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God: I am the True God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down to Egypt and leave the land I promised you, for I am going to make you into a great nation there. I will go down with you to Egypt, and one day I will be the One to bring you back again. And something else—Joseph’s own hands will be the ones to close your eyes at the time of your death.

Then Jacob got up and continued on from Beersheba toward Egypt, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little children, and their wives in the wagons Pharaoh sent with them.

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“I am God, the God of your father,”(A) he said. “Do not be afraid(B) to go down to Egypt,(C) for I will make you into a great nation(D) there.(E) I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again.(F) And Joseph’s own hand will close your eyes.(G)

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

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