Genesis 46
1 And Israel departed, he and all that
he had, and came to the well of the oath; and he offered sacrifice to the God
of his father Isaac. 2 And God spoke
to Israel in a night vision, saying, Jacob, Jacob; and he said, What is it?
3 And he says to him, I am the God of
thy fathers; fear not to go down into Egypt, for I will make thee there a
great nation. 4 And I will go down
with thee into Egypt, and I will bring thee up at the end; and Joseph shall
put his hands on thine eyes. 5 And
Jacob rose up from the well of the oath; and the sons of Israel took up their
father, and the baggage, and their wives on the waggons, which Joseph sent to
take them. 6 And they took up their
goods, and all their property, which they had gotten in the land of Chanaan;
they came into the land of Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him.
7 The sons, and the sons of his sons
with him; his daughters, and the daughters of his
daughters; and he brought all his seed into Egypt.
8 And these are the names of the sons
of Israel that went into Egypt with their father Jacob—Jacob and his sons. The
first-born of Jacob, Ruben. 9 And the
sons of Ruben; Enoch, and Phallus, Asron, and Charmi.
10 And the sons of Symeon; Jemuel,
and Jamin, and Aod, and Achin, and Saar, and Saul, the son of a Chananitish
woman. 11 And the sons of Levi;
Gerson, Cath, and Merari. 12 And the
sons of Judas; Er, and Aunan, and Selom, and Phares, and Zara: and Er and
Aunan died in the land of Chanaan.
13 And the sons of Phares
were Esron, and Jemuel. And the sons of Issachar;
Thola, and Phua, and Asum, and Sambran.
14 And the sons of Zabulun, Sered,
and Allon, and Achoel. 15 These
are the sons of Lea, which she bore to Jacob in
Mesopotamia of Syria, and Dina his daughter; all the souls, sons and
daughters, thirty-three. 16 And the
sons of Gad; Saphon, and Angis, and Sannis, and Thasoban, and Aedis, and
Aroedis, and Areelis. 17 And the sons
of Aser; Jemna, Jessua, and Jeul, and Baria, and Sara their sister. And the
sons of Baria; Chobor, and Melchiil.
18 These
are the sons of Zelpha, which Laban gave to his
daughter Lea, who bore these to Jacob, sixteen souls.
19 And the sons of Rachel, the wife
of Jacob; Joseph, and Benjamin.
20 And there were sons born to Joseph
in the land of Egypt, whom Aseneth, the daughter of Petephres, priest of
Heliopolis, bore to him, even Manasses and Ephraim.
And there were sons born to Manasses, which the Syrian concubine bore to him,
even Machir. And Machir begot Galaad. And the sons of
Ephraim, the brother of Manasses; Sutalaam, and Taam. And the sons of
Sutalaam; Edom. 21 And the sons of
Benjamin; Bala, and Bochor, and Asbel. And the sons of Bala were Gera, and
Noeman, and Anchis, and Ros, and Mamphim. And Gera begot Arad.
22 These
are the sons of Rachel, which she bore to Jacob; all
the souls eighteen. 23 And the sons
of Dan; Asom. 24 And the sons of
Nephthalim; Asiel, and Goni, and Issaar, and Sollem.
25 These
are the sons of Balla, whom Laban gave to his
daughter Rachel, who bore these to Jacob; all the souls, seven.
26 And all the souls that came with
Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his
aGr. thighs.loins, besides the wives of the sons of Jacob,
even all the souls were sixty-six.
27 And the sons of Joseph, who were
born to him in the land of Egypt, were nine souls; all the souls of the house
of Jacob who came with Joseph into Egypt, were seventy-five souls.
28 And he sent Judas before him to
Joseph, to meet him to the city of
bHeb. Goshen.Heroes, into the land of Ramesses.
29 And Joseph having
cGr. yoked.made ready his chariots, went up to meet Israel his father, at the city of
Heroes; and having appeared to him, fell on his neck, and wept with
dGr. fat.abundant weeping. 30 And Israel said
to Joseph, After this I will gladly die, since I have
seen thy face, for thou art yet living.
31 And Joseph said to his brethren, I
will go up and tell Pharao, and will say to him, My brethren, and my father's
house, who were in the land of Chanaan, are come to me.
32 And the men are shepherds; for
they have been feeders of cattle, and they have brought with them their
cattle, and their kine, and all their property.
33 If then Pharao call you, and say
to you, What is your occupation?
34 Ye shall say, We thy servants are
herdsmen from our youth until now, both we and our fathers: that ye may dwell
in the land of Gesem of Arabia, for every shepherd is an abomination to the
Egyptians.