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go down to Egypt, for there I will make your family into a great nation. I
will go with you down to Egypt, and I will bring you back again. You will
die in Egypt, but Joseph will be with you to close your eyes.”
So Jacob left Beersheba, and his sons took him to Egypt. They carried him and their little ones and their wives in the wagons Pharaoh
had provided for them. They also took all their livestock and all the personal belongings they had acquired in the land of Canaan. So Jacob and
his entire family went to E
gypt—sons and grandsons, daughters and
granddaughters—all his descendants.
These are the names of the descendants of I srael—the sons of Jacob—who
went to Egypt:
Reuben was Jacob’s oldest son. The sons of Reuben were Hanoch, Pallu,
Hezron, and Carmi.
The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul.
(Shaul’s mother was a Canaanite woman.)
The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (though Er
and Onan had died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were
Hezron and Hamul.
The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.
The sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
These were the sons of Leah and Jacob who were born in Paddan-aram,
in addition to their daughter, Dinah. The number of Jacob’s descendants
(male and female) through Leah was thirty-three.
The sons of Gad were Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and
Areli.
The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Their sister
was Serah. Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malkiel.
These were the sons of Zilpah, the servant given to Leah by her father,
Laban. The number of Jacob’s descendants through Zilpah was sixteen.
The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
Joseph’s sons, born in the land of Egypt, were Manasseh and Ephraim.
Their mother was Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On.
Benjamin’s sons were Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh,
Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
These were the sons of Rachel and Jacob. The number of Jacob’s descendants through Rachel was fourteen.
The son of Dan was Hushim.
The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
