I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you back.(A) Joseph will close your eyes when you die.”[a](B)

Jacob left Beer-sheba. The sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him,(C) along with their dependents and their wives. They also took their cattle and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan. Then Jacob and all his offspring with him came to Egypt.(D)

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  1. 46:4 Lit will put his hand on your eyes

I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again.(A) And Joseph’s own hand will close your eyes.(B)

Then Jacob left Beersheba,(C) and Israel’s(D) sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts(E) that Pharaoh had sent to transport him. So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt,(F) taking with them their livestock and the possessions(G) they had acquired(H) in Canaan.

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