Genesis 46

Question 1

Genesis 46:1

Answer 1

So Israel set out with all that was his, and when he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Question 2

Genesis 46:2

Answer 2

And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, “Jacob! Jacob!” “Here I am,” he replied.

Question 3

Genesis 46:3

Answer 3

“I am God, the God of your father,” he said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

Question 4

Genesis 46:4

Answer 4

I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph’s own hand will close your eyes.”

Question 5

Genesis 46:5

Answer 5

Then Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel’s sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport him.

Question 6

Genesis 46:6

Answer 6

They also took with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.

Question 7

Genesis 46:7

Answer 7

He took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters - all his offspring.

Question 8

Genesis 46:8

Answer 8

These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob.

Question 9

Genesis 46:9

Answer 9

The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

Question 10

Genesis 46:10

Answer 10

The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

Question 11

Genesis 46:11

Answer 11

The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

Question 12

Genesis 46:12

Answer 12

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah . The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

Question 13

Genesis 46:13

Answer 13

The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron.

Question 14

Genesis 46:14

Answer 14

The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon and Jahleel.

Question 15

Genesis 46:15

Answer 15

These were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, besides his daughter Dinah. These sons and daughters of his were thirty-three in all.

Question 16

Genesis 46:16

Answer 16

The sons of Gad: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli.

Question 17

Genesis 46:17

Answer 17

The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah. Their sister was Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malkiel.

Question 18

Genesis 46:18

Answer 18

These were the children born to Jacob by Zilpah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah - sixteen in all.

Question 19

Genesis 46:19

Answer 19

The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

Question 20

Genesis 46:20

Answer 20

In Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.

Question 21

Genesis 46:21

Answer 21

The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.

Question 22

Genesis 46:22

Answer 22

These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob - fourteen in all.

Question 23

Genesis 46:23

Answer 23

The son of Dan: Hushim.

Question 24

Genesis 46:24

Answer 24

The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem.

Question 25

Genesis 46:25

Answer 25

These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel - seven in all. 

Question 26

Genesis 46:26

Answer 26

All those who went to Egypt with Jacob - those who were his direct descendants, not counting his sons' wives - numbered sixty-six persons. 

Question 27

Genesis 46:27

Answer 27

With the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob's family, which went to Egypt, were seventy in all. 

Question 28

Genesis 46:28

Answer 28

Now Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When they arrived in the region of Goshen, 

Question 29

Genesis 46:29

Answer 29

Joseph had his chariot made ready and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father and wept for a long time. 

Question 30

Genesis 46:30

Answer 30

Israel said to Joseph, "Now I am ready to die, since I have seen for myself that you are still alive." 

Question 31

Genesis 46:31

Answer 31

Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, 'My brothers and my father's household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have come to me. 

Question 32

Genesis 46:32

Answer 32

The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks and herds and everything they own.' 

Question 33

Genesis 46:33

Answer 33

When Pharaoh calls you in and asks, 'What is your occupation?' 

Question 34

Genesis 46:34

Answer 34

you should answer, 'Your servants have tended livestock from our boyhood on, just as our fathers did.' Then you will be allowed to settle in the region of Goshen, for all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians."