The KJV Holy Bible

 

Genesis Chapter Forty Six

 

1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.

2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.

9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.

20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.

21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.

24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.

26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

 

 

Esoteric Interpretation & Commentary

 

The Hermetic Blueprint of Genesis: The Authorized Descent and the Sanctuary in Matter

"Genesis Chapter Forty-Six marks the momentous transition of the entire Awakened Consciousness into the dense physical matrix (Egypt). Historically, descending into Egypt was viewed with terror—a symbol of the Soul falling into material bondage. However, at this advanced Alchemical stage, the descent is directly authorized and protected by the Divine. The Spiritual Mind (Israel) must plunge completely into the physical body to multiply its faculties and establish its Kingdom. This chapter reveals the mechanics of how the Awakened Soul can live deep within the material world while maintaining an isolated Sanctuary of Absolute Purity."

 

 

Verses 1-4: The Divine Sanction and the Promise of the Matrix - "And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night... fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again:" 

Before leaving the Higher Conscious Planes, Israel stops at Beersheba (the Well of the Oath) to offer sacrifices and align his energy. The Divine explicitly commands him not to fear the descent into matter (Egypt). In Hermetic science, the Soul does not inhabit the physical body as a punishment; it is a necessary alchemical crucible. The Divine promises that this immersion into density is required to forge a "great nation"—a fully developed, robust Spiritual architecture. Most importantly, the Supreme Spirit promises to descend with the Mind into the physical vessel and guarantees its eventual glorious Resurrection ("bring thee up again").

 

 

Verses 5-27: The Seventy Souls and the Complete Spiritual Architecture - "All the Souls that came with Jacob into Egypt... were threescore and ten." 

The text meticulously lists the genealogy, concluding that exactly Seventy Souls of the house of Jacob enter Egypt. In Esoteric numerology, Seven represents Divine completion (the Seven Chakras, the Seven Planetary Spheres), and Ten represents earthly manifestation and order. Seventy (7 x 10) symbolizes the Absolute, Complete Architecture of the Soul and all its multifaceted faculties fully incarnating into the physical vehicle. Nothing of the Spiritual Consciousness is left behind; the entire internal family makes the descent.

 

 

Verses 28-30: The Vanguard of the Will and the Surrender of the Ego - "And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen... And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive." 

Israel deliberately sends Judah (the Purified Executive Will) ahead as a vanguard to establish the connection with Joseph (the Divine Intuition) in Goshen. The Active Will must lead the way to clear the path. When Israel and Joseph finally embrace, the Alchemical reunion is complete. Israel declares, "Now let me die." This is not physical death, but the final, peaceful dissolution of the old striving ego. Having successfully United the Conscious Mind with the Supreme Spiritual Intuition within the material world, the old identity of Jacob no longer needs to fight for its existence. The Great Work of this specific phase is finished.

 

 

Verses 31-34: The Shepherds and the Sanctuary of Goshen - "That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth... that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians." 

Joseph instructs his family to tell Pharaoh that they are shepherds. Esoterically, a shepherd is one who Guides, Masters, and elevates the lower animal forces (the cattle/flocks). The "Egyptians" represent the unrefined, sensory-driven physical matrix, which naturally operates on base instinct. To the pure, unrefined material senses, the idea of restricting and mastering the animal passions is an "abomination." Because of this irreconcilable vibrational difference, the Spiritual Faculties are given Goshen—the most fertile, protected region of the physical body (often corresponding to the heart or solar plexus center). The Adept learns to live in the body without being of the body, operating from a Secure, Elevated Internal Sanctuary.