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Genesis 46:22-34 Amplified Bible (AMP)

22. These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob–fourteen persons in all.

23. The son of Dan: Hushim.

24. The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

25. These are the sons of Bilhah, [the maid] whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter. And she bore these to Jacob–seven persons in all.

26. All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt–who were his own offspring, not counting the wives of Jacob's sons–were sixty-six persons all told.

27. And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob [including Joseph and Jacob himself], who came into Egypt, were seventy.

28. And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct him to Goshen and meet him there; and they came into the land of Goshen.

29. Then Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen; and he presented himself and gave distinct evidence of himself to him [that he was Joseph], and [each] fell on the [other's] neck and wept on his neck a good while.

30. And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face [and know] that you are still alive.

31. Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, I will go up and tell Pharaoh and say to him, My brothers and my father's household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

32. And the men are shepherds, for their occupation has been keeping livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.

33. When Pharaoh calls you and says, What is your occupation?

34. You shall say, Your servants' occupation has been as keepers of livestock from our youth until now, both we and our fathers before us–in order that you may live in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.