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Genesis 46 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Gen 46:1And Israel journeyeth, and all that he hath, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, and sacrificeth sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac;
Gen 46:2and God speaketh to Israel in visions of the night, and saith, 'Jacob, Jacob;' and he saith, 'Here am I.'
Gen 46:3And He saith, 'I am God, God of thy father, be not afraid of going down to Egypt, for for a great nation I set thee there;
Gen 46:4I -- I go down with thee to Egypt, and I -- I also certainly bring thee up, and Joseph doth put his hand on thine eyes.'
Gen 46:5And Jacob riseth from Beer-Sheba, and the sons of Israel bear away Jacob their father, And their infants, and their wives, in the waggons which Pharaoh hath sent to bear him,
Gen 46:6and they take their cattle, and their goods which they have acquired in the land of Canaan, and come into Egypt -- Jacob, and all his seed with him,
Gen 46:7his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, yea, all his seed he brought with him into Egypt.

Those Who Came to Egypt

Gen 46:8And these are the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt: Jacob and his sons, Jacob's first-born, Reuben.
Gen 46:9And sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
Gen 46:10And sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul son of the Canaanitess.
Gen 46:11And sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Gen 46:12And sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah, (and Er and Onan die in the land of Canaan.) And sons of Pharez are Hezron and Hamul.
Gen 46:13And sons of Issachar: Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
Gen 46:14And sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
Gen 46:15These are sons of Leah whom she bare to Jacob in Padan-Aram, and Dinah his daughter; all the persons of his sons and his daughters are thirty and three.
Gen 46:16And sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
Gen 46:17And sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
Gen 46:18These are sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and she beareth these to Jacob -- sixteen persons.
Gen 46:19Sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
Gen 46:20And born to Joseph in the land of Egypt (whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, hath borne to him) are Manasseh and Ephraim.
Gen 46:21And sons of Benjamin: Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
Gen 46:22These are sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; all the persons are fourteen.
Gen 46:23And sons of Dan: Hushim.
Gen 46:24And sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
Gen 46:25These are sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter; and she beareth these to Jacob -- all the persons are seven.
Gen 46:26All the persons who are coming to Jacob to Egypt, coming out of his thigh, apart from the wives of Jacob's sons, all the persons are sixty and six.
Gen 46:27And the sons of Joseph who have been born to him in Egypt are two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who are coming into Egypt are seventy.
Gen 46:28And Judah he hath sent before him unto Joseph, to direct before him to Goshen, and they come into the land of Goshen;
Gen 46:29and Joseph harnesseth his chariot, and goeth up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and appeareth unto him, and falleth on his neck, and weepeth on his neck again;
Gen 46:30and Israel saith unto Joseph, 'Let me die this time, after my seeing thy face, for thou art yet alive.'
Gen 46:31And Joseph saith unto his brethren, and unto the house of his father, 'I go up, and declare to Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and the house of my father who are in the land of Canaan have come in unto me;
Gen 46:32and the men are feeders of a flock, for they have been men of cattle; and their flock, and their herd, and all that they have, they have brought.'
Gen 46:33'And it hath come to pass when Pharaoh calleth for you, and hath said, What are your works?
Gen 46:34that ye have said, Thy servants have been men of cattle from our youth, even until now, both we and our fathers, -- in order that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen, for the abomination of the Egyptians is every one feeding a flock.'
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