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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Genesis 46 WEB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/46.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/46-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">WEB</a> > Genesis 46</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/45.htm" title="Genesis 45">◄</a> Genesis 46 <a href="../genesis/47.htm" title="Genesis 47">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">World English Bible</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Jacob's Journey to Egypt</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, "Jacob, Jacob!" He said, "Here I am." <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph will close your eyes."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt—Jacob, and all his seed with him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and he brought all his seed with him into Egypt.</p> <a name="8" id="8"></a><p class="hdg">Those who went to Egypt<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../exodus/1.htm">Exodus 1:1-7</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The son of Dan: Hushim. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct descendants, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were sixty-six. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="hdg">Joseph Meets Jacob</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive." <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>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.' <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, 'What is your occupation?' <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>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."</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The World English Bible is a 1997 revision of the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible, first published in 1901. 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