1Så tog Jakob af sted med hele sin teltlejr og kom til Be’ersheba. Dér bragte han et offer til sin fars Gud.2Om natten talte Gud til ham i et syn. „Jakob! Jakob!” kaldte han. „Ja, jeg lytter,” svarede Jakob.3„Det er Gud, der taler til dig,” sagde stemmen, „din fars Gud! Vær ikke bange for at tage til Egypten. Jeg vil sørge for, at din slægt bliver et stort folk, mens I bor der.4Jeg vil selv gå med dig til Egypten, og jeg vil bringe dine efterkommere tilbage igen. Selv vil du dø i Egypten, men Josef vil være hos dig, når du dør.”5Næste morgen hjalp Jakobs sønner så deres far, deres koner og deres børn op i de vogne, som Farao havde stillet til rådighed, og de forlod Be’ersheba.6-7De tog alting med sig—deres dyr og alt, hvad de havde samlet sig i Kana’an. Kort tid efter ankom de til Egypten, Jakob og alle hans efterkommere: hans sønner og døtre og børnebørn, hele hans store familie.8Det følgende er en liste over Jakobs sønner og sønnesønner, der tog med ham til Egypten: Ruben, hans ældste søn,9og dennes sønner Enok, Pallu, Hetzron og Karmi;10Simeon og hans sønner Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Sohar og Saul, hvis mor var kana’anæer;11Levi og hans sønner Gershon, Kehat og Merari;12Juda og hans sønner Shela, Peretz og Zerach; (Er og Onan var jo allerede døde. Peretz’ sønner hed Hetzron og Hamul.)13Issakar og hans sønner Tola, Pua, Jashub[1] og Shimron; (4.Mos 26,23; 1.Krøn 7,1)14Zebulon og hans sønner Sered, Elon og Jahle’el.15Det var Jakobs og Leas seks sønner, som alle blev født i Paddan-Aram. Jakobs og Leas sønner og sønnesønner var således i alt 33. Der var også datteren Dina.16Gads sønner hed Zefon,[2] Haggi, Shuni, Etzbon, Eri, Arodi og Areli; (4.Mos 26,15)17Ashers sønner hed Jimna, Jishva, Jishvi, Beria, og deres søster hed Sera. Berias sønner hed Heber og Malkiel.18Disse 16 personer var efterkommere af Jakob og Zilpa, tjenestepigen, som Lea fik af sin far, Laban.19Jakobs og Rakels sønner hed Josef og Benjamin.20Josef fik i Egypten sønnerne Manasse og Efraim med Asenat, en datter af præsten Potifera fra Heliopolis.21Benjamins sønner hed Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Na’aman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim og Ard.22Disse 14 var Jakobs og Rakels sønner og sønnesønner.23Dan havde sønnen Hushim.24Naftalis sønner hed Jahtze’el, Guni, Jetzer og Shillem.25Disse 7 var sønner og sønnesønner af Jakob og Bilha, tjenestepigen, som Rakel fik af sin far, Laban.26Antallet af Jakobs efterkommere, som kom med til Egypten, var altså 66. Svigerdøtrene blev ikke regnet med.[3]27Med Jakob selv samt Josef og hans to sønner var de så 70 i alt, som videreførte Jakobs slægt i Egypten.28Da Jakob og hans følge ankom til Egypten, sendte Jakob Juda i forvejen for at bede Josef om at vise dem vej til Goshen.29Josef gjorde straks sin vogn klar og tog af sted til Goshen for at møde sin far. Så snart han ankom, omfavnede han sin far og græd ved hans skulder i lang tid.30Derefter sagde Jakob til Josef: „Nu kan jeg dø i fred, for jeg har med egne øjne set, at du er i live.”31Josef sagde til sine brødre og deres familier: „Jeg vil nu tage tilbage til Farao og fortælle ham, at I er ankommet fra Kana’ans land.32Jeg vil forklare ham, at I er fårehyrder og kvægavlere, og at I har bragt jeres får, geder og kvæg og alt, hvad I ejer, med jer.33Når Farao derpå sender bud efter jer og spørger om jeres beskæftigelse,34skal I sige: ‚Vi og vores forfædre har altid været kvægavlere og fårehyrder.’ Når I fortæller ham det, vil han lade jer sætte jeres telte op her ude i Goshen, for egypterne kan ikke fordrage nomadefolk.”
1So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. (1.Mos 21,31; 1.Mos 21,33; 1.Mos 26,24; 1.Mos 26,33; 1.Mos 28,10; 1.Mos 28,13; 1.Mos 31,42)2And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” (1.Mos 15,1; Job 33,14)3Then 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. (1.Mos 12,2; 1.Mos 28,13; 1.Mos 35,11; 2.Mos 1,7; 2.Mos 1,9; 5.Mos 26,5)4I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again, and Joseph’s hand shall close your eyes.” (1.Mos 15,16; 1.Mos 28,15; 1.Mos 48,21; 1.Mos 50,1; 1.Mos 50,24; 2.Mos 3,8)5Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him. (1.Mos 45,19; 1.Mos 45,21; 1.Mos 45,27)6They also took their livestock and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him, (Josva 24,4; Salm 105,23; Es 52,4; Ap G 7,14)7his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters. All his offspring he brought with him into Egypt.8Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, (2.Mos 1,1; 2.Mos 6,14; 4.Mos 26,5; 1.Krøn 5,1)9and the 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. (1.Krøn 6,1)12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. (1.Mos 38,3; 1.Mos 38,7; 1.Mos 38,10; 1.Mos 38,29; 1.Krøn 2,3; 1.Krøn 2,5; 1.Krøn 4,21)13The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Yob, and Shimron. (1.Krøn 7,1)14The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.15These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah; altogether his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three. (1.Mos 29,32; 1.Mos 30,1)16The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.17The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, with Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. (1.Krøn 7,30)18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob—sixteen persons. (1.Mos 29,24; 1.Mos 30,10)19The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.20And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, bore to him. (1.Mos 41,45; 1.Mos 41,50)21And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. (4.Mos 26,38; 1.Krøn 7,6; 1.Krøn 8,1)22These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob—fourteen persons in all.23The son[1] of Dan: Hushim.24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. (1.Krøn 7,13)25These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob—seven persons in all. (1.Mos 29,29; 1.Mos 30,5)26All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own descendants, not including Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six persons in all.27And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy. (2.Mos 1,5; 5.Mos 10,22; Ap G 7,14)
Jacob and Joseph Reunited
28He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him in Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. (1.Mos 45,10)29Then Joseph 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. (1.Mos 45,14)30Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.” (Luk 2,29)31Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. (1.Mos 47,1)32And 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.’ (1.Mos 47,3)33When Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘What is your occupation?’ (1.Mos 46,32)34you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.” (1.Mos 37,12; 1.Mos 43,32; 1.Mos 46,28; 1.Mos 46,32; 2.Mos 8,26)