Genesis 46:3-4

Joseph Brings His Family to Egypt

³ Then he said, "I am God, _j the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will _k make you into a great nation. ⁴ I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also _l bring you up again, and _m Joseph's hand shall close your eyes."

1. Cross References
   Genesis 28:13
   And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring.
   
2. Cross References
   Genesis 35:11
   And God said to him, "I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.
   Genesis 12:2
   And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
   Exodus 1:7
   But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
   Exodus 1:9
   And he said to his people, "Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.
   Deuteronomy 26:5
   And you shall make response before the Lord your God, 'A wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
   
3. Cross References
   Genesis 15:16
   And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.
   Genesis 28:15
   Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.
   Genesis 48:21
   Then Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you again to the land of your fathers.
   Genesis 50:24
   And Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
   Exodus 3:8
   And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
   
4. Cross References
   Genesis 50:1
   Then Joseph fell on his father's face and wept over him and kissed him.