Genesis 46:3 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 And He said, "I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there.

3. I will there make of thee a great nation--How truly this promise was fulfilled, appears in the fact that the seventy souls who went down into Egypt increased [Ex 1:5-7], in the space of two hundred fifteen years, to one hundred eighty thousand.

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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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Wept upon his neck
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EYES CLOSED
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Ancient People
Jacob, Joseph, brothers, their families, Pharaoh
Jacob and all his seed
Egyptians
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Geography
Egypt
The land of Canaan
The land of Goshen

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Creation
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The Flood
The Tower of Babel
Abraham the First Hebrew
Isaac, Son of Promise
Jacob and the 12 Tribes
Joseph and Egypt

Genesis 46:3 And He said, "I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there.

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