CAP. XLVI.
1 And Yrael forth goon with al that he
hadde, cam to the pit of ooth; and slawn
there the beestis of sacryfice to the God
of his fader Ysaac,
2 herde hym bi a vysioun
the ny&yogh;t clepynge hym, and seiynge
to hym, Jacob! Jacob! To whom
answerde, Loo!
3 I am ny&yogh;. God seith to
hym, Y am the moost strong God of thi
fader; nyl thou not drede, descend into
Egipte, for into a greet folk of kynde Y
shal make thee there;
4 I shal descende
with thee thidir, and Y shal thens lede
thee comynge a&yogh;en, and Joseph shal leye
his honden vpon thin eyen.
5 Jacob aroos
fro the pit of ooth, and his sones token
hym, with the children, and his wyues,
in the waynes that Pharao sente to bere
the oold man,
6 and al that he hadde in
the loond of Chanaan; and he cam into
Egipte with al his seed,
7 and the sones
of hym, and cosyns, dow&yogh;teres, and al the
progenye togideres.
8 Thes ben forsothe
the names of the sones of Yrael, the
whiche ben goon into Egipte; he with
his free children. The firste getun Ruben;
the sones of Ruben,
9 Enoch, and Phallu,
and Esrom, and Carmy.
10 The sones of
Symyon, Jemuhel, and Jamyn, and &YOGH;ahoth,
and Jachyn, and Sab, and Saber,
and Saul, the sone of Chanynytidis.
11 The
sones of Leuy, Gerson, Caath, and Merary.
12 The sones of Juda, Her, and
Onam, and Sela, and Phares, and Zara.
Deed forsothe ben Her and Onam in the
loond of Chanaan; and born ben the sones
of Phares, Esrom, and Amul.
13 The sones
of Ysachar, Thola, and Phua, and Jobab,
and Semron.
14 The sones of Zabulon, Sared,
and Thelom, and Jahelel.
15 Thes the
sones of Lye, that she gat in Mesopotanye
of Syrie, with Dyna hir dow&yogh;ter; alle
the soulis of the sones of hir and of dou&yogh;tres,
three and thretti.
16 The sones of Gad,
Sephyon, and Aggy, Suny, and Hesebon,
Hery, and Arodi, and Arely.
17 The sones
-- --
of Asar, Jamne, and Jesua, and Jesuy,
and Berya; and Sara, the dou&yogh;ter of hem.
The sones of Berya, Heber, and Melchiel.
18 Thes the sones of Zelphe, whom Laban
&yogh;af to Lye, his dou&yogh;ter, and thes gat Jacob,
sixtene soules.
19 The sones of Rachel,
wijf of Jacob, Joseph, and Beniamyn.
20 And born ben the sones of Joseph in the
loond of Egipte, the which gat to hym
Asenech, the dou&yogh;ter of Putyphar, of the
preest of Heliopoleos, Manasses, and Effraym.
21 The sones of Beniamyn, Bela,
and Becor, and Asbelgora, and Naaman,
and Jethi, and Resemophym, and Ophyn,
and Ared.
22 Thes the sones of Rachel, the
whiche gat Jacob; alle the soules fourtene.
23
24 The sones of Dan, Vsym. The
sones of Neptalym, Jasyel, and Gumy,
and Jeser, and Salem.
25 Thes the sones of
Bale, whom &yogh;af Laban to Rachel, his
dou&yogh;ter.
26 Thes gat Jacob, alle the soules
seuen. And alle the soules that ben goon
with Jacob into Egipte, and goon out of
the leende of hym, with oute wyues of
his children, sexti and sexe.
27 The sones
forsothe of Joseph, that ben born to hym
in the loond of Egipte, soules two. Alle
the soules of the hows of Jacob, that ben
goon into Egipte, weren seuenty.
28 Jacob
forsothe sente Juda before hym to Joseph,
that he shulde telle to hym, and he
shulde a&yogh;en come into Gessen.
29 Whider
whanne he was comun, Joseph, ioyned his
chare, steiede vp to mete with his fader
at the same place. And seynge hym, felle
vpon the nek of hym, and bitwix the
clippyngis wepte.
30 And the fader seide
to Joseph, Now glad Y shal dye, for I
haue seen thi face, and at thin aboue thee
Y leeue.
31 And he spak to his bretheren;
and to al the hows of his fader, Y shal
steye, and telle to Pharao, and Y shal
seie to hym, My bretheren, and the hows
-- --
of my fader, the whyche weren in the
loond of Chanaan,
32 ben comen to me, and
ben men kepers of sheep, and han bisynes
of flockys to ben fedde; her beestis, and
her droues, and al that thei mowen haue,
thei brou&yogh;ten with hem.
33 And whanne he
shal clepen &yogh;ou, and seie, What is &yogh;oure
werke? &yogh;e shulen answere,
34 Men sheepherdes
we ben, thi seruauntis, fro oure
childhod vnto the tyme that is now, and
we and oure faders. Thes thingis forsothe
&yogh;e shulen seye, that &yogh;e mowen
dwelle in the loond of Gessen, for alle
Egipcyens haten alle sheepherdes of
sheep.
Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
