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So Israel took his journey with all that he had ,
and came to Beer-sheba ,
and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac .
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And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night ,
and said , "
Jacob ,
Jacob ."
And he said , "
Here am I ."
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Then he said , "
I am God ,
the God of your father ;
do not be afraid to go down to Egypt ;
for I will there make of you a great nation .
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I will go down with you to Egypt ,
and I will also bring you up again ;
and Joseph '
s hand shall close your eyes ."
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Then Jacob set out from Beer-sheba ;
and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father ,
their little ones ,
and their wives ,
in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him .
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They also took their cattle and their goods ,
which they had gained in the land of Canaan ,
and came into Egypt ,
Jacob and all his offspring with him ,
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his sons ,
and his sons '
sons with him ,
his daughters ,
and his sons '
daughters ;
all his offspring he brought with him into Egypt .
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Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel ,
who came into Egypt ,
Jacob and his sons .
Reuben ,
Jacob '
s first-born ,
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and the sons of Reuben :
Hanoch ,
Pallu ,
Hezron ,
and Carmi .
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The sons of Simeon :
Jemu '
el ,
Jamin ,
Ohad ,
Jachin ,
Zohar ,
and Shaul ,
the son of a Canaanitish woman .
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The sons of Levi :
Gershon ,
Kohath ,
and Merar '
i .
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The sons of Judah :
Er ,
Onan ,
Shelah ,
Perez ,
and Zerah (
but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan );
and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul .
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The sons of Is '
sachar :
Tola ,
Puvah ,
Iob ,
and Shimron .
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The sons of Zeb '
ulun :
Sered ,
Elon ,
and Jah '
leel
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these are the sons of Leah ,
whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram ,
together with his daughter Dinah ;
altogether his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three ).
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The sons of Gad :
Ziph '
ion ,
Haggi ,
Shuni ,
Ezbon ,
Eri ,
Aro '
di ,
and Are '
li .
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The sons of Asher :
Imnah ,
Ishvah ,
Ishvi ,
Beri '
ah ,
with Serah their sister .
And the sons of Beri '
ah :
Heber and Mal '
chi-el
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these are the sons of Zilpah ,
whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter ;
and these she bore to Jacob--sixteen persons ).
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The sons of Rachel ,
Jacob '
s wife :
Joseph and Benjamin .
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And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manas '
seh and E '
phraim ,
whom As '
enath ,
the daughter of Poti '
phera the priest of On ,
bore to him .
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And the sons of Benjamin :
Bela ,
Becher ,
Ashbel ,
Gera ,
Na '
aman ,
Ehi ,
Rosh ,
Muppim ,
Huppim ,
and Ard
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these are the sons of Rachel ,
who were born to Jacob--fourteen persons in all ).
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The sons of Dan :
Hushim .
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The sons of Naph '
tali :
Jahzeel ,
Guni ,
Jezer ,
and Shillem
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these are the sons of Bilhah ,
whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter ,
and these she bore to Jacob--seven persons in all ).
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All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt ,
who were his own offspring ,
not including Jacob '
s sons '
wives ,
were sixty-six persons in all ;
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and the sons of Joseph ,
who were born to him in Egypt ,
were two ;
all the persons of the house of Jacob ,
that came into Egypt ,
were seventy .
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He sent Judah before him to Joseph ,
to appear before him in Goshen ;
and they came into the land of Goshen .
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Then Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen ;
and he presented himself to him ,
and fell on his neck ,
and wept on his neck a good while .
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Israel said to Joseph , "
Now let me die ,
since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive ."
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Joseph said to his brothers and to his father '
s household , "
I will go up and tell Pharaoh ,
and will say to him , `
My brothers and my father '
s household ,
who were in the land of Canaan ,
have come to me ;
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and the men are shepherds ,
for they have been keepers of cattle ;
and they have brought their flocks ,
and their herds ,
and all that they have .'
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When Pharaoh calls you ,
and says , `
What is your occupation ?'
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you shall say , `
Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now ,
both we and our fathers ,'
in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen ;
for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians ."
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