Genesi 46

1Israele dunque si partì con tutto quello che aveva; e, giunto a Beer-Sceba, offrì sacrifizi all’Iddio d’Isacco suo padre. 2E Dio parlò a Israele in visioni notturne, e disse: "Giacobbe, Giacobbe!" Ed egli rispose: "Eccomi". 3E Dio disse: "Io sono Iddio, l’Iddio di tuo padre; non temere di scendere in Egitto, perché là ti farò diventare una grande nazione. 4Io scenderò con te in Egitto, e te ne farò anche sicuramente risalire; e Giuseppe ti chiuderà gli occhi". 5Allora Giacobbe partì da Beer-Sceba; e i figliuoli d’Israele fecero salire Giacobbe loro padre, i loro piccini e le loro mogli sui carri che Faraone avea mandato per trasportarli. 6Ed essi presero il loro bestiame e i beni che aveano acquistato nel paese di Canaan, e vennero in Egitto: Giacobbe, e tutta la sua famiglia con lui. 7Egli condusse seco in Egitto i suoi figliuoli, le sue figliuole, le figliuole de’ suoi figliuoli, e tutta la sua famiglia. 8Questi sono i nomi de’ figliuoli d’Israele che vennero in Egitto: Giacobbe e i suoi figliuoli. Il primogenito di Giacobbe: Ruben. 9I figliuoli di Ruben: Henoc, Pallu, Hetsron e Carmi. 10I figliuoli di Simeone: Iemuel, Iamin, Ohad, Iakin, Tsohar e Saul, figliuolo di una Cananea. 11I figliuoli di Levi: Gherson, Kehath e Merari. 12I figliuoli di Giuda: Er, Onan, Scela, Perets e Zerach; ma Er e Onan morirono nel paese di Canaan; e i figliuoli di Perets furono: Hetsron e Hamul. 13I figliuoli d’Issacar: Tola, Puva, Iob e Scimron. 14I figliuoli di Zabulon: Sered, Elon e Iahleel. 15Cotesti sono i figliuoli che Lea partorì a Giacobbe a Paddan-Aram, oltre Dina figliuola di lui. I suoi figliuoli e le sue figliuole erano in tutto trentatre persone. 16I figliuoli di Gad: Tsifion, Haggi, Shuni, Etsbon, Eri, Arodi e Areli. 17I figliuoli di Ascer: Imna, Tishva, Tishvi, Beria e Serah loro sorella. E i figliuoli di Beria: Heber e Malkiel. 18Cotesti furono i figliuoli di Zilpa che Labano avea dato a Lea sua figliuola; ed essa li partorì a Giacobbe: in tutto sedici persone. 19I figliuoli di Rachele, moglie di Giacobbe: Giuseppe e Beniamino. 20E a Giuseppe, nel paese d’Egitto, nacquero Manasse ed Efraim, i quali Asenath, figliuola di Potifera, sacerdote di On, gli partorì. 21I figliuoli di Beniamino: Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Ghera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim e Ard. 22Cotesti sono i figliuoli di Rachele che nacquero a Giacobbe: in tutto, quattordici persone. 23I figliuoli di Dan: Huscim. 24I figliuoli di Neftali: Iahtseel, Guni, Ietser e Scillem. 25Cotesti sono i figliuoli di Bilha che Labano avea dato a Rachele sua figliuola, ed essa li partorì a Giacobbe: in tutto, sette persone. 26Le persone che vennero con Giacobbe in Egitto, discendenti da lui, senza contare le mogli de’ figliuoli di Giacobbe, erano in tutto sessantasei. 27E i figliuoli di Giuseppe, natigli in Egitto, erano due. Il totale delle persone della famiglia di Giacobbe che vennero in Egitto, era di settanta. 28Or Giacobbe mandò avanti a sé Giuda a Giuseppe, perché questi lo introducesse nel paese di Goscen. E giunsero nel paese di Goscen. 29Giuseppe fece attaccare il suo carro, e salì in Goscen a incontrare Israele, suo padre; e gli si presentò, gli si gettò al collo, e pianse lungamente sul collo di lui. 30E Israele disse a Giuseppe: "Ora, ch’io muoia pure, giacché ho veduto la tua faccia, e tu vivi ancora!" 31E Giuseppe disse ai suoi fratelli e alla famiglia di suo padre: "Io salirò a informare Faraone, e gli dirò: I miei fratelli e la famiglia di mio padre che erano nel paese di Canaan, sono venuti da me. 32Questi uomini sono pastori, poiché son sempre stati allevatori di bestiame; e hanno menato seco i loro greggi, i loro armenti, e tutto quello che posseggono. 33E quando Faraone vi farà chiamare e vi dirà: Qual è la vostra occupazione? risponderete: 34I tuoi servitori sono stati allevatori di bestiame dalla loro infanzia fino a quest’ora: così noi come i nostri padri. Direte così, perché possiate abitare nel paese di Goscen. Poiché gli Egiziani hanno in abominio tutti i pastori".

1Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. 2God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He said, “Here I am.” 3He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation. 4I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph will close your eyes.” 5Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt—Jacob, and all his seed with him, 7his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and he brought all his seed with him into Egypt. 8These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. 9The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 10The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. 11The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 13The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron. 14The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. 15These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three. 16The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. 17The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. 18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls. 19The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin. 20To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. 21The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. 22These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. 23The son of Dan: Hushim. 24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. 25These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven. 26All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct descendants, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six. 27The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy. 28He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. 29Joseph prepared his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. 30Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.” 31Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father’s house, “I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, ‘My brothers, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. 32These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’ 33It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘What is your occupation?’ 34that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”

1En Israel verreisde met al wat hij had, en hij kwam te Ber-seba, en hij offerde offeranden aan den God van zijn vader Izak. 2En God sprak tot Israel in gezichten des nachts, en zeide: Jakob, Jakob! En hij zeide: Zie, hier ben ik! 3En Hij zeide: Ik ben die God, uws vaders God; vrees niet van af te trekken naar Egypte; want Ik zal u aldaar tot een groot volk zetten. 4Ik zal met u aftrekken naar Egypte en Ik zal u doen weder optrekken, mede optrekkende; en Jozef zal zijn hand op uw ogen leggen. 5Toen maakte zich Jakob op van Ber-seba; en de zonen van Israel voerden Jakob hun vader, en hun kinderen, en hun vrouwen, op de wagenen, die Farao gezonden had, om hem te voeren. 6En zij namen hun vee, en hun have, die zij in het land Kanaan geworven hadden, en zij kwamen in Egypte, Jakob en al zijn zaad met hem; 7Zijn zonen, en de zonen zijner zonen met hem; zijn dochteren, en zijner zonen dochteren, en al zijn zaad bracht hij met zich in Egypte. 8En dit zijn de namen der zonen van Israel, die in Egypte kwamen: Jakob en zijn zonen. De eerstgeborene van Jakob: Ruben. 9En de zonen van Ruben: Hanoch, en Pallu, en Hezron, en Karmi. 10En de zonen van Simeon: Jemuel, en Jamin, en Ohad, en Jachin, en Zoar, en Saul, de zoon ener Kanaanietische vrouw. 11En de zonen van Levi: Gerson, Kehath en Merari. 12En de zonen van Juda: Er, en Onan, en Sela, en Perez, en Zerah. Doch Er en Onan waren gestorven in het land van Kanaan; en de zonen van Perez waren Hezron en Hamul. 13En de zonen van Issaschar: Tola, en Puwa, en Job, en Simron. 14En de zonen van Zebulon: Sered, en Elon, en Jahleel. 15Dit zijn de zonen van Lea, die zij Jakob gebaard heeft in Paddan-Aram, met Dina zijn dochter; al de zielen zijner zonen en zijner dochteren waren drie en dertig. 16En de zonen van Gad: Zifjon en Haggi, Schuni en Ezbon, Eri en Arodi, en Areli. 17En de zonen van Aser: Jimna, en Jisva, en Jisvi, en Berija, en Sera, hun zuster; en de zonen van Berija: Heber en Malchiel. 18Dit zijn de zonen van Zilpa, die Laban aan zijn dochter Lea gegeven had; en zij baarde Jakob deze zestien zielen. 19De zonen van Rachel, Jakobs huisvrouw: Jozef en Benjamin. 20En Jozef werden geboren in Egypteland, Manasse en Efraim, die hem Asnath, de dochter van Potifera, den overste te On, baarde. 21En de zonen van Benjamin: Bela, Becher en Asbel, Gera en Naaman, Echi en Ros, Muppim en Huppim, en Ard. 22Dit zijn de zonen van Rachel, die Jakob geboren zijn, al te zamen veertien zielen. 23En de zonen van Dan: Chusim. 24En de zonen van Nafthali: Jahzeel, en Guni, en Jezer, en Sillem. 25Dit zijn de zonen van Bilha, die Laban aan zijn dochter Rachel gegeven had; en zij baarde dezelve Jakob, zij waren allen zeven zielen. 26Al de zielen, die met Jakob in Egypte kwamen, uit zijn heup gesproten, uitgenomen de vrouwen van de zonen van Jakob, waren allen zes en zestig zielen. 27En de zonen van Jozef, die hem in Egypte geboren zijn, waren twee zielen. Al de zielen van het huis van Jakob, die in Egypte kwamen, waren zeventig. 28En hij zond Juda voor zijn aangezicht heen tot Jozef, om voor zijn aangezicht aanwijzing te doen naar Gosen; en zij kwamen in het land Gosen. 29Toen spande Jozef zijn wagen aan, en toog op, zijn vader Israel tegemoet naar Gosen; en als hij zich aan hem vertoonde, zo viel hij hem aan zijn hals, en weende lang aan zijn hals. 30En Israel zeide tot Jozef: Dat ik nu sterve, nadat ik uw aangezicht gezien heb, dat gij nog leeft! 31Daarna zeide Jozef tot zijn broederen, en tot zijns vaders huis: Ik zal optrekken en Farao boodschappen, en tot hem zeggen: Mijn broeders en het huis mijns vaders, die in het land Kanaan waren, zijn tot mij gekomen. 32En die mannen zijn schaapherders; want het zijn mannen, die met vee omgaan; en zij hebben hun schapen, en hun runderen, en al wat zij hebben, medegebracht. 33Wanneer het nu geschieden zal, dat Farao ulieden zal roepen, en zeggen: Wat is uw hantering? 34Zo zult gij zeggen: Uw knechten zijn mannen, die van onze jeugd af tot nu toe met vee omgegaan hebben, zo wij als onze vaders; opdat gij in het land Gosen moogt wonen; want alle schaapherder is de Egyptenaren een gruwel.