GE-46:1  And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and

came to

Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father

Isaac.

GE-46:2  And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night,

and

said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here [am] I.

GE-46:3  And he said, I [am] God, the God of thy father: fear

not to

go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

GE-46:4  I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also

surely

bring thee up [again]: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine

eyes.

GE-46:5  And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel

carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their

wives, in

the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

GE-46:6  And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they

had

gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and

all his

seed with him:

GE-46:7  His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters,

and his

sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

GE-46:8  And these [are] the names of the children of Israel,

which

came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.

GE-46:9  And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron,

and

Carmi.

GE-46:10  And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad,

and

Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

GE-46:11  And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

GE-46:12  And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and

Pharez,

and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the

sons of

Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

GE-46:13  And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job,

and

Shimron.

GE-46:14  And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

GE-46:15  These [be] the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob

in

Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons

and his

daughters [were] thirty and three.

GE-46:16  And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and

Ezbon,

Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

GE-46:17  And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui,

and

Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber,

and

Malchiel.

GE-46:18  These [are] the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to

Leah his

daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, [even] sixteen souls.

GE-46:19  The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.

GE-46:20  And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born

Manasseh and

Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On

bare

unto him.

GE-46:21  And the sons of Benjamin [were] Belah, and Becher, and

Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and

Ard.

GE-46:22  These [are] the sons of Rachel, which were born to

Jacob:

all the souls [were] fourteen.

GE-46:23  And the sons of Dan; Hushim.

GE-46:24  And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer,

 and

Shillem.

GE-46:25  These [are] the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto

Rachel

his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls [were]

seven.

GE-46:26  All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which

came

out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls

[were]

threescore and six;

GE-46:27  And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt,

[were]

two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into

Egypt,

[were] threescore and ten.

GE-46:28  And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct

his face

unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

GE-46:29  And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet

Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him;

and he

fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

GE-46:30  And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I

have

seen thy face, because thou [art] yet alive.

GE-46:31  And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his

father's

house, I will go up, and show Pharaoh, and say unto him, My

brethren,

and my father's house, which [were] in the land of Canaan, are

come

unto me;

GE-46:32  And the men [are] shepherds, for their trade hath been

to

feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds,

 and

all that they have.

GE-46:33  And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you,

 and

shall say, What [is] your occupation?

GE-46:34  That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about

cattle from our youth even until now, both we, [and] also our

fathers:

that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd [is]

an

abomination unto the Egyptians.



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