- And Israel departed, he and all that he
had, and came to the well of the oath; and
he offered sacrifice to the God of his father
Isaac.
- And God spoke to Israel in a night
vision, saying, Jacob, Jacob; and he said,
What is it?
- And he says to him, I am the
God of thy fathers; fear not to go down
into Egypt, for I will make thee there a
great nation.
- And I will go down with
thee into Egypt, and I will bring thee up at
the end; and Joseph shall put his hands on
thine eyes.
- And Jacob rose up from the
well of the oath; and the sons of Israel took
up their father, and the baggage, and their
wives on the waggons, which Joseph sent to
take them.
- And they took up their goods,
and all their property, which they had
gotten in the land of Chanaan; they came
into the land of Egypt, Jacob, and all his
seed with him.
- The sons, and the sons of
his sons with him; his daughters, and the
daughters of his daughters; and he brought
all his seed into Egypt.
- And these are the
names of the sons of Israel that went into
Egypt with their father Jacob -- Jacob and
his sons. The first-born of Jacob, Ruben.
- And the sons of Ruben; Enoch, and Phallus,
Asron, and Charmi.
- and the sons of
Symeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Aod, and
Achin, and Saar, and Saul, the son of a Chananitish
woman.
- And the sons of Levi;
Gerson, Cath, and Merari.
- And the sons
of Judas; Er, and Aunan, and Selom, and
Phares, and Zara: and Er and Aunan died
in the land of Chanaan.
- And the sons of
Phares were Esron, and Jemuel. And the
sons of Issachar; Thola, and Phua, and
Asum, and Sambran.
- And the sons of
Zabulun, Sered, and Allon, and Achoel.
- These are the sons of Lea, which she bore
to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, and Dina
his daughter; all the souls, sons and daughters,
thirty-three.
- And the sons of Gad;
Saphon, and Angis, and Sannis, and Thasoban,
and Aedis, and Aroedis, and Areelis.
- And the sons of Aser; Jemna, Jessua, and
Jeul, and Baria, and Sara their sister. And
the sons of Baria; Chobor, and Melchiil.
- These are the sons of Zelpha, which Laban
gave to his daughter Lea, who bore these
to Jacob, sixteen souls.
- And the sons of
Rachel, the wife of Jacob; Joseph, and Benjamin.
- And there were sons born to Joseph
in the land of Egypt, whom Aseneth,
the daughter of Petephres, priest of Heliopolis,
bore to him, even Manasses and Ephraim.
And there were sons born to Manasses,
which the Syrian concubine bore to
him, even Machir. And Machir begot Galaad.
And the sons of Ephraim, the brother
of Manasses; Sutalaam, and Taam. And the
sons of Sutalaam; Edom.
- And the
sons of Benjamin; Bala, and Bochor, and
Asbel. And the sons of Bala were Gera,
and Noeman, and Anchis, and Ros, and
Mamphim. And Gera begot Arad.
- These
are the sons of Rachel, which she bore to
Jacob; all the souls eighteen.
- And the sons of Dan; Asom.
- And the sons of
Nephthalim; Asiel, and Goni, and Issaar,
and Sollem.
- These are the sons of Balla,
whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel,
who bore these to Jacob; all the souls,
seven.
- And all the souls that came with
Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his
[a] loins, besides the wives of the sons of Jacob,
even all the souls were sixty-six.
- And
the sons of Joseph, who were born to him
in the land of Egypt, were nine souls; all
the souls of the house of Jacob who came
with Joseph into Egypt, were seventy-five
souls.
- And he sent Judas before him to Joseph,
to meet him to the city of [b] Heroes, into the
land of Ramesses.
- And Joseph having
[c] made ready his chariots, went up to meet
Israel his father, at the city of Heroes; and
having appeared to him, fell on his neck,
and wept with [d] abundant weeping.
- And
Israel said to Joseph, After this I will gladly
die, since I have seen thy face, for thou art
yet living.
- And Joseph said to his brethren,
I will go up and tell Pharao, and will
say to him, My brethren, and my father's
house, who were in the land of Chanaan,
are come to me.
- And the men are shepherds;
for they have been feeders of cattle,
and they have brought with them their
cattle, and their kine, and all their property.
- If then Pharao call you, and say to you,
What is you occupation?
- Ye shall say,
We thy servants are herdsmen from our
youth until now, both we and our fathers:
that ye may dwell in the land of Gesem of
Arabia, for every shepherd is an abomination
to the Egyptians.
[a] Gr. thighs.
[b] Heb. Goshen.
[c] Gr. yoked.
[d] Gr. fat.
[English translation of the Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee
Brenton (1807-1862) originally published by Samuel Bagster & Sons,
Ltd., London, 1851]