46So Israel set out with all that was his, and when he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.H3478H5265H935H884H2076H2077H430H1H33272And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, "Jacob! Jacob!" "Here I am," he replied.H430H559H3478H4759H3915H559H3290H3290H5593"I am God, the God of your father," he said. "Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.H559H410H430H1H3372H3381H4714H7760H1419H14714I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph's own hand will close your eyes."H3381H4714H5927H5927H3130H7896H3027H58695Then Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel's sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport him.H3290H6965H884H1121H3478H5375H3290H1H2945H802H5699H6547H7971H53756So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt, taking with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan.H3947H4735H7399H7408H776H3667H935H4714H3290H22337Jacob brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.H1121H1121H1121H1323H1121H1323H2233H935H47148These are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob.H8034H1121H3478H935H4714H3290H1121H7205H3290H10609The sons of Reuben: Hanok, Pallu, Hezron and Karmi.H1121H7205H2585H6396H2696H375610The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, 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 had died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.H1121H3063H6147H209H7956H6557H2226H6147H209H4191H776H3667H1121H6557H2696H253813The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron.H1121H3485H8439H6312H3102H811014The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon and Jahleel.H1121H2074H5624H356H317715These were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, besides his daughter Dinah. These sons and daughters of his were thirty-three in all.H1121H3812H3205H3290H6307H1323H1783H5315H1121H1323H7970H796916The sons of Gad: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli.H1121H1410H6837H2291H7764H675H6179H722H69217The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah. Their sister was Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malkiel.H1121H836H3232H3438H3440H1283H8294H269H1121H1283H2268H443918These were the children born to Jacob by Zilpah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.H1121H2153H3837H5414H3812H1323H3205H3290H6240H8337H531519The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.H1121H7354H3290H802H3130H114420In Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.H3130H776H4714H3205H4519H669H621H1323H6319H3548H204H320521The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.H1121H1144H1106H1071H788H1617H5283H278H7220H4649H2650H71422These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob—fourteen in all.H1121H7354H3205H3290H5315H702H624023The son of Dan: Hushim.H1121H1835H236624The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem.H1121H5321H3183H1476H3337H800625These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.H1121H1090H3837H5414H7354H1323H3205H3290H5315H765126All those who went to Egypt with Jacob—those who were his direct descendants, not counting his sons' wives—numbered sixty-six persons.H5315H935H3290H4714H3318H3409H3290H1121H802H5315H8346H833727With the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob's family, which went to Egypt, were seventy in all.H1121H3130H3205H4714H8147H5315H5315H1004H3290H935H4714H765728Now Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When they arrived in the region of Goshen,H7971H3063H6440H3130H3384H6440H1657H935H776H165729Joseph had his chariot made ready and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father and wept for a long time.H3130H631H4818H5927H7125H3478H1H1657H7200H5307H6677H1058H6677H575030Israel said to Joseph, "Now I am ready to die, since I have seen for myself that you are still alive."H3478H559H3130H6471H4191H310H7200H6440H5750H241631Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, 'My brothers and my father's household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have come to me.H3130H559H251H1H1004H5927H5046H6547H559H251H1H1004H776H3667H93532The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks and herds and everything they own.'H582H7462H6629H4735H935H6629H124133When Pharaoh calls you in and asks, 'What is your occupation?'H6547H7121H559H463934you should answer, 'Your servants have tended livestock from our boyhood on, just as our fathers did.' Then you will be allowed to settle in the region of Goshen, for all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians."H559H5650H582H4735H5271H1H3427H776H1657H7462H6629H8441H4714