46Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba, and he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.H3478H5265H935H884H2076H2077H430H1H33272That night God spoke to Israel in a vision: "Jacob, Jacob!" He said. And Jacob replied, "Here I am."H430H559H3478H4759H3915H559H3290H3290H5593God 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.H559H410H430H1H3372H3381H4714H7760H1419H14714I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you back. Joseph will put his hands on your eyes."H3381H4714H5927H5927H3130H7896H3027H58695Jacob 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.H3290H6965H884H1121H3478H5375H3290H1H2945H802H5699H6547H7971H53756They 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.H3947H4735H7399H7408H776H3667H935H4714H3290H22337His sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters, indeed all his offspring, he brought with him to Egypt.H1121H1121H1121H1323H1121H1323H2233H935H47148These are the names of the Israelites, Jacob and his descendants, who went to Egypt: Jacob's firstborn: Reuben.H8034H1121H3478H935H4714H3290H1121H7205H3290H10609Reuben's sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.H1121H7205H2585H6396H2696H375610Simeon's sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, 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; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. Perez's sons: Hezron and Hamul.H1121H3063H6147H209H7956H6557H2226H6147H209H4191H776H3667H1121H6557H2696H253813Issachar's sons: Tola, Puvah, Jashub, and Shimron.H1121H3485H8439H6312H3102H811014Zebulun's sons: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.H1121H2074H5624H356H317715These were Leah's sons born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, as well as his daughter Dinah. The total number of persons: 33.H1121H3812H3205H3290H6307H1323H1783H5315H1121H1323H7970H796916Gad's sons: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.H1121H1410H6837H2291H7764H675H6179H722H69217Asher's sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah's sons were Heber and Malchiel.H1121H836H3232H3438H3440H1283H8294H269H1121H1283H2268H443918These were the sons of Zilpah— whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah— that she bore to Jacob: 16 persons.H1121H2153H3837H5414H3812H1323H3205H3290H6240H8337H531519The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.H1121H7354H3290H802H3130H114420Manasseh 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.H3130H776H4714H3205H4519H669H621H1323H6319H3548H204H320521Benjamin's sons: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.H1121H1144H1106H1071H788H1617H5283H278H7220H4649H2650H71422These were Rachel's sons who were born to Jacob: 14 persons.H1121H7354H3205H3290H5315H702H624023Dan's son: Hashum.H1121H1835H236624Naphtali's sons: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.H1121H5321H3183H1476H3337H800625These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel. She bore to Jacob: seven persons.H1121H1090H3837H5414H7354H1323H3205H3290H5315H765126The total number of persons belonging to Jacob— his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob's sons— who came to Egypt: 66.H5315H935H3290H4714H3318H3409H3290H1121H802H5315H8346H833727And 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.H1121H3130H3205H4714H8147H5315H5315H1004H3290H935H4714H765728Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to prepare for his arrival at Goshen. When they came to the land of Goshen,H7971H3063H6440H3130H3384H6440H1657H935H776H165729Joseph 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.H3130H631H4818H5927H7125H3478H1H1657H7200H5307H6677H1058H6677H575030Then Israel said to Joseph, "At last I can die, now that I have seen your face [and know] you are still alive!"H3478H559H3130H6471H4191H310H7200H6440H5750H241631Joseph 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.H3130H559H251H1H1004H5927H5046H6547H559H251H1H1004H776H3667H93532The men are shepherds; indeed they raise livestock. They have brought their sheep and cattle and all that they have.H582H7462H6629H4735H935H6629H124133When Pharaoh addresses you and asks, 'What is your occupation?'H6547H7121H559H463934you 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."H559H5650H582H4735H5271H1H3427H776H1657H7462H6629H8441H4714