 1 Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 God spoke to Israel in visions in the night and said, Jacob, Jacob. He said, Here am I. 3 He said, I am God, the God of your fathers. Do not fear to go down into Egypt for I will make of you a great nation. 4 I will go down with you into Egypt and I will also surely bring you back again. Joseph will put his hand on your eyes. 5 Jacob rose from Beersheba and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father and their little children and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry them. 6 They took their cattle and their goods that they had gotten in the land of Canaan and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his descendants with him. 7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his descendants, he brought with him into Egypt. 8 These were the names of the children of Israel who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. 9 The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a woman of Canaan. 11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah. But Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez: Hezron and Hamul. 13 The sons of Issachar: Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. 14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel. 15 These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were 33. 16 The sons of Gad were Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. 17 The sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and their sister Serah. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these whom she bore to Jacob, sixteen souls. 19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife, were Joseph and Benjamin. 20 To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Potipherah the priest of On bore him. 21 The sons of Benjamin: Belah and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob. All the souls were fourteen. 23 The sons of Dan: Hushim. 24 The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 25 These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these to Jacob. All the souls were seven. 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of him and Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were 66. 27 The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were 70. 28 He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct his face to Goshen. 29 Joseph made his chariot ready and went to Goshen to meet is father Israel and presented himself to him. He fell on his neck and wept for a good while. 30 Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive. 31 Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's house, I will go to Pharaoh and say to him, my brothers and my father's house who were in the land of Canaan have come to me. 32 The men are shepherds. They have been men of cattle and have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have. 33 When Pharaoh calls you and says, What is your occupation? 34 Then you shall say, Your servants have been men of cattle from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers, so that you may live in the land of Goshen. For every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.
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