1And Israel journeyed with all that he had, and he came to Beersheba and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.2And God said to Israel in a vision at night, "Jacob, Jacob." And he said, "Here I am."3He 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."4I 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.5Jacob 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.6And 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.7His sons and his sons' sons, his daughters and his sons' daughters, and all his seed he brought with him to Egypt.8And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt: Jacob and his sons, firstborn of Jacob, Reuben.9And the sons of Reuben: Enoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi.10And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Saul the son of the Canaanite.11And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.12And 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.13And the sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Yob, and Shimron.14The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.15These 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.16And the sons of Gad: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.17And the sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and she bore these to Jacob, sixteen persons.19The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.20Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath daughter of Potiphera priest of On bore to him.21The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Achî, Rosh, Muppim, Chuppim, and Ard.22These are the sons of Rachel, whom she bore to Jacob. All the souls: fourteen.23And the sons of Dan: Hushim.24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shalem.25These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, and she bore these to Jacob. All the souls: seven.26All 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.27And 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.28He sent Judah before him to Joseph to direct the way before him to Goshen, and they came to the land of Goshen.29Joseph 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.30He said to Joseph, "Now I can die, since I have seen your face and you are still alive."31And 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.'"32The men are shepherds, for they were men of livestock, and they brought their sheep, their cattle, and all that they have.33And it will be that when Pharaoh calls you and says, "What are your occupations?"34You 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.
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1And 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."2He took five men from among his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.3Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What are your occupations?" They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers."4And 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."5Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you."6The 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.7And Joseph brought Jacob his father and made him stand before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.8Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years of your life?"9Jacob 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."10And Jacob 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, just as Pharaoh had commanded.12And Joseph sustained his father and his brothers and all his father's household with bread according to the little ones.