Liber Genesis, 46

1. profectusque Israël cum omnibus quæ habebat venit ad puteum Juramenti et mactatis ibi victimis Deo patris sui Isaac

1. And Israel taking his journey, with all that he had, came to the well of the oath, and killing victims there to the God of his father Isaac,

2. audivit eum per visionem nocte vocantem se et dicentem sibi Jacob Jacob cui respondit ecce adsum

2. He heard him by a vision in the night calling him, and saying to him: Jacob, Jacob. And he answered him: Lo, here I am.

3. ait illi Deus ego sum Fortissimus Deus patris tui noli timere et descende in Ægyptum quia in gentem magnam faciam te ibi

3. God said to him: I am the most mighty God of thy father: fear not, go down into Egypt, for I will make a great nation of thee there.

4. ego descendam tecum illuc et ego inde adducam te revertentem Joseph quoque ponet manum suam super oculos tuos

4. I will go down with thee thither, and will bring thee back again from thence: Joseph also shall put his hands upon thy eyes.

5. surrexit Jacob a puteo Juramenti tuleruntque eum filii cum parvulis et uxoribus suis in plaustris quæ miserat Pharao ad portandum senem

5. And Jacob rose up from the well of the oath: and his sons took him up, with their children and wives in the wagons, which Pharao had sent to carry the old man,

6. et omnia quæ possederat in terra Chanaan venitque in Ægyptum cum omni semine suo

6. And all that he had in the land of Chanaan, and he came into Egypt with all his seed:"

7. filii ejus et nepotes filiæ et cuncta simul progenies

7. His sons, and grandsons, daughters, and all his offspring together.

8. hæc sunt autem nomina filiorum Israël qui ingressi sunt in Ægyptum ipse cum liberis suis primogenitus Ruben

8. And these are the names of the children of Israel, that entered into Egypt, he and his children. His firstborn Ruben,

9. filii Ruben Enoch et Phallu et Esrom et Charmi

9. The sons of Ruben: Henoch and Phallu, and Hesron and Charmi.

10. filii Symeon Jemuhel et Jamin et Ahod et Jachin et Saher et Saul filius Chananitidis

10. The sons of Simeon: Jamuel and Jamin and Ahod, and Jachin and Sohar, and Saul the son of a woman of Chanaan.

11. filii Levi Gerson Caath et Merari

11. The sons of Levi: Gerson and Caath and Merari.

12. filii Juda Her et Onan et Sela et Phares et Zara mortui sunt autem Her et Onan in terra Chanaan natique sunt filii Phares Esrom et Amul

12. The sons of Juda: Her and Onan and Sela and Phares and Zara. And Her and Onan died in the land of Chanaan. And sons were born to Phares: Hesron and Hamul.

13. filii Isachar Thola et Phua et Job et Semron

13. The sons of Issachar: Thola and Phua and Job and Semron.

14. filii Zabulon Sared et Helon et Jahelel

14. The sons of Zabulon: Sared and Elo and Jahelel.

15. hii filii Liæ quos genuit in Mesopotamiam Syriæ cum Dina filia sua omnes animæ filiorum ejus et filiarum triginta tres

15. These are the sons of Lia, whom she bore in Mesopotamia of Syria, with Dins his daughter. All the souls of her sons and daughters, thirty-three.

16. filii Gad Sephion et Haggi Suni et Esebon Heri et Arodi et Areli

16. The sons of Cad: Sephian and Haggi and Suni and Esebon and Heri and Arodi and Areli.

17. filii Aser Jamne et Jesua et Jesui et Beria Sara quoque soror eorum filii Beria Heber et Melchihel

17. The sons of Beer: Jamne and Jesua and Jessuri and Beria, and Sara their sister. The sons of Beria: Heber and Melchiel.

18. hii filii Zelphæ quam dedit Laban Liæ filiæ suæ et hos genuit Jacob sedecim animas

18. These are the sons of Zelpha, whom Laban gave to Lia his daughter. And these she bore to Jacob, sixteen souls.

19. filii Raël uxoris Jacob Joseph et Beniamin

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

20. natique sunt Joseph filii in terra Ægypti quos genuit ei Aseneth filia Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos Manasses et Ephraim

20. And sons were born to Joseph, in the land of Egypt, whom Aseneth the daughter of Putiphare priest of Heliopolis bore him: Manasses and Ephraim.

21. filii Beniamin Bela et Bechor et Asbel Gera et Naaman et Ehi et Ros Mophim et Opphim et Ared

21. The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Bechor and Asbel and Gera and Naaman and Echi and Ros and Mophim and Ophim and Ared.

22. hii filii Raël quos genuit Jacob omnes animæ quattuordecim

22. These are the sons of Rachel, whom she bore to Jacob: all the souls, four- teen.

23. filii Dan Usim

23. The sons of Dan: Husim.

24. filii Nepthalim Jasihel et Guni et Hieser et Sallem

24. The sons of Nephtali: Jaziel and Guni and Jeser and Sallem.

25. hii filii Balæ quam dedit Laban Raheli filiæ suæ et hos genuit Jacob omnes animæ septem

25. These are the sons of Bala, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter: and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls, seven.

26. cunctæ animæ quæ ingressæ sunt cum Jacob in Ægyptum et egressæ de femore illius absque uxoribus filiorum sexaginta sex

26. All the souls that went with Jacob into Egypt, and that came out of his thigh, besides his sons' wives, sixty-six.

27. filii autem Joseph qui nati sunt ei in terra Ægypti animæ duæ omnis anima domus Jacob quæ ingressa est Ægyptum fuere septuaginta

27. And the sons of Joseph, that were born to him in the land of Egypt, two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, that entered into Egypt, were seventy.

28. misit autem Judam ante se ad Joseph ut nuntiaret ei et ille occurreret in Gessen

28. And he sent Juda before him to Joseph, to tell him; and that he should meet him in Gessen.

29. quo cum pervenisset juncto Joseph curru suo ascendit obviam patri ad eundem locum vidensque eum inruit super collum ejus et inter amplexus flevit

29. And when he was come thither, Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet his father, in the same place: and seeing him, he fell upon his neck, and embracing him wept.

30. dixitque pater ad Joseph jam lætus moriar quia vidi faciem tuam et superstitem te relinquo

30. And the father said to Joseph: Now shall I die with joy, because I have seen thy face, and leave thee alive.

31. et ille locutus est ad fratres et ad omnem domum patris sui ascendam et nuntiabo Pharaoni dicamque ei fratres mei et domus patris mei qui erant in terra Chanaan venerunt ad me

31. And Joseph said to his brethren, and to all his father's house: I will go up, and will tell Pharao, and will say to him: My brethren and my father's house, that were in the land of Chanaan, are come to me:

32. et sunt viri pastores ovium curamque habent alendorum gregum pecora sua et armenta et omnia quæ habere potuerunt adduxerunt secum

32. And the men are shepherds, and their occupation is to feed cattle: their flocks and herds, and all they have, they have brought with them.

33. cumque vocaverit vos et dixerit quod est opus vestrum

33. And when he shall call you, and shall say: What is your occupation?

34. respondebitis viri pastores sumus servi tui ab infantia nostra usque in præsens et nos et patres nostri hæc autem dicetis ut habitare possitis in terra Gessen quia detestantur Ægyptii omnes pastores ovium

34. You shall answer: We thy servants are shepherds, from our infancy until now, both we and our fathers. And this you shall say, that you may dwell in the land of Gessen, because the Egyptians have all shepherds in abomination.