46:1 Thus
and when he reached
he made offerings
to the God of his teacher Isaac.
46:2 God spoke to
in a vision and said:
Jacob! Jacob, behold Me.
46:3 I am the Supreme
the God of your teacher.
Don’t worry about going to
for I will give you
many followers there.
46:4 I will be with you in
and will surely bring you back to Me.
Then Joseph will close your eyes.
46:5 And Jacob left
and their children
and their wives in the wagons
Pharaoh had given to transport him.
46:6 They brought their herds property
they had acquired in
Jacob and family went with them.
46:7 To Egypt Jacob brought
his sons and grandsons
his daughters and granddaughters
and all his followers.
46:8 These are the names
of
Reuben Jacob’s firstborn.
46:9 The sons of Reuben:
Hanok and Pallu
Hezron and Karmi.
46:10 The sons of Simeon:
Jemuel and Jamin
Ohad and Jakin
Zohar and Shaul
the son of a Canaanite woman.
46:11 The sons of Levi:
Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
46:12 The sons of
Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah
though Er and Onan passed away in
The sons of Perez:
Hezron and Hamul.
46:13 The sons of Issachar:
Tola and Puah
Jashub and Shimron.
46:14 The sons of Zebulun:
Sered, Elon and Jahleel.
46:15 These were the sons Leah bore
to Jacob in Paddan
besides his daughter Dinah.
There were 33 sons and daughters in all.
46:16 The sons of Gad:
Zephon and Haggi
Shuni and Ezbon
Eri, Arodi and Areli.
46:17 The sons of Asher:
Imnah and Ishvah
Ishvi and Beriah.
Their sister was Serah.
The sons of Beriah:
Heber and Malkiel.
46:18 These are the sons
born to Jacob by Zilpah
whom Laban had given
to his daughter Leah
sixteen in total.
46:19 The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel:
Joseph and Benjamin.
46:20 To Joseph in
were born Manasseh and Ephraim
from Asenath the daughter of Potiphera
who was the priest of On.
46:21 The sons of Benjamin were:
Bela, Beker, Ashbel and
Naaman, Ehi and Rosh
Muppim, Huppim and Ard.
46:22 These were the sons of Rachel
who were born to Jacob
numbering fourteen in all.
46:23 The son of Dan was Hushim.
46:24 The sons of Naphtali were:
Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem.
46:25 These were the sons
born to Jacob from Bilhah
whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel
numbering seven in all.
46:26 All those with Jacob
who traveled to
except for his sons’ wives
were his direct descendants
numbering sixty-six persons.
46:27 With the two sons
born to Joseph in
the members of Jacob’s family
that traveled to
numbered seventy total.
46:28 Then he sent
to Joseph to get directions to
then they arrived in
46:29 Joseph prepared his chariot
and traveled to
to meet his father
When Joseph saw him
he hugged his father
and wept on his shoulder
for a long time.
46:30
Now I am ready to die
since I have seen myself
that you are still alive.
46:31 Joseph then told his brothers
and his father’s household:
I will go speak to Pharaoh
and will say to him:
My brothers and my father’s household
who lived in
have come to me.
46:32 These men are shepherds
for they tend to the herds
and they have brought with them
their flocks and herds
and all that they have.
46:33 When Pharaoh calls you in
and asks what your occupation is
46:34 you should tell him
that your servants have tended herds
from our youth to now
just as your fathers did.
Then you will be given
permission to live in
because all shepherds
are detestable to Egyptians.
