Genesis 46:6

4 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”

5 Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.

They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.

7 Jacob took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.

8 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.
KJV
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
WEB
They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt—Jacob, and all his offspring with him,
ASV
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
DARBY
And they took their cattle, and their goods which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, Jacob and all his seed with him;
BLB
And they took their livestock and their possessions that they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they came to Egypt, Jacob and all his seed with him,
ÅB
Og de tok med seg sin buskap og sitt gods som de hadde lagt seg til i Kana'ans land, og de kom til Egypt, Jakob og hele hans slekt med ham;
OTB
De tok med seg buskapen og eiendelene de hadde skaffet seg i Kanaan, og dro til Egypt, Jakob og alle hans etterkommere med ham:
B1930
Og de tok med sig sin buskap og sitt gods som de hadde lagt sig til i Kana'ans land, og de kom til Egypten, Jakob og hele hans ætt med ham;

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Cross references

  • Acts 7:15

    So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.

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  • Isaiah 52:4

    For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.

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  • Psalms 105:23

    Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.

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  • Joshua 24:4

    and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

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  • Deuteronomy 26:5

    and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.

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  • Numbers 20:15

    how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,

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  • 1 Samuel 12:8

    When Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

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  • Deuteronomy 10:22

    Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

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