Chapter 46
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And Israel journeyed with all that he had, and he came to Beersheba and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
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And God said to Israel in a vision at night, "Jacob, Jacob." And he said, "Here I am."
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He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there."
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I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will bring you up. Indeed, you will come up—and Joseph will place his hand on your eyes.
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Jacob arose from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
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And they took their livestock and their property, which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they came to Egypt, Jacob and all his seed with him.
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His sons and his sons' sons, his daughters and his sons' daughters, and all his seed he brought with him to Egypt.
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And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt: Jacob and his sons, firstborn of Jacob, Reuben.
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And the sons of Reuben: Enoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi.
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And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Saul the son of the Canaanite.
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And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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And the sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. And Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
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And the sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Yob, and Shimron.
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The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
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These are the sons of Leah whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, along with Dinah her daughter; all the souls of his sons and his daughters, thirty-three.
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And the sons of Gad: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
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And the sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
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These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and she bore these to Jacob, sixteen persons.
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The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
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Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath daughter of Potiphera priest of On bore to him.
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The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Achî, Rosh, Muppim, Chuppim, and Ard.
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These are the sons of Rachel, whom she bore to Jacob. All the souls: fourteen.
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And the sons of Dan: Hushim.
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The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shalem.
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These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, and she bore these to Jacob. All the souls: seven.
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All the souls coming to Jacob into Egypt, those coming out of his loins, apart from the wives of the sons of Jacob—all souls sixty-six.
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And the sons of Joseph whom he fathered for himself in Egypt: a soul, two; all the souls of the house of Jacob coming into Egypt: seventy.
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He sent Judah before him to Joseph to direct the way before him to Goshen, and they came to the land of Goshen.
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Joseph got down from his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel at Goshen. He saw him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a long time.
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He said to Joseph, "Now I can die, since I have seen your face and you are still alive."
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And Joseph said to his brothers and to the house of his father, "I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and he will say to him, 'My brothers and the house of my father, who are in the land of Canaan, have come to me.'"
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The men are shepherds, for they were men of livestock, and they brought their sheep, their cattle, and all that they have.
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And it will be that when Pharaoh calls you and says, "What are your occupations?"
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You shall say, "Our trade has been livestock from our youth until now, both we and our fathers," so that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.
Chapter 47
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And Joseph came and told Pharaoh and said, "My father and my brothers and their flocks and their cattle and all that they have have come from the land of Canaan, and behold, they are in the land of Goshen."
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He took five men from among his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.
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Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What are your occupations?" They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers."
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And they said to Pharaoh, "We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flock that belongs to your servants, for the famine is heavy in the land of Canaan. And now, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen."
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Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you."
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The land of Egypt is before you. It is in the best of the land. Make your father and your brothers settle there. They will settle in the land of Goshen. And if you know that there are among them men of valor, then you shall appoint them chiefs of livestock over what is mine.
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And Joseph brought Jacob his father and made him stand before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
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Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years of your life?"
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Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my sojourning are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojourning."
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And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from before Pharaoh.
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Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, just as Pharaoh had commanded.
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And Joseph sustained his father and his brothers and all his father's household with bread according to the little ones.