1Israel partiu com tudo o que tinha, veio a Berseba e ofereceu sacrifícios a Deus, o Deus do seu pai Isaque.2Durante essa noite Deus falou-lhe numa visão: “Jacob! Jacob!” Respondeu, “Sim, aqui estou.”3“Eu sou Deus, o Deus do teu pai. Não receies coisa alguma pelo facto de desceres ao Egito, porque farei com que te tornes numa grande nação.4Eu irei contigo e com certeza um dia te farei regressar, embora venhas a morrer lá, com José ao teu lado até aos teus últimos momentos de vida.”5Deixou então Berseba e os filhos trouxeram-no ao Egito, assim como todas as suas famílias, mulheres e meninos, transportando-os nos carros que o Faraó lhes tinha fornecido.6Trouxeram igualmente todo o gado que possuíam e os haveres que tinham acumulado na terra de Canaã.7Foi desta maneira que Jacob veio para o Egito acompanhado dos seus filhos, netos, filhas e netas – de todos os seus descendentes.8Estes são os nomes dos filhos e netos que o acompanharam até ao Egito: Rúben, o mais velho,9e os seus filhos: Enoque, Palu, Hezrom e Carmi.10Simeão e os seus filhos: Jemuel, Jamim, Oade, Jaquim, Zoar e Saul, este último filho de uma mulher de Canaã.11Levi cujos filhos eram: Gerson, Coate e Merari.12Judá mais os seus filhos: Sela, Perez e Zera. Havia ainda Er, que era o mais velho, e Onã, o segundo, mas estes morreram-lhe na terra de Canaã. Os filhos de Perez eram: Hezrom e Hamul.13Issacar e os seus filhos: Tola, Puva, Jó e Simrom.14Zebulão, com os seus filhos: Serede, Elom e Jaleel.15Estes eram os filhos da sua mulher Leia, não incluindo a filha Dina, que lhe nasceu em Padan-Arã. Ao todo eram trinta e três descendentes.16Os outros foram: Gad e os seus filhos: Zifiom, Hagi, Suni, Ezbom, Eri, Arodi e Areli.17Aser com os filhos: Imna, Isva, Isvi, Beria e Sera, irmã deles; Beria tinha também os seguintes filhos: Heber e Malquiel.18Estas dezasseis pessoas eram os filhos de Jacob e de Zilpa, a criada de Leia, que lhe tinha dado o seu pai Labão.19Da parte de Raquel, a outra mulher de Jacob: José e Benjamim, os dois únicos filhos que Raquel lhe deu.20José teve dois filhos que lhe nasceram no Egito: Manassés e Efraim, cuja mãe era Asenate, filha de Potífera, sacerdote em Om.21Benjamim teve os seguintes filhos: Bela, Bequer, Asbel, Gera, Naamã, Ei, Rôs, Mupim, Hupim e Arde.22Estes foram os catorze descendentes de Raquel e Jacob.23Dan que teve um filho: Husim.24Naftali cujos filhos eram: Jazeel, Guni, Jezer e Silem.25Estes foram os sete descendentes de Jacob por parte de Bila, a criada dada por Labão à sua filha Raquel.26Portanto, na totalidade, todas as pessoas descendentes de Jacob que vieram para o Egito, sem contar com as mulheres dos seus filhos, foram sessenta e seis.27No conjunto, com a família de José cujos filhos tinham já nascido no Egito, toda a casa de Jacob formava setenta indivíduos.28Jacob enviou Judá adiante avisar José que estavam a caminho e que chegariam em breve à terra de Gosen. Assim aconteceu.29José mandou aprontar o seu carro e correu ao seu encontro, em Gosen. Quando se viram, caíram nos braços um do outro e choraram longamente de emoção.30Então Israel disse: “Agora posso morrer, porque te vejo de novo e sei que estás vivo!”31E José, dirigindo-se aos irmãos e a toda a família, disse: “Vou avisar o Faraó que já cá estão, que já vieram da terra de Canaã para viverem comigo.32Dir-lhe-ei também que vocês são pastores e criadores de gado, e que trouxeram convosco os rebanhos, animais e tudo o que têm.33Desta forma, quando o Faraó vos chamar e perguntar o que fazem34poderão dizer-lhe: ‘Sempre temos sido pastores, desde pequenos, como os nossos pais e antepassados.’ Se responderem assim, com certeza que vos deixará ficar a viver aqui nesta terra de Gosen.” Porque no resto do Egito os pastores eram considerados gente indigna.
1So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. (Gn 21:31; Gn 21:33; Gn 26:24; Gn 26:33; Gn 28:10; Gn 28:13; Gn 31:42)2And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” (Gn 15:1; Jó 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. (Gn 12:2; Gn 28:13; Gn 35:11; Ex 1:7; Ex 1:9; Dt 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.” (Gn 15:16; Gn 28:15; Gn 48:21; Gn 50:1; Gn 50:24; Ex 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. (Gn 45:19; Gn 45:21; Gn 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, (Js 24:4; Sl 105:23; Is 52:4; At 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, (Ex 1:1; Ex 6:14; Nm 26:5; 1 Cr 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 Cr 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. (Gn 38:3; Gn 38:7; Gn 38:10; Gn 38:29; 1 Cr 2:3; 1 Cr 2:5; 1 Cr 4:21)13The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Yob, and Shimron. (1 Cr 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. (Gn 29:32; Gn 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 Cr 7:30)18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob—sixteen persons. (Gn 29:24; Gn 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. (Gn 41:45; Gn 41:50)21And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. (Nm 26:38; 1 Cr 7:6; 1 Cr 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 Cr 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. (Gn 29:29; Gn 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. (Ex 1:5; Dt 10:22; At 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. (Gn 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. (Gn 45:14)30Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.” (Lc 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. (Gn 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.’ (Gn 47:3)33When Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘What is your occupation?’ (Gn 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.” (Gn 37:12; Gn 43:32; Gn 46:28; Gn 46:32; Ex 8:26)