Genesis 46:1-3

New International Reader's Version

Jacob Goes Down to Egypt

46 So Israel started out with everything that belonged to him. When he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

² God spoke to Israel in a vision at night. “Jacob! Jacob!” he said.

“Here I am,” Jacob replied.

³ “I am God. I am the God of your father,” he said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt. There I will make you into a great nation.