¹And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.

¹Zvino Isiraeri akabva nezvose zvaakanga anazvo, akasvika Bheerishebha, akabayira Mwari wababa vake Isaka zvibayiro.

²And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

²Mwari akataura naIsiraeri nezviratidzo usiku, akati, Jakove ! Jakove ! Iye akati, Ndiri pano hangu.

³And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

³Akati, Ndini Mwari, iye Mwari wababa vako; usatya hako kuburukira Egipita; nekuti ndichakuita rudzi rukuru ikoko;

⁴I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

⁴ndichaburukira Egipita newe, ndigokudzosazve zvirokwazvo; Josefa uchaisa ruoko rwake pachiso chako.

⁵And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

⁵Jakove akasimuka, akabva Bheeri­shebha; vanakomana vaIsiraeri vakata­kura Jakove baba vavo, navana vavo vaduku, navakadzi vavo, nengoro dzaka­nga dzatumwa naFarao kuti dzivatakure.

⁶And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

⁶Vakatora mombe dzavo nenhumbi dzavo dzavakanga vawana munyika yeKanani, vakasvika Egipita, Jakove nava­nakomana vake vose pamwechete naye;

⁷His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

⁷vanakomana vake, navana vavanako­mana vake pamwechete naye, navakunda vake, navakunda vavanakomana vake, navose vorudzi rwake, vakaenda navo Egipita.

⁸And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.

⁸Ndiwo mazita avana vaIsiraeri va­kasvika Egipita: Jakove, navanakomana vake, vachiti: Rubheni, dangwe raJako­bho.

⁹And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

⁹Navanakomana vaRubheni: Ha­noki, naParu, naHezironi, Karami.

¹⁰And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

¹⁰Na­vanakomana vaSimioni: Jemueri, naJamini, naOhadhi, naJakini, naZohari, naShauri, waiva mwanakomana womu­kadzi weKanani.

¹¹And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

¹¹Navanakomana vaRe­vhi: Gerishoni, naKohati, naMerari.

¹²And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

¹²Navanakomana vaJudha: Eri, naOnani, naShera, naPerezi, naZera; asi Zera naOnani vakafira panyika yeKanani. Vanako­mana vaPerezi vaiva Hezironi, naHa­mori.

¹³And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

¹³Navanakomana vaIsakari: Tora, naPuwa, naJobho, naShimuroni.

¹⁴And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

¹⁴Nava­nakomana vaZebhuroni: Seredhi, naEroni, naJareeri.

¹⁵These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

¹⁵Ndivo vanakomana vaRea, vaakaberekera Jakove paPadhanaramu, nomukunda wake Dhina; vanakomana vake navakunda vake vose vaiva vanhu vana makumi matatu navatatu.

¹⁶And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

¹⁶Navanakomana vaGadhi: Zifioni, naHagi, naShumi, naEzibhoni, naEri, naArodhi, naAreri.

¹⁷And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

¹⁷Navanakomana vaAsheri: Imuna, naIshivha, naIshivhi, naBheria, naSera, hanzvadzi yavo; nava­nakomana vaBhiriha vaiva Hebheri, naMakieri.

¹⁸These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

¹⁸Ndivo vanakomana vaZiripa, Rabhani waakapa Rea, mukunda wake; akaberekera Jakove vanhu ava vane gumi navatanhatu.

¹⁹The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.

¹⁹Vanakomana vaRakeri, mukadzi waJakove, vaiva Josefa naBhenjamini.

²⁰And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.

²⁰Josefa akaberekerwa Manase naEfu­remu panyika yeEgipita, ndivo vaakabere­kerwa naAsenati, mukunda waPotifari, mupristi weOni.

²¹And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

²¹Navanakomana vaBhenjamini: Bhera, naBhekeri, naAshi­bheri naGera, naNaamani, naEhi, naRo­shi, naMupimi, naHupimi, naAdhi.

²²These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

²²Ndivo vanakomana vaRakeri, vakaberekerwa Jakove; vose vaiva vane gumi navana.

²³And the sons of Dan; Hushim.

²³Navanakomana vaDhani: Hu­shimi.

²⁴And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

²⁴Navanakomana vaNafutari: Ja­zeeri, naGuni, naJezeri, naShiremi.

²⁵These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.

²⁵Ndivo vanakomana vaBhiriha, Rabhani waakapa Rakeri, mukunda wake; ndivo vaakaberekera Jakove; vose vaiva vano­mwe.

²⁶All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

²⁶Zvino vanhu vose vakauya naJa­kobho Egipita, vakanga vabuda pachiuno chake, vakadzi vavanakomana vaJakove vasingaverengwi, vose vaiva vanhu vana makumi matanhatu navatanhatu.

²⁷And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

²⁷Vana­komana vaJosefa vaakanga aberekerwa Egipita vaiva vanhu vaviri; vose veimba yaJakove vakauya Egipita, vaiva vanhu vana makumi manomwe.

²⁸And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

²⁸Akatuma Judha pamberi pake kuna Josefa kuti amuratidze nzira inoe­nda Gosheni.

²⁹And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

²⁹Ipapo Josefa akagadzira ngoro yake, akakwira Gosheni, kundosa­ngana naIsiraeri, baba vake; akazvizivisa kwavari, akawira pamutsipa wavo, aka­chema pamutsipa wavo nguva huru.

³⁰And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

³⁰Isiraeri akati kuna Josefa, Zvino nga­ndichifa hangu, nekuti ndaona chiso chako, kuti uchiri mupenyu.

³¹And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and show Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

³¹Zvino Josefa akati kuvana vababa vake naveimba yababa vake, Ini ndicha­kwira kundoudza Farao, ndichiti kwaari, Vana vababa vangu, naveimba yababa vangu, vaigara kunyika yeKanani, va­svika kwandiri;

³²And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

³²varume ava vafudzi, nekuti vaipfuwa zvipfuwo; vauya nama­kwai avo, nemombe dzavo, nezvose zva­vanazvo.

³³And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

³³Zvino kana modamwa naFa­rao, akati, Basa renyu nderei?

³⁴That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

³⁴Muti, Varanda venyu vaiva vapfuwi vezvipfuwo kubva paucheche hwedu kusvikira zvino, isu namadzibaba edu; kuti mugare munyika yeGosheni, nekuti vafudzi vose vanonyangadza vaEgipita.