Genesis 46:8-27

Good News Translation

⁸ The members of Jacob's family who went to Egypt with him were his oldest 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 thirty-three.

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. ¹⁸ These sixteen are the descendants of Jacob by Zilpah, the slave woman whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah.

¹⁹ Jacob's wife Rachel bore him two sons: Joseph and Benjamin. ^20 (A)In Egypt Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, by Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, a priest in Heliopolis. ²¹ Benjamin's sons were Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. ²² These fourteen are the descendants of Jacob by Rachel.

²³ Dan and his son Hushim. ²⁴ Naphtali and his sons: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. ²⁵ These seven are the descendants of Jacob by Bilhah, the slave woman whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel.

²⁶ The total number of the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt was sixty-six, not including his sons' wives. ^27 (B)Two sons were born to Joseph in Egypt, bringing to seventy the total number of Jacob's family who went there.