5 Then Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel's sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport him. |
6 They also took with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt. |
7 He took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters-all his offspring. |
8 These are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: |
9 The sons of Reuben:
Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. |
10 The sons of Simeon:
Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. |
11 The sons of Levi:
Gershon, Kohath and Merari. |
12 The sons of Judah:
Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan).
The sons of Perez:
Hezron and Hamul. |
13 The sons of Issachar:
Tola, Puah,1 46:13 Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text Puvah Jashub2 46:13 Samaritan Pentateuch and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Num. 26:24 and 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text Iob and Shimron. |
14 The sons of Zebulun:
Sered, Elon and Jahleel. |
15 These were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram,3 46:15 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia besides his daughter Dinah. These sons and daughters of his were thirty-three in all. |
16 The sons of Gad:
Zephon,4 46:16 Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also Num.26:15); Masoretic Text Ziphion Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli. |
17 The sons of Asher:
Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah.
Their sister was Serah.
The sons of Beriah:
Heber and Malkiel. |
18 These were the children born to Jacob by Zilpah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah-sixteen in all. |
19 The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel:
Joseph and Benjamin. |
20 In Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.5 46:20 That is, Heliopolis |
21 The sons of Benjamin:
Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard. |
22 These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob-fourteen in all. |
23 The son of Dan:
Hushim. |
24 The sons of Naphtali:
Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem. |
25 These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel-seven in all. |
26 All those who went to Egypt with Jacob-those who were his direct descendants, not counting his sons' wives-numbered sixty-six persons. |
27 With the two sons6 46:27 Hebrew; Septuagint the nine children who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob's family, which went to Egypt, were seventy7 46:27 Hebrew (see also Exodus 1:5 and footnote); Septuagint (see also Acts 7:14) seventy-five in all. |
