Genesis 46
1 Profectusque Israel cum omnibus quae habebat, venit ad Puteum iuramenti. et mactatis ibi victimis Deo patris sui Isaac,
So Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
2 audivit eum per visionem nocte vocantem se, et dicentem sibi: Iacob, Iacob. Cui respondit: Ecce adsum.
And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night, and said, "Jacob, Jacob." And he said, "Here I am."
3 Ait illi Deus: Ego sum fortissimus Deus patris tui: noli timere, descende in Aegyptum, quia in gentem magnam faciam te ibi.
He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation.
4 Ego descendam tecum illuc, et ego inde adducam te revertentem: Ioseph quoque ponet manus suas super oculos tuos.
I will go down with you into Egypt, and I myself will surely bring you up again, and Joseph will close your eyes."
5 Surrexit autem Iacob a Puteo iuramenti: tuleruntque eum filii cum parvulis et uxoribus suis in plaustris quae miserat Pharao ad portandum senem,
Then Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, and their little ones, and their wives on the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6 et omnia quae possederat in Terra Chanaan: venitque in Aegyptum cum omni semine suo,
So they took their livestock and their possessions which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and arrived in Egypt, Jacob and all his descendants with him,
7 filii eius, et nepotes, filiae, et cuncta simul progenies.
his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and he brought all his descendants with him to Egypt.
8 Haec sunt autem nomina filiorum Israel, qui ingressi sunt in Aegyptum, ipse cum liberis suis. Primogenitus Ruben.
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
9 Filii Ruben: Henoch et Phallu et Hesron et Charmi.
And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
10 Filii Simeon: Iamuel et Iamin et Ahod, et Iachin et Sohar, et Saul filius Chanaanitidis.
And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jakin, and Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
11 Filii Levi: Gerson et Caath et Merari.
And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, 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.
And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamuel.
13 Filii Issachar: Thola et Phua et Iob et Semron.
And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, and Jashub, and Shimron.
14 Filii Zabulon: Sared et Elon et Iahelel.
And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
15 Hi filii Lia quos genuit in Mesopotamia Syriae cum Dina filia sua. omnes animae filiorum eius et filiarum, triginta tres.
These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, as well as his daughter Dinah. All the persons of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
16 Filii Gad: Sephion et Haggi et Suni et Esebon et Heri et Arodi et Areli.
And the sons of Gad: Zephon, and Haggi, and Shuni, and Ezbon, and Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
17 Filii Aser: Iamne et Iesua et Iessui et Beria, Sara quoque soror eorum. Filii Beria: Heber et Melchiel.
And the sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Jishvah, and Jishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malkiel.
18 hi filii Zelphae, quam dedit Laban Liae filiae suae. et hos genuit Iacob sedecim animas.
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and these she bore to Jacob, sixteen persons.
19 Filii Rachel uxoris Iacob: Ioseph et Beniamin.
The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
20 Natique sunt Ioseph filii in Terra Aegypti, quos genuit ei Aseneth filia Phutipharis sacerdotis Heliopoleos: Manasses et Ephraim.
To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
21 Filii Beniamin: Bela et Bechor et Asbel et Gera et Naaman et Echi et Ros et Mophim et Ophim et Ared.
And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Beker, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, and Ahiram, and Shuppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
22 hi filii Rachel quos genuit Iacob: omnes animae, quattuordecim.
These are the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob: all the persons were fourteen.
23 Filii Dan: Husim.
And the sons of Dan: Shuham.
24 Filii Nephthali: Iasiel et Guni et Ieser et Sallem.
And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
25 Hi filii Balae, quam dedit Laban Racheli filiae suae: et hos genuit Iacob: omnes animae, septem.
These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel; and these she bore to Jacob: all the persons were seven.
26 Cunctae animae, quae ingressae sunt cum Iacob in Aegyptum, et egressae sunt de femore illius, absque uxoribus filiorum eius, sexaginta sex.
All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob's sons, all the persons were sixty-six.
27 Filii autem Ioseph, qui nati sunt ei in terra Aegypti, animae duae. Omnes animae domus Iacob, quae ingressae sunt in Aegyptum, fuere septuaginta.
And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy.
28 Misit autem Iudam ante se ad Ioseph, ut nunciaret ei, et occurreret in Gessen.
And he sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. Then they arrived in the land of Goshen.
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 Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. And he presented himself to him and he threw his arms around his neck and wept for a long time.
30 Dixitque pater ad Ioseph: Iam laetus moriar, quia vidi faciem tuam, et superstitem te relinquo.
Then Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die since I have seen your face, that you are still alive."
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:
Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I will go up and speak with Pharaoh and will tell him, 'My brothers and my father's household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.
32 et sunt viri pastores ovium, curamque habent alendorum gregum: pecora sua, et armenta, et omnia quae habere potuerunt, adduxerunt secum.
The men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.'
33 Cumque vocaverit vos, et dixerit: Quod est opus vestrum?
And it will come to pass, when Pharaoh summons you and says, 'What is your occupation?'
34 Respondebitis: Viri pastores sumus servi tui, ab infantia nostra usque in praesens, et nos et patres nostri. Haec autem dicetis, ut habitare possitis in Terra Gessen: quia detestantur Aegyptii omnes pastores ovium.
that you are to say, 'Your servants have looked after livestock from our youth until now, both we, and our fathers: 'in order that you may settle in the land of Goshen; since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians."
