Genèse 46
1 Et Israël partit, et tout ce qui était à lui; et il vint à Beër-Shéba, et offrit des sacrifices au Dieu de son père Isaac.
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 Et Dieu parla à Israël dans les visions de la nuit, et il dit: Jacob! Jacob! Et il dit: Me voici.
That night, God called to Jacob in a vision, saying, “Jacob! Jacob!” He replied, “I am here!”
3 Et il dit: Moi, je suis Dieu, le Dieu de ton père: ne crains pas de descendre en Égypte; car je t’y ferai devenir une grande nation.
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 Moi, je descendrai avec toi en Égypte, et moi je t’en ferai aussi certainement remonter; et Joseph mettra sa main sur tes yeux.
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 Et Jacob se leva de Beër-Shéba; et les fils d’Israël firent monter Jacob, leur père, et leurs petits enfants, et leurs femmes, sur les chariots que le Pharaon avait envoyés pour le transporter.
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 Et ils prirent leur bétail, et leur bien, qu’ils avaient acquis dans le pays de Canaan, et vinrent en Égypte, Jacob, et toute sa descendance avec lui;
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 il amena avec lui en Égypte ses fils et les fils de ses fils, ses filles et les filles de ses fils, et toute sa descendance.
Jacob went to Egypt with all his sons and his daughters and grandsons and granddaughters—his whole family.
8 Et ce sont ici les noms des fils d’Israël qui vinrent en Égypte: Jacob et ses enfants. Le premier-né de Jacob: 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 Et les fils de Ruben: Hénoc, Pallu, et Hetsron, et Carmi.
10 – Et les fils de Siméon: Jemuel, et Jamin, et Ohad, et Jakin, et Tsokhar, et Saül, fils d’une Cananéenne.
11 – Et les fils de Lévi: Guershon, Kehath, et Merari.
12 – Et les fils de Juda: Er, et Onan, et Shéla, et Pérets, et Zérakh; et Er et Onan moururent dans le pays de Canaan. Et les fils de Pérets furent Hetsron et Hamul.
13 – Et les fils d’Issacar: Thola, et Puva, et Job, et Shimron.
14 – Et les fils de Zabulon: Séred, et Élon, et Jakhleël.
15 – Ce sont là les fils de Léa, qu’elle enfanta à Jacob à Paddan-Aram, et Dina, sa fille; toutes les âmes, ses fils et ses filles, 33.
16 Et les fils de Gad: Tsiphion, et Haggui, Shuni, et Etsbon, Éri, et Arodi, et Areéli.
17 – Et les fils d’Aser: Jimna, et Jishva, et Jishvi, et Beriha, et Sérakh, leur sœur. Et les fils de Beriha: Héber et Malkiel.
18 – Ce sont là les fils de Zilpa, que Laban donna à Léa, sa fille; et elle enfanta ceux-là à Jacob, 16 âmes.
19 Les fils de Rachel, femme de Jacob: Joseph et Benjamin.
20 Et il naquit à Joseph, dans le pays d’Égypte, Manassé et Éphraïm, que lui enfanta Asnath, fille de Poti-Phéra, sacrificateur d’On.
21 – Et les fils de Benjamin: Béla, et Béker, et Ashbel, Guéra, et Naaman, Ékhi, et Rosh, Muppim, et Huppim, et Ard.
22 – Ce sont là les fils de Rachel, qui naquirent à Jacob; toutes les âmes, 14.
23 Et les fils de Dan: Hushim.
24 – Et les fils de Nephthali: Jahtseël, et Guni, et Jétser, et Shillem.
25 – Ce sont là les fils de Bilha, que Laban donna à Rachel sa fille; et elle enfanta ceux-là à Jacob; toutes les âmes, sept.
26 Tous ceux qui vinrent en Égypte, appartenant à Jacob, issus de ses reins, outre les femmes des fils de Jacob, toutes les âmes, 66.
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 Et les fils de Joseph qui lui étaient nés en Égypte, deux âmes. Toutes les âmes de la maison de Jacob qui vinrent en Égypte furent 70.
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 Et [Jacob] envoya Juda devant lui vers Joseph, pour qu’il prépare le chemin devant lui en Goshen. Et ils vinrent dans le pays de Goshen.
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 Et Joseph attela son char, et monta à la rencontre d’Israël, son père, en Goshen. Et il se montra à lui, et se jeta à son cou, et pleura longtemps sur son cou.
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 Et Israël dit à Joseph: Que je meure à présent, après que j’ai vu ton visage, puisque tu vis encore.
Jacob said to Joseph, “I have seen you and I know that you are still alive! So now I am ready to die.”
31 Et Joseph dit à ses frères, et à la maison de son père: Je monterai, et je rapporterai au Pharaon, et je lui dirai: Mes frères, et la maison de mon père, qui étaient dans le pays de Canaan, sont venus vers moi;
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 et ces hommes sont bergers, car ils s’occupent de bétail, et ils ont amené leur menu et leur gros bétail, et tout ce qui est à eux.
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 Et il arrivera que lorsque le Pharaon vous appellera et vous dira: Quelle est votre occupation?
When the king summons you and asks, ‘What work do you do?’
34 vous direz: Tes serviteurs se sont occupés de bétail, dès notre jeunesse jusqu’à maintenant, tant nous que nos pères; afin que vous habitiez dans le pays de Goshen: car tous les bergers sont une abomination pour les Égyptiens.
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.
