And Israel rose up from the Well of the Oath on the sixteenth of this third month, and he went to the land of Egypt.

And Israel sent Judah before him to his son Joseph to examine the Land of Goshen,

for Joseph had told his brothers that they should come and dwell there that they might be near him.

And this was the goodliest (land) in the land of Egypt, and near to him, for all (of them) and also for the cattle.

And these are the names of the sons of Jacob who went into Egypt with Jacob their father.