Genesis 46:1- NKJV
Jacob’s Journey to Egypt

1/ So Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2/ Then God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!”
And he said, “Here I am.”
3/ So He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there. 4/ I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes.

{Joseph will see you when you depart from this life.} 

5/ Then Jacob arose from Beersheba; and

the sons of Israel

carried their father Jacob, their little ones, and their wives, in the carts which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6/ So they took their livestock and their goods, which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went to Egypt, Jacob and all his descendants with him. 7/ His sons and his sons’ sons, his daughters and his sons’ daughters, and all his descendants he brought with him to Egypt.

8/ Now these were the names of the children of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt:

Reuben was Jacob’s firstborn. 9/ The sons of Reuben were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

10/ The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, [Spelled Nemuel in 1 Chronicles 4:24] Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, [Called Jarib in 1 Chronicles 4:24] Zohar, [Called Zerah in 1 Chronicles 4:24] and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.

11/ The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

12/ The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

 13/ The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puvah, [Spelled Puah in 1 Chronicles 7:1] Job, [Same as Jashub in Numbers 26:24 and 1 Chronicles 7:1] and Shimron.

14/ The sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. 15/ These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Padan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the persons, his sons and his daughters, were thirty-three.

16/ The sons of Gad were Ziphion, [Spelled Zephon in Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Numbers 26:15] Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, [Called Ozni in Numbers 26:16] Eri, Arodi, [Spelled Arod in Numbers 26:17] and Areli.

17/ The sons of Asher were Jimnah, Ishuah, Isui, Beriah, and Serah, their sister.

And the sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel.

18/ These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob: sixteen persons.
19/ The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife, were Joseph and Benjamin. 20/ And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him.

21/ The sons of Benjamin were Belah, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, [Called Hupham in Numbers 26:39] and Ard. 22/ These were the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: fourteen persons in all.
23/ The son of Dan was Hushim. [Called Shuham in Numbers 26:42]

24/ The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel, [Spelled Jahziel in 1 Chronicles 7:13] Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. [Spelled Shallum in 1 Chronicles 7:13]

25/ These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these to Jacob: seven persons in all.
26/ All the persons who went with Jacob to Egypt, who came from his body, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six persons in all.

27/ And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy.

Jacob Settles in Goshen

28/ Then he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out before him the way to Goshen. And they came to the land of Goshen. 29/ So Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; and he presented himself to him, and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.
30/ And Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive.”
31/ Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘My brothers and those of my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. 32/ And the men are shepherds, for their occupation has been to feed livestock; and they have brought their flocks, their herds, and all that they have.’ 33/ So it shall be, when Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘What is your occupation?’ 34/ that you shall say, ‘Your servants’ occupation has been with livestock from our youth even till now, both we and also our fathers,’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for

every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians

 IN THE ABOVE SCRIPTURES, WE SEE THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD TO TAKE CARE OF HIS PEOPLE IN HARD TIMES.

JESUS IS THE GOOD SHEPHERD!

IN GREEN PASTURES {ALL OF OUR NEEDS ARE PROVDED} BESIDE STILL WATERS {PEACEFULNESS}, JESUS GIVES US REST;

AS WE LEARN TO TRUST AND DEPEND ON HIM TO TAKE CARE OF US, NO MATTER WHAT WE GO THROUGH.

WE FEAR NO EVIL KNOWING JESUS IS GUIDING AND PROTECTING US.

HE ANOINTS US WITH OIL - JESUS PREPARES US SPIRITUALLY FOR OUR LIFE'S JOURNEY ON EARTH. 

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