Genesis46

So Israel set out with all that was his, and when he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, "Jacob! Jacob!"

"Here I am," he replied.

"I am God, the God of your father," he said.  "Do not be afraid to go down to Eypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.  I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again.  And Joseph's own hand will close your eyes."

Then Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel's sons took their father and their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport him.  They also took with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.  He took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters - all his offspring.

 

These are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt:

Reuben the firstborn of Jacob.

The sons of Reuben:  Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

The sons of Simeon:  Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite women.

The sons of Levi:  Gershon, Kohath adn Merari.

The sons of Judah:  Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah

(but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan).

The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

The sons of Issachar:  Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron.

The sons of Zebulun:  Sered, Elon and Jahleel.

These were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, besides his daughter Dinah.  These sons and daughter of his were thirth-three in all.

 

The sons of Gad: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areil.

The sons of Asher:  Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah.  Their sister was Serah. 

The sons of Beriah:  Heber and Malkiel

These were the children born to Jacob by Zilpah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah - sixteen in all.

 

The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel:  Joseph and Benjamin.  In Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asnath daghter of Potiphera, priest of On.

The sons of Benjamin:  Belaj, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.

These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob - fourteen in all.

 

The sons of Naphtail:  Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem.

These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah, whom Laban had given to his daghter Rachel - seven in all.

 

All those who went to Egypt with Jacob - those who were his direct descendants, not counting his sons' wives - numbered sixty-six persons.  With the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob's family, which went to Egypt, were seventy in all.

 

Now Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen.  When they arrived in the region of Goshen, Joseph had his chariot made ready and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel.  As soon as Joseph appeared befor him, he threw his arms around his father and wept for a long time.

Isael said to Joseph, "Now I am ready to die, since I have seen for myself that you are still alive."

Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, 'My brothers and my father's household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have come to me.  The men are shepherds:  they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks and herds and everything they own.'  When Pharaoh calls you in and asks, 'What is your occupation?'  you should answer, 'Your servants have tended livestock from our boyhood on, just as our fathers did.'  Then you will be allowed to settle in the region of Goshen, for all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.