Genesis 46
1THEN Israel removed with all that he had and went to Well of the Oath, and offered a sacrifice to the God of his father Isaak.
2And God spoke to Israel in a vision of the night and said, Jacob! Jacob!
3And he said, Here I am.
4And God said to him, I am the God of thy fathers. Fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will make thee there a great nation. I indeed will go down with thee into Egypt and I will at last cause thee to come up, when Joseph shall have put his hands on thy eyes.
5Then Jacob arose from Well of the Oath and the sons of Israel put their father, and the baggage and their wives in the waggons which Joseph had sent to carry him;
6and taking their stock and all their effects which they had gotten in the land of Chanaan, Jacob and all his seed with him,
7his sons and his grandsons, his daughters and his granddaughters with him went to Egypt. So he brought all his offspring to Egypt.
8Now these are the names of Israel’s children who went down to Egypt with their father Jacob:
The first-born of Jacob was Reuben,
9and the sons of Reuben, Enoch and Phallus, Asron and Charmi.
10And the sons of Symeon, Jemuel and Jamin and Aod and Achin and Saar and Saul the son of a Chananitish woman.
11And the sons of Levi, Gerson, Kaath and Merari.
12And the sons of Juda were Er and Aunan and Selom and Phares and Zara but Er and Aunan died in the land of Chanaan. And the sons of Phares were Esron and Jemuel.
13And the sons of Issachar were Thola and Phua and Asum and Sambran.
14And the sons of Zabulon, Sered and Allon and Achoel.
15These were the sons of Leia whom she bore to Jacob in Syrian Mesopotamia with Deina his daughter. All the souls, sons and daughters, were thirty-three.
16And the sons of Gad; Saphon and Aggis and Sannis and Thasoban and Aodeis and Aroedeis and Areeleis.
17And the sons of Aser; Jemna and Jessua and Jeus and Baria with Sara their sister. And the sons of Baria; Chobar and Melchiil.
18These were the children of Zelpha whom Laban gave to his daughter Leia and she bore them to Jacob. Sixteen souls.
19And the children of Rachel the wife of Jacob were Joseph and Benjamin.
20And to Joseph children were born in the land of Egypt, whom Aseneth the daughter of Petephres, the priest of Heliopolis, bore to him, namely, Manasses and Ephraim. And to Manasses, there were sons born, whom his concubine Syra bore to him, namely, Machir. And Machir begot Galaad. And the sons of Ephraim the brother of Manasses were Soutalaam and Taam. And the sons of Soutalaam, Edom.
21And the sons of Benjamin were Bala and Bochor and Asbel. And to Bala there were sons born, namely, Gera and Noeman and Achis and Ros and Mamphim, and Gera begot Arad.
22These were the children of Rachel, whom she bore to Jacob. All the souls were eighteen.
23And the sons of Dan; Asom.
24And the sons of Nephthaleim; Asiel and Goni and Issaar and Sellem.
25These were the children of Balla whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, and she bore them to Jacob. All the souls, seven.
26So all the souls who went with Jacob into Egypt, even all who sprang from him, exclusive of the wives of Jacob’s children—All the souls were sixty-six.
27And including the children of Joseph who were born to him in the land of Egypt, being nine, all the souls of Jacob’s house who came with Jacob into Egypt were seventy-five.
28Now he had sent Judas before him to Joseph, that he might meet him at Heroopolis, in the land of Ramesses.
29And Joseph having got ready his chariots, went up to meet his father Israel at Heroopolis. And when he saw him he fell on his neck and wept abundantly.
30And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, for thou art still alive.
31Then Joseph said to his brothers, I will go up and inform Pharao, and tell him, that my brothers, my father’s family who were in the land of Chanaan, are come to me,
32but the men are shepherds; for their occupation hath been to feed cattle, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.
33If therefore Pharao send for you and say to you, What is your occupation?
34you will say, We thy servants are feeders of cattle from our youth even to this time, as well as our fathers; that you may dwell in Gesem-Arabia. For every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.