Genesis - 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 - .

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 Zarah - : 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.