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And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac (46:1)

And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here [am] I (46:2)

And he said, I [am] God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: (46:3)

I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up [again]: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes (46:4)

And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: 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 (46:5)

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: (46:6)

His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt (46:7)

And these [are] the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn (46:8)

And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi (46:9)

And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman (46:10)

And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari (46:11)

And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul (46:12)

And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron (46:13)

And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel (46:14)

These [be] the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters [were] thirty and three (46:15)

And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli (46:16)

And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel (46:17)

These [are] the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, [even] sixteen souls (46:18)

The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin (46:19)

And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him (46:20)

And the sons of Benjamin [were] Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard (46:21)

These [are] the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls [were] fourteen (46:22)

And the sons of Dan; Hushim (46:23)

And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem (46:24)

These [are] the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls [were] seven (46:25)

All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls [were] threescore and six; (46:26)

And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, [were] two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, [were] threescore and ten (46:27)

And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen (46:28)

And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. (46:29) com1

And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou [art] yet alive. (46:30)

And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and show Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which [were] in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; (46:31)

And the men [are] shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have (46:32)

And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What [is] your occupation? (46:33)

That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, [and] also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd [is] an abomination unto the Egyptians (46:34)

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