Genesis 46
46SO ISRAEL made his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba [a place hallowed by sacred memories] and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.H3478H5265H935H884H2076H2077H430H1H33272And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night, and said, Jacob! Jacob! And he said, Here am I.H430H559H3478H4759H3915H559H3290H3290H5593And He said, I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will there make of you a great nation.H559H410H430H1H3372H3381H4714H7760H1419H14714I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you [your people Israel] up again; and Joseph will put his hand upon your eyes [when they are about to close in death].H3381H4714H5927H5927H3130H7896H3027H58695So Jacob arose {and} set out from Beersheba, and Israel's sons conveyed their father, their little ones, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.H3290H6965H884H1121H3478H5375H3290H1H2945H802H5699H6547H7971H53756And they took their cattle and the gains which they had acquired in the land of Canaan and 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.H1121H1121H1121H1323H1121H1323H2233H935H47148And these are the names of the descendants of Israel who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.H8034H1121H3478H935H4714H3290H1121H7205H3290H10609And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.H1121H7205H2585H6396H2696H375610The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.H1121H8095H3223H3226H161H3199H6714H7586H1121H366911The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.H1121H3878H1648H6955H484712The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.H1121H3063H6147H209H7956H6557H2226H6147H209H4191H776H3667H1121H6557H2696H253813The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.H1121H3485H8439H6312H3102H811014The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.H1121H2074H5624H356H317715These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Padan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah. All of his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three.H1121H3812H3205H3290H6307H1323H1783H5315H1121H1323H7970H796916The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.H1121H1410H6837H2291H7764H675H6179H722H69217The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.H1121H836H3232H3438H3440H1283H8294H269H1121H1283H2268H443918These are the sons of Zilpah, [the maid] whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter. And these she bore to Jacob--sixteen persons all told.H1121H2153H3837H5414H3812H1323H3205H3290H6240H8337H531519The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.H1121H7354H3290H802H3130H114420And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.H3130H776H4714H3205H4519H669H621H1323H6319H3548H204H320521And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.H1121H1144H1106H1071H788H1617H5283H278H7220H4649H2650H71422These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob--fourteen persons in all.H1121H7354H3205H3290H5315H702H624023The son of Dan: Hushim.H1121H1835H236624The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.H1121H5321H3183H1476H3337H800625These are the sons of Bilhah, [the maid] whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter. And she bore these to Jacob--seven persons in all.H1121H1090H3837H5414H7354H1323H3205H3290H5315H765126All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt--who were his own offspring, not counting the wives of Jacob's sons--were sixty-six persons all told.H5315H935H3290H4714H3318H3409H3290H1121H802H5315H8346H833727And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob [including Joseph and Jacob himself], who came into Egypt, were seventy.H1121H3130H3205H4714H8147H5315H5315H1004H3290H935H4714H765728And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct him to Goshen {and} meet him there; and they came into the land of Goshen.H7971H3063H6440H3130H3384H6440H1657H935H776H165729Then Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen; and he presented himself {and} gave distinct evidence of himself to him [that he was Joseph], and [each] fell on the [other's] neck and wept on his neck a good while.H3130H631H4818H5927H7125H3478H1H1657H7200H5307H6677H1058H6677H575030And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face [and know] that you are still alive.H3478H559H3130H6471H4191H310H7200H6440H5750H241631Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, I will go up and tell Pharaoh and say to him, My brothers and my father's household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.H3130H559H251H1H1004H5927H5046H6547H559H251H1H1004H776H3667H93532And the men are shepherds, for their occupation has been keeping 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' occupation has been as keepers of livestock from our youth until now, both we and our fathers before us--in order that you may live in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.H559H5650H582H4735H5271H1H3427H776H1657H7462H6629H8441H4714