9 nHurry and go up to my father and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not tarry. 10 oYou shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children, and your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.
Joseph Brings His Family to Egypt
1 xSo Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spoke to Israel in yvisions of the night and said, z“Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, a“Here I am.” 3 Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father. bDo not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for cthere I will make you into a dgreat nation. 4 I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and eI will also bring you up again, and fJoseph’s hand shall close your eyes.”
5 Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives, in gthe wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 They also took htheir livestock and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him, 7 his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters. All his offspring he brought with him into Egypt.
8 iNow these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, 9 and jthe sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 10 kThe sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. 11 lThe sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 mThe sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but nEr and oOnan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 pThe sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Yob, and Shimron. 14 qThe sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These are the sons of Leah, rwhom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah; altogether his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three.
16 sThe sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. 17 tThe sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, with Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, uwhom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and vthese she bore to Jacob—sixteen persons.
19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: wJoseph and xBenjamin. 20 And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, ywhom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, bore to him. 21 And zthe sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob—fourteen persons in all.
23 The son1 of Dan: Hushim. 24 aThe sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, bwhom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and cthese she bore to Jacob—seven persons in all.
26 All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own descendants, not including Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six persons in all. 27 And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were dseventy.
