第一章 Exodus 1
1.以色列的眾子,各帶家眷,和雅各一同來到埃及。他們的名字記在下面。
These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
2.有流便、西緬、利未、猶大、
Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;
3.以薩迦、西布倫、便雅憫、
Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin;
4.但、拿弗他利、迦得、亞設。
Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
5.凡從雅各而生的,共有七十人。約瑟已經在埃及。
The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy[a] in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.
Footnotes:
a. Exodus 1:5 Masoretic Text (see also Gen. 46:27); Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also Acts 7:14 and note at Gen. 46:27) seventy-five
6.約瑟和他的弟兄,並那一代的人,都死了。
Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
7.以色列人生養眾多,並且繁茂,極其強盛,滿了那地。
but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.