1Israel made his journey with all that he had and went to Beersheba. There he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

2God spoke to Israel in a vision at night, saying, “Jacob, Jacob.” He said, “Here I am.”

3He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not fear to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you a great nation.

4I will go down with you into Egypt, and I will surely bring you up again and Joseph will close your eyes with his own hand.”

5Jacob rose up from Beersheba. The sons of Israel transported Jacob their father, their children, and their wives, in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

6They took their livestock and their possessions that they had accumulated in the land of Canaan. They came into Egypt, Jacob and all his descendants with him.

7He brought with him to Egypt his sons and his sons' sons, his daughters and his sons' daughters, and all his descendants.

8These were the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt: Jacob and his sons, Reuben, Jacob's firstborn;

9the sons of Reuben, Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi;

10the sons of Simeon, Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman;

11and the sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

12The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah, (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

13The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Lob, and Shimron;

14The sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel

15These were the sons of Leah whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, along with his daughter Dinah. His sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three.

16The sons of Gad were Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.

17The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; and Serah was their sister. The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malkiel

18These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban had given to Leah his daughter. These sons she bore to Jacob—sixteen in all.

19The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

20In Egypt Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On.

21The sons of Benjamin were Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.

22These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob—fourteen in all.

23The son of Dan was Hushim.

24The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

25These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter—seven in all.

26All those who went to Egypt with Jacob, who were his descendants, not counting Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six in all.

27With the two sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, the members of his family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.

28Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came to the land of Goshen.

29Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He saw him, hugged his neck, and wept on his neck a long time.

30Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”

31Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's house, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh, saying, 'My brothers and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

32The men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock. They have brought their flocks, their herds, and all that they have.'

33It will come about, when Pharaoh calls you and asks, 'What is your occupation?'

34that you should say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth until now, both we, and our forefathers.' Do this so that you may live in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”