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1 Isra'el took everything he owned with him on his journey. He arrived at Be'er-Sheva and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Yitz'chak.
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And Israel went on his journey with all he had, and came to Beer-sheba, where he made offerings to the God of his father Isaac.
2 In a vision at night God called to Isra'el, "Ya'akov! Ya'akov!" He answered, "Here I am."
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And God said to Israel in a night-vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
3 He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go down to Egypt. It is there that I will make you into a great nation.
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And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:
4 Not only will I go down with you to Egypt; but I will also bring you back here again, after Yosef has closed your eyes."
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I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will see that you come back again, and at your death Joseph will put his hands on your eyes.
5 So Ya'akov left Be'er-Sheva; the sons of Isra'el brought Ya'akov their father, their little ones and their wives in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry them.
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Then Jacob went on from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Jacob took their father and their little ones and their wives in the carts which Pharaoh had sent for them.
6 They took their cattle and their possessions which they had acquired in the land of Kena'an and arrived in Egypt, Ya'akov and all his descendants with him -
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And they took their cattle and all the goods which they had got in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, even Jacob and all his seed:
7 his sons, grandsons, daughters, granddaughters and all his descendants he brought with him into Egypt.
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His sons and his sons' sons, his daughters and his daughters' sons and all his family he took with him into Egypt.
8 These are the names of Isra'el's children who came into Egypt, Ya'akov and his sons: Re'uven Ya'akov's firstborn;
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And these are the names of the children of Israel who came into Egypt, even Jacob and all his sons: Reuben, Jacob's oldest son;
9 and the sons of Re'uven - Hanokh, Pallu, Hetzron and Karmi.
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And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi;
10 The sons of Shim'on: Y'mu'el, Yamin, Ohad, Yakhin, Tzochar and Sha'ul the son of a Kena'ani woman.
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And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul, the son of a woman of Canaan;
11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, K'hat and M'rari.
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And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;
12 The sons of Y'hudah: 'Er, Onan, Shelah, Peretz and Zerach; but 'Er and Onan died in the land of Kena'an. The sons of Peretz were Hetzron and Hamul.
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And the sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah: but Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
13 The sons of Yissakhar: Tola, Puvah, Yov and Shimron.
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And the sons of Issachar: Tola and Puah and Job and Shimron;
14 The sons of Z'vulun: Sered, Elon and Yachle'el.
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And the sons of Zebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel;
15 These were the children of Le'ah whom she bore to Ya'akov in Paddan-Aram, with his daughter Dinah. In sum, his sons and daughters numbered thirty-three.
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All these, together with his daughter Dinah, were the children of Leah, whom Jacob had by her in Paddan-aram; they were thirty-three in number.
16 The sons of Gad: Tzifyon, Haggi, Shuni, Etzbon, 'Eri, Arodi and Ar'eli.
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And the sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon, Eri and Arodi and Areli;
17 The children of Asher: Yimnah, Yishvah, Yishvi, B'ri'ah, and their sister Serach. The sons of B'ri'ah were Hever and Malki'el.
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And the sons of Asher: Jimnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah, and Sarah, their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
18 These were the children of Zilpah, whom Lavan gave to Le'ah his daughter; she bore them to Ya'akov - sixteen people.
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These are the children of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and Jacob had these sixteen children by her.
19 The sons of Rachel Ya'akov's wife: Yosef and Binyamin.
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The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
20 To Yosef in the land of Egypt were born M'nasheh and Efrayim, whom Osnat the daughter of Poti-Fera priest of On bore to him.
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And Joseph had Manasseh and Ephraim in the land of Egypt, by Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On.
21 The sons of Binyamin: Bela, Bekher, Ashbel, Gera, Na'aman, Echi, Rosh, Mupim, Hupim and Ard.
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And the sons of Benjamin were Belah and Becher and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim and Ard.
22 These were the children of Rachel who were born to Ya'akov - in sum, fourteen people.
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All these were the children of Rachel whom Jacob had by her, fourteen persons.
23 The sons of Dan: Hushim.
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And the son of Dan was Hushim.
24 The sons of Naftali: Yachtze'el, Guni, Yetzer and Shillem.
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And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and Shillem.
25 These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Lavan gave to Rachel his daughter; she bore them to Ya'akov - in sum, seven people.
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These were the children of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, seven persons.
26 All the people belonging to Ya'akov coming into Egypt, his direct descendants (not counting Ya'akov's sons' wives), totaled sixty-six.
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All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt, the offspring of his body, were sixty-six, without taking into account the wives of Jacob's sons.
27 The sons of Yosef, born to him in Egypt, were two in number. Thus all the people in Ya'akov's family who entered Egypt numbered seventy.
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And the sons of Joseph whom he had in Egypt were two. Seventy persons of the family of Jacob came into Egypt.
28 Ya'akov sent Y'hudah ahead of him to Yosef, so that the latter might guide him on the road to Goshen; thus they arrived in the land of Goshen.
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Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.
29 Yosef prepared his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet Isra'el his father. He presented himself to him, embraced him and wept on his neck for a long time.
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And Joseph got his carriage ready and went to Goshen for the meeting with his father; and when he came before him, he put his arms round his neck, weeping.
30 Then Isra'el said to Yosef, "Now I can die, because I have seen your face and seen that you are still alive."
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And Israel said to Joseph, Now that I have seen you living again, I am ready for death.
31 Yosef said to his brothers and his father's family, "I'm going up to tell Pharaoh. I'll say to him, 'My brothers and my father's family, who were in the land of Kena'an, have come to me.
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And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;
32 The men are shepherds and keepers of livestock; they have brought their flocks, their herds and all their possessions.'
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And these men are keepers of sheep and owners of cattle, and have with them their flocks and their herds and all they have.
33 Now when Pharaoh summons you and asks, 'What is your occupation?'
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Now when Pharaoh sends for you and says, What is your business?
34 tell him, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth until now, both we and our ancestors.'This will ensure that you will live in the land of Goshen - for any shepherd is abhorrent to the Egyptians."
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You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fathers; in this way you will be able to have the land of Goshen for yourselves; because keepers of sheep are unclean in the eyes of the Egyptians.
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