1. When Jacob, also called Israel, went to Egypt, he took his sons. And each son took his own family with him. These are the names of the sons of Israel:
2. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
3. Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
4. Dan, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
5. There was a total of 70 people who were descendants of Jacob. Jacob’s son Joseph was already in Egypt.
6. By some time later, Joseph and his brothers had died, along with all the people who had lived at that same time.
7. But the people of Israel had many children, and their number grew greatly. They became very strong, and the country of Egypt was filled with them.