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== Bereishis (Book of Genesis), Chapter 46 ==


<named id="1"/><sup>1</sup> And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the G-d of his father Isaac. 

<named id="2"/><sup>2</sup> And G-d spoke unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said: 'Jacob, Jacob.' And he said: 'Here am I.' 

<named id="3"/><sup>3</sup> And He said: 'I am G-d, the G-d of thy father; fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation. 

<named id="4"/><sup>4</sup> I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again; and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.'


<named id="5"/><sup>5</sup> And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 

<named id="6"/><sup>6</sup> And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him; 

<named id="7"/><sup>7</sup> his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. 

<named id="8"/><sup>8</sup> And these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's first-born. 

<named id="9"/><sup>9</sup> And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 

<named id="10"/><sup>10</sup> And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. 

<named id="11"/><sup>11</sup> And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 

<named id="12"/><sup>12</sup> And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 

<named id="13"/><sup>13</sup> And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron. 

<named id="14"/><sup>14</sup> And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. 

<named id="15"/><sup>15</sup> These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah; all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. 

<named id="16"/><sup>16</sup> And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. 

<named id="17"/><sup>17</sup> And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel. 

<named id="18"/><sup>18</sup> These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bore unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 

<named id="19"/><sup>19</sup> The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. 

<named id="20"/><sup>20</sup> And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bore unto him. 

<named id="21"/><sup>21</sup> And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. 

<named id="22"/><sup>22</sup> These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; all the souls were fourteen. 

<named id="23"/><sup>23</sup> And the sons of Dan: Hushim. 

<named id="24"/><sup>24</sup> And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 

<named id="25"/><sup>25</sup> These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bore unto Jacob; all the souls were seven. 

<named id="26"/><sup>26</sup> All the souls belonging to Jacob that came into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six. 

<named id="27"/><sup>27</sup> And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.


<named id="28"/><sup>28</sup> And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. 

<named id="29"/><sup>29</sup> And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. 

<named id="30"/><sup>30</sup> And Israel said unto Joseph: 'Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.' 

<named id="31"/><sup>31</sup> And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house: 'I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him: My brethren, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; 

<named id="32"/><sup>32</sup> and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. 

<named id="33"/><sup>33</sup> And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say: What is your occupation? 

<named id="34"/><sup>34</sup> that ye shall say: Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers; that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.' 


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