Jacob’s Journey to Egypt

1And Israel, setting out with all that he had, arrived at the Well of the Oath. And sacrificing victims there to the God of his father Isaac, 2he heard him, by a vision in the night, calling him, and saying to him: “Jacob, Jacob.” And he answered him, “Behold, here I am.” 3God said to him: “I am the most strong God of your father. Do not be afraid. Descend into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation. 4I will descend with you to that place, and I will lead you back from there, returning. Also, Joseph will place his hands over your eyes.

5Then Jacob rose up from the Well of the Oath. And his sons took him, with their little ones and wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry the old man, 6along with all that he possessed in the land of Canaan. And he arrived in Egypt with all his offspring:

Those Who Went to Egypt
(Exodus 1:1–7)

7his sons and his grandsons, his daughters and all his progeny together.

The Children of Leah

8Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who entered into Egypt, he with his children. The firstborn is Reuben. 9The sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu, and Hezron and Carmi. 10The sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad, and Jachin and Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. 11The sons of Levi: Gershon and Kohath, and Merari. 12The sons of Judah: Er and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez and Zerah. Now Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And sons were born to Perez: Hezron and Hamul. 13The sons of Issachar: Tola and Puvah, and Job and Shimron. 14The sons of Zebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel. 15These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore, along with his daughter Dinah, in Mesopotamia of Syria. All the souls of her sons and daughters are thirty-three.

The Children of Zilpah

16The sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, and Shuni and Ezbon, and Eri and Arodi, and Areli. 17The sons of Asher: Imnah and Jesua, and Jessui and Beriah, and also their sister Sarah. The sons of Beria: Heber and Malchiel. 18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah. And these she bore to Jacob: sixteen souls.

The Children of Rachel

19The sons of Rachel, the wife of Jacob: Joseph and Benjamin. 20And sons were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore for him: Manasseh and Ephraim. 21The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher, and Ashbel and Gera, and Naaman and Ehi, and Rosh and Moppim, and Huppim and Ard. 22These are the sons of Rachel, whom she bore to Jacob: all these souls are fourteen.

The Children of Bilhah

23The sons of Dan: Hushim. 24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel and Guni, and Jezer and Shillem. 25These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, and these she bore to Jacob: all these souls are seven. 26All the souls who went into Egypt with Jacob and who went out from his thigh, besides the wives of his sons, were sixty-six. 27Now the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in the land of Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who went into Egypt, were seventy.

Jacob Arrives in Egypt

28Then he sent Judah ahead of himself, to Joseph, in order to report to him, and so that he would meet him in Goshen. 29And when he had arrived there, Joseph harnessed his chariot, and he went up to meet his father at the same place. And seeing him, he fell upon his neck, and, amid embraces, he wept. 30And the father said to Joseph, “Now I will die happy, because I have seen your face, and I am leaving you behind alive.” 31And he said to his brothers and to all his father’s house: “I will go up and report to Pharaoh, and I will say to him: ‘My brothers, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. 32And these honorable men are pastors of sheep, and they have the task of feeding the flock. Their cattle, and herds, and all that they were able to hold, they have brought with them.’ 33And when he will call you and will say, ‘What is your work?’ 34You will respond, ‘Your servants are pastors of honor, from our infancy even to the present time, both we and our fathers.’ Now you will say this so that you may be able to live in the land of Goshen, because the Egyptians detest all pastors of sheep.”