Genesis 46:1-7

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Jacob Goes to Egypt

46 So ·Israel [^CJacob’s other name; 32:28] took all he had and ·started his trip [departed]. He went to Beersheba [21:14], where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. ² During the night God spoke to Israel in a vision and said, “Jacob, Jacob.”

And Jacob answered, “Here I am.”

³ Then God said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go to Egypt, because I will make ·your descendants [^Lyou] a great nation there [12:1–3]. ⁴ I will go to Egypt with you, and I will bring you ·out of Egypt [^Lup] again. Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes when you die.”

⁵ Then Jacob left Beersheba. The sons of Israel loaded their father, their ·children [little ones], and their wives in the wagons ·the king of Egypt [^LPharaoh] had sent. ⁶ They also took their farm animals and everything they had gotten in Canaan. So Jacob went to Egypt with all his ·descendants [^Lseed]— ⁷ his sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters. He took all his ·family [^Lseed] to Egypt with him.