The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.
The First Book of Moses, Called GenesisGenesis 46
Jacob and His Family in Egypt | |
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And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer–sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. |
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And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. |
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And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation. |
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I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. |
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And Jacob rose up from Beer–sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. |
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And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Acts 7.15 Jacob, and all his seed with him: |
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his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. |
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¶ And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. |
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And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. |
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And the sons of Simeon; Jem’u-el, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Sha’ul the son of a Canaanitish woman. |
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And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Mera’ri. |
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And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. |
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And the sons of Is’sachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. |
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And the sons of Zeb’ulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jah’leel. |
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These be the sons of Le’ah, which she bare unto Jacob in Pa’dan–a’ram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. |
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And the sons of Gad; Ziph’i-on, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Ar’odi, and Ar’eli. |
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And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ish’u-ah, and Is’u-i, and Beri’ah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beri’ah; Heber, and Mal’chi-el. |
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These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Le’ah his daughter; and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. |
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The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. |
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And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manas’seh and E’phra-im, which As’enath the daughter of Potiphe’rah priest of On bare unto him. Gen. 41.50-52 |
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And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Na’aman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. |
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These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. |
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And the sons of Dan; Hushim. |
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And the sons of Naph’tali; Jah’zeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. |
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These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven. |
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All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six; |
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and the sons of Joseph, which were borne him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten. Acts 7.14 |
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¶ And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. |
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And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. |
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And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. |
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And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and show Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; |
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and the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. |
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And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? |
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That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. |
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