1So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.[ † ]Genesis 21:31-33Genesis 26:32-33Genesis 28:10Genesis 26:24-25Genesis 28:13Genesis 31:42Genesis 32:9
2And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.[ † ]Genesis 15:1Genesis 22:11Genesis 31:11Numbers 12:6Job 33:14-15
3“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.[ † ]Genesis 17:1Genesis 28:13Genesis 12:2Exodus 1:9Exodus 12:37Deuteronomy 26:5 4I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”[ † ]Genesis 28:15Genesis 31:3Genesis 48:21Exodus 3:12Genesis 15:16Genesis 50:12-24, 25Exodus 3:8Genesis 50:1
5Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.[ † ]Genesis 47:9Acts 7:15Genesis 45:19-21 6They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.[ † ]Deuteronomy 26:5Joshua 24:4Psalms 105:23Isaiah 52:4Acts 7:15
7Jacob took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring. 8Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.[ † ]Exodus 1:1-4Numbers 26:4-51 Chronicles 2:1 9The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.[ † ]Exodus 6:14 10The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.[ † ]Exodus 6:15Numbers 26:12 11The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.[ † ]Exodus 6:16-171 Chronicles 6:1-16 12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.[ † ]Numbers 26:19-201 Chronicles 2:31 Chronicles 4:21Genesis 38:3-7, 10Genesis 38:29 13The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron. 14The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.[ † ]Numbers 26:26 15These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.[ † ]Genesis 35:23Genesis 49:31 16The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. 17The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.[ † ]Numbers 26:44-471 Chronicles 7:30 18These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.[ † ]Genesis 30:10Genesis 37:2Genesis 29:24 19The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.[ † ]Genesis 35:24Genesis 44:27 20Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.[ † ]Genesis 41:45-50-52Genesis 48:1 21The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.[ † ]1 Chronicles 7:61 Chronicles 8:1Numbers 26:38Numbers 26:391 Chronicles 7:12 22These are the sons of Rachel born to Jacob—fourteen in all. 23The son of Dan: Hushim. 24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.[ † ]Numbers 26:48 25These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.[ † ]Genesis 30:5-7Genesis 29:29
26All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.[ † ]Exodus 1:5Genesis 35:11 27And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.[ † ]Exodus 1:5Deuteronomy 10:22Acts 7:14
28Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,[ † ]Genesis 31:21Genesis 47:1 29Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.[ † ]Genesis 41:43Genesis 45:14-15
30Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”[ † ]Luke 2:29-30
31Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me.[ † ]Genesis 47:1 32The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’[ † ]Genesis 47:3
33When Pharaoh summons you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’[ † ]Genesis 47:2-3Genesis 47:3 34you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”[ † ]Genesis 30:35Genesis 34:5Genesis 37:17Genesis 43:32Exodus 8:26