Israel set out from Hebron, from his house, on the first of the third month. He went by way of the well of the oath and offered a sacrifice to the God of his father Isaac on the seventh of this month.

When Jacob remembered the dream that he had seen in Bethel, he was afraid to go down to Egypt.

But as he was thinking about sending word to Joseph that he should come to him and that he would not go down, he remained there for seven days on the chance that he would see a vision (about) whether he should remain or go down.

He celebrated the harvest festival — the firstfruits of grain — with old grain because in all the land of Canaan there was not even a handful of seed in the land since the famine affected all the animals, the cattle, the birds, and mankind as well.

On the sixteenth the Lord appeared to him and said to him: ‘Jacob, Jacob’. He said: ‘Yes’? He said to him: ‘I am the God of your fathers — the God of Abraham and Isaac. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt because I will make you into a great nation there.

I will go down with you and I will lead you (back). You will be buried in this land, and Joseph will place his hands on your eyes. Do not be afraid; go down to Egypt’.

His sons and grandsons set about loading their father and their property on the wagons.

Israel set out from the well of the oath on the sixteenth day of this third month and went to the territory of Egypt.

Israel sent his son Judah in front of him to Joseph to check the land of Goshen because Joseph had told his brothers to come there in order to live there so that they would be his neighbors.

It was the best (place) in the land of Egypt and (it was) near him for each one and also all the cattle.

These are the names of Jacob’s children who went to Egypt with their father Jacob.

Reuben, Israel’s first-born, and these are the names of his sons: Enoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi — five;

Simeon and his sons, and these are the names of his sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of the Phoenician woman — seven;

Levi and his sons, and these are the names of his sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari — four;

Judah and his sons, and these are the names of his sons: Shelah, Perez, and Zerah — four;

Issachar and his sons, and these are the names of his sons: Tola, Puvah, lob, and Shimron — five;

Zebulun and his sons, and these are the names of his sons: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel — four;

These are Jacob’s sons and their sons to whom Leah gave birth for Jacob in Mesopotamia — six and their one sister Dinah. All of the persons of Leah’s sons and their sons who went with their father Jacob to Egypt were 29. And, as their father Jacob was with them, they were 30.

The sons of Zilpah, the maid of Jacob’s wife Leah, to whom she gave birth for Jacob were Gad and Asher.

These are the names of their sons who went with him into Egypt. Gad’s sons: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, [Eri], Areli, and Arodi — eight.

The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, [Ishvi], Beriah, and their one sister Serah — six.

All the persons were 14, and all those of Leah were 44.

The sons of Rachel who was Jacob’s wife were Joseph and Benjamin.

Before his father came to Egypt children, to whom Asenath — the daughter of Potiphar, the priest of Heliopohs — gave birth for him, were born to Joseph in Egypt: Manasseh and Ephraim — three.

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

All the persons of Rachel were 14.

The sons of Bilhah, the maid of Jacob’s wife Rachel, to whom she gave birth for Jacob were Dan and Naphtali.

These are the names of their sons who went with them to Egypt. The sons of Dan were: Hushim, Samon, Asudi, Iyaka, and Salomon — six.

They died in Egypt during the year in which they came (there). Only Hushim was left to Dan.

These are the names of Naphtali’s sons: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, Shillem, and Ev.

Ev, who was born after the years of the famine, died in Egypt.

All those of Rachel were 26.

All the persons of Jacob who entered Egypt were 70 persons. So all of these sons and grandsons of his were 70, and five who died in Egypt before they married. They had no children.

Judah’s two sons Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan. They had no children. The sons of Israel buried those who died, and they were placed among the 70 nations.