Genesis
Genesis 46
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Genesis 46 — Scripture text (King James Version)
And took his journey with all that he had, and came to -, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father . And God spake unto in the visions of the night, and said, , . And he said, Here am I. And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into ; for I will there make of thee a great nation: I will go down with thee into ; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and shall his hand upon thine eyes. And rose up from -: and the sons of carried their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which had sent to carry him. And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the , and came into , , and all his seed with him: His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into . And these are the names of the children of , which came into , and his sons: , Jacob’s firstborn. And the sons of ; Hanoch, and , and , and . And the sons of ; Jemuel, and , and , and , and , and the son of a woman. And the sons of ; Gershon, Kohath, and . And the sons of ; Er, and , and , and , and : but Er and died in the . And the sons of were and . And the sons of ; Tola, and , and , and . And the sons of ; Sered, and , and . These be the sons of , which she bare unto in -, with his daughter : all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. And the sons of ; Ziphion, and , Shuni, and , Eri, and , and . And the sons of ; Jimnah, and , and , and , and their sister: and the sons of ; Heber, and . These are the sons of , whom gave to his daughter, and these she bare unto , even sixteen souls. The sons of ’s wife; , and . And unto in the land of were born and , which the daughter of -pherah priest of bare unto him. And the sons of were , and , and , Gera, and , Ehi, and , Muppim, and , and . These are the sons of , which were born to : all the souls were fourteen. And the sons of ; Hushim. And the sons of ; Jahzeel, and , and , and . These are the sons of , which gave unto his daughter, and she bare these unto : all the souls were seven. All the souls that came with into , which came out of his loins, besides ’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six; And the sons of , which were born him in , were two souls: all the souls of the house of , which came into , were threescore and ten. And he sent before him unto , to direct his face unto ; and they came into the land of . And made ready his , and went up to meet his father, to , and presented himself unto him; and he fell his neck, and wept his neck a good while. And said unto , Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. And said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and shew , and say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the , are come unto me; 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. And it shall come to pass, when shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? 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 ; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the .