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Genesis 46 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Jacob Moves to Egypt

(Exo 6:14–25 )

Gen 46:1

Gen 46:1So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Gen 46:2

Gen 46:2God spoke to Israel [fn]in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.”

Gen 46:3

Gen 46:3He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there.

Gen 46:4

Gen 46:4“I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph will [fn]close your eyes.”

Gen 46:5

Gen 46:5Then Jacob arose from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob and their little ones and their wives in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

Gen 46:6

Gen 46:6They took their livestock and their property, which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, Jacob and all his [fn]descendants with him:

Gen 46:7

Gen 46:7his sons and his grandsons with him, his daughters and his granddaughters, and all his [fn]descendants he brought with him to Egypt.

Those Who Came to Egypt

Gen 46:8

Gen 46:8Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

Gen 46:9

Gen 46:9The sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi.

Gen 46:10

Gen 46:10The sons of Simeon: [fn]Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and [fn]Jachin and [fn]Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

Gen 46:11

Gen 46:11The sons of Levi: [fn]Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Gen 46:12

Gen 46:12The 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.

Gen 46:13

Gen 46:13The sons of Issachar: Tola and [fn]Puvvah and [fn]Iob and Shimron.

Gen 46:14

Gen 46:14The sons of Zebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel.

Gen 46:15

Gen 46:15These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah; [fn]all his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three.

Gen 46:16

Gen 46:16The sons of Gad: [fn]Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and [fn]Ezbon, Eri and [fn]Arodi and Areli.

Gen 46:17

Gen 46:17The sons of Asher: Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah and their sister Serah. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

Gen 46:18

Gen 46:18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah; and she bore to Jacob these sixteen persons.

Gen 46:19

Gen 46:19The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

Gen 46:20

Gen 46:20Now to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.

Gen 46:21

Gen 46:21The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, [fn]Ehi and Rosh, [fn]Muppim and [fn]Huppim and Ard.

Gen 46:22

Gen 46:22These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; there were fourteen persons in all.

Gen 46:23

Gen 46:23The sons of Dan: [fn]Hushim.

Gen 46:24

Gen 46:24The sons of Naphtali: [fn]Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and [fn]Shillem.

Gen 46:25

Gen 46:25These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, and she bore these to Jacob; there were seven persons in all.

Gen 46:26

Gen 46:26All the persons belonging to Jacob, who came to Egypt, [fn]his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob’s sons, were sixty-six persons in all,

Gen 46:27

Gen 46:27and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt were [fn]two; all the persons of the house of Jacob, who came to Egypt, were seventy.

Gen 46:28

Gen 46:28Now he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out the way before him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

Gen 46:29

Gen 46:29Joseph [fn]prepared his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; as soon as he appeared [fn]before him, he fell on his neck and wept on his neck a long time.

Gen 46:30

Gen 46:30Then Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”

Gen 46:31

Gen 46:31Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me;

Gen 46:32

Gen 46:32and the men are shepherds, for they have been [fn]keepers of livestock; and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’

Gen 46:33

Gen 46:33“When Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘What is your occupation?’

Gen 46:34

Gen 46:34you shall say, ‘Your servants have been [fn]keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ that you may [fn]live in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is [fn]loathsome to the Egyptians.”
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NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: in the visions
Literally: put his hand on
Literally: seed
Literally: seed
In Num 26:12 and 1 Chr 4:24, Nemuel
In 1 Chr 4:24, Jarib
In Num 26:13 and 1 Chr 4:24, Zerah
In 1 Chr 6:16, Gershom
In Num 26:23, Puvah; in 1 Chr 7:1, Puah
In Num 26:24 and 1 Chr 7:1, Jashub
Literally: all the souls of
In Num 26:15, Zephon
In Num 26:16, Ozni
In Num 26:17, Arod
In Num 26:38, Ahiram
In Num 26:39, Shephupham; in 1 Chr 7:12, Shuppim
In Num 26:39, Hupham
In Num 26:42, Shuham
In 1 Chr 7:13, Jahziel
In 1 Chr 7:13, Shallum
Literally: who came out of his loins
Literally: two souls
Literally: tied, harnessed
Literally: to
Literally: men
Literally: men
Literally: dwell
Literally: an abomination
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