{"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/web/genesis/46","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T21:53:23.251Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":46,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":45,"nextChapter":47,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":34},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, |Jacob, Jacob!| He said, |Here I am.|"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"He said, |I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph will close your eyes.|"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Jacob rose up from Beersheba, 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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into 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 he brought all his seed with him into Egypt."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, 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":"The son of Dan: Hushim."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct descendants, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were sixty-six."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Joseph prepared his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Israel said to Joseph, |Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.|"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's house, |I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, 'My brothers, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.'"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, 'What is your occupation?'"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"that you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:' that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 46 (WEB)","markdown":"[Genesis 46](https://primebible.com/web/genesis/46)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/genesis/46 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}