Genesis:46

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* So Israel took his journey with all that he had , and came to Beersheba , and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac . * Then God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night , and said , "Jacob , Jacob !" And he said , "Here I am ." * So He said , "I am God , the God of your father ; do not fear to go down to Egypt , for I will make of you a great nation there . * I will go down with you to Egypt , and I will also surely bring you up again ; and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes ." * Then Jacob arose from Beersheba ; and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob , their little ones , and their wives , in the carts which Pharaoh had sent to carry him . * So they took their livestock and their goods , which they had acquired in the land of Canaan , and went to Egypt , Jacob and all his descendants with him . * His sons and his sons ' sons , his daughters and his sons ' daughters , and all his descendants he brought with him to Egypt . * Now these were the names of the children of Israel , Jacob and his sons , who went to Egypt : Reuben was Jacob 's firstborn . * The sons of Reuben were Hanoch , Pallu , Hezron , and Carmi . * The sons of Simeon were Jemuel , Jamin , Ohad , Jachin , Zohar , and Shaul , the son of a Canaanite woman . * The sons of Levi were Gershon , Kohath , and Merari . * The sons of Judah were Er , Onan , Shelah , Perez , and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan ). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul . * The sons of Issachar were Tola , Puvah , Job , and Shimron . * The sons of Zebulun were Sered , Elon , and Jahleel . * These were the sons of Leah , whom she bore to Jacob in Padan Aram , with his daughter Dinah . All the persons , his sons and his daughters , were thirty-three . * The sons of Gad were Ziphion , Haggi , Shuni , Ezbon , Eri , Arodi , and Areli . * The sons of Asher were Jimnah , Ishuah , Isui , Beriah , and Serah , their sister . And the sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel . * These were the sons of Zilpah , whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter ; and these she bore to Jacob : sixteen persons . * The sons of Rachel , Jacob 's wife , were Joseph and Benjamin . * And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim , whom Asenath , the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On , bore to him . * The sons of Benjamin were Belah , Becher , Ashbel , Gera , Naaman , Ehi , Rosh , Muppim , Huppim , and Ard . * These were the sons of Rachel , who were born to Jacob : fourteen persons in all . * The son of Dan was Hushim . * The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel , Guni , Jezer , and Shillem . * These were the sons of Bilhah , whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter , and she bore these to Jacob : seven persons in all . * All the persons who went with Jacob to Egypt , who came from his body , besides Jacob 's sons ' wives , were sixty-six persons in all . * And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons . All the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy . * Then he sent Judah before him to Joseph , to point out before him the way to Goshen . And they came to the land of Goshen . * So Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel ; and he presented himself to him , and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while . * And Israel said to Joseph , "Now let me die , since I have seen your face , because you are still alive ." * Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father 's household , "I will go up and tell Pharaoh , and say to him , "My brothers and those of my father 's house , who were in the land of Canaan , have come to me . * And the men are shepherds , for their occupation has been to feed livestock ; and they have brought their flocks , their herds , and all that they have .' * So it shall be , when Pharaoh calls you and says , "What is your occupation ?' * that you shall say , "Your servants ' occupation has been with livestock from our youth even till now , both we and also our fathers ,' that you may dwell in the land of Goshen ; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians ."

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