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Genesis, Chapter 46

1 So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 God spoke to Israela Lit in the visionsin visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” 3 He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there. 4 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph willb Lit put his hand onclose your eyes.”
5 Then Jacob arose from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob and their little ones and their wives in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 They took their livestock and their property, which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, Jacob and all hisc Lit seeddescendants with him: 7 his sons and his grandsons with him, his daughters and his granddaughters, and all hisd Lit seeddescendants he brought with him to Egypt.
8 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. 9 The sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi. 10 The sons of Simeon:e In Num 26:12 and 1 Chr 4:24, NemuelJemuel and Jamin and Ohad andf In 1 Chr 4:24, JaribJachin andg In Num 26:13 and 1 Chr 4:24, ZerahZohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. 11 The sons of Levi:h In 1 Chr 6:16, GershomGershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 The sons of Issachar: Tola andi In Num 26:23, Puvah; in 1 Chr 7:1, PuahPuvvah andj In Num 26:24 and 1 Chr 7:1, JashubIob and Shimron. 14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel. 15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah;k Lit all the souls ofall his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three. 16 The sons of Gad:l In Num 26:15, ZephonZiphion and Haggi, Shuni andm In Num 26:16, OzniEzbon, Eri andn In Num 26:17, ArodArodi and Areli. 17 The sons of Asher: Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah and their sister Serah. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah; and she bore to Jacob these sixteen persons. 19 The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. 20 Now to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. 21 The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman,o In Num 26:38, AhiramEhi and Rosh,p In Num 26:39, Shephupham; in 1 Chr 7:12, ShuppimMuppim andq In Num 26:39, HuphamHuppim and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; there were fourteen persons in all. 23 The sons of Dan:r In Num 26:42, ShuhamHushim. 24 The sons of Naphtali:s In 1 Chr 7:13, JahzielJahzeel and Guni and Jezer andt In 1 Chr 7:13, ShallumShillem. 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, and she bore these to Jacob; there were seven persons in all. 26 All the persons belonging to Jacob, who came to Egypt,u Lit who came out of his loinshis direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob’s sons, were sixty-six persons in all, 27 and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt werev Lit two soulstwo; all the persons of the house of Jacob, who came to Egypt, were seventy.
28 Now he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out the way before him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 Josephw Lit tied, harnessedprepared his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; as soon as he appearedx Lit tobefore him, he fell on his neck and wept on his neck a long time. 30 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.” 31 Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me; 32 and the men are shepherds, for they have beeny Lit menkeepers of livestock; and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’ 33 When Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘What is your occupation?’ 34 you shall say, ‘Your servants have beenz Lit menkeepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ that you mayaa Lit dwelllive in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd isab Lit an abominationloathsome to the Egyptians.”

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