Genesis 45:25-46:7

New King James Version

²⁵ Then they went up out of Egypt, and came to the land of Canaan to Jacob their father. ²⁶ And they told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt.” ^(A)And Jacob’s heart stood still, because he did not believe them. ²⁷ But when they told him all the words which Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit ^(B)of Jacob their father revived. ²⁸ Then Israel said, “It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”

Jacob’s Journey to Egypt^(C)

46 So Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to ^(D)Beersheba, and offered sacrifices ^(E)to the God of his father Isaac. ² Then God spoke to Israel ^(F)in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!”

And he said, “Here I am.”

³ So He said, “I am God, ^(G)the God of your father; do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I will ^(H)make of you a great nation there. ^4 (I)I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely ^(J)bring you up again; and ^(K)Joseph ^[a]will put his hand on your eyes.”

⁵ Then ^(L)Jacob arose from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little ones, and their wives, in the ^[b]carts ^(M)which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. ⁶ So they took their livestock and their goods, which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went to Egypt, ^(N)Jacob and all his descendants with him. ⁷ His sons and his sons’ sons, his daughters and his sons’ daughters, and all his descendants he brought with him to Egypt.