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Genesis 46:6–28

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6So they took their livestock and their goods, which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went to Egypt, kJacob and all his descendants with him. 7His sons and his sons’ sons, his daughters and his sons’ daughters, and all his descendants he brought with him to Egypt.

8Now lthese were the names of the children of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: mReuben was Jacob’s firstborn. 9The nsons of Reuben were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 10oThe sons of Simeon were 3Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, 4Jachin, 5Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. 11The sons of pLevi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12The sons of qJudah were rEr, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). sThe sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 13The sons of Issachar were Tola, 6Puvah, 7Job, and Shimron. 14The tsons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. 15These were the usons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Padan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the persons, his sons and his daughters, were thirty-three.

16The sons of Gad were 8Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, 9Ezbon, Eri, 1Arodi, and Areli. 17vThe sons of Asher were Jimnah, Ishuah, Isui, Beriah, and Serah, their sister. And the sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel. 18wThese were the sons of Zilpah, xwhom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob: sixteen persons.

19The ysons of Rachel, zJacob’s wife, were Joseph and Benjamin. 20aAnd to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him. 21bThe sons of Benjamin were Belah, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, cEhi, Rosh, dMuppim, 2Huppim, and Ard. 22These were the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: fourteen persons in all.

23The son of Dan was 3Hushim. 24eThe sons of Naphtali were 4Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and 5Shillem. 25fThese were the sons of Bilhah, gwhom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these to Jacob: seven persons in all.

26hAll the persons who went with Jacob to Egypt, who came from his body, ibesides Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six persons in all. 27And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. jAll the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy.

Jacob Settles in Goshen

28Then he sent Judah before him to Joseph, kto point out before him the way to Goshen. And they came lto the land of Goshen.

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Footnotes

  1. 3Nemuel, 1 Chr. 4:24
  2. 4Jarib, 1 Chr. 4:24
  3. 5Zerah, 1 Chr. 4:24
  4. 6Puah, Num. 26:23; 1 Chr. 7:1
  5. 7Jashub, Num. 26:24; 1 Chr. 7:1
  6. 8Sam., LXX Zephon and Num. 26:15
  7. 9Ozni, Num. 26:16
  8. 1Arod, Num. 26:17
  9. 2Hupham, Num. 26:39
  10. 3Shuham, Num. 26:42
  11. 4Jahziel, 1 Chr. 7:13
  12. 5Shallum, 1 Chr. 7:13

Cross references

  1. kDeut. 26:5; Josh. 24:4; Ps. 105:23; Is. 52:4; Acts 7:15
  2. lEx. 1:1–4
  3. mNum. 26:4, 5; 1 Chr. 2:1
  4. nEx. 6:14
  5. oEx. 6:15; Num. 26:12
  6. pEx. 6:16, 17; 1 Chr. 6:1, 16
  7. qNum. 26:19, 20; 1 Chr. 2:3; 4:21
  8. rGen. 38:3, 7, 10
  9. sGen. 38:29
  10. tNum. 26:26
  11. uGen. 35:23; 49:31
  12. vNum. 26:44–47; 1 Chr. 7:30
  13. wGen. 30:10; 37:2
  14. xGen. 29:24
  15. yGen. 35:24
  16. zGen. 44:27
  17. aGen. 41:45, 50–52; 48:1
  18. b1 Chr. 7:6; 8:1
  19. cNum. 26:38
  20. dNum. 26:39; 1 Chr. 7:12
  21. eNum. 26:48
  22. fGen. 30:5, 7
  23. gGen. 29:29
  24. hEx. 1:5
  25. iGen. 35:11
  26. jEx. 1:5; Deut. 10:22; Acts 7:14
  27. kGen. 31:21
  28. lGen. 47:1