{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/genesis/46","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:52:43.417Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":46,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":45,"nextChapter":47,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":34},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba; and he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night and said, Jacob, Jacob! And he said, Here am I."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down to Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I will go down with thee to Egypt, and I will also certainly bring thee up; and Joseph shall put his hand on thine eyes."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, on the waggons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And they took their cattle, and their goods which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, Jacob and all his seed with him;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"his sons and his sons' sons with him, his daughters and his sons' daughters and all his seed he brought with him to Egypt."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt: Jacob and his sons. Jacob's firstborn, Reuben."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And the sons of Reuben: Enoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, And Jamin, And Ohad, And Jachin, And Zohar, And Saul the son of a Canaanitish woman."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, And Merari."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pherez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pherez were Hezron and Hamul."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And the sons of Issachar: Tola, And Puah, And Job, And Shimron."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, And Elon, And Jahleel."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Padan-Aram; and his daughter, Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And the sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And the sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Jishvah, and Jishvi, and Beriah; and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and she bore these to Jacob: sixteen souls."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asnath bore to him, the daughter of Potipherah the priest in On."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And the sons of Benjamin: Belah, And Becher, And Ashbel, Gera And Naaman, Ehi And Rosh, Muppim, And Huppim, And Ard."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"these are the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And the sons of Dan: Hushim."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, And Guni, And Jezer, And Shillem."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter; and she bore these to Jacob: all the souls were seven."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"All the souls that came with Jacob to Egypt, that had come out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives: all the souls were sixty-six."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob that came to Egypt were seventy."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to give notice before he came to Goshen. And they came into the land of Goshen."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Then Joseph yoked his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and he presented himself to him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, after I have seen thy face, since thou still livest."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"And Joseph said to his brethren and to his father's house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, My brethren and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come to me;"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"and the men are shepherds, for they have been occupied with cattle; and they have brought their sheep, and their cattle, and all that they have."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"And it shall come to pass that when Pharaoh shall call you and say, What is your occupation?"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"then ye shall say, Thy servants are men that have been occupied with cattle from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers; in order that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 46 (DBT)","markdown":"[Genesis 46](https://primebible.com/dbt/genesis/46)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/genesis/46 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}