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The First Book of Moses: Genesis

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- Kapitel 46 -

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And Israel journeys, and all that he has, and comes to Beer-Sheba, and sacrifices sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac;
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and God speaks to Israel in visions of the night and says, “Jacob, Jacob”; and he says, “Here I [am].”
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And He says, “I [am] God, God of your father, do not be afraid of going down to Egypt, for I set you there for a great nation;
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I go down with you to Egypt, and I also certainly bring you up, and Joseph puts his hand on your eyes.”
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And Jacob rises from Beer-Sheba, and the sons of Israel carry away their father Jacob, and their infants, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh has sent to carry him,
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and they take their livestock, and their goods which they have acquired in the land of Canaan, and come into EgyptJacob, and all his seed with him,

Those Who Went to Egypt

(Exodus 1:1–7)
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his sons, and his sonssons with him, his daughters, and his sonsdaughters, indeed, all his seed he brought with him into Egypt.

The Children of Leah

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And these [are] the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt: Jacob and his sons, Jacob’s firstborn, Reuben.
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And sons of Reuben: Enoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
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And sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul son of the Canaanite.
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And sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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And sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah (and Er and Onan die in the land of Canaan). And sons of Perez are Hezron and Hamul.
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And sons of Issachar: Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
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And sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
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These [are] sons of Leah whom she bore to Jacob in Padan-Aram, and his daughter Dinah; all the persons of his sons and his daughters [are] thirty-three.

The Children of Zilpah

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And sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
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And sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and their sister Serah. And sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
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These [are] sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and she bears these to Jacobsixteen persons.

The Children of Rachel

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Sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
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And born to Joseph in the land of Egypt (whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, has borne to him) [are] Manasseh and Ephraim.
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And sons of Benjamin: Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
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These [are] sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; all the persons [are] fourteen.

The Children of Bilhah

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And sons of Dan: Hushim.
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And sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
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These [are] sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel; and she bears these to Jacoball the persons [are] seven.
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All 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-six.
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And 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.

Jacob Arrives in Egypt

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And Judah he has sent before him to Joseph, to direct before him to Goshen, and they come into the land of Goshen;
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and Joseph harnesses his chariot, and goes up to meet his father Israel, to Goshen, and appears to him, and falls on his neck, and weeps on his neck again;
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and Israel says to Joseph, “Let me die this time, after my seeing your face, for you [are] yet alive.”
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And Joseph says to his brothers, and to the house of his father, “I go up, and declare to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers, and the house of my father who [are] in the land of Canaan have come to me;
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and the men [are] feeders of a flock, for they have been men of livestock; and their flock, and their herd, and all that they have, they have brought.
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And it has come to pass, when Pharaoh calls for you and has said, What [are] your works?
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That you have said, Your servants have been men of livestock from our youth, even until now, both we and our fathers, in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for the abomination of the Egyptians is everyone feeding a flock.”
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Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.
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God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He said, “Here I am.”
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He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.
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I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph’s hand will close your eyes.”
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Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
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They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into EgyptJacob, and all his offspring with him,

Those Who Went to Egypt

(Exodus 1:1–7)
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his sons, and his sonssons with him, his daughters, and his sonsdaughters, and he brought all his offspring with him into Egypt.

The Children of Leah

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These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
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The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
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The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
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The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
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The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
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The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
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These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.

The Children of Zilpah

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The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
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The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
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These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.

The Children of Rachel

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The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
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To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
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The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
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These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

The Children of Bilhah

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The son of Dan: Hushim.
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The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
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These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven.
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All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct offspring, in addition to Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six.
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The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.

Jacob Arrives in Egypt

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Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
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Joseph prepared his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
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Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”
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Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father’s house, “I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, ‘My brothers, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
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These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’
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It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘What is your occupation?’
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that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”