Genesis 46

¹So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba , and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac .

²And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said , Jacob , Jacob . And he said , Here I am.

³Then he said , I am God , the God of your father . Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt , for there I will make you into a great nation .

⁴I myself will go down with you to Egypt , and I will also bring you up again, and Joseph’s hand shall close your eyes .

⁵Then Jacob set out from Beersheba . The sons of Israel carried Jacob their father , their little ones , and their wives , in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

⁶They also took their livestock and their goods , which they had gained in the land of Canaan , and came into Egypt , Jacob and all his offspring with him,

⁷his sons , and his sons ’ sons with him, his daughters , and his sons ’ daughters . All his offspring he brought with him into Egypt .

⁸Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel , who came into Egypt , Jacob and his sons . Reuben , Jacob’s firstborn ,

⁹and the sons of Reuben : Hanoch , Pallu , Hezron , and Carmi .

¹⁰The sons of Simeon : Jemuel , Jamin , Ohad , Jachin , Zohar , and Shaul , the son of a Canaanite woman .

¹¹The sons of Levi : Gershon , Kohath , and Merari .

¹²The 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 .

¹³The sons of Issachar : Tola , Puvah , Yob , and Shimron .

¹⁴The sons of Zebulun : Sered , Elon , and Jahleel .

¹⁵These are the sons of Leah , whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram , together with his daughter Dinah ; altogether his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three .

¹⁶The sons of Gad : Ziphion , Haggi , Shuni , Ezbon , Eri , Arodi , and Areli .

¹⁷The sons of Asher : Imnah , Ishvah , Ishvi , Beriah , with Serah their sister . And the sons of Beriah : Heber and Malchiel .

¹⁸These are the sons of Zilpah , whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter ; and these she bore to Jacob — sixteen persons .

¹⁹The sons of Rachel , Jacob’s wife : Joseph and Benjamin .

²⁰And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim , whom Asenath , the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On , bore to him.

²¹And the sons of Benjamin : Bela , Becher , Ashbel , Gera , Naaman , Ehi , Rosh , Muppim , Huppim , and Ard .

²²These are the sons of Rachel , who were born to Jacob — fourteen persons in all .

²³The son of Dan : Hushim .

²⁴The sons of Naphtali : Jahzeel , Guni , Jezer , and Shillem .

²⁵These are the sons of Bilhah , whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter , and these she bore to Jacob — seven persons in all .

²⁶All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt , who were his own descendants , not including Jacob’s sons ’ wives , were sixty-six persons in all .

²⁷And the sons of Joseph , who were born to him in Egypt , were two . All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy .

²⁸He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him in Goshen , and they came into the land of Goshen .

²⁹Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen . He presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while .

³⁰Israel said to Joseph , Now let me die , since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive .

³¹Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household , I will go up and tell Pharaoh and will say to him, My brothers and my father’s household , who were in the land of Canaan , have come to me.

³²And the men are shepherds , for they have been keepers of livestock , and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.

³³When Pharaoh calls you and says , What is your occupation ?

³⁴you shall say , Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now , both we and our fathers , in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen , for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians .