Genesis 46:1–19

Jacob Goes to Egypt

46 So Israelp set out with all that was his, and when he reached Beersheba,q he offered sacrificesr to the God of his father Isaac.s

2 And God spoke to Israelt in a vision at nightu and said, “Jacob! Jacob!”

“Here I am,”v he replied.

3 “I am God, the God of your father,”w he said. “Do not be afraidx to go down to Egypt,y for I will make you into a great nationz there.a 4 I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again.b And Joseph’s own hand will close your eyes.c”

5 Then Jacob left Beersheba,d and Israel’se sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the cartsf that Pharaoh had sent to transport him. 6 So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt,g taking with them their livestock and the possessionsh they had acquiredi in Canaan. 7 Jacob brought with him to Egyptj his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.k

8 These are the names of the sons of Israell (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt:

Reuben the firstbornm of Jacob.

9 The sons of Reuben:n

Hanok, Pallu,o Hezron and Karmi.p

10 The sons of Simeon:q

Jemuel,r Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohars and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

11 The sons of Levi:t

Gershon,u Kohathv and Merari.w

12 The sons of Judah:x

Er,y Onan,z Shelah, Pereza and Zerahb (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan).c

The sons of Perez:d

Hezron and Hamul.e

13 The sons of Issachar:f

Tola, Puah,a g Jashubb h and Shimron.

14 The sons of Zebulun:i

Sered, Elon and Jahleel.

15 These were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram,c j besides his daughter Dinah.k These sons and daughters of his were thirty-three in all.

16 The sons of Gad:l

Zephon,d m Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli.

17 The sons of Asher:n

Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah.

Their sister was Serah.

The sons of Beriah:

Heber and Malkiel.

18 These were the children born to Jacob by Zilpah,o whom Laban had given to his daughter Leahp—sixteen in all.

19 The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel:q

Joseph and Benjamin.r

p	Ge 46:5
q	Ge 21:14
r	Ge 31:54
s	Ge 31:42
t	Ge 17:5
u	Ge 15:1
v	Ge 22:1
w	Ge 28:13
x	Ge 15:1
y	Ge 26:2
z	Ge 12:2
a	Ex 1:7
b	Ge 15:16 Ge 28:13
c	Ge 46:29 Ge 45:14–15 Ge 50:1
d	Ge 21:14
e	Ge 46:1
f	Ge 45:19
g	Nu 20:15 Dt 26:5 Jos 24:4 Ps 105:23 Is 52:4 Ac 7:15
h	Ge 45:20
i	Ge 12:5
j	Ge 13:10
k	Ge 46:6 Ge 45:10
l	Ge 35:26 Ex 1:1 Nu 26:4
m	Ge 29:32
n	Ex 6:14 Nu 1:20 Nu 26:7 1 Ch 5:3
o	Nu 26:5 1 Ch 5:3
p	Nu 26:6
q	Ge 29:33 Nu 26:14
r	Ex 6:15 Nu 26:12
s	Nu 26:13
t	Ge 29:34 Nu 3:17
u	Ex 6:16 Nu 3:21 Nu 4:38
v	Ex 6:16 Nu 3:27 1 Ch 23:12
w	Ex 6:19 Nu 3:20 Nu 3:33 Nu 4:29 Nu 26:57 1 Ch 6:19
x	Ge 29:35
y	Ge 38:3
z	Ge 38:4
a	Ge 38:29
b	Ge 38:30
c	Ge 38:7 Nu 26:19
d	1 Ch 2:5 Mt 1:3
e	Nu 26:21
f	Ge 30:18
a	Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text Puvah
g	Nu 26:23 Jdg 10:1 1 Ch 7:1
b	Samaritan Pentateuch and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Num. 26:24 and 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text Iob
h	Nu 26:24
i	Ge 30:20
c	That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
j	Ge 25:20 Ge 29:31–35
k	Ge 30:21
l	Ge 30:11 Nu 1:25
d	Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also Num. 26:15); Masoretic Text Ziphion
m	Nu 26:15
n	Ge 30:13
o	Ge 30:10
p	Ge 16:1
q	Ge 29:6
r	Ge 44:27