Genesis 46
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.