⁴ And to Isaac I gave ^(A)Jacob and Esau. ^(B)And I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, ^(C)but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

⁵ Do not contend with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because ^(A)I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.

⁸ So Esau settled in ^(A)the hill country of Seir. (^(B)Esau is Edom.)

¹⁵ And ^(A)Jacob went down into Egypt, and ^(B)he died, he ^(C)and our fathers,

²⁴ When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb. ²⁵ The first came out red, ^(A)all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau. ²⁶ Afterward his brother came out with ^(B)his hand holding Esau's heel, so ^(C)his name was called Jacob.^[a] Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

Joseph Brings His Family to Egypt

46 So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to ^(A)Beersheba, and offered sacrifices ^(B)to the God of his father Isaac. ² And God spoke to Israel ^(C)in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” ³ Then he said, “I am God, ^(D)the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will ^(E)make you into a great nation. ⁴ I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also ^(F)bring you up again, and ^(G)Joseph's hand shall close your eyes.”

⁵ Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons ^(H)that Pharaoh had sent to carry him. ⁶ They also took their livestock and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and ^(I)came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him, ⁷ his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters. All his offspring he brought with him into Egypt.

³ And Jacob sent^[a] messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of ^(A)Seir, the country of Edom,