The sons, who came to Egypt with Jacob (each came with his own household): Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad and Asher. All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons. And Joseph was already in Egypt. After Joseph and his brothers died, their children and their descendants increased. “They are too strong,” Pharaoh said, “they could ally themselves with our enemies, we need to keep them down.”