2 God said to Israel in a vision at night, "Jacob! Jacob!" and he said, "I’m here."
3 He said, "I am El, your father’s God. Don’t be afraid to go down to Egypt because I will make a great nation of you there.
4 I will go down to Egypt with you, and I promise to bring you out again. Joseph will close your eyes when you die."
5 Then Jacob left Beer-sheba. Israel’s sons put their father Jacob, their children, and their wives on the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6 They took their livestock and their possessions that they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and arrived in Egypt, Jacob and all of his children with him.
7 His sons and grandsons, his daughters and his granddaughters—all of his descendants he brought with him to Egypt.
8 These are the names of the Israelites who went to Egypt, including Jacob and his sons. Jacob’s oldest son was Reuben.