2. God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.”And he said, “Here I am.”
3. Then 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 will also surely bring you back again. And Joseph’s own hand shall close your eyes.”
5. Jacob arose from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father and their little ones and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6. They took their livestock and their possessions that they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, Jacob and all his descendants with him.
7. He brought with him to Egypt his sons and his sons’ sons, his daughters and his sons’ daughters, and all his descendants.
8. These were the names of the sons of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who came to Egypt:Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
9. The sons of Reuben wereHanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi.
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 (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan).The sons of Perez wereHezron and Hamul.
13. The sons of Issachar wereTola, Puah, Job, and Shimron.
14. The sons of Zebulun wereSered, Elon, and Jahleel.
15. These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three.