46Genesis 46

1And Israel taking his journey, with all that he had, came to the well of the oath, and killing victims there to the God of his father Isaac,Select Genesis 46:1

2He heard him, by a vision in the night, calling him, and saying to him: Jacob, Jacob. And he answered him: Lo, here I am.Select Genesis 46:2

3God said to him: I am the most mighty God of thy father; fear not, go down into Egypt, for I will make a great nation of thee there.Select Genesis 46:3

4I will go down with thee thither, and will bring thee back again from thence: Joseph also shall put his hands upon thy eyes.Select Genesis 46:4

5And Jacob rose up from the well of the oath: and his sons took him up, with their children and wives in the wagons, which Pharao had sent to carry the old man,Select Genesis 46:5

6And all that he had in the land of Chanaan: and he came into Egypt with all his seed;Select Genesis 46:6

7His sons, and grandsons, daughters, and all his offspring together.Select Genesis 46:7

8And these are the names of the children of Israel, that entered into Egypt, he and his children. His firstborn Ruben,Select Genesis 46:8

9The sons of Ruben: Henoch and Phallu, and Hesron and Charmi.Select Genesis 46:9

10The sons of Simeon: Jamuel and Jamin and Ahod, and Jachin and Sohar, and Saul, the son of a woman of Chanaan.Select Genesis 46:10

11The sons of Levi: Gerson and Caath, and Merari.Select Genesis 46:11

12The sons of Juda: Her and Onan, and Sela, and Phares and Zara. And Her and Onan died in the land of Chanaan. And sons were born to Phares: Hesron and Hamul.Select Genesis 46:12

13The sons of Issachar: Thola and Phua, and Job and Semron.Select Genesis 46:13

14The sons of Zabulon: Sared, and Elon, and Jahelel.Select Genesis 46:14

15These are the sons of Lia, whom she bore in Mesopotamia of Syria, with Dina, his daughter. All the souls of her sons and daughters, thirty-three.Select Genesis 46:15

16The sons of Gad: Sephion and Haggi, and Suni and Esebon, and Heri and Arodi, and Areli.Select Genesis 46:16

17The sons of Aser: Jamne and Jesua, and Jessuri and Beria, and Sara their sister. The sons of Beria: Heber and Melchiel.Select Genesis 46:17

18These are the sons of Zelpha, whom Laban gave to Lia, his daughter. And these she bore to Jacob, sixteen souls.Select Genesis 46:18

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

20And sons were born to Joseph, in the land of Egypt, whom Aseneth, the daughter of Putiphare, priest of Heliopolis, bore him: Manasses and Ephraim.Select Genesis 46:20

21The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Bechor, and Asbel and Gera, and Naaman and Echi, and Ross and Mophim, and Ophim and Ared.Select Genesis 46:21

22These are the sons of Rachel, whom she bore to Jacob: all the souls, fourteen.Select Genesis 46:22

23The sons of Dan: Husim.Select Genesis 46:23

24The sons of Nephthali: Jaziel and Guni, and Jeser and Sallem.Select Genesis 46:24

25These are the sons of Bala, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter: and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls, seven.Select Genesis 46:25

26All the souls that went with Jacob into Egypt, and that came out of his thigh, besides his sons' wives, sixty-six.Select Genesis 46:26

27And the sons of Joseph, that were born to him in the land of Egypt, two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, that entered into Egypt, were seventy.Select Genesis 46:27

28And he sent Juda before him to Joseph, to tell him; and that he should meet him in Gessen.Select Genesis 46:28

29And when he was come thither, Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet his father in the same place: and seeing him, he fell upon his neck, and embracing him, wept.Select Genesis 46:29

30And the father said to Joseph: Now shall I die with joy, because I have seen thy face, and leave thee alive.Select Genesis 46:30

31And Joseph said to his brethren, and to all his father's house: I will go up, and will tell Pharao, and will say to him: My brethren, and my father's house, that were in the land of Chanaan, are come to me:Select Genesis 46:31

32And the men are shepherds, and their occupation is to feed cattle; their flocks, and herds, and all they have, they have brought with them.Select Genesis 46:32

33And when he shall call you, and shall say: What is your occupation?Select Genesis 46:33

34You shall answer: We, thy servants, are shepherds, from our infancy until now, both we and our fathers. And this you shall say, that you may dwell in the land of Gessen, because the Egyptians have all shepherds in abomination.Select Genesis 46:34