First ReadingGenesis 46:1-7, 28-30
From the Book of Genesis
1Israel traveled with all that he had,and came to Beersheba,and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.2God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night,and said, “Jacob, Jacob!”
He said, “Here I am.”
3He said, “I am God, the God of your father.Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt,for there I will make of you a great nation.4I will go down with you into Egypt.I will also surely bring you up again.Joseph’s hand will close your eyes.”
5Jacob rose up from Beersheba,and the sons of Israel carried Jacob,their father, their little ones,and their wives, in the wagonswhich Pharaoh had sent to carry him.6They took their livestock,and their goods,which they had gotten in the land of Canaan,and came into Egypt—Jacob, and all his offspring with him,7his sons, and his sons’ sons with him,his daughters, and his sons’ daughters,and he brought all his offspring with him into Egypt.
verses 8–27 are not read28Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph,to show the way before him to Goshen,and they came into the land of Goshen.29Joseph prepared his chariot,and went up to meet Israel,his father, in Goshen.He presented himself to him,and fell on his neck,and wept on his neck a good while.30Israel said to Joseph,“Now let me die, since I have seen your face,that you are still alive.”