⁶So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt,^g taking with them their livestock and the possessions^h they had acquiredⁱ in Canaan. ⁷Jacob brought with him to Egypt^j his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.^k

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

Reuben the firstborn^m of Jacob.

⁹The sons of Reuben:ⁿ

Hanok, Pallu,^o Hezron and Karmi.^p

¹⁰The sons of Simeon:^q

Jemuel,^r Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar^s and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

¹¹The sons of Levi:^t

Gershon,^u Kohath^v and Merari.^w

¹²The sons of Judah:^x

Er,^y Onan,^z Shelah, Perez^a and Zerah^b (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan).^c

The sons of Perez:^d

Hezron and Hamul.^e

¹³The sons of Issachar:^f

Tola, Puah,^a^g Jashub^b^h and Shimron.

¹⁴The sons of Zebulun:ⁱ

Sered, Elon and Jahleel.

¹⁵These 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.

¹⁶The sons of Gad:^l

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

¹⁷The sons of Asher:ⁿ

Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah.

Their sister was Serah.

The sons of Beriah:

Heber and Malkiel.

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

¹⁹The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel:^q

Joseph and Benjamin.^r ²⁰In Egypt, Manasseh^s and Ephraim^t were born to Joseph^u by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.^e^v

²¹The sons of Benjamin:^w

Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.^x

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

²³The son of Dan:^z

Hushim.^a

²⁴The sons of Naphtali:^b

Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem.

²⁵These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah,^c whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel^d—seven in all.

²⁶All those who went to Egypt with Jacob—those who were his direct descendants, not counting his sons’ wives—numbered sixty-six persons.^e ²⁷With the two sons^f who had been born to Joseph in Egypt,^f the members of Jacob’s family, which went to Egypt, were seventy^g in all.^g

²⁸Now Jacob sent Judah^h ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen.ⁱ When they arrived in the region of Goshen,

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Footnotes

aSamaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text Puvah
bSamaritan Pentateuch and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Num. 26:24 and 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text Iob
cThat is, Northwest Mesopotamia
dSamaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also Num. 26:15); Masoretic Text Ziphion
eThat is, Heliopolis
fHebrew; Septuagint the nine children
gHebrew (see also Exodus 1:5 and note); Septuagint (see also Acts 7:14) seventy-five

Cross references

g Nu 20:15; Dt 26:5; Jos 24:4; Ps 105:23; Isa 52:4; Ac 7:15
hSee Ge 45:20
iSee Ge 12:5
j Ge 13:10
kver 6; Ge 45:10
lSee Ge 35:26; Ex 1:1; Nu 26:4
mSee Ge 29:32
n Ex 6:14; Nu 1:20; 26:7; 1 Ch 5:3
o Nu 26:5; 1 Ch 5:3
p Nu 26:6
qSee Ge 29:33; Nu 26:14
r Ex 6:15; Nu 26:12
s Nu 26:13
tSee Ge 29:34; See Nu 3:17
u Ex 6:16; Nu 3:21; 4:38
v Ex 6:16; Nu 3:27; 1 Ch 23:12
w Ex 6:19; Nu 3:20, 33; 4:29; 26:57; 1 Ch 6:19
xSee Ge 29:35
ySee Ge 38:3
zSee Ge 38:4
aSee Ge 38:29
bSee Ge 38:30
cSee Ge 38:7; Nu 26:19
d 1 Ch 2:5; Mt 1:3
e Nu 26:21
fSee Ge 30:18
g Nu 26:23; Jdg 10:1; 1 Ch 7:1
h Nu 26:24
iSee Ge 30:20
jSee Ge 25:20; 29:31–35
kSee Ge 30:21
lSee Ge 30:11; See Nu 1:25
m Nu 26:15
nSee Ge 30:13
o Ge 30:10
pSee Ge 16:1
qSee Ge 29:6
r Ge 44:27
sSee Ge 41:51
tSee Ge 41:52
u Nu 26:28–37
vSee Ge 41:45
w Nu 26:38–41; 1 Ch 7:6–12; 8:1
x Nu 26:40; 1 Ch 8:3
ySee Ge 29:6
zSee Ge 30:6
a Nu 26:42
bSee Ge 30:8
c Ge 30:8
dSee Ge 24:61
ever 5–7; Ex 1:5; Dt 10:22
fSee Ge 41:45
gSee Ge 34:30; Ac 7:14
hSee Ge 43:3
iSee Ge 45:10