Israel fortsatte reisen med alt han eide, og kom til Beer-Sjeba, hvor han ofret til sin far Isaks Gud.

And Israel went on his journey with all he had, and came to Beer-sheba, where he made offerings to the God of his father Isaac.

Gud talte til Israel i en nattsyn: Jakob, Jakob! Og han sa: Her er jeg.

And God said to Israel in a night-vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

Gud sa: Jeg er Gud, din fars Gud. Dra ned til Egypt uten frykt, for der vil jeg gjøre deg til et stort folk.

And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:

Jeg vil dra ned med deg til Egypt, og jeg skal sørge for at du kommer tilbake igjen. Når du dør, skal Josef legge sine hender over dine øyne.

I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will see that you come back again, and at your death Joseph will put his hands on your eyes.

Så dro Jakob fra Beer-Sjeba. Jakobs sønner tok med seg sin far, sine barn og koner i vognene farao hadde sendt for å hente dem.

Then Jacob went on from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Jacob took their father and their little ones and their wives in the carts which Pharaoh had sent for them.

De tok med seg buskapen sin og alt de hadde samlet i Kanaans land, og dro til Egypt, Jakob og hele hans ætt.

And they took their cattle and all the goods which they had got in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, even Jacob and all his seed:

Han tok med seg sine sønner, sønnesønner, døtre og sønner av sine døtre, hele sin familie, til Egypt.

His sons and his sons' sons, his daughters and his daughters' sons and all his family he took with him into Egypt.

Dette er navnene på Israels barn som kom til Egypt, Jakob og hans sønner: Ruben, Jakobs eldste sønn;

And these are the names of the children of Israel who came into Egypt, even Jacob and all his sons: Reuben, Jacob's oldest son;

Ruben hadde sønnene Hanok, Pallu, Hesron og Karmi;

And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi;

Simeon hadde sønnene Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin og Sohar, og Saul, sønnen til en kanaaneisk kvinne;

And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul, the son of a woman of Canaan;

Levi hadde sønnene Gersjom, Kehat og Merari;

And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;

Juda hadde sønnene Er, Onan, Sjelah, Peres og Serah; men Er og Onan døde i Kanaans land. Peres hadde sønnene Hesron og Hamul.

And the sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah: but Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

Jissakar hadde sønnene Tola, Puvat, Job og Sjimron;

And the sons of Issachar: Tola and Puah and Job and Shimron;

Sebulon hadde sønnene Sered, Elon og Jahleel;

And the sons of Zebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel;

Alle disse, sammen med hans datter Dina, var barna til Lea, som Jakob fikk med henne i Paddan-Aram. De utgjorde trettitre personer.

All these, together with his daughter Dinah, were the children of Leah, whom Jacob had by her in Paddan-aram; they were thirty-three in number.

Gad hadde sønnene Sifion, Haggi, Sjuni, Esbon, Eri, Arodi og Areli;

And the sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon, Eri and Arodi and Areli;

Asjer hadde sønnene Jimna, Jisjva, Jisjvi og Beria, og deres søster Serah. Beria hadde sønnene Heber og Malkiel.

And the sons of Asher: Jimnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah, and Sarah, their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

Dette er barna til Silpa, som Laban ga til sin datter Lea. Jacob hadde seksten barn med henne.

These are the children of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and Jacob had these sixteen children by her.

Jakobs kone Rakel hadde sønnene Josef og Benjamin.

The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

Josef fikk Manasse og Efraim i Egypt, med Asenat, datteren til Poti-Fera, presten i On.

And Joseph had Manasseh and Ephraim in the land of Egypt, by Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On.

Benyamin hadde sønnene Bela, Beker, Asjbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosj, Muppim, Huppim og Ard.

And the sons of Benjamin were Belah and Becher and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim and Ard.

Alle disse var barna til Rakel, som Jakob fikk med henne, fjorten personer.

All these were the children of Rachel whom Jacob had by her, fourteen persons.

Dans sønn var Husjim.

And the son of Dan was Hushim.

Naftali hadde sønnene Jahseel, Guni, Jeser og Sjillem.

And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and Shillem.

Disse var barna til Bilha, som Laban ga til sin datter Rakel, sju personer.

These were the children of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, seven persons.

Alle personene som kom med Jakob til Egypt, hans eget avkom, var sekstiseks, uten å regne med Jakobs sønners koner.

All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt, the offspring of his body, were sixty-six, without taking into account the wives of Jacob's sons.

Josefs sønner, som han fikk i Egypt, var to. Sytti personer av Jakobs familie kom til Egypt.

And the sons of Joseph whom he had in Egypt were two. Seventy persons of the family of Jacob came into Egypt.

Han hadde sendt Juda i forveien til Goshen, for å få beskjed fra Josef. Så kom de til landet Goshen.

Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.

Josef gjorde klar vognen sin og dro til Goshen for å møte sin far. Da han kom frem, kastet han seg om halsen på ham og gråt.

And Joseph got his carriage ready and went to Goshen for the meeting with his father; and when he came before him, he put his arms round his neck, weeping.

Israel sa til Josef: Nå som jeg har sett at du lever, kan jeg dø.

And Israel said to Joseph, Now that I have seen you living again, I am ready for death.

Josef sa til brødrene sine og sin fars folk: Jeg skal gå og gi beskjed til farao, og si til ham: Mine brødre og min fars folk fra Kanaans land har kommet til meg.

And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;

Disse mennene er gjetere og har med seg sitt småfe, storfe og alt de eier.

And these men are keepers of sheep and owners of cattle, and have with them their flocks and their herds and all they have.

Når farao kaller dere inn og spør: Hva er deres yrke?

Now when Pharaoh sends for you and says, What is your business?

Da skal dere svare: Siden våre forfedres tid har vi vært gjetere, både vi og våre fedre. Slik vil dere kunne bo i landet Goshen, for egypterne forakter sauegjetere.

You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fathers; in this way you will be able to have the land of Goshen for yourselves; because keepers of sheep are unclean in the eyes of the Egyptians.