Genesis 46 — ULB
46Verse 1Israel made his journey with all that he had and went to Beersheba. There he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.Verse 2God spoke to Israel in a vision at night, saying, “Jacob, Jacob.” He said, “Here I am.”Verse 3He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not fear to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you a great nation.Verse 4I will go down with you into Egypt, and I will surely bring you up again and Joseph will close your eyes with his own hand.”Verse 5Jacob rose up from Beersheba. The sons of Israel transported Jacob their father, their children, and their wives, in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.Verse 6They took their livestock and their possessions that they had accumulated in the land of Canaan. They came into Egypt, Jacob and all his descendants with him.Verse 7He brought with him to Egypt his sons and his sons' sons, his daughters and his sons' daughters, and all his descendants.Verse 8These were the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt: Jacob and his sons, Reuben, Jacob's firstborn;Verse 9the sons of Reuben, Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi;Verse 10the sons of Simeon, Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman;Verse 11and the sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.Verse 12The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah, (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.Verse 13The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Lob, and Shimron;Verse 14The sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon, and JahleelVerse 15These were the sons of Leah whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, along with his daughter Dinah. His sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three.Verse 16The sons of Gad were Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.Verse 17The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; and Serah was their sister. The sons of Beriah were Heber and MalkielVerse 18These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban had given to Leah his daughter. These sons she bore to Jacob—sixteen in all.Verse 19The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.Verse 20In Egypt Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On.Verse 21The sons of Benjamin were Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.Verse 22These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob—fourteen in all.Verse 23The son of Dan was Hushim.Verse 24The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.Verse 25These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter—seven in all.Verse 26All those who went to Egypt with Jacob, who were his descendants, not counting Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six in all.Verse 27With the two sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, the members of his family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.Verse 28Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came to the land of Goshen.Verse 29Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He saw him, hugged his neck, and wept on his neck a long time.Verse 30Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”Verse 31Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's house, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh, saying, 'My brothers and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.Verse 32The men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock. They have brought their flocks, their herds, and all that they have.'Verse 33It will come about, when Pharaoh calls you and asks, 'What is your occupation?'Verse 34that you should say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth until now, both we, and our forefathers.' Do this so that you may live in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”