1. Israel moved with all he had. When he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
2. God spoke to Israel in a vision that night and said, “Jacob, Jacob!”“Here I am,” he answered.
3. “I am God, the God of your father,” he said. “Don’t be afraid to go to Egypt, because I will make you a great nation there.
4. I will go with you to Egypt, and I will make sure you come back again. Joseph will close your eyes ⌊when you die⌋.”
5. So Jacob left Beersheba. Israel’s sons put their father Jacob, their children, and their wives in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to bring him back.
6. They also took their livestock and the possessions they had accumulated in Canaan.Jacob and all his family arrived in Egypt.
7. He had brought his sons, his grandsons, his daughters, and his granddaughters—his entire family.
8. These are the names of Israel’s descendants (Jacob and his descendants) who arrived in Egypt.Reuben was Jacob’s firstborn.
9. The sons of Reuben wereHanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
10. The sons of Simeon wereJemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
11. The sons of Levi wereGershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12. The sons of Judah wereEr, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. (Er and Onan had died in Canaan.)The sons of Perez wereHezron and Hamul.
13. The sons of Issachar wereTola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
14. The sons of Zebulun wereSered, Elon, and Jahleel.