Jacob and his family moved to Egypt
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1 So Jacob left Canaan, taking with him all his family and possessions. When they arrived at Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to God, the one whom his father Isaac had worshiped. 2 That night, God called to Jacob in a vision, saying, “Jacob! Jacob!” He replied, “I am here!” 3 God said, “I am God, the one your father worshiped. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, because I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation there. 4 I will go down to Egypt with you, and later I will bring your descendants back to Canaan again. And Joseph will be with you when you die.”5 Jacob left Beersheba, and his sons took him and their wives and their children in the carts that the king had sent for them to travel in. 6 So Jacob and all his family went to Egypt. They took with them the livestock and all the other possessions that they had acquired in Canaan. 7 Jacob went to Egypt with all his sons and his daughters and grandsons and granddaughters—his whole family.
8-25 I will now give you a list of the names of the members of Jacob's family who went with him to Egypt:
Reuben, Jacob's oldest son;
Reuben's sons Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi;
Simeon and his sons Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, who was the son of a woman of the Canaanite people-group;
Levi and his sons Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;
Judah and his sons Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (his other sons Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan);
Perez and his two sons Hezron and Hamul;
Issachar and his sons Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron;
Zebulon and his sons Sered, Elon, and Jahleel;
(Those were the sons of Jacob and Leah who were born in Mesopotamia. Their daughter Dinah was also born there. They were thirty-three of them, altogether.)
Gad and his sons Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli;
Asher and his sons Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; and their sister Serah;
Beriah's sons Heber and Malkiel;
(Those were the children and grandchildren of Jacob and Zilpah, the slave girl whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah. There were sixteen of them, altogether.)
Joseph and Benjamin, the sons of Jacob and Rachel;
(Ephraim and Manasseh were Joseph's two sons. They did not go down to Egypt because they were already there. Their mother was Asenath, the daughter of On, who was the priest in the temple in the city of On.)
Benjamin and his sons Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard;
(Those were the sons and grandsons of Rachel and Jacob. There were fourteen of them, altogether.)
Dan and his son Hushim;
Naphtali and his sons Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
(Those were the sons and grandsons of Jacob and Bilhah, the slave girl whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel. There were seven of them, altogether.)
26 Altogether there were sixty-six people who were Jacob's descendants who went to Egypt with him. That number does not include his sons' wives. 27 Including Jacob and Joseph and Joseph's two sons who were born in Egypt, there were seventy members of Jacob's family who would be in Egypt.
28 Jacob sent Judah to go ahead of the rest of them to talk with Joseph and ask for directions to Goshen. Then Judah returned to the rest of his family and they all traveled to the region of Goshen. When they arrived there, 29 Joseph got his chariot ready and went to Goshen to meet his father. When Joseph arrived, he threw his arms around his father's neck and cried a long time. 30 Jacob said to Joseph, “I have seen you and now I know that you are still alive! So I am ready to die.”
Joseph arranged for his family to settle in Goshen
31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and to the rest of his father's family, “I will go to the king and say to him, ‘My brothers and my father and the rest of his family, who were living in Canaan, have all come to me. 32 The men are all shepherds. They take care of their livestock, and they have brought with them their sheep and goats and cattle, and everything else that they own.’ 33 When the king summons you and asks about your occupation,?’ 34 answer him by saying, ‘From the time when we were young, we have taken care of livestock, just as our ancestors did.’ If you tell him that, he will let you live in the region of Goshen.” Joseph told them to say that because the Egyptians despised shepherds from other countries.