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Genesis 46:6-17 Good News Bible (GNB)

6. They took their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan and went to Egypt. Jacob took all his descendants with him:

7. his sons, his grandsons, his daughters, and his granddaughters.

8. The members of Jacob's family who went to Egypt with him were his eldest son Reuben

9. and Reuben's sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

10. Simeon and his sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.

11. Levi and his sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

12. Judah and his sons: Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. (Judah's other sons, Er and Onan, had died in Canaan.) Perez' sons were Hezron and Hamul.

13. Issachar and his sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.

14. Zebulun and his sons: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.

15. These are the sons that Leah had borne to Jacob in Mesopotamia, besides his daughter Dinah. In all, his descendants by Leah numbered 33.

16. Gad and his sons: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arod, and Areli.

17. Asher and his sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah's sons were Heber and Malchiel.

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