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God talked to Jacob
1 So Jacob left his home in Canaan country, and he started to go to Egypt country. He took his family with him, and everything that he owned. They got to the place called Beersheba, then Jacob killed some animals and burned them. He did that to show respect to God. God is the one that looked after his father Isaac.
2 That night, God talked to Jacob. God said, “Jacob, Jacob.”
Jacob said, “Yes, I am listening.”
3 And God said, “I am God, I am the one that looked after your father. Don’t be frightened to go to Egypt. I will make your family into a great nation there.”
4 Then God said to Jacob, “I will go with you to Egypt, and I will take care of you. One day, you will die in Egypt, and your son Joseph will be with you when you die. And I promise that later on, I will take your family back to Canaan country again.”
Jacob and his family went to Egypt country
5 Then Jacob and his family left Beersheba. Jacob’s sons got their father to ride in one of those trailers that Pharaoh sent. And they got their little kids and their wives to ride in those trailers too. And the cows from Pharaoh, they pulled those trailers. 6 Jacob’s family took all their animals with them, and everything else that they owned. They took all the things that they got while they lived in Canaan country. And they all went to Egypt country.*Acts 7:15
That’s how Jacob’s whole family went to Egypt country. 7 Jacob took all his sons and daughters to Egypt, and all his grand-sons and grand-daughters.
The names of Jacob’s kids and grand-kids
8 These are the names of Jacob’s kids and grand-kids. All this mob went to Egypt country with Jacob.
The kids and grand-kids that Jacob had with Leah
Jacob and Leah’s oldest son was Reuben.
9 Reuben’s sons were,
– Hanok
– Pallu
– Hezron
– Carmi
10 Jacob and Leah’s next son was Simeon.
Simeon’s sons were,
– Jemuel
– Jamin
– Ohad
– Jakin
– Zohar
– Shawl. His mother was from Canaan country.
11 Jacob and Leah’s next son was Levi.
Levi’s sons were,
– Gershon
– Kohath
– Merari
12 Jacob and Leah’s next son was Judah.
Judah’s sons were,
– Er
– Onan
– Shelah
– Perez
– Zerah
But Er and Onan already died in Canaan country.
Perez’s sons were,
– Hezron
– Hamul
13 Jacob and Leah’s next son was Issachar.
Issachar’s sons were,
– Tola
– Puvah
– Yashub
– Shimron
14 Jacob and Leah’s youngest son was Zebulun.
Zebulun’s sons were,
– Sered
– Elon
– Jaleel
15 Those were the sons and grand-sons that Jacob had with his wife Leah. There were 33 of them, and they were all born in Paddan Aram country. Jacob and Leah also had a daughter called Dinah.
The kids and grand-kids that Jacob had with Zilpah
16 Jacob and Zilpah’s older son was Gad.
Gad’s sons were,
– Zefon
– Haggi
– Shuni
– Ezbon
– Eri
– Arodi
– Areli
17 Jacob and Zilpah’s younger son was Asher.
Asher’s sons were,
– Imnah
– Ishvah
– Ishvi
– Beriah
Asher also had a daughter called Serah.
Beriah’s sons were,
– Heber
– Malkiel
18 Those were the kids and grand-kids that Jacob had with Zilpah. There were 16 of them. That woman Zilpah, she used to work for Leah’s father Laban. Then, at the time when Jacob and Leah got married, Laban gave Zilpah to Leah, to work for her.
The kids and grand-kids that Jacob had with Rachel
19 Jacob and his wife Rachel had 2 sons,
– Joseph
– Benjamin
20 Joseph had 2 sons in Egypt country. Their names were Manasseh and Ephraim. Their mother was Joseph’s wife Asenath. Her father’s name was Potifera, and he was a ceremony leader for the Egypt people, at the town called Onn.*Genesis 41:50-52
21 Benjamin’s sons were,
– Bela
– Beker
– Ashbel
– Gera
– Nayman
– Ehi
– Rosh
– Muppim
– Huppim
– Ard
22 All those were the sons and grand-sons that Jacob had with his wife Rachel. There were 14 of them.
The kids and grand-kids that Jacob had with Bilhah
23 Jacob and Bilhah’s older son was Dan.
Dan’s son was,
– Hushim
24 Jacob and Bilhah’s younger son was Naphtali.
Naphtali’s sons were,
– Jahzeel
– Guni
– Jezer
– Shillem
25 Those were the sons and grand-sons that Jacob had with Bilhah. There were 7 of them. That woman Bilhah, she used to work for Rachel’s father Laban. Then, at the time when Jacob and Rachel got married, Laban gave Bilhah to Rachel, to work for her.
26 All those kids and grand-kids of Jacob went to Egypt country with him. There were 66 of them. And Jacob’s sons took their wives to Egypt too. 27 Jacob’s son Joseph was already in Egypt, and Joseph’s 2 sons were in Egypt too, because they were born there.
At that time, there were 70 people in Jacob’s family, and they all went to live in Egypt country.*Acts 7:14
Jacob and Joseph saw each other again
28 Jacob and his family got near to Egypt country. Then Jacob said to his son Judah, “Go to Joseph, and say to him, ‘Please tell us how to get to the place called Goshen.’ ” And Judah did what Jacob said. Then Jacob and his family went to Goshen.
29 Joseph told his workers to get his special trailer ready, with horses to pull it. Then Joseph got into that trailer, and he went to Goshen, so that he could meet his father Jacob. As soon as Joseph saw his father, he went to him, and he put his arms around him and hugged him. Joseph held on to his father for a long time, and he cried a lot, because he was so happy to see him again.
30 Then Jacob said to his son Joseph, “Now I have seen you again, and I know that you are still alive. That’s the only thing I wanted. So I’m ready to die now.”
31 Then Joseph talked to his brothers, and to the rest of his father’s family. He said, “Now I have to go and tell Pharaoh that you mob are here. I will say to Pharaoh, ‘My brothers, and the rest of my father’s family, they left their home in Canaan country, and they came here to Egypt country, so that they can live near me. 32 All the men in my father’s family, they look after animals. They brought all their sheep here, and all their cows, and everything else that they own.’ ”
33 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “After I say those things to Pharaoh, he will say to me, ‘Tell those men to come and see me.’ And when you go to see him, he will say to you, ‘What sort of work did you do in Canaan country?’ 34 Then you have to say to him, ‘Sir, ever since we were young men, we looked after animals. And our father and our grand-fathers, they used to look after animals too.’ ”
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “You know, the Egypt people hate men that look after animals. So they will not want you mob to live in their towns. But this place called Goshen, it’s a long way from the other towns in Egypt country, so Pharaoh will let you live here.”

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*46:6 Acts 7:15

*46:20 Genesis 41:50-52

*46:27 Acts 7:14

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