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And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and 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 unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah; all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and 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 unto 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>And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bore unto him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and 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>And the sons of Dan: Hushim. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and 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 unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bore unto Jacob; all the souls were seven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>All the souls belonging to Jacob that came into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were threescore and ten. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented himself unto 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>And Israel said unto Joseph: ‘Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house: ‘I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him: My brethren, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle; 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>And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say: What is your occupation? <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/46-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>that ye shall say: Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers; that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.’</div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../genesis/45.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Genesis 45"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Genesis 45" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../genesis/47.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Genesis 47"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Genesis 47" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/genesis/46-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /> <table align="center" width="90%" style="max-width:900px"><tr><td> <div id="rcjsload_a957f3"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var referer="";try{if(referer=document.referrer,"undefined"==typeof referer||""==referer)throw"undefined"}catch(exception){referer=document.location.href,(""==referer||"undefined"==typeof referer)&&(referer=document.URL)}referer=referer.substr(0,700); var rcds = document.getElementById("rcjsload_a957f3"); var rcel = document.createElement("script"); rcel.id = 'rc_' + Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000); rcel.type = 'text/javascript'; rcel.src = "https://trends.revcontent.com/serve.js.php?w=111176&t="+rcel.id+"&c="+(new Date()).getTime()+"&width="+(window.outerWidth || document.documentElement.clientWidth)+"&referer="+encodeURIComponent(referer); rcel.async = true; rcds.appendChild(rcel); })(); </script> </td></tr></table> <br /><br /> <div class="bot2"> <table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2-bhub.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></body></html>