THE FIRST BOOK OF
MOSES,
called
G E N E S I S
Genesis 46 ©
Jacob, going down to Egypt with all his family and substance, is strengthened of God at Beer-sheba, by renewing of the promises, vs. 1, etc. He comes into Egypt with all his own, whose names are recounted, 6. He sends Judah before him unto Joseph, who goes to meet him in Goshen, where they receive one another with much affection, 28. Joseph communes with his brethren what he shall intimate to Pharaoh, and what they, coming before him, shall have to say, 31.
AND Israel 1took his journey with all that he had, and came to 2Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices 3unto the God of his father Isaac.
And God spake unto Israel 4in the visions of the night, and said, 5Jacob, Jacob. And he said, 6Here am I.
And he said, Iaam God, the God of thy father: 7fear not to go down into Egypt; forb I will there make of thee a great nation:
Ic will 8go down with thee into Egypt; and 9I will also surely bring thee up again: 10and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
Andd 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.
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten 11in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
His sons, and his sons' sons with him, 12his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
¶Ande13these are the names 14of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
And the sons of Reuben; 15Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
¶Andf the sons of Simeon; 16Jemuel, and Jamin, and 17Ohad, and 18Jachin, and 19Zohar, and Shaul the son of a 20Canaanitish woman.
¶Andg the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
¶And theh sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan 21died in the land of Canaan. Andi the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
¶And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and 22Job, and Shimron.
¶And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in 23Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all 24the souls of his sons and his daughters were 25thirty and three.
¶Andj the sons of Gad; 26Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and 27Arodi, and Areli.
¶Andk the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
These are the sons of Zilpah, whoml Laban 28gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even 29sixteen souls.
The sons of Rachel 30Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
¶And unto Josephm in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath 31the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
¶Andn the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
¶And the 32sons of Dan; 33Hushim.
¶Ando the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
These are the sons of Bilhah, whichp Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
All the souls that came 34with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his 35loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were 36threescore and six;
And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: allq the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were 37threescore and ten.
¶And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, 38to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of 39Goshen.
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and 40presented himself unto him; 41and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a 42good while.
And Israel said unto Joseph, 43Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, 44because thou art yet alive.
And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
And the men are shepherds, for their 45trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
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; forr every shepherd is 46an abomination unto the Egyptians.