Gen 46
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And 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 the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he
said, Here am I.
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And he said, I am God, the God of your father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for
I will there make of you a great nation:
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I will go down with you into Egypt; and I will also surely bring you up again: and
Joseph shall put his hand upon your eyes.
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And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father,
and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry
him.
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And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of
Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
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his sons, and his sons` sons with him, his daughters, and his sons`s daughters, and
all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
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And these are the names of the children 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, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
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And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul
the son of a Canaanite woman.
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And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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And 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 sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
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And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron.
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And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
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These are the sons of Leah, whom she bare to Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter
Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
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And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
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And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister;
and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel.
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These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she
bare to Jacob, even sixteen souls.
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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 Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the
daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bare to him.
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And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and
Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
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These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
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And the sons of Dan: Hushim.
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And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
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These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and these she
bare to Jacob: all the souls were seven.
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All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides
Jacob`s sons` wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
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and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls
of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
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And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen; and
they came into the land of Goshen.
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And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen;
and he presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good
while.
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And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are
yet alive.
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And Joseph said to his brethren, and to his father`s house, I will go up, and tell
Pharaoh, and will say to him, My brethren, and my father`s house, who were in the
land of Canaan, are 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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And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your
occupation?
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that you shall say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even
until now, both we, and our fathers: that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for
every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.