God said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.(A) I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you back.(B) Joseph will put his hands on your eyes.”[a](C)

Jacob left Beer-sheba. The sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him,(D) along with their children and their wives.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 46:4 = Joseph will close your eyes after you die

“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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