461 So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba , and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac . 2 God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said , " Jacob , Jacob ." And he said , "Here I am." 3 He said , " I am God , the God of your father ; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt , for I will make you a great nation there . 4 " I will go down with you to Egypt , and I will also surely bring you up again ; and Joseph will close e 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 wagons 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 came to Egypt , Jacob and all his descendants with him: 7 his sons and his grandsons with him, his daughters and his granddaughters e , and all his descendants he brought with him to Egypt . 8 Now these are the names 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 sons of Simeon : Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. 11 The sons of Levi : Gershon , 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 sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul . 13 The sons of Issachar : Tola and Puvvah and Iob 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 ; all his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three e . 16 The sons of Gad : Ziphion and Haggi , Shuni and Ezbon , Eri and Arodi and Areli . 17 The sons of Asher : Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah and their sister Serah . And the sons 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 e persons . 19 The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel : Joseph and Benjamin . 20 Now 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 sons of Benjamin : Bela and Becher and Ashbel , Gera and Naaman , Ehi and Rosh , Muppim and Huppim and Ard . 22 These are the sons of Rachel , who were born to Jacob ; there were fourteen e persons in all . 23 The sons of Dan : Hushim . 24 The sons of Naphtali : Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and Shillem . 25 These are the sons of Bilhah , whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel , and she bore these to Jacob ; there were seven persons in all . 26 All the persons belonging to Jacob , who came to Egypt , his 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 two ; all 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 Goshen ; and they came into the land of Goshen . 29 Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel ; as soon as he appeared before him, he fell on his neck and wept 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 , " 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; 32 and the men are shepherds , for they have been keepers of livestock ; and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.' 33 "When Pharaoh calls you and says , ' What is your occupation ?' 34 you shall say , 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now , both we and our fathers ,' that you may live in the land of Goshen ; for every shepherd is loathsome to the Egyptians ."
