Jubilees 44

Israel set out and went to Beer-sheba. He offered a sacrifice to the God of his father Isaac.

REF And Israel took his journey and offered sacrifice at Beer-sheba.

The Lord appeared to Jacob in a vision of the night and called: Jacob! Jacob! He answered: Here I am.

REF And the Lord appeared to him: 'Jacob! Jacob!'

He said: I am the God of your fathers. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there.

REF 'Fear not to go down into Egypt.'

I will go down with you, and I will bring you back. And Joseph will close your eyes at death.

REF 'I will go down with thee and bring thee up again.'

He set out from Beer-sheba on the sixteenth of the third month and journeyed to Egypt.

REF And he arose and went to Egypt.

Jacob sent Judah ahead to Joseph, to scout the land of Goshen.

REF And Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph.

Joseph went out to meet his father in Goshen. He fell on his father's neck and wept.

REF And Joseph went out to meet Israel.

Israel said: Now I can die, for I have seen your face — you are still alive.

REF And Israel said: 'Now let me die, since I have seen thy face.'

Jacob's sons and their sons came with him, bringing their livestock and possessions.

REF And Jacob's sons came with their cattle and possessions.

These are the names of the children of Israel who went down to Egypt with their father Jacob.

REF And these are the names of the children of Israel who went into Egypt.

The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi — four sons.

REF The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman — six sons.

REF The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul.

The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari — three sons.

REF The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. Er and Onan had died. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

REF The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron — four sons.

REF The sons of Issachar: Tola, Pua, Jashub, and Shimron.

The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel — three sons.

REF The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.

These are the sons of Leah. The total of her descendants who went to Egypt was twenty-nine, or thirty counting Jacob himself.

REF These are the sons of Leah. All her descendants were twenty-nine, with Jacob thirty.

The sons of Zilpah: Gad and Asher. Gad had seven sons. Asher had four sons, one daughter, and two grandsons. Total: fourteen.

REF The sons of Zilpah: Gad and Asher. Gad's sons: seven. Asher's sons and daughter: seven.

The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

REF The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

Born to Joseph in Egypt: Manasseh and Ephraim — two sons.

REF Joseph had Manasseh and Ephraim in Egypt.

The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard — ten sons.

REF Benjamin's sons: ten.

The total of Rachel's descendants was fourteen.

REF Rachel's descendants: fourteen.

The sons of Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali. Dan had one son; Naphtali had four. Total: seven.

REF The sons of Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali. Total: seven.

All the souls of Jacob who went down to Egypt numbered seventy.

REF All the souls who went to Egypt: seventy.

They all settled in Goshen. They took possession of it and were fruitful and multiplied.

REF And they all dwelt in Goshen.

Jacob was one hundred and thirty years old when he entered Egypt.

REF And Jacob was one hundred and thirty when he came into Egypt.

Joseph provided for his father, his brothers, and all their households with bread.

REF And Joseph nourished his father and brethren.

The land of Egypt was devastated. The people sold their possessions to Joseph for food.

REF And the land of Egypt was afflicted by the famine.

The people became servants to Pharaoh. Only the priests' land he did not buy.

REF And the people became bondservants to Pharaoh.

Jacob and his sons lived in Goshen, the best part of Egypt.

REF And Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years.

Jacob lived one hundred and forty-seven years and died in the seventeenth year of the seventh week of the forty-fifth jubilee.

REF And Jacob was one hundred and forty-seven years when he died.

Israel blessed his sons before he died and told them everything that would happen to them in the last days.

REF And Israel blessed his sons before he died.

He blessed them and gave Joseph a double portion in the land.

REF And he gave Joseph two portions in the land.

He died in the land of Egypt and was carried up and buried in the double cave in Canaan.

REF And he died in the land of Egypt.