Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. His sons put him, their little ones, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent. They took their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan and went to Egypt. Jacob took all his descendants with him: his sons, his grandsons, his daughters, his granddaughters.
Now these are the names of Jacob’s descendants, the Israelites who went to Egypt with him:
Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and his sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Simeon and his sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul (the son of a Canaanite woman).
Levi and his sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Judah and his sons: Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. (Judah’s other sons, Er and Onan, had died in Canaan.) Perez’s sons were Hezron and Hamul.
Issachar and his sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.
Zebulun and his sons: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
These thirty-three were the sons that Jacob and Leah had while in Paddan-Aram, besides his daughter Dinah.
Gad and his sons: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
Asher and his sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malchiel.
These sixteen were the descendants of Jacob and Zilpah (the slave woman whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah).
Jacob’s sons with Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. In Egypt, Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, by Asenath (the daughter of Potiphera, a priest of On). Benjamin’s sons were Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. These fourteen were the descendants of Jacob by Rachel.
Dan and his son: Hushim.
Naphtali and his sons: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. These seven are the descendants of Jacob and Bilhah (the slave woman Laban gave to his daughter Rachel).
The total number of the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt was sixty-six, not including his sons’ wives. Two sons were born to Joseph in Egypt, bringing the total number of Jacob’s family who went there to seventy.
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