3-4. God said, “I am the God of your father. Don’t be afraid of going down to Egypt. I’m going to make you a great nation there. I’ll go with you down to Egypt; I’ll also bring you back here. And when you die, Joseph will be with you; with his own hand he’ll close your eyes.”
23. Dan’s son: Hushim.
24. Naphtali’s sons: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
25. These are the children born to Jacob through Bilhah, the maid Laban had given to his daughter Rachel—seven.
26-27. Summing up, all those who went down to Egypt with Jacob—his own children, not counting his sons’ wives—numbered sixty-six. Counting in the two sons born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who ended up in Egypt numbered seventy.
28-29. Jacob sent Judah on ahead to get directions to Goshen from Joseph. When they got to Goshen, Joseph gave orders for his chariot and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. The moment Joseph saw him, he threw himself on his neck and wept. He wept a long time.
30. Israel said to Joseph, “I’m ready to die. I’ve looked into your face—you are indeed alive.”