Genesis · 34 verses
Genesis 46
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Israel went down to Egypt with an entire family tree in tow—and Joseph met him there with a chariot and a flood of tears.
The journey begins at Beershebavv. 1–7
Israel sets out with all he owns, stopping at Beersheba to offer sacrifices to the God of Isaac. In the night, God tells him not to fear Egypt: the descent will become a nation, and Joseph himself will close his eyes. So Jacob goes, carried along with children, wives, livestock, possessions, and every branch of the family.
The family tree boards the wagonsvv. 8–27
Then comes the roll call: sons, daughters, grandsons, and the children born through Leah, Zilpah, Rachel, and Bilhah. Er and Onan are carefully noted as already dead in Canaan, while Joseph’s sons Manasseh and Ephraim are counted as members of the family born in Egypt. The numbers arrive in stages—sixty-six direct descendants, then seventy with Joseph’s two sons—a genealogy with its arithmetic showing its work.
A reunion in Goshen, followed by a delicate instructionvv. 28–34
Judah goes ahead to get directions to Goshen, and Joseph arrives in his chariot to meet Israel. The embrace is extravagant: Joseph weeps profusely, while Israel declares that seeing his son alive is enough to let him die. Joseph then prepares the household for Pharaoh, advising the shepherds to name their occupation plainly so that Goshen may be theirs—because, in a remarkably frank final sentence, shepherds are detestable to Egyptians.
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Gen 46:1So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
Gen 46:2And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.
Gen 46:3“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.
Gen 46:4I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”
Gen 46:5Then 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.
Gen 46:6They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.
Gen 46:7Jacob took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.
Gen 46:8Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
Gen 46:9The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Gen 46:10The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
Gen 46:12The 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.
Gen 46:13The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.
Gen 46:15These 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.
Gen 46:16The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
Gen 46:17The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
Gen 46:18These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.
Gen 46:19The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
Gen 46:20Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
Gen 46:21The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
Gen 46:22These are the sons of Rachel born to Jacob—fourteen in all.
Gen 46:24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
Gen 46:25These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.
Gen 46:26All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.
Gen 46:27And 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.
Gen 46:28Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,
Gen 46:29Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.
Gen 46:30Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”
Gen 46:31Joseph 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.
Gen 46:32The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’
Gen 46:33When Pharaoh summons you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’
Gen 46:34you 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.”
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- 30Luke 2:29–30“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.
- 3Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- 2Job 33:14–15For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
- 2Genesis 15:1After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
- 4Exodus 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
- 4Genesis 28:15Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
- 30Genesis 45:28“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”
- 3Deuteronomy 26:5and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
- 4Genesis 50:1Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.
- 4Genesis 48:21Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
- 1Genesis 26:22–25He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
- 1Genesis 28:10Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
- 1Genesis 21:33And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.
- 1Genesis 31:42If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”
- 1Genesis 28:13And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
- 5Genesis 45:21So the sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.
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