Genesis — Chapter 46

So Israel set out with all that was his, and he came to Beer-sheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.ahis father Isaac I.e., Isaac and his household.

God called to Israel in a vision by night: “Jacob! Jacob!” He answered, “Here.”

“I am God, the God of your father.byour father Cf. note at v. 1. Fear not to go down to Egypt, for I will make you there into a great nation.

I Myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I Myself will also bring you back; and Joseph’s hand shall close your eyes.”

So Jacob set out from Beer-sheba. The sons of Israel put their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to transport him;

and they took along their livestock and the wealth that they had amassed in the land of Canaan. Thus Jacob and all his offspring with him came to Egypt:

he brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.

These are the names of the Israelites, Jacob and his descendants, who came to Egypt.Jacob’s first-born Reuben;

Reuben’s sons: Enoch,cEnoch Or “Hanoch.” Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Simeon’s sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and SauldSaul Or “Shaul.” the son of a Canaanite woman.

Levi’s sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Judah’s sons: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah—but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan; and Perez’s sons were Hezron and Hamul.

Issachar’s sons: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.

Zebulun’s sons: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.

Those were the sons whom Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. Persons in all, male and female: 33.e33 Including Jacob.

Gad’s sons: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.

Asher’s sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah’s sons: Heber and Malchiel.

These were the descendants of Zilpah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah. These she bore to Jacob—16 persons.

The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

To Joseph were born in the land of Egypt Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bore to him.

Benjamin’s sons: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.

These were the descendants of Rachel who were born to Jacob—14 persons in all.

Dan’s son:fson Heb. “sons.” Hushim.

Naphtali’s sons: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

These were the descendants of Bilhah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel. These she bore to Jacob—7 persons in all.

All the persons belonging to Jacob who came to Egyptgwho came to Egypt Not including Joseph and Joseph’s two sons.—his own issue, aside from the wives of Jacob’s sons—all these persons numbered 66.

And Joseph’s sons who were born to him in Egypt were two in number. Thus the total of Jacob’s household who came to Egypt was seventy persons.hseventy persons Including Jacob and Joseph.

He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph, to point the way before him to Goshen. So when they came to the region of Goshen,

Joseph orderediordered Lit. “hitched.” his chariot and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel; he presented himself to him and, embracing him around the neck, he wept on his neck a good while.

Then Israel said to Joseph, “Now I can die, having seen for myself that you are still alive.”

Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

They happen to be shepherds; they have always been breeders of livestock, and they have brought with them their flocks and herds and all that is theirs.’

So when Pharaoh summons you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’

you shall answer, ‘Your servants have been breeders of livestock from the start until now, both we and our fathers’—so that you may stay in the region of Goshen. For all shepherds are abhorrent to Egyptians.”