1 S o Israel traveled with all he had to Beersheba. There he gave gifts to the God of his father Isaac.

فَشَرَعَ إسْرائِيلُ فِي رِحلَتِهِ آخِذاً مَعَهُ كُلَّ ما لَهُ. وَوَصَلَ إلَى بِئْرِ السَّبْعِ. وَهُناكَ قَدَّمَ ذَبائِحَ لإلَهِ أبِيهِ إسْحاقَ.

2 G od spoke to Israel in special dreams in the night, saying, “Jacob, Jacob.” And Jacob answered, “Here I am.”

وَفِي تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةِ كَلَّمَ اللهُ إسْرائِيلَ فِي حُلْمٍ فَقالَ لَهُ: «يَعقُوبُ، يَعْقُوبُ.» فَقالَ يَعقُوبُ: «سَمْعاً وَطاعَةً.»

3 H e said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go to Egypt. For I will make you a great nation there.

فَقالَ: «أنا اللهُ، إلَهُ أبِيكَ. لا تَخْشَ النُّزُولَ إلَى مِصْرَ، فَأنا سَأجعَلُكَ أُمَّةً عَظِيمَةً هُناكَ.

4 I will go with you to Egypt. I will bring you out again. And Joseph’s hand will close your eyes.”

سَأنزِلُ إلَى مِصْرَ مَعَكَ. وَسَأُعِيدُكَ مِنْ هُناكَ. وَسَيُغلِقُ ابْنُكَ يُوسُفُ عَينَيكَ حَينَ تَمُوتُ.» إسْرائيلُ يَذهبُ إلى مِصر

5 T hen Jacob left Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little ones and their wives in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

فَغادَرَ يَعقُوبُ بِئْرَ السَّبْعِ. وَحَمَلَ أولادُ إسْرائِيلَ أباهُمْ يَعقُوبَ وَأبْناءَهُمْ وَزَوْجاتِهِمْ عَلَى العَرَباتِ الَّتِي كانَ فِرعَوْنُ قَدْ أرسَلَها لِتَحمِلَهُم.

6 T hey took their animals and all the things they owned from the land of Canaan. And they came to Egypt, Jacob and all his children with him,

فَأخَذُوا مَواشِيَهُمْ وَكُلَّ مُقْتَنَياتِهِمِ الَّتِي اقتَنُوها فِي أرْضِ كَنْعانَ. وَذَهَبَ يَعْقُوبُ وَكُلُّ نَسلِهِ مَعَهُ إلَى مِصْرَ.

7 h is sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters. He brought all his children with him to Egypt.

أخَذَ يَعقُوبُ مَعَهُ إلَى مِصْرَ أولادَهُ وَأحفادَهُ، وَبَناتِهِ وَحَفِيداتِهِ، وَكُلَّ نَسلِهِ. عائلةُ إسْرائيل

8 T hese are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn,

هَذِهِ هِيَ أسْماءُ أبناءِ إسْرائِيلَ الَّذِينَ دَخَلُوا مِصْرَ، يَعقُوبُ وَبَنُوهُ: رَأُوبَيْنُ، وَكانَ بِكْرَ يَعقُوبَ.

9 a nd Reuben’s sons Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

أمّا أبْناءُ رَأُوبَيْنَ فَهُمْ حَنُوكُ وَفَلُّو وَحَصْرُونُ وَكَرْمِي.

10 T he sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.

وَأبْناءُ شِمْعُونَ هُمْ يَمُوئِيلُ وَيامِينُ وَأُوهَدُ وَياكِينُ وَصُوحَرُ وَشَاوُلُ ابْنُ الكَنعانِيَّةِ.

11 T he sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

وَأبْناءُ لاوِي هُمْ جَرْشُونُ وَقَهاتُ وَمَرارِي.

12 T he sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

وَأبْناءُ يَهُوذا هُمْ: عِيرُ وَأُونانُ وَشِيلَةُ وَفارَصُ وَزارِحُ. وَماتَ عِيرُ وَأُونانُ فِي أرْضِ كِنْعانَ. وَأبْناءُ فارَصَ هُمْ حَصْرُونُ وَحامُولُ.

13 T he sons of Issachar were Tola, Puvvah, Iob, and Shimron.

وَأبْناءُ يَسّاكَرَ هُمْ تُولاعُ وَفَوَّةُ وَيُوبُ وَشِمْرُونُ.

14 T he sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon and Jahleel.

وَأبْناءُ زَبُولُونَ هُمْ سادَرُ وَإيلُونُ وَياحَلْئِيلُ.

15 T hese are the sons who were born to Leah and Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah. He had thirty-three sons and daughters.

هَؤُلاءِ هُمْ أبْناءُ لَيئَةَ الَّذِينَ أنجَبَتْهُمْ لِيَعقُوبَ فِي فَدَّانَ أرامَ. بِالإضافَةِ إلَى دِينَةَ، ابْنَةِ يَعقُوبَ. وَكانَ عَدَدُ هَذا الجُزْءِ مِنَ العائِلَةِ ثَلاثَةً وَثَلاثِينَ فَرداً.

16 T he sons of Gad were Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.

وَأبْناءُ جادَ فَهُمْ صِفْيُونُ وَحَجِّي وَشُونِي وَأصْبُونُ وَعِيرِي وَأرُودِي وَأرْئِيلِي.

17 T he sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel.

وَأبْناءُ أشِيرَ هُمْ يَمْنَةُ وَيَشْوَةُ وَيِشْوِي وَبَرِيعَةُ، وَأُختُهُمْ سارَحُ. وَابْنا بَرِيعَةَ هُما حابِرُ وَمَلْكِيئِيلُ.

18 T hese are the sons of Jacob and Zilpah, the woman whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah. She gave birth to sixteen of Jacob’s children.

هَؤُلاءِ هُمْ أولادُ زِلْفَةَ. وَكانَ لابانُ قَدْ أعطاها لِلَيئَةَ. فَأنجَبَتْ زِلْفَةُ هَؤُلاءِ الأبْناءَ لِيَعقُوبَ. وَكانَ مَجمُوعُ هَذا الجُزْءِ مِنَ العائِلَةِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ فَرداً.

19 T he sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

وَأمّا ابْنا راحِيلَ فَهُما يُوسُفُ وَبَنْيامِيْنُ.

20 T he sons of Joseph in the land of Egypt were Manasseh and Ephraim. Their mother was Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, the religious leader of On.

وَوُلِدَ مَنَسَّى وَأفْرايِمُ لِيُوسُفَ فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ مِنْ زَوجَتِهِ أسْناتَ بِنتِ فِوْطِي فارَعَ كاهِنِ مَدِينَةِ أُونَ.

21 T he sons of Benjamin were Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.

وَأبناءُ بَنْيامِيْنَ هُمْ بالَعُ وَباكَرُ وَأشْبِيلُ وَجِيرا وَنُعمانُ وَإيحِي وَرُوشُ وَمُفِّيمُ وَحُفِّيمُ وَأرْدٌ.

22 T hese are the sons of Jacob and Rachel, fourteen sons in all.

هَؤُلاءِ هُمْ أولادُ راحِيلَ الَّذِينَ أنجَبَتْهُمْ لِيَعقُوبَ. وَكانَ عَدَدُ هَذا الجُزْءِ مِنَ العائِلَةِ أرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ فَرداً.

23 D an’s son was Hushim.

وَابْنُ دانَ هُوَ حُوشِيمُ.

24 T he sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

وَأمّا أبْناءُ نَفْتالِي هُمْ ياحَصْئِيلُ وَجُونِي وَبِصْرُ وَشِلِّيمُ.

25 T hese are the sons of Jacob and Bilhah, the woman whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel. There were seven sons in all.

هَؤُلاءِ هُمْ أولادُ بِلْهَةَ. وَكانَ لابانُ قَدْ أعطَى بِلْهَةَ لابْنَتِهِ راحِيلَ. فَوَلَدَتْ بِلْهَةُ هَؤُلاءِ الأبْناءَ لِيَعْقُوبَ. فَمَجمُوعُ هَذا الجُزْءِ مِنَ العائِلَةِ سَبْعَةَ أفْرادٍ.

26 A ll the people who came to Egypt with Jacob, the children of his own body, were sixty-six people in all. Added to this were the wives of Jacob’s sons.

فَكانَ مَجمُوعُ الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا إلَى مِصْرَ مَعَ يَعْقُوبَ مِنْ نَسلِهِ سِتَّةً وَسِتِّينَ فَرداً. وَلا يَشْمُلُ هَذا العَدَدُ زَوْجاتِ أولادِ يَعْقُوبَ.

27 T wo sons were born to Joseph in Egypt. So all the people of Jacob’s family when he came to Egypt were seventy. Jacob Lives in Goshen

وَهُناكَ أيضاً ابْنا يُوسُفَ اللَّذانِ أنجَبَهُما فِي مِصْرَ. فَكانَ مَجمُوعُ الأفْرادِ فِي بَيتِ يَعقُوبَ الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا إلَى مِصْرَ سَبْعِينَ فَرداً. وصولُ إسْرائيلَ إلى مِصْر

28 J acob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to learn the way to Goshen. And they came to the land of Goshen.

وَأرْسَلَ يَعقُوبُ يَهُوذا قَبلَهُ إلَى يُوسُفَ لِكَي يَدُلَّهُ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ إلَى جاسانَ. فَوَصَلُوا إلَى أرْضِ جاسانَ.

29 T hen Joseph made his wagon ready and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. When he came to him, they put their arms around each other and cried for a long time.

فَجَهَّزَ يُوسُفُ عَرَبَتَهُ وَصَعِدَ إلَى جاسانَ لِمُلاقاةِ أبِيهِ إسْرائِيلَ. وَعانَقَهُ وَبَكَى عَلَى كَتِفِهِ مُدَّةً طَوِيلَةً.

30 T hen Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”

ثُمَّ قالَ يَعقُوبُ لِيُوسُفَ: «أنا الآنَ مُسْتَعِدٌّ أنْ أمُوتَ، حَيثُ إنِّي رَأيتُكَ بِنَفسِي وَتَأكَّدْتُ مِنْ أنَّكَ ما زِلْتَ حَيّاً.»

31 J oseph said to his brothers and to his father’s family, “I will go and tell Pharaoh, ‘My brothers and my father’s family have come to me from the land of Canaan.

فَقالَ يُوسُفُ لإخْوَتِهِ وَلِكُلِّ بَيتِ أبِيهِ: «سَأصْعَدُ لِأُكَلِّمَ فِرعَوْنَ. وَسَأقُولُ لَهُ: ‹لَقَدْ جاءَ إلَيَّ إخْوَتِي وَبَيتُ أبِي مِنْ أرْضِ كَنْعانَ.

32 A nd the men are shepherds, for they have taken care of animals. They have brought their flocks and cattle and all they have.’

وَرِجالُهُمْ رُعاةٌ، فَهُمْ يُرَبُّونَ مَواشِيَ. وَقَدْ جَلَبُوا مَعَهُمْ قُطعانَ غَنَمِهِمْ وَبَقَرِهِمْ وَكُلِّ ما يَملِكُونَ.›

33 W hen Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘What is your work?’

فَحِينَ يَسْتَدْعِيكُمْ فِرعَوْنُ وَيَسْألُكُمْ: ‹ما هُوَ عَمَلُكُمْ؟›

34 y ou answer, ‘Your servants have taken care of cattle since we were young, both we and our fathers.’ Then he will let you live in the land of Goshen. For the Egyptians look down upon every shepherd.”

قُولُوا لَهُ: ‹كُنّا، نَحْنُ خُدّامَكَ، نُرَبِّي المَواشِيَ مُنذُ صِغَرِنا إلَى الآنَ، أباً عَنْ جَدٍّ.› قُولُوا هَذا لِكَي تَسْكُنُوا فِي أرْضِ جاسانَ. فَكُلُّ راعٍ مَكرُوهٌ فِي مِصْرَ.»