¹ Yisra'el (Israel) set out with everything he owned and traveled to Be'er-Shaba (Beersheba). There, he offered sacrifices to the Yahuah (Yah) of his father Yitschaq (Isaac). ² Yahuah (Yah) spoke to Yisra'el in a vision at night and said, "Yaakov (Jacob), Yaakov." "I’m here," he replied. ³ He said, "I am El (God), the Yahuah (Yah) of yourself father. Don’t be afraid to go down to <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Mitsrayim" title="The Hebrew name for Egypt, meaning 'two straits' or 'two boundaries.' Son of <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Cham" title="Means 'hot' or 'burnt.' The second son of Nuach (Noah). Father of Kush (Ethiopia/Africa), Mitsrayim (Egypt), Phut (Libya/North Africa), and Kena'an. Ancestor...">Cham and ancestor of the Egyptians. The land of bondage for the children of Yash...">Mitsrayim (Egypt), because I’ll make yourself a great nation there. ⁴ I’ll go down to <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Mitsrayim" title="The Hebrew name for Egypt, meaning 'two straits' or 'two boundaries.' Son of <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Cham" title="Means 'hot' or 'burnt.' The second son of Nuach (Noah). Father of Kush (Ethiopia/Africa), Mitsrayim (Egypt), Phut (Libya/North Africa), and Kena'an. Ancestor...">Cham and ancestor of the Egyptians. The land of bondage for the children of Yash...">Mitsrayim with yourself, and I’ll certainly bring yourself back again. Yoseph (Joseph) will close yourself eyes with his own hand." ⁵ Yaakov left Be'er-Shaba. The sons of Yisra'el carried their father Yaakov, their children, and their wives in the wagons Paroh (Pharaoh) had sent to transport him. ⁶ They took their livestock and the possessions they’d acquired in the land of <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Kena'an" title="Means 'lowland' or 'merchant.' Son of <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Cham" title="Means 'hot' or 'burnt.' The second son of Nuach (Noah). Father of Kush (Ethiopia/Africa), Mitsrayim (Egypt), Phut (Libya/North Africa), and Kena'an. Ancestor...">Cham, grandson of Nuach. Ancestor of the Canaanite nations who occupied the land promised to Yashar'el. Pronounced: Keh...">Kena'an (Canaan) and went to Mitsrayim. Yaakov and all his descendants went with him. ⁷ He brought his sons, his grandsons, his daughters, his granddaughters, and all his descendants with him to <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Mitsrayim" title="The Hebrew name for Egypt, meaning 'two straits' or 'two boundaries.' Son of <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Cham" title="Means 'hot' or 'burnt.' The second son of Nuach (Noah). Father of Kush (Ethiopia/Africa), Mitsrayim (Egypt), Phut (Libya/North Africa), and Kena'an. Ancestor...">Cham and ancestor of the Egyptians. The land of bondage for the children of Yash...">Mitsrayim. ²⁶ All the people belonging to Yaakov who went to <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Mitsrayim" title="The Hebrew name for Egypt, meaning 'two straits' or 'two boundaries.' Son of <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Cham" title="Means 'hot' or 'burnt.' The second son of Nuach (Noah). Father of Kush (Ethiopia/Africa), Mitsrayim (Egypt), Phut (Libya/North Africa), and Kena'an. Ancestor...">Cham and ancestor of the Egyptians. The land of bondage for the children of Yash...">Mitsrayim—his direct descendants, not including his sons' wives—totaled sixty-six.