2 God spoke to Israel in a vision that night and said, “Jacob, Jacob!”“Here I am,” he answered.
3 “I am God, the God of your father,” he said. “Don’t be afraid to go to Egypt, because I will make you a great nation there.
4 I will go with you to Egypt, and I will make sure you come back again. Joseph will close your eyes ⌊when you die⌋.”
5 So Jacob left Beersheba. Israel’s sons put their father Jacob, their children, and their wives in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to bring him back.
6 They also took their livestock and the possessions they had accumulated in Canaan.Jacob and all his family arrived in Egypt.
7 He had brought his sons, his grandsons, his daughters, and his granddaughters—his entire family.
8 These are the names of Israel’s descendants (Jacob and his descendants) who arrived in Egypt.Reuben was Jacob’s firstborn.