So Israel set
out with all
that he had, and came
to aBeersheba
, and offered
sacrifices
to the bGod
of his father
Isaac
.
aGod spoke
to Israel
1in visions
of the night
and said
, " bJacob
, Jacob
." And he said
, "Here
I am."
He said, " aI am God
, the God
of your father
; do not be afraid
to go
down
to Egypt
, for I will bmake
you a great
nation
there
.
" aI will go down
with you to Egypt
, and bI will also
surely
bring
you up again
; and cJoseph
will 1close
your eyes
."
Then Jacob arose
from Beersheba
; and the sons
of Israel
carried
their father
Jacob
and their little
ones
and their wives
in the awagons
which
Pharaoh
had sent
to carry
him.
They took their livestock
and their property
, which
they had acquired
in the land
of Canaan
, and acame
to Egypt
, Jacob
and all
his 1descendants
with him:
his sons and his grandsons
with him, his daughters
and his granddaughters
, and all
his 1descendants
he brought
with him to Egypt
.
Now these are the anames
of the sons
of Israel
, Jacob
and his sons
, who went
to Egypt
: Reuben
, Jacob's
firstborn
.
The sons of Reuben
: Hanoch
and Pallu
and Hezron
and Carmi
.
The asons of Simeon
: 1Jemuel
and Jamin
and Ohad
and 2Jachin
and 3Zohar
and Shaul
the son
of a Canaanite
woman.
The sons of Levi
: 1Gershon
, Kohath
, and Merari
.
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 asons
of Perez
were Hezron
and Hamul
.
The sons of Issachar
: Tola
and 1Puvvah
and 2Iob
and Shimron
.
The sons of Zebulun
: Sered
and Elon
and Jahleel
.
These are the sons
of Leah
, whom
she bore
to Jacob
in Paddan-aram
, with his daughter
Dinah
; 1all
his sons
and his daughters
numbered thirty-three
.
The asons of Gad
: 1Ziphion
and Haggi
, Shuni
and 2Ezbon
, Eri
and 3Arodi
and Areli
.
The asons of Asher
: Imnah
and Ishvah
and Ishvi
and Beriah
and their sister
Serah
. And the bsons
of Beriah
: Heber
and Malchiel
.
These are the sons
of Zilpah
, whom
Laban
gave
to his daughter
Leah
; and she bore
to Jacob
these
sixteen
persons
.
The sons of Jacob's
wife
Rachel
: Joseph
and Benjamin
.
aNow to Joseph in the land
of Egypt
were born
Manasseh
and Ephraim
, whom
Asenath
, the daughter
of Potiphera
, priest
of On
, bore
to him.
The asons of Benjamin
: Bela
and Becher
and Ashbel
, Gera
and Naaman
, 1Ehi
and Rosh
, 2Muppim
and 3Huppim
and Ard
.
These are the sons
of Rachel
, who
were born
to Jacob
; there were fourteen
persons
in all
.
The sons of Dan
: 1Hushim
.
The sons of Naphtali
: 1Jahzeel
and Guni
and Jezer
and 2Shillem
.
These are the asons
of Bilhah
, whom
bLaban
gave
to his daughter
Rachel
, and she bore
these
to Jacob
; there were seven
persons
in all
.
aAll the persons
belonging to Jacob
, who came
to Egypt
, 1his direct
descendants
, not including
the wives
of Jacob's
sons
, were sixty-six
persons
in all
,
and the sons of Joseph
, who were born
to him in Egypt
were 1two
; aall
the persons
of the house
of Jacob
, who came
to Egypt
, were seventy
.
Now he sent Judah
before
him to Joseph
, to point
out the way before
him to aGoshen
; and they came
into the land
of Goshen
.
Joseph 1prepared
his chariot
and went
up to Goshen
to meet
his father
Israel
; as soon as he appeared
2before
him, he fell
on his neck
and awept
on his neck
a long
time
.
Then Israel said
to Joseph
, "Now
let me die
, since
I have seen
your face
, that you are still
alive
."
Joseph said
to his brothers
and to his father's
household
, " aI 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;
and the men are shepherds
, for they have been
1keepers
of livestock
; and they have brought
their flocks
and their herds
and all
that they have.'
"When Pharaoh
calls
you and says
, ` aWhat
is your occupation
?'
you shall say, `Your servants
have been
1 akeepers
of livestock
from our youth
even until
now
, both
we and our fathers
,' that you may 2live
in the land
of bGoshen
; for every
shepherd
is 3 cloathsome
to the Egyptians
."