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- Chapter 46 -

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And 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,(a)
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he heard him, by a vision in the night, calling him, and saying to him: “Jacob, Jacob.” And he answered him, “Behold, here I am.”
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God 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.
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I 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.(b)
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Then 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,
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along 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)
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his sons and his grandsons, his daughters and all his progeny together.

The Children of Leah

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Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who entered into Egypt, he with his children. The firstborn is Reuben.
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The sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu, and Hezron and Carmi.
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The sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad, and Jachin and Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
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The sons of Levi: Gershon and Kohath, and Merari.
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The 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.
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The sons of Issachar: Tola and Puvah, and Job and Shimron.
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The sons of Zebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel.
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These 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

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

The Children of Rachel

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The sons of Rachel, the wife of Jacob: Joseph and Benjamin.
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And 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.
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The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher, and Ashbel and Gera, and Naaman and Ehi, and Rosh and Moppim, and Huppim and Ard.
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These are the sons of Rachel, whom she bore to Jacob: all these souls are fourteen.

The Children of Bilhah

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The sons of Dan: Hushim.
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The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel and Guni, and Jezer and Shillem.
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These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, and these she bore to Jacob: all these souls are seven.
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All the souls who went into Egypt with Jacob and who went out from his thigh, besides the wives of his sons, were sixty-six.
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Now 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

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Then he sent Judah ahead of himself, to Joseph, in order to report to him, and so that he would meet him in Goshen.
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And 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.
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And the father said to Joseph, “Now I will die happy, because I have seen your face, and I am leaving you behind alive.”(c)
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And 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.
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And 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.’(d)
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And when he will call you and will say, ‘What is your work?’
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You 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.”(e)

Footnotes

(a)46:1 The well of the oath:Bersabee.(Challoner)
(b)46:4 The participle ‘revertentem’ (returning) seems redundant, but there may be an additional level of meaning to which this refers, so it is translated fairly literally and left in.(Conte)
(c)46:30 Literally, ‘superstitem’ means ‘standing above.’ The term ‘super’ (above) is sometimes used in the Latin to indicate that someone is still alive.(Conte)
(d)46:32 The word ‘viri’ is usually translated as ‘men,’ but it is derived from a Latin word referring to virtue or strength, so it can also be translated as ‘good men’ or ‘honorable men.’(Conte)
(e)46:34 The word ‘viri’ can be genitive singular, as in ‘pastors of honor’ or ‘noble pastors,’ or, ‘pastors of virtue.’ Or it can be nominative plural, as in ‘We honorable men, your servants, are pastors.’(Conte)
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Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.
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God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He said, “Here I am.”
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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.
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I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph’s hand will close your eyes.”
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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.
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They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt—Jacob, and all his offspring with him,

Those Who Went to Egypt

(Exodus 1:1–7)
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his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and he brought all his offspring with him into Egypt.

The Children of Leah

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These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
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The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
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The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
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The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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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.
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The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
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The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
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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.

The Children of Zilpah

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The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
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The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
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These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.

The Children of Rachel

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The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
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To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
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The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
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These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

The Children of Bilhah

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The son of Dan: Hushim.
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The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
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These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven.
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All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct offspring, in addition to Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six.
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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.

Jacob Arrives in Egypt

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Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
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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.
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Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”
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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.
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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.’
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It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘What is your occupation?’
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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.”
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