1Israel set out with everything that belonged to him and came to Beersheba, and he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.2God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, "Jacob, Jacob." And he said, "Here I am."3Then he said, "I am the God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.4I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I myself will surely bring you back up; Joseph will close your eyes."5Jacob rose 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.6They took their livestock and the property they had gathered in the land of Canaan and came to Egypt—Jacob and all his seed with him.7His sons and the sons of his sons with him, his daughters and the daughters of his sons, and all his seed he brought with him to Egypt.8These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt: Jacob and his sons; Reuben was the firstborn of Jacob.9The sons of Reuben were Enoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.10The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Saul the son of the Canaanite woman.11The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.12The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.13The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Yob, and Shimron.14The sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.15These are the sons of Leah whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, together with his daughter Dinah; all the persons of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.16The sons of Gad were Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.17The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, and their sister Serah. The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel.18These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban had given to Leah his daughter; she bore them to Jacob—sixteen persons in all.19The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife, were Joseph and Benjamin.20Sons were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath daughter of Potiphera priest of On bore to him: Manasseh and Ephraim.21The sons of Benjamin were Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.22These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob—fourteen persons in all.23The son of Dan was Hushim.24The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.25These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban had given to Rachel his daughter; she bore them to Jacob—seven persons in all.26All the persons who came to Jacob to Egypt—those who came out of his thigh, apart from the wives of the sons of Jacob—were sixty-six persons.27The sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons; all the persons of the house of Jacob who came to Egypt were seventy.28He sent Judah before him to Joseph to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came to the land of Goshen.29Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen; he appeared to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck still.30Israel said to Joseph, "Let me die this time, after I have seen your face, for you are still alive."31Joseph then said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I will go up and inform Pharaoh: 'My brothers and my father's household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.'"32The men were shepherds of flocks, for they were men of livestock, and they brought their flocks and their cattle and all that belonged to them.33It shall be, when Pharaoh calls you and says, "What is your occupation?"34You are to answer, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth until now, both we and our fathers,' so that you may settle in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is detestable to the Egyptians.
Chapter 47
1Joseph went and reported to Pharaoh, "My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and everything they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in the land of Goshen."2From the end of his brothers he took five men and presented them before Pharaoh.3Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds of flocks, both we and our fathers."4They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, because the famine is heavy in the land of Canaan; now therefore let your servants dwell, please, in the land of Goshen."5Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.6The land of Egypt is before you; in the best of the land settle your father and your brothers; let them dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know that there are capable men among them, set them as rulers of livestock over what belongs to me."7Joseph brought Jacob his father and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.8Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years of your life?"9Jacob answered Pharaoh, "The years of my sojourning are one hundred and thirty. Few and difficult have been the years of my life, and they have not reached the length of the years of my fathers."10Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from before Pharaoh.11Joseph 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, as Pharaoh had commanded.12Joseph sustained his father and his brothers and all the house of his father with food according to the number of the little ones.