Genesis 46
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- 1Israel set out on his journey, bringing everything he owned. When he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
- 2During the night, God spoke to Israel through a vision, saying, "Jacob, Jacob." He replied, "Here I am."
- 3God said, "I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, because I will make you into a great nation there."
- 4"I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will certainly bring you back up again. Joseph's own hand will close your eyes."
- 5Then Jacob left Beersheba. His sons transported their father Jacob, along with their children and wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had provided for the journey.
- 6They brought their livestock and all the possessions they had acquired in Canaan. Jacob and all his descendants traveled to Egypt.
- 7He brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters—every one of his descendants.
- 8These are the names of Israel's descendants who went to Egypt—Jacob and his sons: Reuben was Jacob's firstborn.
- 9Reuben's sons were Hanoch, Phallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
- 10Simeon's sons were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, who was the son of a Canaanite woman.
- 11Levi's sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- 12Judah's sons were Er, Onan, Shelah, Pharez, and Zarah. However, Er and Onan had died in Canaan. Pharez's sons were Hezron and Hamul.
- 13Issachar's sons were Tola, Phuvah, Job, and Shimron.
- 14Zebulun's sons were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
- 15These were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Padanaram, along with his daughter Dinah. The total number of souls among his sons and daughters was thirty-three.
- 16Gad's sons were Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
- 17Asher's sons were Jimnah, Ishuah, Isui, and Beriah, and their sister was Serah. Beriah's sons were Heber and Malchiel.
- 18These were the descendants of Zilpah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah. She bore these children to Jacob—sixteen souls in all.
- 19The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
- 20In Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph. Their mother was Asenath, the daughter of Potipherah, priest of On.
- 21Benjamin's sons were Belah, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
- 22These were Rachel's descendants who were born to Jacob—fourteen souls in all.
- 23Dan's son was Hushim.
- 24Naphtali's sons were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
- 25These were the descendants of Bilhah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel. She bore these children to Jacob—seven souls in all.
- 26All the souls that went with Jacob to Egypt, who were his own offspring, not counting his sons' wives, were sixty-six in total.
- 27Joseph's sons, who were born to him in Egypt, numbered two. Altogether, the souls of Jacob's household who came to Egypt totaled seventy.
- 28Jacob sent Judah ahead to Joseph to guide him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
- 29Joseph prepared his chariot and traveled to Goshen to meet his father Israel. When he appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father's neck and wept there for a long time.
- 30Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive."
- 31Joseph said to his brothers and his father's household, "I will go to Pharaoh and inform him, 'My brothers and my father's household, who were living in Canaan, have come to me.
- 32These men are shepherds who have spent their lives raising livestock. They have brought along their flocks, their herds, and everything they own.'
- 33"When Pharaoh summons you and asks, 'What do you do for a living?'
- 34You shall say, "Your servants' trade has involved cattle from our youth until now, both for us and for our fathers," so that you may live in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.