1 Israel set out with everything he had, and when he reached Beersheba he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
2 In visions of the night God called to Israel, "Jacob! Jacob!" He answered, "Here I am."
3 God said, "I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there.
4 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back up again. And Joseph's own hand will close your eyes."
5 Then Jacob left Beersheba, and the children of Israel brought their father Jacob, their little ones, and their wives in the carts Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6 They also took along their livestock and the property they had gained in the land of Canaan, and they came to Egypt, Jacob and all his seed with him.
7 He brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters, all his seed.
8 These are the names of the children of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
9 Reuben's sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
10 Simeon's sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
11 Levi's sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 Judah's sons: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; Er and Onan, however, had died in the land of Canaan. Perez's sons were Hezron and Hamul.
13 Issachar's sons: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.
14 Zebulun's sons: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
15 These were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah. His sons and daughters numbered thirty-three in all.
16 Gad's sons: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
17 Asher's sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah's sons: Heber and Malchiel.
18 These were the children of Zilpah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah; she bore these to Jacob, sixteen in all.
19 The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
20 In the land of Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
21 Benjamin's sons: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22 These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob, fourteen in all.
23 Dan's son: Hushim.
24 Naphtali's sons: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
25 These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel; she bore these to Jacob, seven in all.
26 All the persons who went with Jacob to Egypt, those who had come from his own body, not counting the wives of Jacob's sons, numbered sixty-six.
27 With the two sons born to Joseph in Egypt, the persons of the house of Jacob who came to Egypt numbered seventy in all.
28 Jacob sent Judah on ahead of him to Joseph to point out the way to Goshen, and they arrived in the region of Goshen.
29 Joseph had his chariot made ready and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as he appeared before him, he fell on his neck and went on weeping on his neck a good while.
30 Israel said to Joseph, "Now I can die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive."
31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I will go up and inform Pharaoh. I will tell him, 'My brothers and my father's household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
32 The men are shepherds; they have always kept livestock, and they have brought along their flocks and herds and everything they own.'
33 So when Pharaoh calls for you and asks, 'What is your occupation?'
34 you are to answer, 'Your servants have kept livestock from our youth until now, both we and our fathers.' Then you will be allowed to settle in the region of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians."