So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to ^aBeersheba, and offered sacrifices to the ^bGod of his father Isaac. 2 ^aGod spoke to Israel ¹in visions of the night and said, “^bJacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” 3 He said, “^aI am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will ^bmake you a great nation there. 4 ^aI will go down with you to Egypt, and ^bI will also surely bring you up again; and ^cJoseph will ¹close your eyes.”

5 Then Jacob arose from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob and their little ones and their wives in the ^awagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 They took their livestock and their property, which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and ^acame to Egypt, Jacob and all his ¹descendants with him: 7 his sons and his grandsons with him, his daughters and his granddaughters, and all his ¹descendants he brought with him to Egypt.

8 Now these are the ^anames of the sons of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. 9 The sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi. 10 The ^asons of Simeon: ¹Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and ²Jachin and ³Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. 11 The sons of Levi: ¹Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). And the ^asons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 The sons of Issachar: Tola and ¹Puvvah and ²Iob and Shimron. 14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel. 15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah; ¹all his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three. 16 The ^asons of Gad: ¹Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and ²Ezbon, Eri and ³Arodi and Areli. 17 The ^asons of Asher: Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah and their sister Serah. And the ^bsons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah; and she bore to Jacob these sixteen persons. 19 The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. 20 ^aNow to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. 21 The ^asons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, ¹Ehi and Rosh, ²Muppim and ³Huppim and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; there were fourteen persons in all. 23 The sons of Dan: ¹Hushim. 24 The sons of Naphtali: ¹Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and ²Shillem. 25 These are the ^asons of Bilhah, whom ^bLaban gave to his daughter Rachel, and she bore these to Jacob; there were seven persons in all. 26 ^aAll the persons belonging to Jacob, who came to Egypt, ¹his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob’s sons, were sixty-six persons in all, 27 and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt were ¹two; ^aall the persons of the house of Jacob, who came to Egypt, were seventy.

28 Now he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out the way before him to ^aGoshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 Joseph ¹prepared his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; as soon as he appeared ²before him, he fell on his neck and ^awept on his neck a long time. 30 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.” 31 Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “^aI 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; 32 and the men are shepherds, for they have been ¹keepers of livestock; and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’ 33 When Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘^aWhat is your occupation?’ 34 you shall say, ‘Your servants have been ^1akeepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ that you may ²live in the land of ^bGoshen; for every shepherd is ^3cloathsome to the Egyptians.”

So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to ^aBeersheba, and offered sacrifices to the ^bGod of his father Isaac. 2 And ^aGod spoke to Israel ¹in visions of the night and said, “^bJacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” 3 Then He said, “^aI am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will ^bmake you into a great nation there. 4 ^aI will go down with you to Egypt, and ^bI will also assuredly bring you up again; and ^cJoseph will ¹close your eyes.”

5 Then Jacob left Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob and their little ones and their wives in the ^awagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 They also took their livestock and their possessions, which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and ^acame to Egypt, Jacob and all his ¹descendants with him: 7 his sons and his grandsons with him, his daughters and his granddaughters, and all his ¹descendants he brought with him to Egypt.

8 Now these are the ^anames of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. 9 And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 10 And the ^asons of Simeon: ¹Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, ²Jachin, ³Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. 11 And the sons of Levi: ¹Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 And the sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). And the ^asons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 And the sons of Issachar: Tola, ¹Puvvah, ²Iob, and Shimron. 14 And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah; ¹all his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three. 16 And the ^asons of Gad: ¹Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, ²Ezbon, Eri, ³Arodi, and Areli. 17 And the ^asons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. And the ^bsons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah; and she bore to Jacob these sixteen persons. 19 The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. 20 ^aNow to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. 21 And the ^asons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, ¹Ehi, Rosh, ²Muppim, ³Huppim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; there were fourteen persons in all. 23 And the sons of Dan: ¹Hushim. 24 And the sons of Naphtali: ¹Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and ²Shillem. 25 These are the ^asons of Bilhah, whom ^bLaban gave to his daughter Rachel, and she bore these to Jacob; there were seven persons in all. 26 ^aAll the people belonging to Jacob, who came to Egypt, ¹his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob’s sons, were sixty-six persons in all, 27 and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were ¹two; ^aall the people of the house of Jacob, who came to Egypt, were seventy.

28 Now Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph, to ¹guide him to ^aGoshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 And Joseph ¹prepared his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; as soon as he appeared to him, Joseph threw himself on his neck and ^awept on his neck a long time. 30 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.” 31 But Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “^aI 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; 32 and the men are shepherds, for they have been ¹keepers of livestock; and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’ 33 When Pharaoh calls for you and says, ‘^aWhat is your occupation?’ 34 you shall say, ‘Your servants have been ^1akeepers of livestock since our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you may live in the land of ^bGoshen; for every shepherd is an ^cabomination to the Egyptians.”