Genesis - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 48

Tzokhar, and Shan} ben Cammith. And the sous 0f Issaclmr, Tholah, And the sons of Levi, Gershan, Kchath and Merari ; Oman, and Shelak, and Pherez, and Hctzccm, and Hama] : daughter, and she bore these to ]ac0b ; to Mitzer, who sprung from his loins, being men only, sons of jacob ;-·all the persons were seventy, in all seven persons. And the souls who went with jacob 47-8 GEN ESIS.

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zo The sons of Simeon, jemuel, and jamin, and Ahad, and jzxkin, and II I2 16 18 20 21 22 26 28 And the sons of judnh, Ar, and

and Phurah, and job, and Shimron ; And the sons of Zebulon, Sered, and Alon, and jakhlal ; These were children from Leah,

which she bore to jacob in Padan Amm, beside Dinah his daughter; and the persons of her sons and daughters were thirty—three. And the sons of Gad, Tzifion, and

Hani, Sheni, and Atzbon, Ari, and Arodi and Akheli ; And the sons of Asher were, jamna,

and Ishnah, and Ishur, and Beriah, and Sirakh, his twin brother; and the sons of Beriah, Heber, and Mal- kiel; These were the children of Zilfa,

whom Laban gave to Leah his daugh- ter, and who bore them to jacob, six and twenty persons. Sons of Rachel, wife of jacob, were

joseph and Benjamin. But there were born to joseph in the land of the Mitzeraim whom Aseneth the daughter of Poti·Para priest of On bore ;-—l\/Ianasseh, and Ephraim. And the sons of Benjamin, Bela,

and Beker, and Ashbol, Ghera and Namen, twins, and Rash with the twin Muphi, and twin Khuphi, and Arad; These were the sons of Rachel

which she bore to jacob, fourteen persons in all. And the son of Gad was Kushan; And thesons of Naphthali,jakhze1,

and Guni, and jetzer, and Shilam: These were the children of Bilah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his But the sons of joseph, who were

born to him in Mitzer were two persons, men; so all the persons of the family of jacob who came down to Mitzer were seventy. Qlarulw mth Qluzzph meet. But he sent judah before himself to invite joseph to meet him in Goshen, when he arrived in the land of Goshen. joseph accordingly at once mounted his chariot, and went to meet Israel his father in Goshen. Whom he looked at, and fell upon his neck, and wept on his neck for a long time; and Israel said to joseph, ‘Let me die at once,~—after I have seen your face! Why should I live joseph afterwards said to his

brothers, and to the family of his I will go and inform Pharoh, and tell him that my brothers, and the family of my father who were in the land of Canan have come to me, and that the men feed sheep, they have lived with people of the fold; and their sheep and cattle and all that they have they have brought. But it must be that when Pharoh calls you and enquires ‘What can you do? ’ you must say; ‘ Your slaves have lived as cattle-men from their youth, until now, both we and our fathers;-—-grant us to settle in the land of Goshen;’ for the Mitzerites hate every shepherd of sheep! 29 33

joseph accordingly went and re- 47 My father and brothers, and their sheep and cattle, and all that they have, are come from the land of Canan, and are in the land of Goshen? Then he selected five from his brothers to take and present to Pharoh, and What is When they replied Your slaves are shep- herds of sheep,———as we are, so were our fathers? They also said to We have come to reside in the land, for there is no pasture for your s1aves' sheep, because the famine is heavy in the land of Canan, so allow your slaves to live in the land of Goshen. Pharoh therefore in reply saideto

Your father and your brothers have come to you; the land of the Mitzeraim is before you, so fix your father and brothers on the best of it. Let them settle in the land of Goshen, and if you know also a skil- ful man amongst them, appoint him joseph afterwards took jacob his

father and presented him before Pharoh, and jacob blessed Pharoh; How many