Genesis 46
46When Israel set out on his journey with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.H3478H5265H935H884H2076H2077H430H1H33272God spoke to Israel in visions of the night, and said, "Jacob, Jacob." And he said, "Here I am."H430H559H3478H4759H3915H559H3290H3290H5593Then he said, "I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there.H559H410H430H1H3372H3381H4714H7760H1419H14714I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again; and Joseph's own hand shall close your eyes."H3381H4714H5927H5927H3130H7896H3027H58695Then Jacob set out from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.H3290H6965H884H1121H3478H5375H3290H1H2945H802H5699H6547H7971H53756They also took their livestock and the goods that they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him,H3947H4735H7399H7408H776H3667H935H4714H3290H22337his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters; all his offspring he brought with him into Egypt.H1121H1121H1121H1323H1121H1323H2233H935H47148Now these are the names of the Israelites, Jacob and his offspring, who came to Egypt. Reuben, Jacob's firstborn,H8034H1121H3478H935H4714H3290H1121H7205H3290H10609and the children of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.H1121H7205H2585H6396H2696H375610The children of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.H1121H8095H3223H3226H161H3199H6714H7586H1121H366911The children of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.H1121H3878H1648H6955H484712The children of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the children of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.H1121H3063H6147H209H7956H6557H2226H6147H209H4191H776H3667H1121H6557H2696H253813The children of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Jashub, and Shimron.H1121H3485H8439H6312H3102H811014The children of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and JahleelH1121H2074H5624H356H317715(these are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah; in all his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three).H1121H3812H3205H3290H6307H1323H1783H5315H1121H1323H7970H796916The children of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.H1121H1410H6837H2291H7764H675H6179H722H69217The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. The children of Beriah: Heber and MalchielH1121H836H3232H3438H3440H1283H8294H269H1121H1283H2268H443918(these are the children of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah; and these she bore to Jacob—sixteen persons).H1121H2153H3837H5414H3812H1323H3205H3290H6240H8337H531519The children of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.H1121H7354H3290H802H3130H114420To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.H3130H776H4714H3205H4519H669H621H1323H6319H3548H204H320521The children of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and ArdH1121H1144H1106H1071H788H1617H5283H278H7220H4649H2650H71422(these are the children of Rachel, who were born to Jacob—fourteen persons in all).H1121H7354H3205H3290H5315H702H624023The children of Dan: Hashum.H1121H1835H236624The children of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and ShillemH1121H5321H3183H1476H3337H800625(these are the children of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, and these she bore to Jacob—seven persons in all).H1121H1090H3837H5414H7354H1323H3205H3290H5315H765126All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own offspring, not including the wives of his sons, were sixty-six persons in all.H5315H935H3290H4714H3318H3409H3290H1121H802H5315H8346H833727The children of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two; all the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy.H1121H3130H3205H4714H8147H5315H5315H1004H3290H935H4714H765728Israel sent Judah ahead to Joseph to lead the way before him into Goshen. When they came to the land of Goshen,H7971H3063H6440H3130H3384H6440H1657H935H776H165729Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. He presented himself to him, fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.H3130H631H4818H5927H7125H3478H1H1657H7200H5307H6677H1058H6677H575030Israel said to Joseph, "I can die now, having seen for myself that you are still alive."H3478H559H3130H6471H4191H310H7200H6440H5750H241631Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I 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.H3130H559H251H1H1004H5927H5046H6547H559H251H1H1004H776H3667H93532The men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.'H582H7462H6629H4735H935H6629H124133When Pharaoh calls you, and says, 'What is your occupation?'H6547H7121H559H463934you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our ancestors'—in order that you may settle in the land of Goshen, because all shepherds are abhorrent to the Egyptians."H559H5650H582H4735H5271H1H3427H776H1657H7462H6629H8441H4714
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