1 Jacob packed up all he had and went to Beersheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 God spke to him in a vision at night and called, "Jacob, Jacob!"
"Y es, here I am," he answered.
3 "I am God, the God of your father," he said. "Do not be afraid to go to Egypt; I will make your descendants a great nation there. 4 I will bring your descendants back to this land. Joseph will be with you when you die."
5 Jacob set out from Beersheba. His sons put him, their small children, and their wives in the wagaons which the king of Egypt had sent. 6 They tok their livestock amd the possessions they had acquired in Canaan and want to Egypt. Jacob took all his descendants with him: 7 his sons, his grandsons, his daughters and his granddaughters.
8 The members of Jacob's family who went to Egypt with him were his oldest son 9 and Reuben's sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 10 Simeon and his sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanitewoman. 11 Levi and his sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 Judah and his sons: Shelah, Perea, and Zerah.(Judah's ohter sons, Er and Onan, had died in Canaan.) Perez' sons were Hezron and Hamul. 13 Issachar and his sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron. 14 Zebulun and his sons: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These are sons that Leah had borne to Jacob in Mesopotamia, besides his daughter Dinah. In all, his descedants by Leah numbered thirty-three.
16 Gad and his sons: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arod, and Areli. 17 Asher and his sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah's sons were Heber and Malchiel. 18 These sixteen are the descendants of Jacob by Zilpah, the slave woman whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah.
19 Jacob's wife Rachel bore him two sons: Joseph and Benjamin. 20 In Egypt Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, by Asenath, the daughterof Potiphera, a priest in Heliopolis. 21 Benjamin's sons were Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Huppin, and Ard. 22 These fourteen are descendants of Jacob by Rachel.
23 Dan and his son Hushim. 24 Naphtali and his sons: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem. 25 These seven are the descendants of jacob by Bilhah, the slave woman whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel.
26 The total number of the direct descendnts of Jacob who went to Egypt waas sixty-six, not including his son's wives. 27 Two sons were born to Joseph in Egypt, bringing to seventy the total number of Jacob's family who went there.
"Y es, here I am," he answered.
3 "I am God, the God of your father," he said. "Do not be afraid to go to Egypt; I will make your descendants a great nation there. 4 I will bring your descendants back to this land. Joseph will be with you when you die."
5 Jacob set out from Beersheba. His sons put him, their small children, and their wives in the wagaons which the king of Egypt had sent. 6 They tok their livestock amd the possessions they had acquired in Canaan and want to Egypt. Jacob took all his descendants with him: 7 his sons, his grandsons, his daughters and his granddaughters.
8 The members of Jacob's family who went to Egypt with him were his oldest son 9 and Reuben's sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 10 Simeon and his sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanitewoman. 11 Levi and his sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 Judah and his sons: Shelah, Perea, and Zerah.(Judah's ohter sons, Er and Onan, had died in Canaan.) Perez' sons were Hezron and Hamul. 13 Issachar and his sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron. 14 Zebulun and his sons: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These are sons that Leah had borne to Jacob in Mesopotamia, besides his daughter Dinah. In all, his descedants by Leah numbered thirty-three.
16 Gad and his sons: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arod, and Areli. 17 Asher and his sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah's sons were Heber and Malchiel. 18 These sixteen are the descendants of Jacob by Zilpah, the slave woman whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah.
19 Jacob's wife Rachel bore him two sons: Joseph and Benjamin. 20 In Egypt Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, by Asenath, the daughterof Potiphera, a priest in Heliopolis. 21 Benjamin's sons were Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Huppin, and Ard. 22 These fourteen are descendants of Jacob by Rachel.
23 Dan and his son Hushim. 24 Naphtali and his sons: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem. 25 These seven are the descendants of jacob by Bilhah, the slave woman whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel.
26 The total number of the direct descendnts of Jacob who went to Egypt waas sixty-six, not including his son's wives. 27 Two sons were born to Joseph in Egypt, bringing to seventy the total number of Jacob's family who went there.