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Er and Onan had died in the land
of Canaan). The sons of Perez were
Hezron and Hamul.
13 The sons of Issachar were Tola,
Puah,* Jashub,* and Shimron.
14 The sons of Zebulun were Sered,
Elon, and Jahleel.
15 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.
16 The
sons of Gad were Zephon,*
Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi,
and Areli.
17 The sons of Asher were Imnah,
Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Their
sister was Serah. Beriah’s sons
were Heber and Malkiel.
18 These were the sons of Zil
pah, the
servant given to Leah by her father,
Laban. The number of Jacob’s descendants through Zilpah was sixteen.
19 The
sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel
were Joseph and Benjamin.
20 Joseph’s sons, born in the land
of Egypt, were Manasseh and
Ephraim. Their mother was
Asenath, daughter of Potiphera,
the priest of On.*
21 Benjamin’s sons were Bela, Beker,
Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh,
Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22 These were the sons of Rachel and
Jacob. The number of Jacob’s descendants through Rachel was fourteen.
23 The
son of Dan was Hushim.
sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel,
Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
25 These were the sons of Bilhah, the
servant given to Rachel by her father,
Laban. The number of Jacob’s descendants through Bilhah was seven.
24 The
26 The total number of Jacob’s direct
descendants who went with him to
Egypt, not counting his sons’ wives,
was sixty-six. 27 In addition, Joseph
had two sons* who were born in
Egypt. So altogether, there were seventy* members of Jacob’s family in the
land of Egypt.
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28 As
they neared their destination,
Jacob sent Judah ahead to meet Joseph
and get directions to the region of Goshen. And when they finally arrived
there, 29 Joseph prepared his chariot
and traveled to Goshen to meet his
father, Jacob. When Joseph arrived,
he embraced his father and wept,
holding him for a long time. 30 Finally,
Jacob said to Joseph, “Now I am ready
to die, since I have seen your face
again and know you are still alive.”
31 And Jo
seph said to his brothers
and to his father’s entire family, “I will
go to Pharaoh and tell him, ‘My brothers and my father’s entire family have
come to me from the land of Canaan.
32 These men are shepherds, and they
raise livestock. They have brought
with them their flocks and herds and
everything they own.’”
33 Then he said, “When Pha
raoh
calls for you and asks you about your
occupation, 34 you must tell him, ‘We,
your servants, have raised livestock
all our lives, as our ancestors have
always done.’ When you tell him this,
he will let you live here in the region
of Goshen, for the Egyptians despise
shepherds.”
47:1 Then
Joseph went to see Pharaoh
and told him, “My father and my
brothers have arrived from the land of
Canaan. They have come with all their
flocks and herds and possessions, and
they are now in the region of Goshen.”
2 Jo
seph took five of his brothers
with him and presented them to Pha
raoh. 3 And Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?”
They replied, “We, your servants,
are shepherds, just like our ancestors.
4 We have come to live here in Egypt
for a while, for there is no pasture for
our flocks in Canaan. The famine is
very severe there. So please, we request permission to live in the region
of Goshen.”
5 Then Pha
r aoh said to Jo
seph,
“Now that your father and brothers
have joined you here, 6 choose any
place in the entire land of Egypt for
them to live. Give them the best land
