì con tutto quello che aveva; e, giunto a Beer-Sceba, offrì sacrifizi all’Iddio d’Isacco suo padre.
2 That night, God called to Jacob in a vision, saying, “Jacob! Jacob!” He replied, “I am here!”
E Dio parlò a Israele in visioni notturne, e disse: “Giacobbe, Giacobbe!” Ed egli rispose: “Eccomi”.
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.
E Dio disse: “Io sono Iddio, l’Iddio di tuo padre; non temere di scendere in Egitto, perché là ti farò diventare una grande nazione.
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]
Io scenderò con te in Egitto, e te ne farò anche sicuramente risalire; e Giuseppe ti chiuderà gli occhi”.
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.
Allora Giacobbe partì da Beer-Sceba; e i figliuoli d’Israele fecero salire Giacobbe loro padre, i loro piccini e le loro mogli sui carri che Faraone avea mandato per trasportarli.
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.
Ed essi presero il loro bestiame e i beni che aveano acquistato nel paese di Canaan, e vennero in Egitto: Giacobbe, e tutta la sua famiglia con lui.
7 Jacob went to Egypt with all his sons and his daughters and grandsons and granddaughters—his whole family.
Egli condusse seco in Egitto i suoi figliuoli, le sue figliuole, le figliuole de’ suoi figliuoli, e tutta la sua famiglia.
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.)
Questi sono i nomi de’ figliuoli d’Israele che vennero in Egitto: Giacobbe e i suoi figliuoli. Il primogenito di Giacobbe: Ruben.
I figliuoli di Ruben: Henoc, Pallu, Hetsron e Carmi.
I figliuoli di Simeone: Iemuel, Iamin, Ohad, Iakin, Tsohar e Saul, figliuolo di una Cananea.
I figliuoli di Levi: Gherson, Kehath e Merari.
I figliuoli di Giuda: Er, Onan, Scela, Perets e Zerach; ma Er e Onan morirono nel paese di Canaan; e i figliuoli di Perets furono: Hetsron e Hamul.
I figliuoli d’Issacar: Tola, Puva, Iob e Scimron.
I figliuoli di Zabulon: Sered, Elon e Iahleel.
Cotesti sono i figliuoli che Lea partorì a Giacobbe a Paddan-Aram, oltre Dina figliuola di lui. I suoi figliuoli e le sue figliuole erano in tutto trentatre persone.
I figliuoli di Gad: Tsifion, Haggi, Shuni, Etsbon, Eri, Arodi e Areli.
I figliuoli di Ascer: Imna, Tishva, Tishvi, Beria e Serah loro sorella. E i figliuoli di Beria: Heber e Malkiel.
Cotesti furono i figliuoli di Zilpa che Labano avea dato a Lea sua figliuola; ed essa li partorì a Giacobbe: in tutto sedici persone.
I figliuoli di Rachele, moglie di Giacobbe: Giuseppe e Beniamino.
E a Giuseppe, nel paese d’Egitto, nacquero Manasse ed Efraim, i quali Asenath, figliuola di Potifera, sacerdote di On, gli partorì.
I figliuoli di Beniamino: Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Ghera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim e Ard.
Cotesti sono i figliuoli di Rachele che nacquero a Giacobbe: in tutto, quattordici persone.
I figliuoli di Dan: Huscim.
I figliuoli di Neftali: Iahtseel, Guni, Ietser e Scillem.
Cotesti sono i figliuoli di Bilha che Labano avea dato a Rachele sua figliuola, ed essa li partorì a Giacobbe: in tutto, sette persone.
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.
Le persone che vennero con Giacobbe in Egitto, discendenti da lui, senza contare le mogli de’ figliuoli di Giacobbe, erano in tutto sessantasei.
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.
E i figliuoli di Giuseppe, natigli in Egitto, erano due. Il totale delle persone della famiglia di Giacobbe che vennero in Egitto, era di settanta.
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,
Or Giacobbe mandò avanti a sé Giuda a Giuseppe, perché questi lo introducesse nel paese di Goscen. E giunsero nel paese di Goscen.
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.
Giuseppe fece attaccare il suo carro, e salì in Goscen a incontrare Israele, suo padre; e gli si presentò, gli si gettò al collo, e pianse lungamente sul collo di lui.
30 Jacob said to Joseph, “I have seen you and I know that you are still alive! So now I am ready to die.”
E Israele disse a Giuseppe: “Ora, ch’io muoia pure, giacché ho veduto la tua faccia, e tu vivi ancora!”
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.
E Giuseppe disse ai suoi fratelli e alla famiglia di suo padre: “Io salirò a informare Faraone, e gli dirò: I miei fratelli e la famiglia di mio padre che erano nel paese di Canaan, sono venuti da me.
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.’
Questi uomini sono pastori, poiché son sempre stati allevatori di bestiame; e hanno menato seco i loro greggi, i loro armenti, e tutto quello che posseggono.
33 When the king summons you and asks, ‘What work do you do?’
E quando Faraone vi farà chiamare e vi dirà: Qual è la vostra occupazione? risponderete:
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.
I tuoi servitori sono stati allevatori di bestiame dalla loro infanzia fino a quest’ora: così noi come i nostri padri. Direte così, perché possiate abitare nel paese di Goscen. Poiché gli Egiziani hanno in abominio tutti i pastori”.
