Jacob’s Journey to Egypt 1Israel toke his iourney with all that he had and came vnto Berseba and offred offrynges vnto the God of his father Isaac. 2And God sayde vnto Israel in a vision by nyghte and called vnto him: Iacob Iacob. And he answered: here am I. 3And he sayde: I am that mightie God of thy father feare not to goo downe in to Egipte. For I will make of the there a great people. 4I will go downe with ye in to Egipte and I will also bringe the vp agayne and Ioseph shall put his hand apon thine eyes. 5And Iacob rose vp from Berseba. And ye sonnes of Israel I caried Iacob their father ad their childern and their wyues in the charettes which Pharao had sent to carie him. 6And they toke their catell ad the goodes which they had gotten in the land of Canaan and came in to Egipte: both Iacob and all his seed with him Those Who Went to Egypt 7his sonnes and his sonnes sonnes with him: his doughters and his sonnes doughters and all his seed brought he with him in to Egipte. The Children of Leah 8These are the names of the childern of Israel which came in to Egipte both Iacob and his sonnes: Rube Iacobs first sonne. 9The childern of Ruben: Hanoch Pallu Hezron and Charmi. 10The childern of Simeon: Iemuel Iamin Ohad Iachin Zohar and Saul the sonne of a Cananitish woman 11The childern of Leui: Gerson Rahath and Merari. 12The childern of Iuda: Er Onan Sela Pharez and Zerah but Er and Onan dyed in the lande of Canaan. The childern of Pharez Hezro and Hamul. 13The childern of Isachar: Tola Phuva Iob and Semnon. 14The childern of Sebulon: Sered Elon and Iaheleel. 15These be the childern of Lea which she bare vnto Iacob in Mesopotamia with his doughter Dina. All these soulles of his sonnes and doughters make .xxx and .vi. The Children of Zilpah 16The childern of Gad: Ziphion Haggi Suni Ezbon Eri Arodi and Areli. 17The childern of Asser: Iemna Iesua Iesui Brya and Serah their sister. And the childern of Brya were Heber and Malchiel. 18These are the childern of Silpha whom Laba gaue to Lea his doughter. And these she bare vnto Iacob in nombre xvi. soules. The Children of Rachel 19The childern of Rahel Iacobs wife: Ioseph and ben Iamin. 20And vnto Ioseph in the lode of Egipte were borne: Manasses and Ephraim which Asnath the doughter of Potiphera preast of On bare vnto him. 21The childern of BenIamin: Bela Becher Asbel Gera Naeman Ehi Ros Mupim Hupim and Aro. 22These are the childern of Rahel which were borne vnto Iacob: xiiij. soules all to gether. The Children of Bilhah 23The childern of Dan: Husim. 24The childern of Nepthali? Iahezeel Guni Iezer and Sillem. 25These are the sonnes of Bilha which Laban gaue vnto Rahel his doughter and she bare these vnto Iacob all together .vij. soulles 26All the soulles that came with Iacob into Egipte which came out of his loyns (besyde his sonnes wifes) were all togither .lx. and .vi. soulles. 27And the sonnes of Ioseph which were borne him in egipte were .ij. soules: So that all the soulles of the house of Iacob which came in to Egipte are lxx. Jacob Arrives in Egypt 28And he sent Iuda before him vnto Ioseph that the waye myghte be shewed him vnto Gosan and they came in to the lande of Gosan 29And Ioseph made redie his charett and went agaynst Israell his father vnto Gosan ad presented him selfe vnto him and fell on his necke and wepte vpon his necke a goode whyle. 30And Israel sayd vnto Ioseph: Now I am cotet to dye in somoch I haue sene the that thou art yet alyue. 31And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethre and vnto his fathers house: I will goo and shewe Pharao and tell him: that my brethern and my fathers housse which were in the lade of Canaan are come vnto me 32and how they are shepardes (for they were men of catell) and they haue brought their shepe and their oxen and all that they haue with them. 33Yf Pharao call you and axe you what youre occupation 34is saye: thi seruauntes haue bene occupyed aboute catell fro oure chilhode vnto this tyme: both we and oure fathers that ye maye dwell in the lande of Gosan. For an abhominacyon vnto the Egiptians are all that feade shepe. |
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