12. But when Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he sent his sons there. This was their first trip to Egypt.
13. When they went there a second time, Joseph told his brothers who he was, and the king learned about Joseph’s family.
14. Then Joseph sent messengers to invite Jacob, his father, to come to Egypt along with all his relatives (seventy-five persons altogether).
15. So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and his sons died.
16. Later their bodies were moved to Shechem and put in a grave there. (It was the same grave Abraham had bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.)
17. “The promise God made to Abraham was soon to come true, and the number of people in Egypt grew large.
18. Then a new king, who did not know who Joseph was, began to rule Egypt.
19. This king tricked our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to leave their babies outside to die.