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.

Chapter 47