3. He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
4. I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. Joseph will close your eyes.”
5. Then Jacob started out from Beer Sheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little children, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent along to transport him.
6. Jacob and all his descendants took their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they went to Egypt.
7. He brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters – all his descendants.
8. These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt – Jacob and his sons:Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob.
9. The sons of Reuben:Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
10. The sons of Simeon:Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul (the son of a Canaanite woman).
11. The sons of Levi:Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12. 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.
13. The sons of Issachar:Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.