Genesis 46

Gathering the Family Genesis 46:5–7

⁵Verse 5. Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. ⁶Verse 6. They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt—Jacob, and all his offspring with him, ⁷Verse 7. his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and he brought all his offspring with him into Egypt.

Names of Jacob's Descendants Genesis 46:8–25

⁸Verse 8. These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. ⁹Verse 9. The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. ¹⁰Verse 10. The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. ¹¹Verse 11. The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ¹²Verse 12. The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. ¹³Verse 13. The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.

¹⁴Verse 14. The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. ¹⁵Verse 15. These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three. ¹⁶Verse 16. The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. ¹⁷Verse 17. The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. ¹⁸Verse 18. These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls. ¹⁹Verse 19. The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.

²⁰Verse 20. To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. ²¹Verse 21. The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. ²²Verse 22. These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. ²³Verse 23. The son of Dan: Hushim. ²⁴Verse 24. The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. ²⁵Verse 25. These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven.

Total Count of Jacob's Family Genesis 46:26–27

²⁶Verse 26. All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct offspring, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six. ²⁷Verse 27. The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.

Meeting and Preparing for Pharaoh Genesis 46:28–34

²⁸Verse 28. He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. ²⁹Verse 29. Joseph prepared his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. ³⁰Verse 30. Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.” ³¹Verse 31. Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father’s house, “I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, ‘My brothers, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

³²Verse 32. These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’ ³³Verse 33. It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘What is your occupation?’ ³⁴Verse 34. that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”