The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

Gen 46:1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Be´er–she´-ba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.

Gen 46:2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

Gen 46:3 And He said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

Gen 46:4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

Gen 46:5 And Jacob rose up from Be´er–she´-ba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

Gen 46:6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

Gen 46:7 His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

Gen 46:8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

Gen 46:9 And the sons of Reuben; Ha´noch, and Phal´-lu, and Hez´-ron, and Car´-mi.

Gen 46:10 And the sons of Simeon; Jem´-uel, and Ja´-min, and O´-had, and Ja´chin, and Zo´-har, and Sha´-ul the son of a Ca´-naan-i-tish woman.

Gen 46:11 And the sons of Levi; Ger´-shon, Ko´-hath, and Me-ra´-ri.

Gen 46:12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and O´-nan, and She´-lah, and Pha´-rez, and Za´-rah: but Er and O´-nan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pha´-rez were Hez´-ron and Ha´-mul.

Gen 46:13 And the sons of Is´-sa-char; To´-la, and Phu´-vah, and Job, and Shim´-ron.

Gen 46:14 And the sons of Zeb´-u-lun; Se´red, and E´-lon, and Jah´-le-el.

Gen 46:15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Pa´-dan–a´ram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

Gen 46:16 And the sons of Gad; Ziph´-i-on, and Hag´-gi, Shu´-ni, and Ez´-bon, E´ri, and Ar´-o-di, and A-re´-li.

Gen 46:17 And the sons of Asher; Jim´-nah, and Ish´-u-ah, and Is´-u-i, and Be-ri´ah, and Se´-rah their sister: and the sons of Be-ri´-ah; He´-ber, and Mal´chi-el.

Gen 46:18 These are the sons of Zil´-pah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

Gen 46:19 The sons of Ra´-chel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.

Gen 46:20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Ma-nas´-seh and E´phra-im, which As´-e-nath the daughter of Pot-i-phe´-rah priest of On bare unto him.

Gen 46:21 And the sons of Benjamin were Be´-lah, and Be´-cher, and Ash´-bel, Ge´-ra, and Na´-a-man, E´-hi, and Rosh, Mup´-pim, and Hup´-pim, and Ard.

Gen 46:22 These are the sons of Ra´-chel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

Gen 46:23 And the sons of Dan; Hu´-shim.

Gen 46:24 And the sons of Naph´-ta-li; Jah´-ze-el, and Gu´-ni, and Je´-zer, and Shil´-lem.

Gen 46:25 These are the sons of Bil´-hah, which Laban gave unto Ra´-chel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.

Gen 46:26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

Gen 46:27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

Gen 46:28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Go´-shen; and they came into the land of Go´-shen.

Gen 46:29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Go´-shen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

Gen 46:30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

Gen 46:31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

Gen 46:32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

Gen 46:33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

Gen 46:34 That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Go´-shen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.