God Goes with Israel to Egypt

For more detail, search Genesis 46.

Israel travelled with his descendants and they took all their belongings to Egypt (Genesis 46:6). Search Genesis 46:7-27 for Israel's descendants who went to Egypt. Along the way, they came to Beersheba where Israel "...offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac" (Genesis 46:1).

"And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I" (Genesis 46:2).

"And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation" (Genesis 46:3):

"I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes" (Genesis 46:4).

"And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen" (Genesis 46:28).

"And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while"(Genesis 46:29).

"And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive" (Genesis 46:30).

Joseph told his family that he would inform the Pharaoh of their arrival and let him know they are shepherds by trade (Genesis 46:31,32). Joseph explained to his family that the Pharaoh will come and ask them what their occupation is (Genesis 46:33).

"That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: thay ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians" (Genesis 46:34).