Chapter 46
1 Israel travelled 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 the visions of the night , and said, " Jacob , Jacob !" He said, " Here I am."
3 He said, " I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt , for there I will make of you a great nation .
4 I will go down with you into Egypt . I will also surely bring you up again . Joseph ’s hand will close your eyes ."
5 Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob , their father , their little ones , and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him .
6 They took their livestock , and their goods , which they had gotten in the land of Canaan , and came into Egypt — Jacob , and all his offspring with him ,
7 his sons , and his sons ’ sons with him , his daughters , and his sons ’ daughters , and he brought all his offspring with him into Egypt .
8 These are 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 , Pallu , Hezron , and Carmi .
10 The sons of Simeon : Jemuel , Jamin , Ohad, Jachin , Zohar , and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman .
11 The sons of Levi : Gershon , Kohath , and Merari .
12 The sons of Judah : Er , Onan, Shelah , Perez , and Zerah ; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan . The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul .
13 The sons of Issachar : Tola , Puvah , Iob , and Shimron .
14 The sons of Zebulun : Sered , Elon, and Jahleel .
15 These are the sons of Leah , whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram , with his daughter Dinah . All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three .
16 The sons of Gad : Ziphion , Haggi , Shuni , Ezbon, Eri , Arodi, and Areli.
17 The sons of Asher: Imnah , Ishvah , Ishvi , Beriah , and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah : Heber and Malchiel .
18 These are the sons of Zilpah , whom Laban gave to Leah , his daughter , and these she bore to Jacob , even sixteen souls .
19 The sons of Rachel , Jacob ’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin .
20 To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera , priest of On , bore to him .
21 The sons of Benjamin : Bela , Becher , Ashbel, Gera , Naaman , Ehi, Rosh , Muppim , Huppim , and Ard.
22 These are the sons of Rachel , who were born to Jacob : all the souls were fourteen .
23 The son of Dan : Hushim .
24 The sons of Naphtali : Jahzeel , Guni , Jezer , and Shillem .
25 These are the sons of Bilhah , whom Laban gave to Rachel , his daughter , and these she bore to Jacob : all the souls were seven .
26 All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt , who were his direct offspring , in addition to Jacob ’s sons ’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six .
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 seventy .
28 Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph , to show the way before him to Goshen , and they came into the land of Goshen .
29 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 .
30 Israel said to Joseph , " Now let me die , since I have seen your face , that you are still alive ."
31 Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father’s house , " I will go up , and speak with Pharaoh , and will tell him , ‘ My brothers, and my father’s house , who were in the land of Canaan , have come to me .
32 These men are shepherds , for they have been keepers of livestock , and they have brought their flocks , and their herds , and all that they have .’
33 It will happen , when Pharaoh summons you , and will say, ‘ What is your occupation ?’
34 that you shall say, ‘ Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now , both we , and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen ; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians ."