Bible Verses About Jacob: Removes to Egypt

Isra'el took everything he owned with him on his journey. He arrived at Be'er-Sheva and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Yitz'chak.

In a vision at night God called to Isra'el, "Ya'akov! Ya'akov!" He answered, "Here I am."

He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go down to Egypt. It is there that I will make you into a great nation.

Not only will I go down with you to Egypt; but I will also bring you back here again, after Yosef has closed your eyes."

So Ya'akov left Be'er-Sheva; the sons of Isra'el brought Ya'akov their father, their little ones and their wives in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry them.

They took their cattle and their possessions which they had acquired in the land of Kena'an and arrived in Egypt, Ya'akov and all his descendants with him -

his sons, grandsons, daughters, granddaughters and all his descendants he brought with him into Egypt.

Yosef then sent for his father Ya‘akov and all his relatives, seventy-five people.

And Ya‘akov went down to Egypt; there he died, as did our other ancestors.