The First Book of Moses, Commonly Called Genesis
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. 46:2And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. 46:3And 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: 46:4I 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. 46:5And 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. 46:6And 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: 46:7his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons's daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
46:8And these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's first-born. 46:9And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 46:10And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. 46:11And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 46:12And 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. 46:13And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron. 46:14And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. 46:15These 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. 46:16And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. 46:17And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel. 46:18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 46:19The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. 46:20And 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. 46:21And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. 46:22These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. 46:23And the sons of Dan: Hushim. 46:24And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 46:25These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob: all the souls were seven. 46:26All 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; 46:27and 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.
46:28And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto
Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. 46:29And 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. 46:30And
Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art
yet alive. 46:31And 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; 46:32and 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. 46:33And it shall come to pass, when
Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? 46:34that 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.