1. So Israel started out with everything that belonged to him. When he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
2. God spoke to Israel in a vision at night. "Jacob! Jacob!" he said. "Here I am," Jacob replied.
3. "I am God. I am the God of your father," he said. "Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt. There I will make you into a great nation.