Genesis 46
46So Israel set out on the journey with everything he owned. He arrived at Beersheba and worshiped, offering sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.H3478H5265H935H884H2076H2077H430H1H33272God spoke to Israel in a vision that night: "Jacob! Jacob!" "Yes?" he said. "I'm listening."H430H559H3478H4759H3915H559H3290H3290H5593God said, "I am the God of your father. Don't be afraid of going down to Egypt. I'm going to make you a great nation there.H559H410H430H1H3372H3381H4714H7760H1419H14714I'll go with you down to Egypt; I'll also bring you back here. And when you die, Joseph will be with you; with his own hand he'll close your eyes."H3381H4714H5927H5927H3130H7896H3027H58695Then Jacob left Beersheba. Israel's sons loaded their father and their little ones and their wives on the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him.H3290H6965H884H1121H3478H5375H3290H1H2945H802H5699H6547H7971H53756They arrived in Egypt with the livestock and the wealth they had accumulated in Canaan. Jacob brought everyone in his family with him—H3947H4735H7399H7408H776H3667H935H4714H3290H22337sons and grandsons, daughters and granddaughters. Everyone.H1121H1121H1121H1323H1121H1323H2233H935H47148These are the names of the Israelites, Jacob and his descendants, who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.H8034H1121H3478H935H4714H3290H1121H7205H3290H10609Reuben's sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.H1121H7205H2585H6396H2696H375610Simeon's sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.H1121H8095H3223H3226H161H3199H6714H7586H1121H366911Levi's sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.H1121H3878H1648H6955H484712Judah's sons: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (Er and Onan had already died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.H1121H3063H6147H209H7956H6557H2226H6147H209H4191H776H3667H1121H6557H2696H253813Issachar's sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.H1121H3485H8439H6312H3102H811014Zebulun's sons: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.H1121H2074H5624H356H317715These are the sons that Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram. There was also his daughter Dinah. Altogether, sons and daughters, they numbered thirty-three.H1121H3812H3205H3290H6307H1323H1783H5315H1121H1323H7970H796916Gad's sons: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.H1121H1410H6837H2291H7764H675H6179H722H69217Asher's sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Also their sister Serah, and Beriah's sons, Heber and Malkiel.H1121H836H3232H3438H3440H1283H8294H269H1121H1283H2268H443918These are the children that Zilpah, the maid that Laban gave to his daughter Leah, bore to Jacob—sixteen of them.H1121H2153H3837H5414H3812H1323H3205H3290H6240H8337H531519The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.H1121H7354H3290H802H3130H114420Joseph was the father of two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, from his marriage to Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. They were born to him in Egypt.H3130H776H4714H3205H4519H669H621H1323H6319H3548H204H320521Benjamin's sons were Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.H1121H1144H1106H1071H788H1617H5283H278H7220H4649H2650H71422These are the children born to Jacob through Rachel—fourteen.H1121H7354H3205H3290H5315H702H624023Dan's son: Hushim.H1121H1835H236624Naphtali's sons: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.H1121H5321H3183H1476H3337H800625These are the children born to Jacob through Bilhah, the maid Laban had given to his daughter Rachel—seven.H1121H1090H3837H5414H7354H1323H3205H3290H5315H765126Summing up, all those who went down to Egypt with Jacob—his own children, not counting his sons' wives—numbered sixty-six.H5315H935H3290H4714H3318H3409H3290H1121H802H5315H8346H833727Counting in the two sons born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob's family who ended up in Egypt numbered seventy.H1121H3130H3205H4714H8147H5315H5315H1004H3290H935H4714H765728Jacob sent Judah on ahead to get directions to Goshen from Joseph. When they got to Goshen,H7971H3063H6440H3130H3384H6440H1657H935H776H165729Joseph gave orders for his chariot and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. The moment Joseph saw him, he threw himself on his neck and wept. He wept a long time.H3130H631H4818H5927H7125H3478H1H1657H7200H5307H6677H1058H6677H575030Israel said to Joseph, "I'm ready to die. I've looked into your face—you are indeed alive."H3478H559H3130H6471H4191H310H7200H6440H5750H241631Joseph then spoke to his brothers and his father's family. "I'll go and tell Pharaoh, 'My brothers and my father's family, all of whom lived in Canaan, have come to me.H3130H559H251H1H1004H5927H5046H6547H559H251H1H1004H776H3667H93532The men are shepherds; they've always made their living by raising livestock. And they've brought their flocks and herds with them, along with everything else they own.'H582H7462H6629H4735H935H6629H124133When Pharaoh calls you in and asks what kind of work you do,H6547H7121H559H463934tell him, 'Your servants have always kept livestock for as long as we can remember—we and our parents also.' That way he'll let you stay apart in the area of Goshen—for Egyptians look down on anyone who is a shepherd."H559H5650H582H4735H5271H1H3427H776H1657H7462H6629H8441H4714
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