창세기(Genesis) 46장

 

 

창세기(Genesis) 46장

 

1. So Israel set out with all that was his,

and when he reached Beersheba, he

offered sacrifices to the God of his

father Isaac.

 

2. And God spoke to Israel in a vision

at night and said, "Jacob! Jacob!"

"Here I am," he replied.

 

3. "I am God, the God of your father,"

he said. "Do not be afraid to go down

to Egypt, for I will make you into

a great nation there.

 

4. I will fo down to Egypt with you, and

I will surely bring you back again. And

Joseph's own hand will close your

eyes."

 

5. Then Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel's

sons took their father Jacob and their

children and their wives in the carts

that Pharaoh had sent to transport

him.

 

6. They also took with them their

livestock and the possessions they

had acquired in Canaan, and Jacob

and all his offspring went to Egypt.

 

7. He took with him to Egypt his sons

and grandsons and his daughters and

granddaughters- -all his offspring.

 

8. These are the names of the sons of

Israel (Jacob and his descendants)

who went to Egypt: Reuben the

firstborn of Jacob.

 

9. The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu,

Hezron and Carmi.

 

10. The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin,

Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son

of a Canaanite woman.

 

11. The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath

and Merari.

 

12. The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah,

Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan had

died in the land of Canaan). The sons

of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

 

13. The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah,

Jashub and Shimron.

 

14. The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon

and Jahleel.

 

15. These were the sons Leah bore to

Jacob in Paddan Aram, besides his

daughter Dinah. These sons and

daughters of his were thirty-three in

all.

 

16. The sons of Gad: Zephon, Haggi,

Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli.

 

17. The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah,

Ishvi and Beriah. Their sister was Serah.

The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malkiel.

 

18. These were the children born to

Jacob by Zilpah, whom Laban had

given to his daughter Leah- -sixteen

in all.

 

19. The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel:

Joseph and Benjamin.

 

20. In Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim

were born to Joseph by Asenath

daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.

 

21. The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker,

Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh,

Muppim, Huppim and Ard.

 

22. These were the sons of Rachel who

were born to Jacob- -fourteen in all.

 

23. The son of Dan: Hushim.

 

24. The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni,

Jezer and Shillem.

 

25. These were the sons born to Jacob

by Bilhah, whom Laban had given to

his daughter Rachel- -seven in all.

 

26. All those who went to Egypt with

Jacob- -those who were his direct

descendants, not counting his sons'

wives- -numbered sixty-six persons.

 

27. With the two sons who had been

born to Joseph in Egypt, the members

of Jacob's family, which went to Egypt,

were seventy in all.

 

28. Now Jacob sent Judah ahead of him

to Joseph to get directions to Goshen.

When they arrived in the region of

Goshen,

 

29. Joseph had his chariot made ready

and went to Goshen to meet his father

Isreal. As soon as Joseph appeared

before him, he threw his arms around

his father and wept for a long time.

 

30. Israel said to Joseph, "Now I am

ready to die, since I have seen for

myself that you are still alive."

 

31. Then Joseph said to his brothers

and to his father's household, "I will

go up and speak to Pharaoh and

will say to him, 'My brothers and

my father's household, who were

living in the land of Canaan, have

come to me.

 

32. The men are shepherds; they tend

livestock, and they have brought

along their flocks and herds and

everything they own.'

 

33. When Pharaoh calls you in and

asks, 'What is your occupation?'

 

34. you should answer, 'Your servants

have tended livestock from our

boyhood on, just as our fathers

did.' Then you will be allowed to

settle in the region of Goshen, for

all shepherds are detestable to the

Egyptians."