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1So Israel started out with everything that belonged to him. When he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
2God spoke to Israel in a vision at night. “Jacob! Jacob!” he said.
“Here I am,” Jacob replied.
3“I am God. I am the God of your father,” he said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt. There I will make you into a great nation.
4I will go down to Egypt with you. I will surely bring you back again. And when you die, Joseph will close your eyes with his own hand.”
5Then Jacob left Beersheba. Israel’s sons put their father Jacob and their families in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6So Jacob and his whole family went to Egypt. They took their livestock with them. And they took everything they had acquired in Canaan.
7Jacob brought his sons and grandsons with him to Egypt. He also brought his daughters and granddaughters. He brought his whole family with him.
Reuben was Jacob’s oldest son.
9The sons of Reuben were
10The sons of Simeon were
11The sons of Levi were
12The sons of Judah were
13The sons of Issachar were
14The sons of Zebulun were
16The sons of Gad were
17The sons of Asher were
19The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel were
21The sons of Benjamin were
23The son of Dan was
24The sons of Naphtali were
28Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph. He sent him to get directions to Goshen. And so they arrived in the area of Goshen.
29Then Joseph had his servants get his chariot ready. He went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as he came to his father, Joseph threw his arms around him. Then Joseph wept for a long time.
30Israel said to Joseph, “I have seen for myself that you are still alive. Now I’m ready to die.”
31Then Joseph spoke to his brothers and to the rest of his father’s family. He said, “I will go up and speak to Pharaoh. I’ll say to him, ‘My brothers and the rest of my father’s family have come to me. They were living in the land of Canaan.
32The men are shepherds. They take care of livestock. They’ve brought along their flocks and herds and everything they own.’
33Pharaoh will send for you. He’ll ask, ‘What do you do for a living?’
34You should answer, ‘We’ve taken care of livestock from the time we were boys. We’ve done just as our fathers did.’ It’s the practice of the people of Egypt not to mix with shepherds. So Pharaoh will let you settle in the area of Goshen.”