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Genesis 45:21-47:12
New International Version
Genesis 45:21-47:12
New International Version
21 So the sons of Israel did this. Joseph gave them carts,(A) as Pharaoh had commanded, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.(B) 22 To each of them he gave new clothing,(C) but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels[a] of silver and five sets of clothes.(D) 23 And this is what he sent to his father: ten donkeys(E) loaded with the best things(F) of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other provisions for his journey.(G) 24 Then he sent his brothers away, and as they were leaving he said to them, “Don’t quarrel on the way!”(H)
25 So they went up out of Egypt(I) and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.(J) 26 They told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt.”(K) Jacob was stunned; he did not believe them.(L) 27 But when they told him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts(M) Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. 28 And Israel said, “I’m convinced!(N) My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”(O)
Jacob Goes to Egypt
46 So Israel(P) set out with all that was his, and when he reached Beersheba,(Q) he offered sacrifices(R) to the God of his father Isaac.(S)
2 And God spoke to Israel(T) in a vision at night(U) and said, “Jacob! Jacob!”
“Here I am,”(V) he replied.
3 “I am God, the God of your father,”(W) he said. “Do not be afraid(X) to go down to Egypt,(Y) for I will make you into a great nation(Z) there.(AA) 4 I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again.(AB) And Joseph’s own hand will close your eyes.(AC)”
5 Then Jacob left Beersheba,(AD) and Israel’s(AE) sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts(AF) that Pharaoh had sent to transport him. 6 So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt,(AG) taking with them their livestock and the possessions(AH) they had acquired(AI) in Canaan. 7 Jacob brought with him to Egypt(AJ) his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.(AK)
8 These are the names of the sons of Israel(AL) (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt:
Reuben the firstborn(AM) of Jacob.
9 The sons of Reuben:(AN)
Hanok, Pallu,(AO) Hezron and Karmi.(AP)
10 The sons of Simeon:(AQ)
Jemuel,(AR) Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar(AS) and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
11 The sons of Levi:(AT)
Gershon,(AU) Kohath(AV) and Merari.(AW)
12 The sons of Judah:(AX)
Er,(AY) Onan,(AZ) Shelah, Perez(BA) and Zerah(BB) (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan).(BC)
The sons of Perez:(BD)
Hezron and Hamul.(BE)
13 The sons of Issachar:(BF)
Tola, Puah,[b](BG) Jashub[c](BH) and Shimron.
14 The sons of Zebulun:(BI)
Sered, Elon and Jahleel.
15 These were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram,[d](BJ) besides his daughter Dinah.(BK) These sons and daughters of his were thirty-three in all.
16 The sons of Gad:(BL)
Zephon,[e](BM) Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli.
17 The sons of Asher:(BN)
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,(BO) whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah(BP)—sixteen in all.
19 The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel:(BQ)
Joseph and Benjamin.(BR) 20 In Egypt, Manasseh(BS) and Ephraim(BT) were born to Joseph(BU) by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.[f](BV)
21 The sons of Benjamin:(BW)
Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.(BX)
22 These were the sons of Rachel(BY) who were born to Jacob—fourteen in all.
25 These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah,(CC) whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel(CD)—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.(CE) 27 With the two sons[g] who had been born to Joseph in Egypt,(CF) the members of Jacob’s family, which went to Egypt, were seventy[h] in all.(CG)
28 Now Jacob sent Judah(CH) ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen.(CI) When they arrived in the region of Goshen, 29 Joseph had his chariot(CJ) made ready and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel.(CK) As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father[i] and wept(CL) for a long time.(CM)
30 Israel(CN) said to Joseph, “Now I am ready to die, since I have seen for myself that you are still alive.”(CO)
31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were living in the land of Canaan,(CP) have come to me.(CQ) 32 The men are shepherds;(CR) they tend livestock,(CS) and they have brought along their flocks and herds and everything they own.’(CT) 33 When Pharaoh calls you in and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’(CU) 34 you should answer, ‘Your servants(CV) have tended livestock from our boyhood on, just as our fathers did.’(CW) Then you will be allowed to settle(CX) in the region of Goshen,(CY) for all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.(CZ)”
47 Joseph went and told Pharaoh, “My father and brothers, with their flocks and herds and everything they own, have come from the land of Canaan(DA) and are now in Goshen.”(DB) 2 He chose five of his brothers and presented them(DC) before Pharaoh.
3 Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?”(DD)
“Your servants(DE) are shepherds,(DF)” they replied to Pharaoh, “just as our fathers were.” 4 They also said to him, “We have come to live here for a while,(DG) because the famine is severe in Canaan(DH) and your servants’ flocks have no pasture.(DI) So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen.”(DJ)
5 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you, 6 and the land of Egypt is before you; settle(DK) your father and your brothers in the best part of the land.(DL) Let them live in Goshen. And if you know of any among them with special ability,(DM) put them in charge of my own livestock.(DN)”
7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him(DO) before Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed[j] Pharaoh,(DP) 8 Pharaoh asked him, “How old are you?”
9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty.(DQ) My years have been few and difficult,(DR) and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.(DS)” 10 Then Jacob blessed[k] Pharaoh(DT) and went out from his presence.
11 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land,(DU) the district of Rameses,(DV) as Pharaoh directed. 12 Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their children.(DW)
Footnotes
- Genesis 45:22 That is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms
- Genesis 46:13 Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text Puvah
- Genesis 46:13 Samaritan Pentateuch and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Num. 26:24 and 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text Iob
- Genesis 46:15 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
- Genesis 46:16 Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also Num. 26:15); Masoretic Text Ziphion
- Genesis 46:20 That is, Heliopolis
- Genesis 46:27 Hebrew; Septuagint the nine children
- Genesis 46:27 Hebrew (see also Exodus 1:5 and note); Septuagint (see also Acts 7:14) seventy-five
- Genesis 46:29 Hebrew around him
- Genesis 47:7 Or greeted
- Genesis 47:10 Or said farewell to
Genesis 45:21-47:12
King James Version
Genesis 45:21-47:12
King James Version
21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
28 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
46 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
47 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.
4 They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
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