“1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to
Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. 2
And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob,
Jacob. And he said, Here [am] I. 3 And he said, I [am] God, the God of
thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of
thee a great nation: 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will
also surely bring thee up [again]: and Joseph shall put his hand upon
thine eyes.”
“5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried
Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the
wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 And they took their
cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan,
and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him: 7 His sons, and
his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all
his seed brought he with him into Egypt. 8 And these [are] the names of
the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons:
Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. 9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu,
and Hezron, and Carmi. 10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and
Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 And the sons of
Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan
died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and
Hamul. 13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and
Shimron. 14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. 15
These [be] the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram,
with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters
[were] thirty and three. 16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi,
Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. 17 And the sons of Asher;
Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and
the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. 18 These [are] the sons of
Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto
Jacob, [even] sixteen souls. 19 The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph,
and Benjamin. 20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh
and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare
unto him. 21 And the sons of Benjamin [were] Belah, and Becher, and
Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. 22
These [are] the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls
[were] fourteen. 23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim. 24 And the sons of
Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 25 These [are] the
sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare
these unto Jacob: all the souls [were] seven. 26 All the souls that came
with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s
sons’ wives, all the souls [were] threescore and six; 27 And the sons of
Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, [were] two souls: all the souls of
the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, [were] threescore and ten.”
“28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto
Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 And Joseph made ready
his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and
presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his
neck a good while. 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since
I have seen thy face, because thou [art] yet alive. 31 And Joseph said
unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and shew
Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which
[were] in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; 32 And the men [are]
shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have
brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. 33 And it
shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What
[is] your occupation? 34 That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath
been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, [and] also our
fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd
[is] an abomination unto the Egyptians.” (Ge 46:1-34 AV)
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