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Genesis 46
And Israel taking his journey, with all that he had,
came to the well of the oath, and killing victims there
to the God of his father Isaac,
He heard him by a vision in the night calling him, and
saying to him: Jacob, Jacob. And he answered him: Lo,
here I am.
God said to him: I am the most mighty God of thy father:
fear not, go down into Egypt, for I will make a great
nation of thee there.
I will go down with thee thither, and will bring thee
back again from thence: Joseph also shall put his hands
upon thy eyes.
And Jacob rose up from the well of the oath: and his
sons took him up, with their children and wives in the
wagons, which Pharao had sent to carry the old man,
And all that he had in the land of Chanaan, and he came
into Egypt with all his seed:"
His sons, and grandsons, daughters, and all his offspring
together.
And these are the names of the children of Israel, that
entered into Egypt, he and his children. His firstborn
Ruben,
The sons of Ruben: Henoch and Phallu, and Hesron and
Charmi.
The sons of Simeon: Jamuel and Jamin and Ahod, and Jachin
and Sohar, and Saul the son of a woman of Chanaan.
The sons of Levi: Gerson and Caath and Merari.
The sons of Juda: Her and Onan and Sela and Phares and
Zara. And Her and Onan died in the land of Chanaan.
And sons were born to Phares: Hesron and Hamul.
The sons of Issachar: Thola and Phua and Job and Semron.
The sons of Zabulon: Sared and Elo and Jahelel.
These are the sons of Lia, whom she bore in Mesopotamia
of Syria, with Dins his daughter. All the souls of her
sons and daughters, thirty-three.
The sons of Cad: Sephian and Haggi and Suni and Esebon
and Heri and Arodi and Areli.
The sons of Beer: Jamne and Jesua and Jessuri and Beria,
and Sara their sister. The sons of Beria: Heber and
Melchiel.
These are the sons of Zelpha, whom Laban gave to Lia
his daughter. And these she bore to Jacob, sixteen souls.
The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
And sons were born to Joseph, in the land of Egypt,
whom Aseneth the daughter of Putiphare priest of Heliopolis
bore him: Manasses and Ephraim.
The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Bechor and Asbel and
Gera and Naaman and Echi and Ros and Mophim and Ophim
and Ared.
These are the sons of Rachel, whom she bore to Jacob:
all the souls, four- teen.
The sons of Dan: Husim.
The sons of Nephtali: Jaziel and Guni and Jeser and
Sallem.
These are the sons of Bala, whom Laban gave to Rachel
his daughter: and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls,
seven.
All the souls that went with Jacob into Egypt, and that
came out of his thigh, besides his sons' wives, sixty-six.
And the sons of Joseph, that were born to him in the
land of Egypt, two souls. All the souls of the house
of Jacob, that entered into Egypt, were seventy.
And he sent Juda before him to Joseph, to tell him;
and that he should meet him in Gessen.
And when he was come thither, Joseph made ready his
chariot, and went up to meet his father, in the same
place: and seeing him, he fell upon his neck, and embracing
him wept.
And the father said to Joseph: Now shall I die with
joy, because I have seen thy face, and leave thee alive.
And Joseph said to his brethren, and to all his father's
house: I will go up, and will tell Pharao, and will
say to him: My brethren and my father's house, that
were in the land of Chanaan, are come to me:
And the men are shepherds, and their occupation is to
feed cattle: their flocks and herds, and all they have,
they have brought with them.
And when he shall call you, and shall say: What is your
occupation?
You shall answer: We thy servants are shepherds, from
our infancy until now, both we and our fathers. And
this you shall say, that you may dwell in the land of
Gessen, because the Egyptians have all shepherds in
abomination. |