A Daily Genesis

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[B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 46:1 . . So Israel set out with all that was his, and he came to Beer-sheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. [/B]

I would imagine that Jacob was a bit uncertain as to whether or not he should leave the promised land and go to Egypt, even though his granddad had migrated for that exact same reason back in chapter 12.

Jacob was promised a multitude of offspring who were supposed to inherit ...