| 46:1 |
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and
came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of
his father Isaac. |
| 46:2 |
And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the
night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. |
| 46:3 |
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: |
| 46:4 |
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. |
| 46:5 |
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. |
| 46:6 |
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: |
| 46:7 |
His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters,
and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with
him into Egypt. |
| 46:8 |
And these are the names of the children of Israel,
which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben,
Jacob's firstborn. |
| 46:9 |
And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and
Hezron, and Carmi. |
| 46:10 |
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad,
and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish
woman. |
| 46:11 |
And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. |
| 46:12 |
And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and
Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of
Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. |
| 46:13 |
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job,
and Shimron. |
| 46:14 |
And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. |
| 46:15 |
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. |
| 46:16 |
And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and
Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. |
| 46:17 |
And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui,
and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of
Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. |
| 46:18 |
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah
his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen
souls. |
| 46:19 |
The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. |
| 46:20 |
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. |
| 46:21 |
And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and
Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and
Huppim, and Ard. |
| 46:22 |
These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to
Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. |
| 46:23 |
And the sons of Dan; Hushim. |
| 46:24 |
And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and
Jezer, and Shillem. |
| 46:25 |
These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto
Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all
the souls were seven. |
| 46:26 |
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; |
| 46:27 |
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. |
| 46:28 |
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct
his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of
Goshen. |
| 46:29 |
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. |
| 46:30 |
And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I
have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. |
| 46:31 |
And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his
father's house, I will go up, and show Pharaoh, and say
unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were
in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; |
| 46:32 |
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. |
| 46:33 |
And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call
you, and shall say, What is your occupation? |
| 46:34 |
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. |