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So Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
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And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night, and said, "Jacob, Jacob." And he said, "Here am I."
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Then he said, "I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt; for I will there make of you a great nation.
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I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again; and Joseph's hand shall close your eyes."
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Then Jacob set out from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
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They also took their cattle and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him,
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his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters; all his offspring he brought with him into Egypt.
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Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob's first-born,
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and the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
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The sons of Simeon: Jemu'el, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanitish woman.
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The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merar'i.
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The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
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The sons of Is'sachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
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The sons of Zeb'ulun: Sered, Elon, and Jah'leel
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(these are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah; altogether his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three).
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The sons of Gad: Ziph'ion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Aro'di, and Are'li.
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The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beri'ah, with Serah their sister. And the sons of Beri'ah: Heber and Mal'chi-el
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(these are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob--sixteen persons).