The Lord spoke to Jacob in a vision, saying: Fear not to go down to
Egypt, for I will be with thee and bring thee up again, and Joseph shall
close thine eyes. So Jacob moved down to Egypt with his whole family, 70
souls, and all that he had. When Joseph heard of his coming he made
ready his chariot, and went up to meet him in Goshen. And he fell on his
father’s neck and wept a good while. Jacob said: Now let me die, since I
have seen that thou art yet alive.--On Pharaoh’s command Joseph gave
unto his father Goshen to dwell in, for in Goshen were good pastures,
and Jacob and his sons were shepherds.--Jacob lived in Egypt 17 years,
and became 147 years old. A short time before his death he blessed
Joseph’s two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, and added: They shall be my
sons, even as Reuben and Simeon. After that he gathered all his sons
about him, blessed them and told them what should befall them in the
latter days, and foretold of the Savior, whom he called the Prince of
Peace.--Joseph brought his body up to Canaan and buried it in the
sepulchre of Abraham and Isaac.
Joseph’s brothers feared that he would now revenge himself on them. When
he heard this, Joseph wept and said: Am I in the place of God? Ye meant
evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save much people
alive.--Joseph died, being 110 years old, and they embalmed his body and
put it in a coffin in Egypt to take it with them up to Canaan, when God
should visit them. (Gen. 46-50.)