1. So Israel set out with all that was his, and when he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
2. And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, ‘Jacob! Jacob!’‘Here I am,’ he replied.
3. ‘I am God, the God of your father,’ he said. ‘Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
4. I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph’s own hand will close your eyes.’
5. Then Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel’s sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport him.
6. So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt, taking with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan.
7. Jacob brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters – all his offspring.
8. These are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt:Reuben the firstborn of Jacob.
9. The sons of Reuben:Hanok, Pallu, Hezron and Karmi.
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 had died in the land of Canaan).The sons of Perez:Hezron and Hamul.
13. The sons of Issachar:Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron.