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Genesis 46:1 So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

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      Ge 46:1-4. SACRIFICE AT BEER-SHEBA.

      1. Israel took his journey with all that he had--that is, his household; for in compliance with Pharaoh's recommendation, he left his heavy furniture behind. In contemplating a step so important as that of leaving Canaan, which at his time of life he might never revisit, so pious a patriarch would ask the guidance and counsel of God. With all his anxiety to see Joseph, he would rather have died in Canaan without that highest of earthly gratifications than leave it without the consciousness of carrying the divine blessing along with him.
      came to Beer-sheba--That place, which was in his direct route to Egypt, had been a favorite encampment of Abraham (Ge 21:33) and Isaac (Ge 26:25), and was memorable for their experience of the divine goodness; and Jacob seems to have deferred his public devotions till he had reached a spot so consecrated by covenant to his own God and the God of his fathers.

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Brief Summary: The Lord send Jacob and his family of 70 to Egypt, The generations of Jacob are set forth, Joseph meets Jacob

Outline
1 Jacob Is comforted by God at Beersheba.
5 Jacob with his household go down into Egypt
8 The number of his family that went Into Egypt
28 Joseph meets Jacob
31 Joseph instructs his brethren how to answer to Pharaoh

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