< Genesis 46 >
1 Profectusque Israel cum omnibus quæ habebat, venit ad Puteum iuramenti. Et mactatis ibi victimis Deo patris sui Isaac,
Israel toke his iourney with all that he had and came vnto Berseba and offred offrynges vnto the God of his father Isaac.
2 audivit eum per visionem noctis vocantem se, et dicentem sibi: Iacob, Iacob. Cui respondit: Ecce adsum.
And God sayde vnto Israel in a vision by nyghte and called vnto him: Iacob Iacob. And he answered: here am I.
3 Ait illi Deus: Ego sum fortissimus Deus patris tui: noli timere, descende in Ægyptum, quia in gentem magnam faciam te ibi.
And he sayde: I am that mightie God of thy father feare not to goo downe in to Egipte. For I will make of the there a great people.
4 Ego descendam tecum illuc, et ego inde adducam te revertentem: Ioseph quoque ponet manus suas super oculos tuos.
I will go downe with ye in to Egipte and I will also bringe the vp agayne and Ioseph shall put his hand apon thine eyes.
5 Surrexit autem Iacob a Puteo iuramenti: tuleruntque eum filii cum parvulis et uxoribus suis in plaustris quæ miserat Pharao ad portandum senem,
And Iacob rose vp from Berseba. And ye sonnes of Israel I caried Iacob their father ad their childern and their wyues in the charettes which Pharao had sent to carie him.
6 et omnia quæ possederat in Terra Chanaan: venitque in Ægyptum cum omni semine suo,
And they toke their catell ad the goodes which they had gotten in the land of Canaan and came in to Egipte: both Iacob and all his seed with him
7 filii eius, et nepotes, filiæ, et cuncta simul progenies.
his sonnes and his sonnes sonnes with him: his doughters and his sonnes doughters and all his seed brought he with him in to Egipte.
8 Hæc sunt autem nomina filiorum Israel, qui ingressi sunt in Ægyptum, ipse cum liberis suis. Primogenitus Ruben.
These are the names of the childern of Israel which came in to Egipte both Iacob and his sonnes: Rube Iacobs first sonne.
9 Filii Ruben: Henoch et Phallu et Hesron et Charmi.
The childern of Ruben: Hanoch Pallu Hezron and Charmi.
10 Filii Simeon: Iamuel et Iamin et Ahod, et Iachin et Sohar, et Saul filius Chanaanitidis.
The childern of Simeon: Iemuel Iamin Ohad Iachin Zohar and Saul the sonne of a Cananitish woman
11 Filii Levi: Gerson et Caath et Merari.
The childern of Leui: Gerson Rahath and Merari.
12 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.
The childern of Iuda: Er Onan Sela Pharez and Zerah but Er and Onan dyed in the lande of Canaan. The childern of Pharez Hezro and Hamul.
13 Filii Issachar: Thola et Phua et Iob et Semron.
The childern of Isachar: Tola Phuva Iob and Semnon.
14 Filii Zabulon: Sared et Elon et Iahelel.
The childern of Sebulon: Sered Elon and Iaheleel.
15 Hi filii Liæ quos genuit in Mesopotamia Syriæ cum Dina filia sua. Omnes animæ filiorum eius et filiarum, triginta tres.
These be the childern of Lea which she bare vnto Iacob in Mesopotamia with his doughter Dina. All these soulles of his sonnes and doughters make. xxx and. vi.
16 Filii Gad: Sephion et Haggi et Suni et Esebon et Heri et Arodi et Areli.
The childern of Gad: Ziphion Haggi Suni Ezbon Eri Arodi and Areli.
17 Filii Aser: Iamne et Iesua et Iessui et Beria, Sara quoque soror eorum. Filii Beria: Heber et Melchiel.
The childern of Asser: Iemna Iesua Iesui Brya and Serah their sister. And the childern of Brya were Heber and Malchiel.
18 Hi filii Zelphæ, quam dedit Laban Liæ filiæ suæ. Et hos genuit Iacob sedecim animas.
These are the childern of Silpha whom Laba gaue to Lea his doughter. And these she bare vnto Iacob in nombre xvi. soules.
19 Filii Rachel uxoris Iacob: Ioseph et Beniamin.
The childern of Rahel Iacobs wife: Ioseph and ben Iamin.
20 Natique sunt Ioseph filii in Terra Ægypti, quos genuit ei Aseneth filia Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos: Manasses et Ephraim.
And vnto Ioseph in the lode of Egipte were borne: Manasses and Ephraim which Asnath the doughter of Potiphera preast of On bare vnto him.
21 Filii Beniamin: Bela et Bechor et Asbel et Gera et Naaman et Echi et Ros et Mophim et Ophim et Ared.
The childern of BenIamin: Bela Becher Asbel Gera Naeman Ehi Ros Mupim Hupim and Aro.
22 Hi filii Rachel quos genuit Iacob: omnes animæ, quatuordecim.
These are the childern of Rahel which were borne vnto Iacob: xiiij. soules all to gether.
The childern of Dan: Husim.
24 Filii Nephthali: Iasiel et Guni et Ieser et Sallem.
The childern of Nepthali? Iahezeel Guni Iezer and Sillem.
25 Hi filii Balæ, quam dedit Laban Racheli filiæ suæ: et hos genuit Iacob: omnes animæ, septem.
These are the sonnes of Bilha which Laban gaue vnto Rahel his doughter and she bare these vnto Iacob all together. vij. soulles
26 Cunctæ animæ, quæ ingressæ sunt cum Iacob in Ægyptum, et egressæ sunt de femore illius, absque uxoribus filiorum eius, sexaginta sex.
All the soulles that came with Iacob into Egipte which came out of his loyns (besyde his sonnes wifes) were all togither. lx. and. vi. soulles.
27 Filii autem Ioseph, qui nati sunt ei in terra Ægypti, animæ duæ. Omnes animæ domus Iacob, quæ ingressæ sunt in Ægyptum, fuere septuaginta.
And the sonnes of Ioseph which were borne him in egipte were. ij. soules: So that all the soulles of the house of Iacob which came in to Egipte are lxx.
28 Misit autem Iudam ante se ad Ioseph, ut nunciaret ei, et occurreret in Gessen.
And he sent Iuda before him vnto Ioseph that the waye myghte be shewed him vnto Gosan and they came in to the lande of Gosan
29 Quo cum pervenisset, iuncto Ioseph curro suo, ascendit obviam patri suo ad eumdem locum: vidensque eum, irruit super collum eius, et inter amplexus flevit.
And Ioseph made redie his charett and went agaynst Israell his father vnto Gosan ad presented him selfe vnto him and fell on his necke and wepte vpon his necke a goode whyle.
30 Dixitque pater ad Ioseph: Iam lætus moriar, quia vidi faciem tuam, et superstitem te relinquo.
And Israel sayd vnto Ioseph: Now I am cotet to dye in somoch I haue sene the that thou art yet alyue.
31 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:
And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethre and vnto his fathers house: I will goo and shewe Pharao and tell him: that my brethern and my fathers housse which were in the lade of Canaan are come vnto me
32 et sunt viri pastores ovium, curamque habent alendorum gregum: pecora sua, et armenta, et omnia quæ habere potuerunt, adduxerunt secum.
and how they are shepardes (for they were men of catell) and they haue brought their shepe and their oxen and all that they haue with them.
33 Cumque vocaverit vos, et dixerit: Quod est opus vestrum?
Yf Pharao call you and axe you what youre occupation
34 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.
is saye: thi seruauntes haue bene occupyed aboute catell fro oure chilhode vnto this tyme: both we and oure fathers that ye maye dwell in the lande of Gosan. For an abhominacyon vnto the Egiptians are all that feade shepe.