Genesis 46

And Israel set out, he and all that was his, and came to the Well of the Oath, and offered a sacrifice to the God of his father Isaac.

And God spoke to Israel in a vision of the night, saying, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, What is it?

saying, I am the God of your fathers; do not fear to go down into Egypt, for I will make you there into a great nation.

And I will go down with you into Egypt, and I will surely bring you up again; and Joseph shall lay his hands upon your eyes.

And Jacob rose up from the Well of the Oath, and the sons of Israel took up their father and the baggage and their wives on the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him.

And they took their possessions and all the property that they had acquired in the land of Chanaan, and entered into Egypt, Jacob and all his seed with him,

his sons and his sons' sons with him, his daughters and his sons' daughters, and all his seed he brought into Egypt.

These are the names of the sons of Israel who entered into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Jacob's firstborn, Ruben.

And the sons of Ruben: Enoch and Phallous, Asron and Charmi.

And the sons of Symeon: Iemouel and Iamin and Aod and Iachin and Saar and Saul, the son of the Canaanite woman.

And the sons of Leui: Gerson, Kaath, and Merari.

And the sons of Judas: Er and Aunan and Selom and Phares and Zara; but Er and Aunan died in the land of Chanaan. And the sons of Phares were Asron and Iemouel.

And the sons of Issachar: Thola and Phoua and Iasoub and Zambram.

And the sons of Zabulon: Sered and Allon and Aloel.

These are the sons of Leia, whom she bore to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, and Dina his daughter; all the souls, sons and daughters, were thirty-three.

And the sons of Gad: Saphon and Angis and Saunis and Thasoban and Aedis and Aroedis and Aroelis.

And the sons of Aser: Iemna and Iesoua and Ieoul and Baria, and Sara their sister. And the sons of Baria: Chobor and Melchiel.

These are the sons of Zelpha, whom Laban gave to Leia his daughter, who bore these to Jacob, sixteen souls.

And the sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.

And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born sons, whom Asenneth, daughter of Petephre priest of the City of the Sun, bore to him: Manasse and Ephraim. And to Manasse were born sons, whom his Syrian concubine bore to him: Machir; and Machir begot Galaad. And the sons of Ephraim, Manasse's brother: Soutalaam and Taam. And the sons of Soutalaam: Edem.

And the sons of Benjamin: Bala and Chobor and Asbel. And to Bala were born sons: Gera and Noeman and Anchis and Ros and Mamphin and Ophimin; and Gera begot Arad.

These are the sons of Rachel whom she bore to Jacob; all the souls were eighteen.

And the sons of Dan: Asom.

And the sons of Nephthali: Asiel and Gouni and Issaar and Syllem.

These are the sons of Balla, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, who bore these to Jacob; all the souls were seven.

All the souls that entered with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his loins, apart from the wives of Jacob's sons, all the souls were sixty-six.

And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in the land of Egypt were nine souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob who entered into Egypt were seventy-five.

And he sent Judas before him to Joseph, to meet him at Heroonpolis, in the land of Ramesse.

And Joseph yoked his chariots and went up to meet Israel his father at Heroonpolis; and when he appeared to him, he fell upon his neck and wept with much weeping.

And Israel said to Joseph, From now on let me die, since I have seen your face, for you are still alive.

And Joseph said to his brothers, I will go up and report to Pharaoh and say to him, My brothers and my father's house, who were in the land of Chanaan, have come to me;

and the men are shepherds, for they were keepers of livestock, and they have brought their cattle and their oxen and all that is theirs.

If then Pharaoh calls you and says to you, What is your occupation?

you shall say, Your servants are keepers of livestock from our youth until now, both we and our fathers; that you may dwell in the land of Gesem of Arabia, for every shepherd of sheep is an abomination to the Egyptians.