1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came
to Beersheba, 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 Beersheba: 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 Padanaram, 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 Potipherah 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.
