Bechor and Abel and Gera and Naaman and Echi and Ros and Mophin and Ophim and Ared. 22these be the sonnes of Rachel, which she bare to Iacob: al the soules, fourteen. 23The fonnes of Dan: Husim. 24The fonnes of Nepthali :lazicl and Guni and Iefer and Sallem. 25Thefe be the fonnes of Bala, whom Laban gaue to Rachel his daughter: and these the bare to Iacob; al the soules, seuen. 26Al the soules, that entred with Jacob into Ægypt, and that came out of his thigh, besides his sonnes wiues, sixtie six. 27And the sonnes of Ioseph, that were borne to him in the land of Ægypt , two soules. Al the soules of the house of Iacob, that entred into Ægypt, were seuentie. 28And he sent ludas before him to Ioseph, that he should tel him, and he should come into Geffen to meet him. 29Whither when he was comne, Ioseph addressing his chariot went vp to meet his father, vnto the same place: and seeing him fel vpon his neck, and as they embraced, he wept. 30And his father said to lofeph: Now wil I die with ioy, becaufe I haue seen thy face and doe leaue thee aliue. 31But he spake to his brethren, and to al his fathers houfe: I wil goe vp, & wil tel Pharao, and wil say to him: My brethren, and my fathers house that were in the Land of Chanaan, are come ro me: 32and the men are Ægyptians pastours of sheep, & their trade is to feed flockes: their cattel, & heards, and al that they could haue, they haue brought with them. 33And when he shal cal you, & shal say: What is your trade? 34You shal answer: We thy feruants are paftours, from our infancie vntil this present, both we and our fathers. And this you shal say, that you may gouerne, kil, dwel in the Land of Gessen, because the Ægyptans [1] detest al pastours of sheep.
ANNOTATIONS
CHAP. XLVI.
[2]24. Be not angriein the way.) Trauelers in iourney are eafily prouoked to anger and brawling, especially if they auoid not probable occasions. Therefore Ioseph admonisheth his brothers to beware therof, left in talking of him, and how they had sold him to strangers, some of them might acccuse others, and excuse themselves, and so fal into new offences. S. Chris. ho. 64. in Gen.
1. Came to the wel of oath.] In this holic place (called Bersebee, that is, wel of oath) where Abraham and Isaac had confirmed by oath their league with the Kings of the countrie, and erected Altars, Iacob also consulted God about his going into Ægypt, and was commanded to goe with al that he had.
26. Sixtie six, 27, Seuentie.] The difficultie [3]in these two verses, concerning the number of Israelites that were at first in Ægypt with Iacob, is easily explicated, that iuft sixtie six of his owne issue came in with him; and himselfe being counted maketh sixtie seuen, adding also Ioseph (who was there before) and his two sonnes Manasses and Ephraim (borne there) they were in al seuentie. But a farre greater difficultie remaineth: for befides these seuentie persons, the Septuagint Greeke Interpreters number and name fiue more; to wit, a sonne and a nephew of Manasses (the firft called Machir, the other Galaad, ) and two sounes of Ephraim (called Sutalaam, and Taam,) and one nephew
