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Genesis 46

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1Israel set out with all that he had and came to the Well of the Oath, where he offered a sacrifice to the God of his father Isaac.

2And God spoke to Israel in a vision of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” And he replied, “What is it?”

3And He said, “I am the God of your fathers; do not fear to go down into Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there.”

4“I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will bring you up at last. Joseph will place his hands upon your eyes.”

5Jacob arose from the Well of the Oath. The sons of Israel carried their father, their households, and their wives in the wagons Joseph had sent to carry him.

6They took their possessions and all they had acquired in Canaan, and Jacob entered Egypt with all his seed.

7He brought his sons and his sons’ sons, his daughters and his sons’ daughters, all his seed, with him into Egypt.

8These are the names of the sons of Israel who entered Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Jacob’s firstborn was Reuben.

9Reuben’s sons were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

10Simeon’s sons were Jemuel, Jamin, Aod, Jachin, Saar, and Shaul, son of the Canaanite woman.

11And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

12Judah’s sons were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. Er and Onan died in Canaan. Perez’s sons were Hezron and Jemuel.

13Issachar’s sons were Tola, Phua, Jasoub, and Zambram.

14Zebulun’s sons were Sered, Allon, and Aloel.

15These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, along with his daughter Dinah; all the souls, both sons and daughters, were thirty-three.

16Gad’s sons were Saphon, Haggis, Saunis, Thasoban, Aedis, Aroedis, and Aroeleis.

17Asher’s sons were Jemna, Jesoua, Jeul, and Baria, with Sara their sister. Baria’s sons were Chobor and Melchiel.

18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah; she bore these to Jacob: sixteen souls in all.

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

20Sons were born to Joseph in Egypt: Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him. A son was born to Manasseh by his Syrian concubine: Machir. Machir begat Gilead. The sons of Ephraim, Manasseh’s brother, were Soutalaam and Taam. Soutalaam’s son was Edem.

21Benjamin’s sons were Bala, Chobor, and Ashbel. Bala’s sons were Gera, Noeman, Ancheis, Ros, Mamphin, and Hophimin. Gera begat Arad.

22These were Rachel’s sons whom she bore to Jacob, eighteen souls in all.

23Dan’s son was Hushim.

24Naphtali’s sons were Hasiel, Gouni, Issaar, and Syllem.

25These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel; she bore these to Jacob: seven souls in all.

26All the souls who entered Egypt with Jacob, who came out of his loins—not including the wives of Jacob’s sons—all the souls were sixty-six.

27Joseph’s sons born to him in Egypt were nine souls. All the souls of Jacob’s house who came to Egypt were seventy-five.

28He sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to meet him near Heroopolis, in the land of Rameses.

29Joseph harnessed his chariots and went up to meet Israel his father near Heroopolis. He appeared before him, fell upon his neck, and wept abundantly.

30And Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive.”

31Joseph said to his brothers, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were in Canaan, have come to me.’”

32“‘The men are shepherds and have been keepers of livestock. They have brought their livestock, their oxen, and everything they have.’”

33“And it shall be, if Pharaoh calls you and says to you, ‘What is your work?’”

34“You shall answer, ‘Your servants have been herdsmen from our youth until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you may dwell in the land of Gesem of Arabia; for every shepherd of sheep is an abomination to the Egyptians.”

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