1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. Compare verse2 commentaries
2 And God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. Compare verse
3 And he said, I am God, the God of your father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of you a great nation: Compare verse1 commentary
4 I will go down with you into Egypt; and I will also surely bring you up again: and Joseph shall put his hand on your eyes. Compare verse5 commentaries
5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. Compare verse
6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him: Compare verse
7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. Compare verse
8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. Compare verse
9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. Compare verse
10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. Compare verse
11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Compare verse
12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. Compare verse
13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. Compare verse
14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. Compare verse
15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bore to Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. Compare verse
16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. Compare verse
17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. Compare verse
18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls. Compare verse
19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. Compare verse
20 And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bore to him. Compare verse
21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. Compare verse
22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. Compare verse
24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. Compare verse
25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these to Jacob: all the souls were seven. Compare verse
26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were three score and six; Compare verse1 commentary
27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were three score and ten. Compare verse4 commentaries
28 And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct his face to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. Compare verse1 commentary
29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself to him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. Compare verse1 commentary
30 And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are yet alive. Compare verse
31 And Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's house, I will go up, and show Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come to me; Compare verse
32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade has been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. Compare verse
33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? Compare verse
34 That you shall say, Your servants' trade has been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians. Compare verse2 commentaries