¶ And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba¹, and offered² sacrifices unto³ the God of his father Isaac.

And God spake unto Israel in the visions⁴ of the night, and said, Jacob⁵, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

And he said, I am God, the God⁶ of thy father: fear not⁷ to go down into Egypt; for I will⁸ there make of thee a great nation:

I will go⁹ down with thee into Egypt; and I will¹⁰ also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph¹¹ shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

¶ And Jacob¹² rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons¹³ which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt¹⁴, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters¹⁵, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

And these are the names¹⁶ of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben¹⁷, Jacob's firstborn.

And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu¹⁸, and Hezron, and Carmi.

¶ And the sons of Simeon¹⁹; Jemuel²⁰, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin²¹, and Zohar²², and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish²³ woman.

And the sons of Levi²⁴; Gershon²⁵, Kohath, and Merari.

And the sons of Judah²⁶; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

And the sons of Issachar²⁷; Tola, and Phuvah²⁸, and Job²⁹, and Shimron.

And the sons of Zebulun³⁰; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

These be the sons of Leah³¹, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram³², with his³³ daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

And the sons of³⁴ Gad; Ziphion³⁵, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon³⁶, Eri, and Arodi³⁷, and Areli.

And the sons of Asher³⁸; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

These are the sons of Zilpah³⁹, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

The sons of Rachel⁴⁰ Jacob's wife; Joseph⁴¹, and Benjamin.

¶ And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh⁴² and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest⁴³ of On bare unto him.

And the sons⁴⁴ of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi⁴⁵, and Rosh, Muppim⁴⁶, and Huppim⁴⁷, and Ard.

These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls⁴⁸ were fourteen.

And the sons of Dan⁴⁹; Hushim⁵⁰.

And the sons of Naphtali⁵¹; Jahzeel⁵², and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

These are the sons of Bilhah⁵³, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.

All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins⁵⁴, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

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 threescore and ten⁵⁵.

¶ And he sent Judah⁵⁶ before him unto Joseph, to direct⁵⁷ his face unto Goshen⁵⁸; and they came into the land of Goshen.

And Joseph made ready his chariot⁵⁹, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on⁶⁰ his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

¶⁶¹And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

⁶²And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

And the men are shepherds⁶³, for their trade hath been to feed cattle⁶⁴; and they⁶⁵ have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is⁶⁶ your occupation?

That ye shall say, Thy servants⁶⁷' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every⁶⁸ shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.