Genesis 46:1-7 ▼

1 Later, Israel began his journey, taking along everything that he owned, and arrived at Beer-sheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

2 God spoke to Israel through night visions, addressing him, |Jacob! Jacob!| |Here I am!| Jacob replied.

3 |I'm God, your father's God. Don't be afraid to move down to Egypt, because I'm going to turn you into a mighty nation there.

4 I'm going down with you to Egypt, and I'm certainly going to bring you back again. And Joseph himself will be with you when you die.|

5 So Jacob got up and left Beer-sheba, and Israel's sons carried their father Jacob, their little ones, and their wives in the transport wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry them.

6 They took their livestock and their household property that they had acquired in the land of Canaan and traveled to Egypt. Jacob and all of his descendants went with him—

7 including his sons, his grandsons, his daughters, and his granddaughters—every one of his descendants accompanied him to Egypt.