1. Israel set out with all that was his. When he arrived at Beer-sheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
2. There God, speaking to Israel in a vision by night, called: Jacob! Jacob! He answered, “Here I am.”
3. Then he said: I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you a great nation.
4. I will go down to Egypt with you and I will also bring you back here, after Joseph has closed your eyes.
5. So Jacob departed from Beer-sheba, and the sons of Israel put their father and their wives and children on the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to transport him.