These are the names of the childern of Israel which came in to Egipte/
both Iacob and his sonnes: Rubẽ Iacob's first sonne. The childern
of Ruben: Hanoch/ Pallu/ Hezron and Charmi. The childern of Simeon:
Iemuel/ Iamin/ Ohad/ Iachin/ Zohar and Saul the sonne of a Cananitish
woman The childern of Leui: Gerson/ Kahath and Merari. The childern of
Iuda: Er/ Onan/ Sela/ Pharez and Zerah/ but Er and Onan dyed in the
lande of Canaan. The childern of Pharez/ Hezrõ & Hamul. The childern
of Isachar: Tola/ Phuva Iob and Semiron. The childern of Sebulon:
Sered/ Elon and Iaheleel. These be the childern of Lea which she bare
vnto Iacob in Mesopotamia with his doughter Dina. All these soulles of
his sonnes and doughters make .xxx and .vi.
The childern of Gad: Ziphion/ Haggi/ Suni/ Ezbon/ Eri/ Arodi and
Areli. The childern of Asser: Iemna/ Iesua/ Iesui/ Brya and Serah
their sister: And the childern of Biya were Heber and Malchiel. These
are the childern of Silpha whom Labã gaue to Lea his doughter. And
these she bare vnto Iacob in nombre xvi. soules.
The childern of Rahel Iacobs wife: Ioseph and ben Iamin. And vnto
Ioseph in the lõde of Egipte were borne: Manasses and Ephraim which
Asnath the doughter of Potiphara preast of On bare vnto him. The
childern of Ben Iamin: Bela/ Becher/ Asbel/ Gera/ Naeman/ Ehi Ros
Mupim/ Hupim and Ard. These are the childern of Rahel which were borne
vnto Iacob: xiiij. soules all to gether.
The childern of Dan: Husim. The childern of Nepthali: Iahezeel/ Guni/
Iezer and Sillem. These are the sonnes of Bilha which Laban gaue vnto
Rahel his doughter/ and she bare these vnto Iacob/ all together .vij.
soulles All the soulles that came with Iacob into Egipte which came
out of his loyns (besyde his sonnes wifes) were all togither .lx. and
.vi. soulles. And the sonnes of Ioseph/ which were borne him in egipte
were .ij. soules: So that all the soulles of the house of Iacob which
came in to Egipte are lxx.
And he sent Iuda before him vnto Ioseph that the waye myghte be shewed
him vnto Gosan/ and they came in to the lande of Gosan And Ioseph made
redie his charett and went agaynst Israell his father vnto Gosan/ ãd
presented him selfe vnto him/ and fell on his necke and wepte vpon
his necke a goode whyle. And Israel sayd vnto Ioseph: Now I am cõtẽt
to dye/ in somoch I haue sene the/ that thou art yet alyue.
And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethrẽ and vnto his fathers house: I
will goo & shewe Pharao and tell him: that my brethern and my fathers
housse which were in the lãde of Canaan are come vnto me/ and how they
are shepardes (for they were men of catell) and they haue brought
their shepe and their oxen and all that they haue with them. Yf Pharao
call you and axe you what youre occupation is/ saye: thi seruauntes
haue bene occupyed aboute catell/ frõ oure chilhode vnto this tyme:
both we and oure fathers/ that ye maye dwell in the lande of Gosan.
For an abhominacyon vnto the Egiptians are all that feade shepe.
¶ The .xlvij. Chapter.
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