^{3 (E)} 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 into a great nation. ^{4 (E)} I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again, and Joseph's hand shall close your eyes."

^{5 (E,J)} Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him. ^{6 (P)} They also took their livestock and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him,