I. Introduction: The Oppression of the Israelites in Egypt

Chapter 1

Jacob’s Descendants in Egypt. ¹ These are the names of the sons of Israel^[a] who, accompanied by their households, entered into Egypt with Jacob:

⁴ To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau.^(A) To Esau I assigned the mountain region of Seir to possess, while Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

¹⁰ Later, when famine had gripped the land of Canaan, they went down into Egypt. They stayed there as long as they found sustenance and there they grew into such a great multitude that the number of their people could not be counted.^(A)

¹⁵ and Jacob went down to Egypt. And he and our ancestors died^(A)