Chapter 46 - Generations of children of Israel
[1] And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, 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 Beer-sheba: 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 Padan-aram, 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 Poti-pherah, 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.