Genesis 46
46
1And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. 2And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. 3And 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: 4I 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. 5And 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. 6And 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: 7his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
8And these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s first-born. 9And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 10And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. 11And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12And 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. 13And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron. 14And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. 15These are the sons of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. 16And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. 17And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel. 18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 19The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin. 20And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bare unto him. 21And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. 22These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. 23And the sons of Dan: Hushim. 24And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 25These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob: all the souls were seven. 26All 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; 27and 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.
28And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. 29And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. 30And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive. 31And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; 32and 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. 33And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? 34that ye shall say, Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
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Genesis 46
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Jacob’s Journey to Egypt
1So Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba # Ge 21:33; 28:10 and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
2God spoke to Israel in visions of the night # Ge 15:1; Job 33:14–15 and said, “Jacob, Jacob.”
And he said, “Here I am.”
3Then He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. # Ge 12:2; Dt 26:5 4I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you back again. # Ge 28:15; 48:21 And Joseph’s own hand shall close your eyes.”
5Jacob arose from Beer-sheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father and their little ones and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him. # Ge 45:19, 21 6They took their livestock and their possessions that they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, Jacob and all his descendants with him. # Jos 24:4; Ps 105:23 7He brought with him to Egypt his sons and his sons’ sons, his daughters and his sons’ daughters, and all his descendants.
8These were the names of the sons of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who came to Egypt: # Ex 1:1–5; 1Ch 2
Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
9The sons of Reuben # 1Ch 5:3–10 were
Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi.
10The sons of Simeon # Ge 29:33; Ex 6:15; 1Ch 4:24–43 were
Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
11The sons of Levi # Ge 29:34; 1Ch 6:1–30 were
Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12The sons of Judah # Ge 29:35 were
Er, # Ge 38:7 Onan, # Ge 38:8–10 Shelah, # Ge 38:11 Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan).
The sons of Perez # Ge 38:27–30 were
Hezron and Hamul.
13The sons of Issachar # 1Ch 7:1–5 were
Tola, Puah, Job, and Shimron.
14The sons of Zebulun were
Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
15These were the sons of Leah, # Ge 29:32–35; 30:17–21 whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three.
16And the sons of Gad # Ge 30:11; Nu 26:15–17; 1Ch 5:11–17 were
Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
17The sons of Asher # Ge 30:13; 1Ch 7:30–40 were
Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister.
The sons of Beriah:
Heber and Malkiel.
18These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; # Ge 29:24 and these she bore to Jacob, sixteen in all.
19The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife, were
Joseph and Benjamin. # Ge 44:27 20To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On, bore to him. # Ge 41:45, 50–52
21The sons of Benjamin # 1Ch 7:6–12 were
Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob, fourteen in all.
23The son of Dan was
Hushim.
24The sons of Naphtali: # 1Ch 7:13
Jahziel, # 46:24 Jahzeel in Nu 26:48. Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. # 46:24 Shallum in 1Ch 7:13.
25These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, # Ge 29:29 and she bore these to Jacob, seven in all.
26All those who came with Jacob to Egypt, who were direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons, were sixty-six in all. 27And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. All those of the house of Jacob who came to Egypt were seventy. # Ex 1:5; Ac 7:14
Jacob Settles in Goshen
28Now he sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. And they came into the land of Goshen. # Ge 45:10 29Joseph readied his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet Israel his father. As soon as he appeared to him, he fell on his neck and wept on his neck a long time. # Lk 15:20
30Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive.” # Lk 2:29–30
31Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh and say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. 32The men are shepherds; their work has been to feed livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’ # Ge 47:3 33When Pharaoh calls you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’ # Ge 46:32 34you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, because every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.” # Ge 43:32; Ex 8:26
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