Genesis 46

1 And Israel journeyed, and all that he had, and came to Beer-Sheba, and sacrificed sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” 3 And He said, “I am God, God of your father, do not be afraid of going down to Egypt, for I set you there for a great nation. 4 I go down with you to Egypt, and I also certainly bring you up, and Joseph puts his hand on your eyes.” 5 And Jacob rose from Beer-Sheba, and the sons of Israel carried away their father Jacob, and their infants, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him, 6 and they took their livestock, and their goods which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt—Jacob, and all his seed with him, 7 his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, indeed, all his seed he brought with him into Egypt. 8 And these were the names of the sons of Israel who were coming into Egypt: Jacob and his sons, Jacob’s firstborn, Reuben. 9 And sons of Reuben: Enoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 10 And sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul son of the Canaanite. 11 And sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 And sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah (and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). And sons of Perez are Hezron and Hamul. 13 And sons of Issachar: Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. 14 And sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These were sons of Leah whom she gave birth to from Jacob in Padan-Aram, and his daughter Dinah. All the persons of his sons and his daughters were 33. 16 And sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. 17 And sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and their sister Serah. And sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. 18 These were sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and she gave birth to these to Jacob—sixteen persons. 19 Sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin. 20 And born to Joseph in the land of Egypt (whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, had given birth to him) were Manasseh and Ephraim. 21 And sons of Benjamin: Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. 22 These were sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob. All the persons were fourteen. 23 And sons of Dan: Hushim. 24 And sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 25 These were sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel. And she gave birth to these to Jacob—all the persons were seven. 26 All the persons who were coming to Jacob to Egypt, coming out of his thigh, apart from the wives of Jacob’s sons, all the persons were 66. 27 And the sons of Joseph who had been born to him in Egypt were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who were coming into Egypt were 70. 28 And Judah he had sent before him to Joseph, to direct before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 And Joseph harnessed his chariot, and goes up to meet his father Israel, to Goshen, and appeared to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck again. 30 And Israel said to Joseph, “Let me die this time, after my seeing your face, for you are yet alive.” 31 And Joseph said to his brothers, and to the house of his father, “I go up, and declare to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers, and the house of my father who are in the land of Canaan have come to me. 32 And the men are feeders of a flock, for they have been men of livestock. And their flock, and their herd, and all that they have, they have brought. 33 And it has come to pass, when Pharaoh calls for you and has said, What are your works? 34 That you have said, Your servants have been men of livestock from our youth, even until now, both we and our fathers, in order that you may stay in the land of Goshen, for the abomination of the Egyptians is everyone feeding a flock.”


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