Genesis 46
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Gen 46:1
Gen 46:2
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God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, "Jacob, Jacob." And he said, "Here I am."
Gen 46:3
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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.
Gen 46:4
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~"I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph will close your eyes."
Gen 46:5
Gen 46:6
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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:
Gen 46:7
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his sons and his grandsons with him, his daughters and his granddaughters, and all his descendants he brought with him to Egypt.
Gen 46:8
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Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
Gen 46:9
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The sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi.
Gen 46:10
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The sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
Gen 46:11
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The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Gen 46:12
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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.
Gen 46:15
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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.
Gen 46:16
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The sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon, Eri and Arodi and Areli.
Gen 46:17
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The sons of Asher: Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah and their sister Serah. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
Gen 46:18
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These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah; and she bore to Jacob these sixteen persons.
Gen 46:19
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The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
Gen 46:20
Gen 46:21
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The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim and Ard.
Gen 46:22
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These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; {there were} fourteen persons in all.
Gen 46:24
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The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and Shillem.
Gen 46:25
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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.
Gen 46:26
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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,
Gen 46:27
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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.
Gen 46:28
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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.
Gen 46:29
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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.
Gen 46:30
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Then Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive."
Gen 46:31
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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;
Gen 46:32
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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.'
Gen 46:33
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~"When Pharaoh calls you and says, `What is your occupation?'
Gen 46:34
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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."
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