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, Jacobs
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 Jacobs 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 Jacobs 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
fathers house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My
brethren, and my fathers 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.