Genesis 46:1-11 ▼

1 And Israel journeyed, and all that was his, and he came to Beersheba and he sacrificed sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

2 And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Behold, it is I.”

3 And He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not fear from going down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

4 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up, and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes.”

5 And Jacob arose from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father and their little ones and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

6 And they took their livestock and their possessions that they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they came to Egypt, Jacob and all his seed with him,

7 his sons, and the sons of his sons with him, and his daughters, and the daughters of his sons, and all his seed he brought with him to Egypt.

8 And these are the names of the sons of Israel, the ones coming to Egypt—Jacob and his sons: The firstborn of Jacob, Reuben.

9 And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

10 And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul son of the Canaanitess.

11 And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.