你們要在你們的上帝耶和華面前宣告，『我們的祖先原是到處流浪的亞蘭人。他到埃及寄居時，家中人丁稀少，後來成為人口眾多的強大民族。

你要在耶和华你神面前说：‘我祖原是一个将亡的亚兰人，下到埃及寄居。他人口稀少，在那里却成了又大又强、人数很多的国民。

你要在耶和华—你上帝面前告白说：‘我的祖先原是一个流亡的亚兰人，带着稀少的人丁下到埃及寄居。在那里，他却成了又大又强、人数众多的国。

你要在耶和华—你神面前告白说：‘我的祖先原是一个流亡的亚兰人，带着稀少的人丁下到埃及寄居。在那里，他却成了又大又强、人数众多的国。

你们要在你们的上帝耶和华面前宣告，‘我们的祖先原是到处流浪的亚兰人。他到埃及寄居时，家中人丁稀少，后来成为人口众多的强大民族。

然后你要在耶和华你的神面前说：‘我的祖先原是个飘泊流亡的亚兰人；他下到埃及，在那里寄居；他人数稀少，在那里却成了又大又强、人数又多的国。

你要在耶和華－你神面前說：『我祖原是一個將亡的亞蘭人，下到埃及寄居。他人口稀少，在那裏卻成了又大又強、人數很多的國民。

你要在耶和華－你上帝面前告白說：『我的祖先原是一個流亡的亞蘭人，帶着稀少的人丁下到埃及寄居。在那裏，他卻成了又大又強、人數眾多的國。

你要在耶和華－你神面前告白說：『我的祖先原是一個流亡的亞蘭人，帶着稀少的人丁下到埃及寄居。在那裏，他卻成了又大又強、人數眾多的國。

然後你要在耶和華你的神面前說：‘我的祖先原是個飄泊流亡的亞蘭人；他下到埃及，在那裡寄居；他人數稀少，在那裡卻成了又大又強、人數又多的國。

你要在永恆主你的上帝面前應聲地說：「我的祖宗原是個飄泊流亡的亞蘭人；他下到埃及，寄居在那裏，人數稀少；在那裏竟成了一國，又大又強盛，人數又多。

爾在爾上帝耶和華前必曰、我祖亞蘭人、乃瀕死者、往旅埃及、人數無多、而成大族、強盛繁衍、

爾在上帝耶和華前必告曰、吾祖亞蘭人、遊牧無定、攜人無多、以往埃及於彼昌大、繁衍其族。

爾在主爾之天主前、當敬告曰、我祖亞蘭人飄流無定、飄流無定或作窘迫將亡攜人無多以往伊及、乃旅於彼、在彼成為大族、強盛蕃衍、

Then you shall declare before the Lord your God:“ My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous.

Then you will speak while the Lord is listening. You will say,“ My father Jacob was a wanderer from the land of Aram. He went down into Egypt with a few people. He lived there and became the father of a great nation. It had huge numbers of people.

“ And you shall make response before the Lord your God,‘ A wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

“ You must then say in the presence of the Lord your God,‘ My ancestor Jacob was a wandering Aramean who went to live as a foreigner in Egypt. His family arrived few in number, but in Egypt they became a large and mighty nation.

You are to respond by saying in the presence of the LORD your God: My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt with a few people and resided there as an alien. There he became a great, powerful, and populous nation.

And you shall respond and say before the Lord your God,‘ My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and resided there, few in number; but there he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.

And you shall answer and say before the Lord your God:‘ My father was a Syrian, about to perish, and he went down to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number; and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

You are to respond by saying in the presence of the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt with a few people and lived there. There he became a great, powerful, and populous nation.

And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish[ was] my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

Then you must affirm before the LORD YOUR GOD,“ A wandering Aramean was my ancestor, and he went down to Egypt and lived there as a foreigner with a household few in number, but there he became a great, powerful, and numerous people.

You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God,“ My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.

那地方的饑荒仍然非常嚴重，他們從埃及帶回來的糧食吃完了，他們的父親對他們說：「你們再去買些糧食吧。」

加上約瑟在埃及生的兩個兒子，雅各一家來到埃及的共有七十人。

當年你們祖先下埃及時，只有七十人，現在你們的上帝耶和華使你們多如天上的星辰。

我可以奉養他，以免他和全家老少及僕婢牲畜都陷入絕境，因為還有五年的饑荒。』

上帝差我先來，是要為你們保留後代，又要大施拯救，保住你們的性命。

你們還要帶雙倍的錢，好歸還上次留在你們口袋中的錢，那可能是弄錯了。

雅各曾逃往亞蘭，以色列在那裡為娶妻而服侍人，為得到妻子而替人牧羊。

從此以後，雅各和其他先祖們便定居埃及，直到去世。

「耶和華喜愛你們、揀選你們，不是因為你們的人口比別的民族多——其實你們在萬族中是最小的——

耶和華說：「追求公義、尋求我的人啊，聽我說。你們要追想那磐石，你們是從那裡被鑿出來的；你們要追想那岩穴，你們是從那裡被挖出來的。你們要追想你們的祖先亞伯拉罕和生你們的撒拉。我呼召亞伯拉罕的時候，他是孤身一人，但我賜福給他，使他子孫眾多。

雅各的子孫總共有七十人。那時，約瑟已經住在埃及。

以色列人生養眾多，人口大增，很快就遍佈埃及，成為一個強大的民族。

以撒四十歲娶利百加，利百加是巴旦·亞蘭的亞蘭人彼土利的女兒、拉班的妹妹。

以色列帶著他所有的一切來到別示巴，向他父親以撒的上帝獻祭。晚上，上帝在異象中對他說：「雅各！雅各！」他說：「我在這裡。」上帝說：「我是上帝，是你父親的上帝，不要害怕下到埃及，因為我要使你在那裡成為大族。我必跟你一起下到埃及，也必帶領你回來，約瑟必為你送終。」於是，雅各從別示巴啟程。以色列的兒子們帶著父親和妻兒，乘坐法老送來的車，帶著在迦南獲得的牲畜和財物前往埃及。這樣，雅各帶著他所有的子孫，就是他的兒子、孫子、女兒和孫女一起去了埃及。

以色列人越受奴役，人口增長得越快，散居的範圍也越廣，令埃及人感到恐懼。

當天晚上，上帝在夢中對亞蘭人拉班說：「你要當心，不可對雅各多說什麼。」

我白天受盡烈日煎熬，晚上飽嚐夜露寒霜，不得好睡。

以色列來到埃及，寄居在含地。耶和華使祂的子民生養眾多，比他們的仇敵還要強盛。

雅各不辭而別，背著亞蘭人拉班偷偷地跑了。

你要回到我的家鄉，在我的親族中為以撒物色妻子。」

以撒讓雅各前往巴旦·亞蘭，去亞蘭人彼土利的兒子拉班那裡。拉班是雅各和以掃的舅父。

以掃因為父親把祝福給了雅各，就對雅各懷恨在心，暗自思量說：「父親已經不久人世，他死後，我要把雅各殺掉！」

以色列人住在埃及的歌珊，在那裡獲得了產業，人口興旺。