Genèse 46
1 Et Israël partit, avec tout ce qui lui appartenait, et vint à Béer-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 répondit: Me voici.
That night, God called to Jacob in a vision, saying, “Jacob! Jacob!” He replied, “I am here!”
3 Puis il dit: Je suis Dieu, le Dieu de ton père. Ne crains point 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 Je descendrai avec toi en Égypte, et je t'en ferai aussi infailliblement 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 Alors Jacob partit de Béer-Shéba, et les fils d'Israël mirent Jacob leur père, et leurs petits enfants, et leurs femmes, sur les chariots que Pharaon avait envoyés pour le porter.
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 Ils emmenèrent aussi leur bétail et le bien qu'ils avaient acquis au pays de Canaan. Et Jacob et toute sa famille avec lui vinrent en Égypte.
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 famille.
Jacob went to Egypt with all his sons and his daughters and grandsons and granddaughters—his whole family.
8 Et voici les noms des fils d'Israël qui vinrent en Égypte: Jacob et ses fils. 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 Les fils de Ruben: Hénoc, Pallu, Hetsron et Carmi.
10 Les fils de Siméon: Jémuël, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Tsohar, et Saül, fils de la Cananéenne.
11 Les fils de Lévi: Guershon, Kéhath et Mérari.
12 Les fils de Juda: Er, Onan, Shéla, Pharets et Zarach. Mais Er et Onan moururent au pays de Canaan. Et les fils de Pharets furent Hetsron et Hamul.
13 Les fils d'Issacar: Thola, Puva, Job et Shimron.
14 Les fils de Zabulon: Séred, Élon et Jahléel.
15 Voilà les fils de Léa, qu'elle enfanta à Jacob, à Paddan-Aram, avec Dina sa fille; ses fils et ses filles étaient en tout trente-trois personnes.
16 Les fils de Gad: Tsiphjon et Haggi, Shuni et Etsbon, Eri, Arodi et Aréli.
17 Les fils d'Asser: Jimna, Jishva, Jishvi, Béria, et Sérach leur sœur. Et les enfants de Béria: Héber et Malkiel.
18 Voilà les fils de Zilpa, que Laban avait donnée à Léa, sa fille; et elle les enfanta à Jacob: seize personnes.
19 Les fils de Rachel, femme de Jacob: Joseph et Benjamin.
20 Et Joseph eut des fils au pays d'Égypte: Manassé et Éphraïm qu'Asnath, fille de Potiphéra, prêtre d'On, lui enfanta.
21 Les fils de Benjamin: Béla, Béker et Ashbel, Guéra et Naaman, Ehi et Rosh, Muppim et Huppim, et Ard.
22 Voilà les fils de Rachel, qui naquirent à Jacob; en tout quatorze personnes.
23 Les fils de Dan: Hushim.
24 Les fils de Nephthali: Jahtséel, Guni, Jetser et Shillem.
25 Voilà les fils de Bilha, que Laban avait donnée à Rachel, sa fille, et elle les enfanta à Jacob; en tout sept personnes.
26 Toutes les personnes appartenant à Jacob et nées de lui, qui vinrent en Égypte (sans les femmes des fils de Jacob), étaient en tout soixante-six.
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, étaient deux personnes. Toutes les personnes de la maison de Jacob, qui vinrent en Égypte, étaient soixante et dix.
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 Or, Jacob envoya Juda devant lui vers Joseph, pour qu'il lui montrât la route de Gossen. Ils vinrent donc au pays de Gossen.
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 chariot, et monta à la rencontre d'Israël son père vers Gossen; et il se fit voir 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, puisque j'ai vu ton visage, et que 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 Puis Joseph dit à ses frères et à la famille de son père: Je monterai, pour informer Pharaon, et je lui dirai: Mes frères et la famille de mon père, qui étaient au pays du 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 se sont toujours occupés de bétail; et ils ont amené leurs brebis et leurs bœufs, 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 quand Pharaon vous fera appeler, et dira: Quel est votre métier?
When the king summons you and asks, ‘What work do you do?’
34 Vous direz: Tes serviteurs se sont toujours occupés de bétail, depuis notre jeunesse et jusqu'à maintenant, et nous et nos pères; afin que vous demeuriez dans le pays de Gossen; car les Égyptiens ont en abomination tous les bergers.
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.
