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HOLY BIBLE
BOOK OF GENESIS
GENESIS 46
1So Israel took his journey with all that was his, and came to Beersheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
2There God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he replied, Here I am.
3And He said, I am God, the God of your father. Fear not to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
4I will go down with you to Egypt, and I Myself will surely bring you back from there; and Joseph will close your eyes.
5Then Jacob set out from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little ones, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt, taking with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan.
7Jacob brought with him to Egypt his sons, and his sons' sons, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his offspring.
8These are the names of the Israelites, Jacob and his offspring, who came to Egypt: Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob.
9And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
10And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
11And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12And 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.
13And the sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Jashub, and Shimron.
14And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
15These were the sons of Leah, which she bore to Jacob in Padanaram, along with his daughter Dinah. All of his sons and daughters were thirty three.
16And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
17And the sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. And the sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel.
18These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob, sixteen in all.
19The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
20And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
21And the sons of Benjamin: Belah, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob, fourteen in all.
23And the son of Dan: Hushim.
24And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
25These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, seven in all.
26All those that came with Jacob to Egypt, who were his own offspring, besides Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty six in all.
27And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two. All the people of the house of Jacob who came to Egypt were seventy.
28Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph, to lead the way before him into Goshen. And they came into the land of Goshen.
29So Joseph made ready his chariot and went to Goshen to meet his father, Israel. On seeing him, he fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.
30Israel said to Joseph, Now I can die, since I have seen for myself that you're still alive.
31Then Joseph said to his brethren and his father's household, I will go up and tell Pharaoh, My brethren and my father's household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
32The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and have brought their flocks, their herds, and all that they have.
33When Pharaoh summons you and asks, What is your occupation?
34You shall answer, Your servants have taken care of livestock from our youth until now, both we and our fathers. Then you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.
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- Relevance: A foundational Orthodox text, ideal for your site’s authoritative exegesis.
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