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.
Profectusque Israel cum omnibus quæ habebat, venit ad Puteum iuramenti. Et mactatis ibi victimis Deo patris sui Isaac,
2 That night, God called to Jacob in a vision, saying, “Jacob! Jacob!” He replied, “I am here!”
audivit eum per visionem noctis vocantem se, et dicentem sibi: Iacob, Iacob. Cui respondit: Ecce adsum.
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.
Ait illi Deus: Ego sum fortissimus Deus patris tui: noli timere, descende in Ægyptum, quia in gentem magnam faciam te ibi.
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]
Ego descendam tecum illuc, et ego inde adducam te revertentem: Ioseph quoque ponet manus suas super oculos tuos.
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.
Surrexit autem Iacob a Puteo iuramenti: tuleruntque eum filii cum parvulis et uxoribus suis in plaustris quæ miserat Pharao ad portandum senem,
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.
et omnia quæ possederat in Terra Chanaan: venitque in Ægyptum cum omni semine suo,
7 Jacob went to Egypt with all his sons and his daughters and grandsons and granddaughters—his whole family.
filii eius, et nepotes, filiæ, et cuncta simul progenies.
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.)
Hæc sunt autem nomina filiorum Israel, qui ingressi sunt in Ægyptum, ipse cum liberis suis. Primogenitus Ruben.
Filii Ruben: Henoch et Phallu et Hesron et Charmi.
Filii Simeon: Iamuel et Iamin et Ahod, et Iachin et Sohar, et Saul filius Chanaanitidis.
Filii Levi: Gerson et Caath et Merari.
Filii Iuda: Her et Onan et Sela et Phares et Zara. Mortui sunt autem Her et Onan in terra Chanaan. Natique sunt filii Phares: Hesron et Hamul.
Filii Issachar: Thola et Phua et Iob et Semron.
Filii Zabulon: Sared et Elon et Iahelel.
Hi filii Liæ quos genuit in Mesopotamia Syriæ cum Dina filia sua. Omnes animæ filiorum eius et filiarum, triginta tres.
Filii Gad: Sephion et Haggi et Suni et Esebon et Heri et Arodi et Areli.
Filii Aser: Iamne et Iesua et Iessui et Beria, Sara quoque soror eorum. Filii Beria: Heber et Melchiel.
Hi filii Zelphæ, quam dedit Laban Liæ filiæ suæ. Et hos genuit Iacob sedecim animas.
Filii Rachel uxoris Iacob: Ioseph et Beniamin.
Natique sunt Ioseph filii in Terra Ægypti, quos genuit ei Aseneth filia Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos: Manasses et Ephraim.
Filii Beniamin: Bela et Bechor et Asbel et Gera et Naaman et Echi et Ros et Mophim et Ophim et Ared.
Hi filii Rachel quos genuit Iacob: omnes animæ, quatuordecim.
Filii Dan: Husim.
Filii Nephthali: Iasiel et Guni et Ieser et Sallem.
Hi filii Balæ, quam dedit Laban Racheli filiæ suæ: et hos genuit Iacob: omnes animæ, septem.
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.
Cunctæ animæ, quæ ingressæ sunt cum Iacob in Ægyptum, et egressæ sunt de femore illius, absque uxoribus filiorum eius, sexaginta sex.
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.
Filii autem Ioseph, qui nati sunt ei in terra Ægypti, animæ duæ. Omnes animæ domus Iacob, quæ ingressæ sunt in Ægyptum, fuere septuaginta.
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,
Misit autem Iudam ante se ad Ioseph, ut nunciaret ei, et occurreret in Gessen.
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.
Quo cum pervenisset, iuncto Ioseph curro suo, ascendit obviam patri suo ad eumdem locum: vidensque eum, irruit super collum eius, et inter amplexus flevit.
30 Jacob said to Joseph, “I have seen you and I know that you are still alive! So now I am ready to die.”
Dixitque pater ad Ioseph: Iam lætus moriar, quia vidi faciem tuam, et superstitem te relinquo.
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.
At ille locutus est ad fratres suos, et ad omnem domum patris sui: Ascendam, et nunciabo Pharaoni dicamque ei: Fratres mei, et domus patris mei, qui erant in Terra Chanaan, venerunt ad 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.’
et sunt viri pastores ovium, curamque habent alendorum gregum: pecora sua, et armenta, et omnia quæ habere potuerunt, adduxerunt secum.
33 When the king summons you and asks, ‘What work do you do?’
Cumque vocaverit vos, et dixerit: Quod est opus vestrum?
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.
Respondebitis: Viri pastores sumus servi tui, ab infantia nostra usque in præsens, et nos et patres nostri. Hæc autem dicetis, ut habitare possitis in Terra Gessen: quia detestantur Ægyptii omnes pastores ovium.
