¹ Tako Izrael krene na put sa svim što bijaše njegovo i stigne u Beer Šebu te prinese žrtvu Bogu svoga oca Izaka.

² U noćnom viđenju zovne Bog Izraela: "Jakove! Jakove!" On odgovori: "Evo me!"

³ "Ja sam Bog, Bog tvoga oca. Ne boj se sići u Egipat, jer ću ondje od tebe proizvesti velik narod.

⁴ Ja ću sići u Egipat s tobom i sam ću te vratiti ovamo; a Josip će ti svojom rukom oči zaklopiti."

⁵ I Jakov krene iz Beer Šebe. Sinovi Izraelovi postave svoga oca Jakova, svoju djecu i svoje žene u kola što ih je faraon poslao da ga prevezu.

⁶ Uzmu sa sobom svoje blago i dobra što ih bijahu stekli u zemlji kanaanskoj te stignu Jakov i sve njegovo potomstvo u Egipat.

⁷ Sa sobom je u Egipat poveo svoje sinove i unuke, svoje kćeri i kćeri svojih sinova, sve svoje potomstvo.

⁸ Ovo su imena Izraelaca - Jakova i njegovih potomaka - koji su stigli u Egipat: Jakovljev prvorođenac Ruben.

⁹ Rubenovi sinovi: Henok, Falu, Hesron i Karmi.

¹⁰ Sinovi Šimunovi: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Sohar i Šaul, sin Kanaanke.

¹¹ Sinovi Levijevi: Geršon, Kehat i Merari.

¹² Sinovi Judini: Er, Onan, Šela, Peres i Zerah. Er i Onan umrli su u zemlji kanaanskoj. Peresovi sinovi bili su Hesron i Hamul.

¹³ Sinovi Jisakarovi: Tola, Fuva, Jašub i Šimron.

¹⁴ Sinovi Zebulunovi: Sered, Elon i Jahleel.

¹⁵ To su sinovi koje je Lea imala s Jakovom u Padan Aramu i još kćerka Dina. U svemu je, dakle, imao sinova i kćeri trideset i troje.

¹⁶ Sinovi Gadovi: Sifjon, Hagi, Šuni, Esbon, Eri, Arodi i Areli.

¹⁷ Sinovi Ašerovi: Jimna, Jišva, Jišvi, Berija i sestra im Serah. Sinovi Berijini: Heber i Malkiel.

¹⁸ To su bili potomci Zilpe, koju je Laban darovao svojoj kćeri Lei. Ona je tako rodila Jakovu šesnaest duša.

¹⁹ Sinovi Jakovljeve žene Rahele: Josip i Benjamin.

²⁰ Josipu su se u egipatskoj zemlji rodili Manaše i Efrajim. Rodila mu ih je kći onskog svećenika Poti-Fere.

²¹ Sinovi Benjaminovi: Bela, Beker, Ašbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Roš, Mupim, Hupim i Ard.

²² To su bili potomci Rahelini koje je rodila Jakovu - u svemu njih četrnaest.

²³ Danov je sin Hušim.

²⁴ Sinovi Naftalijevi: Jahseel, Guni, Jeser i Šilem.

²⁵ To su bili potomci Bilhe, koju je Laban dao svojoj kćeri Raheli. Ona je Jakovu rodila sedam potomaka.

²⁶ Tako je sve Jakovljeve čeljadi što je od njega poteklo i u Egipat doselilo - ne uključujući žena Jakovljevih sinova - u svemu šezdeset i šest osoba.

²⁷ I k tome dva sina Josipova što su mu se rodila u Egiptu. Prema tome, sve čeljadi Jakovljeva doma što se naseli u Egiptu bijaše sedamdeset duša.

²⁸ Izrael posla Judu naprijed k Josipu da se pred njim pojavi u Gošenu. Kad stignu u gošenski kraj,

²⁹ Josip upregne svoja kola i zaputi se u Gošen - u susret svome ocu Izraelu. Stupivši preda nj, pade mu oko vrata i dugo je tako plakao.

³⁰ Onda Izrael reče Josipu: "Sada, pošto sam rođenim očima vidio da si još živ, mogu umrijeti."

³¹ Zatim Josip reče svojoj braći i očevoj obitelji: "Otići ću i obavijestiti faraona; reći ću mu: 'Moja braća i obitelj moga oca, koji su bili u zemlji kanaanskoj, došli su k meni.

³² Oni su ljudi pastiri, uvijek su se bavili stočarstvom; dotjerali su sa sobom svoja stada i sve što im pripada.'

³³ Tako, kad vas faraon pozove i zapita: 'Čime se bavite?'

³⁴ odgovorite: 'Ljudi smo, sluge tvoje, koji se od početka do sad bavimo stočarstvom; i mi i naši preci', tako da se možete naseliti u gošenskom kraju. Svi su, naime, pastiri Egipćanima mrski."

¹ It happened at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

² Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her, and went in to her.

³ She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.

⁴ She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.

⁵ She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.

⁶ Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

⁷ Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh. Yahweh killed him.

⁸ Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother."

⁹ Onan knew that the seed wouldn't be his; and it happened, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.

¹⁰ The thing which he did was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he killed him also.

¹¹ Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;" for he said, "Lest he also die, like his brothers." Tamar went and lived in her father's house.

¹² After many days, Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.

¹³ It was told Tamar, saying, "Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."

¹⁴ She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn't given to him as a wife.

¹⁵ When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

¹⁶ He turned to her by the way, and said, "Please come, let me come in to you," for he didn't know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, "What will you give me, that you may come in to me?"

¹⁷ He said, "I will send you a young goat from the flock." She said, "Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?"

¹⁸ He said, "What pledge will I give you?" She said, "Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand." He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.

¹⁹ She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

²⁰ Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, but he didn't find her.

²¹ Then he asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?" They said, "There has been no prostitute here."

²² He returned to Judah, and said, "I haven't found her; and also the men of the place said, 'There has been no prostitute here.'"

²³ Judah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven't found her."

²⁴ It happened about three months later, that it was told Judah, saying, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute; and moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution." Judah said, "Bring her forth, and let her be burnt."

²⁵ When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man, whose these are, I am with child." She also said, "Please discern whose are these--the signet, and the cords, and the staff."

²⁶ Judah acknowledged them, and said, "She is more righteous than I, because I didn't give her to Shelah, my son." He knew her again no more.

²⁷ It happened in the time of her travail, that behold, twins were in her womb.

²⁸ When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, "This came out first."

²⁹ It happened, as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out, and she said, "Why have you made a breach for yourself?" Therefore his name was called Perez.

³⁰ Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.