Genesis 46 : 1 (HCSB)
Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba, and he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
Genesis 46 : 2 (HCSB)
That night God spoke to Israel in a vision: "Jacob, Jacob!" He said. And Jacob replied, "Here I am."
Genesis 46 : 3 (HCSB)
God said, "I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there.
Genesis 46 : 4 (HCSB)
I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you back. Joseph will put his hands on your eyes."
Genesis 46 : 5 (HCSB)
Jacob left Beer-sheba. The sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and their wives.
Genesis 46 : 6 (HCSB)
They also took their cattle and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan. Then Jacob and all his children with him went to Egypt.
Genesis 46 : 7 (HCSB)
His sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters, indeed all his offspring, he brought with him to Egypt.
Genesis 46 : 8 (HCSB)
These are the names of the Israelites, Jacob and his descendants, who went to Egypt: Jacob's firstborn: Reuben.
Genesis 46 : 9 (HCSB)
Reuben's sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Genesis 46 : 10 (HCSB)
Simeon's sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
Genesis 46 : 11 (HCSB)
Levi's sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Genesis 46 : 12 (HCSB)
Judah's sons: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. Perez's sons: Hezron and Hamul.
Genesis 46 : 13 (HCSB)
Issachar's sons: Tola, Puvah, Jashub, and Shimron.
Genesis 46 : 14 (HCSB)
Zebulun's sons: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
Genesis 46 : 15 (HCSB)
These were Leah's sons born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, as well as his daughter Dinah. The total number of persons: 33.
Genesis 46 : 16 (HCSB)
Gad's sons: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
Genesis 46 : 17 (HCSB)
Asher's sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah's sons were Heber and Malchiel.
Genesis 46 : 18 (HCSB)
These were the sons of Zilpah-- whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah-- that she bore to Jacob: 16 persons.
Genesis 46 : 19 (HCSB)
The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
Genesis 46 : 20 (HCSB)
Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt. They were born to him by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, a priest at On.
Genesis 46 : 21 (HCSB)
Benjamin's sons: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
Genesis 46 : 22 (HCSB)
These were Rachel's sons who were born to Jacob: 14 persons.
Genesis 46 : 23 (HCSB)
Dan's son: Hashum.
Genesis 46 : 24 (HCSB)
Naphtali's sons: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
Genesis 46 : 25 (HCSB)
These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel. She bore to Jacob: seven persons.
Genesis 46 : 26 (HCSB)
The total number of persons belonging to Jacob-- his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob's sons-- who came to Egypt: 66.
Genesis 46 : 27 (HCSB)
And Joseph's sons who were born to him in Egypt: two persons. All those of Jacob's household who had come to Egypt: 70 persons.
Genesis 46 : 28 (HCSB)
Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to prepare for his arrival at Goshen. When they came to the land of Goshen,
Genesis 46 : 29 (HCSB)
Joseph hitched *the horses to his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, threw his arms around him, and wept for a long time.
Genesis 46 : 30 (HCSB)
Then Israel said to Joseph, "At last I can die, now that I have seen your face *and know you are still alive!"
Genesis 46 : 31 (HCSB)
Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I will go up and inform Pharaoh, telling him: My brothers and my father's household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
Genesis 46 : 32 (HCSB)
The men are shepherds; indeed they raise livestock. They have brought their sheep and cattle and all that they have.
Genesis 46 : 33 (HCSB)
When Pharaoh addresses you and asks, 'What is your occupation?'
Genesis 46 : 34 (HCSB)
you are to say, 'Your servants, both we and our fathers, have raised livestock from our youth until now.' Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are abhorrent to Egyptians."
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