Genesis 46
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jacob Leaves for Egypt
46 Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba,(A) and he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 That night God spoke to Israel in a vision:(B) “Jacob, Jacob!” He said.
And Jacob replied, “Here I am.”
3 God said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.(C) 4 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you back.(D) Joseph will put his hands on your eyes.”[a](E)
5 Jacob left Beer-sheba. The sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him,(F) along with their children and their wives. 6 They also took their cattle and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan. Then Jacob and all his children went with him to Egypt.(G) 7 His sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters, indeed all his offspring, he brought with him to Egypt.
Jacob’s Family
8 These are the names of the Israelites, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt:(H)
Jacob’s firstborn: Reuben.
9 Reuben’s sons:(I) Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
10 Simeon’s sons:(J) Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
11 Levi’s sons:(K) Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 Judah’s sons: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
Perez’s sons:(L) Hezron and Hamul.
13 Issachar’s sons:(M) Tola, Puvah,[b] Jashub,[c] and Shimron.
14 Zebulun’s sons: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
15 These were Leah’s sons born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, as well as his daughter Dinah. The total number of persons:[d] 33.
16 Gad’s sons: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
17 Asher’s sons:(N) Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.
Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malchiel.
18 These were the sons of Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—that she bore to Jacob: 16 persons.
19 The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
20 Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt. They were born to him by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, a priest at On.[e]
21 Benjamin’s sons:(O) Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22 These were Rachel’s sons who were born to Jacob: 14 persons.
23 Dan’s son:[f] Hushim.
24 Naphtali’s sons:(P) Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
25 These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel.(Q) She bore to Jacob: seven persons.
26 The total number of persons belonging to Jacob—his direct descendants,[g] not including the wives of Jacob’s sons—who came to Egypt: 66.
27 And Joseph’s sons who were born to him in Egypt: two persons.
All those of Jacob’s household who had come to Egypt: 70[h] persons.(R)
Jacob Arrives in Egypt
28 Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to prepare for his arrival[i] at Goshen.(S) When they came to the land of Goshen, 29 Joseph hitched the horses to his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, threw his arms around him, and wept for a long time.(T)
30 Then Israel said to Joseph, “At last I can die, now that I have seen your face and know you are still alive!”
31 Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh, telling him: My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.(U) 32 The men are shepherds; they also raise livestock. They have brought their sheep and cattle and all that they have. 33 When Pharaoh addresses you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’ 34 you are to say, ‘Your servants, both we and our fathers, have raised livestock[j] from our youth until now.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are abhorrent to Egyptians.”(V)
Footnotes
- Genesis 46:4 = Joseph will close your eyes after you die
- Genesis 46:13 Sam, Syr read Puah; 1Ch 7:1
- Genesis 46:13 Sam, LXX; MT reads Iob
- Genesis 46:15 Lit All persons his sons and his daughters
- Genesis 46:20 Or Heliopolis
- Genesis 46:23 Alt Hb tradition reads sons
- Genesis 46:26 Lit Jacob who came out from his loins
- Genesis 46:27 LXX reads 75; Ac 7:14
- Genesis 46:28 Lit to give directions before him
- Genesis 46:34 Lit fathers, are men of livestock
Genèse 46
La Bible du Semeur
Jacob se rend en Egypte
46 Israël se mit en route avec tout ce qu’il possédait. Lorsqu’il arriva à Beer-Sheva, il offrit des sacrifices au Dieu de son père Isaac. 2 Et Dieu s’adressa à lui dans une vision nocturne. Il l’appela : Jacob ! Jacob !
– Oui, répondit-il, j’écoute.
3 – Je suis Dieu, le Dieu de ton père. N’aie pas peur de te rendre en Egypte, j’y ferai de toi un grand peuple. 4 Moi-même je t’accompagnerai en Egypte, et moi-même aussi, je te l’assure, je t’en ferai revenir ; et c’est Joseph qui te fermera les yeux.
5 Jacob repartit donc de Beer-Sheva ; les fils d’Israël le firent monter avec leurs enfants et leurs femmes sur les chariots que le pharaon avait envoyés pour les transporter. 6 Ils emmenèrent aussi leurs troupeaux et tous les biens qu’ils avaient acquis au pays de Canaan. Ainsi Jacob et toute sa famille arrivèrent en Egypte[a]. 7 Il avait avec lui ses fils et ses petits-fils, ses filles et ses petites-filles, toute sa descendance, lorsqu’il se rendit en Egypte.
La famille de Jacob en Egypte
8 Voici les noms des fils d’Israël, venus en Egypte : Jacob et ses fils, le premier-né de Jacob étant Ruben, 9 les fils de Ruben : Hénok, Pallou, Hetsrôn et Karmi. 10 Les fils de Siméon : Yemouel, Yamîn, Ohad, Yakîn, Tsohar et Saül, le fils de la Cananéenne. 11 Les fils de Lévi : Guershôn, Qehath et Merari. 12 Les fils de Juda : Er, Onân, Shéla, Pérets et Zérah. Mais Er et Onân étaient morts au pays de Canaan. Pérets avait pour fils : Hetsrôn et Hamoul. 13 Les fils d’Issacar : Tola, Pouah[b], Yashoub[c] et Shimrôn, 14 et les fils de Zabulon : Séred, Elôn et Yahléel. 15 Ce sont là les descendants que Léa donna à Jacob en Paddân-Aram. Il y avait en plus leur fille Dina. Fils et filles étaient au nombre de trente-trois personnes. 16 Les fils de Gad : Tsephôn[d], Haggui, Shouni, Etsbôn, Eri, Arodi et Areéli. 17 Les fils d’Aser : Yimna, Yishva, Yishvi, Beria et leur sœur Sérah ; fils de Beria : Héber et Malkiel. 18 Ce sont là les descendants de Jacob par Zilpa, la servante que Laban avait donnée à sa fille Léa. Ils étaient au nombre de seize personnes.
19 Les fils de Rachel, femme de Jacob : Joseph et Benjamin. 20 Au pays d’Egypte, Joseph eut deux fils d’Asnath, fille de Poti-Phéra, prêtre d’On[e] : Manassé et Ephraïm. 21 Les fils de Benjamin : Béla, Béker et Ashbel, Guéra, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Mouppim, Houppim et Ard. 22 Ce sont là les descendants que Rachel donna à Jacob ; ils étaient au nombre de quatorze personnes. 23 Le fils de Dan : Houshim. 24 Les fils de Nephtali : Yahtséel, Gouni, Yétser et Shillem. 25 Ce sont là les descendants de Jacob par Bilha, la servante que Laban avait donnée à sa fille Rachel : ils étaient au nombre de sept.
26 L’ensemble des descendants de Jacob qui se rendirent avec lui en Egypte étaient au nombre de soixante-six, et il y avait en plus les femmes de ses fils. 27 Les fils que Joseph eut en Egypte étant au nombre de deux, l’ensemble de la famille de Jacob qui s’était rendue en Egypte comptait soixante-dix personnes[f].
L’installation dans la région de Goshen
28 Jacob envoya Juda au-devant de lui vers Joseph, afin qu’il le précède dans la région de Goshen. Quand ils y furent arrivés, 29 Joseph attela son char et partit rendre visite à Israël, son père, en Goshen. Quand il le vit, il se jeta à son cou et pleura longuement sur son épaule. 30 Puis Israël dit à Joseph : Maintenant je peux mourir, puisque je t’ai revu et que tu vis encore !
31 Joseph dit à ses frères et à la famille de son père : Je vais aller prévenir le pharaon, et lui dire : « Mes frères et la famille de mon père qui habitaient le pays de Canaan sont arrivés auprès de moi. 32 Ce sont des bergers ; ils élèvent des troupeaux, et ils ont amené avec eux leurs moutons, leurs chèvres et leurs bovins ainsi que tout ce qui leur appartient. » 33 Quand le pharaon vous convoquera et qu’il vous demandera : « Quelles sont vos occupations ? » 34 vous lui répondrez : « Tes serviteurs ont toujours élevé du bétail, depuis leur jeunesse jusqu’à ce jour – tout comme nos ancêtres. » De cette manière, il vous fera habiter dans la région de Goshen, car les bergers sont une abomination pour les Egyptiens.
Footnotes
- 46.6 Voir Ac 7.15.
- 46.13 Selon le Pentateuque samaritain, la version syriaque et 1 Ch 7.1. Le texte hébreu traditionnel a : Pouva.
- 46.13 Selon le Pentateuque samaritain, la version syriaque et 1 Ch 7.1. Le texte hébreu traditionnel a : Yob.
- 46.16 Selon le Pentateuque samaritain, la version grecque et Nb 26.15. Le texte hébreu traditionnel a : Tsiphyôn.
- 46.20 C’est-à-dire Héliopolis.
- 46.27 Selon le texte hébreu traditionnel et Ex 1.5. L’ancienne version grecque et Ac 7.14 ont : soixante-quinze.
Genesis 46
King James Version
46 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
3 And 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:
4 I 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.
5 And 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.
6 And 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:
7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 And 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.
13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
15 These 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.
16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
26 All 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;
27 And 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.
28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
29 And 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.
30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
32 And 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.
33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
34 That 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.
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