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So Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. |
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And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night, and said, "Jacob, Jacob." And he said, "Here am I." |
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Then he said, "I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt; for I will there make of you a great nation. |
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I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again; and Joseph's hand shall close your eyes." |
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Then Jacob set out 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. |
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They also took their cattle and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him, |
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his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters; all his offspring he brought with him into Egypt. |
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Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob's first-born, |
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and the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. |
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The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanitish woman. |
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The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. |
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The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. |
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The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron. |
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The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel |
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(these are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddanaram, together with his daughter Dinah; altogether his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three). |
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The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. |
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The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, with Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel |
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(these are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob -- sixteen persons). |
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The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. |
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And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, bore to him. |
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And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard |
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(these are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob -- fourteen persons in all). |
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The sons of Dan: Hushim. |
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The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem |
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(these are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob -- seven persons in all). |
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All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own offspring, not including Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six persons in all; |
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and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two; all the persons of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were seventy. |
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He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to appear before him in Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. |
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Then Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen; and he presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. |
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Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive." |
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Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and will say to him, `My brothers and my father's household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me; |
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and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.' |
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When Pharaoh calls you, and says, `What is your occupation?' |
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you shall say, `Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,' in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians." |
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