He took his wife Sarai,(A) his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated(B) and the people(C) they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan,(D) and they arrived there.

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14 When Abram heard that his relative(A) had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained(B) men born in his household(C) and went in pursuit as far as Dan.(D)

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31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot(A) son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law(B) Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans(C) to go to Canaan.(D) But when they came to Harran,(E) they settled there.

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By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance,(A) obeyed and went,(B) even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land(C) like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents,(D) as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.(E)

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“So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Harran. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living.(A)

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Then Jacob left Beersheba,(A) and Israel’s(B) sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts(C) that Pharaoh had sent to transport him. So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt,(D) taking with them their livestock and the possessions(E) they had acquired(F) in Canaan. Jacob brought with him to Egypt(G) his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.(H)

These are the names of the sons of Israel(I) (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt:

Reuben the firstborn(J) of Jacob.

The sons of Reuben:(K)

Hanok, Pallu,(L) Hezron and Karmi.(M)

10 The sons of Simeon:(N)

Jemuel,(O) Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar(P) and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

11 The sons of Levi:(Q)

Gershon,(R) Kohath(S) and Merari.(T)

12 The sons of Judah:(U)

Er,(V) Onan,(W) Shelah, Perez(X) and Zerah(Y) (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan).(Z)

The sons of Perez:(AA)

Hezron and Hamul.(AB)

13 The sons of Issachar:(AC)

Tola, Puah,[a](AD) Jashub[b](AE) and Shimron.

14 The sons of Zebulun:(AF)

Sered, Elon and Jahleel.

15 These were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram,[c](AG) besides his daughter Dinah.(AH) These sons and daughters of his were thirty-three in all.

16 The sons of Gad:(AI)

Zephon,[d](AJ) Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli.

17 The sons of Asher:(AK)

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,(AL) whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah(AM)—sixteen in all.

19 The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel:(AN)

Joseph and Benjamin.(AO) 20 In Egypt, Manasseh(AP) and Ephraim(AQ) were born to Joseph(AR) by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.[e](AS)

21 The sons of Benjamin:(AT)

Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.(AU)

22 These were the sons of Rachel(AV) who were born to Jacob—fourteen in all.

23 The son of Dan:(AW)

Hushim.(AX)

24 The sons of Naphtali:(AY)

Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem.

25 These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah,(AZ) whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel(BA)—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.(BB)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 46:13 Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text Puvah
  2. Genesis 46:13 Samaritan Pentateuch and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Num. 26:24 and 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text Iob
  3. Genesis 46:15 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
  4. Genesis 46:16 Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also Num. 26:15); Masoretic Text Ziphion
  5. Genesis 46:20 That is, Heliopolis

21 The king of Sodom(A) said to Abram, “Give me the people and keep the goods(B) for yourself.”

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