1雅各下埃及以色列帶著他所有的一切起程，到了別是巴，就向他父親以撒的 神獻祭。
1Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.
2 神在夜間的異象中對以色列說：“雅各，雅各。”雅各說：“我在這裡。”
2God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He said, “Here I am.”
3 神說：“我是 神，就是你父親的 神；你不要怕下埃及去，因為我必使你在那裡成為大國。
3He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.
4我要親自與你一同下到埃及去，也必把你帶上來。約瑟要親手合上你的眼給你送終。”
4I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph will close your eyes.”
5雅各就從別是巴起程。以色列的眾子，用法老為雅各送來的車輛，接載他們的父親雅各，以及他們的孩子和妻子。
5Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6他們又帶著牲畜，和他們在迦南地所得的財物，來到埃及。這樣，雅各和他所有的子孫，都一同來了。
6They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt—Jacob, and all his seed with him,
7雅各把他的眾兒子、孫子、女兒、孫女和他所有的後裔，都一同帶到埃及去了。
7his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and he brought all his seed with him into Egypt.
8雅各的子孫來到埃及的以色列人，就是雅各和他的子孫，名單記在下面：雅各的長子是流本。
8These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
9流本的兒子是哈諾、法路、希斯崙和迦米。
9The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
10西緬的兒子是耶母利、雅憫、阿轄、雅斤、瑣轄和迦南女子所生的掃羅。
10The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
11利未的兒子是革順、哥轄和米拉利。
11The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12猶大的兒子是珥、俄南、示拉、法勒斯和謝拉，但是珥和俄南都在迦南地死了。法勒斯的兒子是希斯倫和哈母勒。
12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
13以薩迦的兒子是陀拉、普瓦、喲伯和伸崙。
13The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
14西布倫的兒子是西烈、以倫和雅利。
14The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
15以上這些人是利亞在巴旦．亞蘭給雅各生的兒子，另外還有女兒底拿。這些子孫一共三十三人。
15These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
16迦得的兒子是洗非芸、哈基、書尼、以斯本、以利、亞羅底和亞列利。
16The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
17亞設的兒子是音拿、亦施瓦、亦施韋和比利亞，還有他們的姊妹西拉。比利亞的兒子是希別和瑪結。
17The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
18以上這些人是拉班給女兒利亞作婢女的悉帕給雅各生的子孫，一共十六人。
18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.
19雅各的妻子拉結，生了約瑟和便雅憫。
19The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
20約瑟在埃及地生了瑪拿西和以法蓮，就是安城的祭司波提非拉的女兒亞西納給約瑟生的。
20To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
21便雅憫的兒子是比拉、比結、亞實別、基拉、乃幔、以希、羅實、母平、戶平和亞勒。
21The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22以上這些人是拉結給雅各生的子孫，一共十四人。
22These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
23但的兒子是戶伸。
23The son of Dan: Hushim.
24拿弗他利的兒子是雅薛、沽尼、耶色和示冷。
24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
25以上這些人是拉班給女兒拉結作婢女的辟拉給雅各生的子孫，一共七人。
25These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven.
26所有從雅各所生、與雅各一同來到埃及的人，除了他的兒婦之外，一共六十六人。
26All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct descendants, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six.
27另外還有約瑟在埃及所生的兩個兒子。雅各家來到埃及的所有成員，一共七十人。
27The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.
28約瑟到歌珊迎接父親雅各派猶大先到約瑟那裡去，請約瑟指教他去歌珊的路。於是他們來到歌珊地。
28He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
29約瑟預備了車，上去歌珊迎接他的父親以色列。約瑟一看見他，就伏在他的頸項上，在他的頸項上哭了很久。
29Joseph 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.
30以色列對約瑟說：“這一次我看見了你的面，知道你還在，我死了也甘心。”
30Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”
31約瑟對他的兄弟們和他的父家說：“我要上去告訴法老，對他說：‘我在迦南地的兄弟們和我的父家，都到我這裡來了。
31Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father’s house, “I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, ‘My brothers, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
32這些人都是牧羊人，以牧養牲畜為生。他們把自己的牛羊和一切所有的，都帶來了。’
32These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’
33法老召見你們的時候，如果問你們：‘你們是作甚麼的？’
33It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘What is your occupation?’
34你們就要回答：‘僕人們從幼年直到現在，都是以牧養牲畜為生。我們和我們的祖先都是一樣。’這樣，你們就可以住在歌珊地，因為埃及人厭惡所有牧羊的人。”
34that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”