Genesis 46 : 1 (NCV)
So Israeln took all he had and startedhis trip. He went to Beer- sheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
Genesis 46 : 2 (NCV)
During the night God spoke to Israel in a vision and said, "Jacob, Jacob." And Jacob answered, "Here I am."
Genesis 46 : 3 (NCV)
Then God said, "I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go to Egypt, because I will make your descendants a great nation there.
Genesis 46 : 4 (NCV)
I will go to Egypt with you, and I will bring you out of Egypt again. Joseph's own hands will close your eyes when you die."
Genesis 46 : 5 (NCV)
Then Jacob left Beersheba. The sons of Israel loaded their father, their children, and their wives in the wagons the king of Egypt had sent.
Genesis 46 : 6 (NCV)
They also took their farm animals and everything they had gotten in Canaan. So Jacob went to Egypt with all his descendants --
Genesis 46 : 7 (NCV)
his sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters. He took all his family to Egypt with him.
Genesis 46 : 8 (NCV)
Now these are the names of the children of Israel who went into Egypt (Jacob and his descendants). Reuben was Jacob's first son.
Genesis 46 : 9 (NCV)
Reuben's sons were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Genesis 46 : 10 (NCV)
Simeon's sons were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul (Simeon's son by a Canaanite woman).
Genesis 46 : 11 (NCV)
Levi's sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Genesis 46 : 12 (NCV)
Judah's sons were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan). Perez's sons were Hezron and Hamul.
Genesis 46 : 13 (NCV)
Issachar's sons were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.
Genesis 46 : 14 (NCV)
Zebulun's sons were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
Genesis 46 : 15 (NCV)
These are the sons of Leah and Jacob born in Northwest Mesopotamia, in addition to his daughter Dinah. There were thirty-three persons in this part of Jacob's family.
Genesis 46 : 16 (NCV)
Gad's sons were Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
Genesis 46 : 17 (NCV)
Asher's sons were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, and their sister was Serah. Beriah's sons were Heber and Malkiel.
Genesis 46 : 18 (NCV)
These are Jacob's sons by Zilpah, the slave girl whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah. There were sixteen persons in this part of Jacob's family.
Genesis 46 : 19 (NCV)
The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
Genesis 46 : 20 (NCV)
In Egypt, Joseph became the father of Manasseh and Ephraim by his wife Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
Genesis 46 : 21 (NCV)
Benjamin's sons were Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
Genesis 46 : 22 (NCV)
These are the sons of Jacob by his wife Rachel. There were fourteen persons in this part of Jacob's family.
Genesis 46 : 23 (NCV)
Dan's son was Hushim.
Genesis 46 : 24 (NCV)
Naphtali's sons were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
Genesis 46 : 25 (NCV)
These are Jacob's sons by Bilhah, the slave girl whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel. There were seven persons in this part of Jacob's family.
Genesis 46 : 26 (NCV)
So the total number of Jacob's direct descendants who went to Egypt was sixty-six, not counting the wives of Jacob's sons.
Genesis 46 : 27 (NCV)
Joseph had two sons born in Egypt, so the total number in the family of Jacob in Egypt was seventy.
Genesis 46 : 28 (NCV)
Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to see Joseph in Goshen. When Jacob and his people came into the land of Goshen,
Genesis 46 : 29 (NCV)
Joseph prepared his chariot and went to meet his father Israel in Goshen. As soon as Joseph saw his father, he hugged him, and cried there for a long time.
Genesis 46 : 30 (NCV)
Then Israel said to Joseph, "Now I am ready to die, because I have seen your face and I know you are still alive."
Genesis 46 : 31 (NCV)
Joseph said to his brothers and his father's family, "I will go and tell the king you are here. I will say, 'My brothers and my father's family have left the land of Canaan and have come here to me.
Genesis 46 : 32 (NCV)
They are shepherds and take care of farm animals, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and everything they own with them.'
Genesis 46 : 33 (NCV)
When the king calls you, he will ask, 'What work do you do?'
Genesis 46 : 34 (NCV)
This is what you should tell him: 'We, your servants, have taken care of farm animals all our lives. Our ancestors did the same thing.' Then the king will allow you to settle in the land of Goshen, away from the Egyptians, because they don't like to be near shepherds."
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