46:1  SO ISRAEL made his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba [a place hallowed by sacred memories] and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

46:2  And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night, and said, Jacob! Jacob! And he said, Here am I.

46:3  And He said, I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will there make of you a great nation.

46:4  I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you [your people Israel] up again; and Joseph will put his hand upon your eyes [when they are about to close in death].

46:5  So Jacob arose {and} set out from Beersheba, and Israel's sons conveyed their father, their little ones, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

46:6  And they took their cattle and the gains which they had acquired in the land of Canaan and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him:

46:7  His sons and his sons' sons with him, his daughters and his sons' daughters--all his offspring he brought with him into Egypt.

46:8  And these are the names of the descendants of Israel who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.

46:9  And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

46:10  The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

46:11  The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

46:12  The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

46:13  The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.

46:14  The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.

46:15  These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Padan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah. All of his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three.

46:16  The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.

46:17  The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

46:18  These are the sons of Zilpah, [the maid] whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter. And these she bore to Jacob--sixteen persons all told.

46:19  The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.

46:20  And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.

46:21  And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.

46:22  These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob--fourteen persons in all.

46:23  The son of Dan: Hushim.

46:24  The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

46:25  These are the sons of Bilhah, [the maid] whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter. And she bore these to Jacob--seven persons in all.

46:26  All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt--who were his own offspring, not counting the wives of Jacob's sons--were sixty-six persons all told.

46:27  And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob [including Joseph and Jacob himself], who came into Egypt, were seventy.

46:28  And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct him to Goshen {and} meet him there; and they came into the land of Goshen.

46:29  Then Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen; and he presented himself {and} gave distinct evidence of himself to him [that he was Joseph], and [each] fell on the [other's] neck and wept on his neck a good while.

46:30  And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face [and know] that you are still alive.

46:31  Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, I will go up and tell Pharaoh and say to him, My brothers and my father's household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

46:32  And the men are shepherds, for their occupation has been keeping livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.

46:33  When Pharaoh calls you and says, What is your occupation?

46:34  You shall say, Your servants' occupation has been as keepers of livestock from our youth until now, both we and our fathers before us--in order that you may live in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.