Genesis 46 - 47

Jacob prepares to travel to Egypt, a place God has forbidden him to go in the past.  However, God appears and promises Jacob that not only will Jacob survive the journey, but he will see Joseph before he dies, AND his descendants will not live in Egypt forever.  The reunion with his long-lost son is joyful; and Jacob settles in the area of Goshen to tend sheep.  The famine Joseph predicted arrives, and the nation of Egypt survives because of Joseph's shrewd planning.  Jacob, knowing his time on earth is short, makes his son Joseph promise to bury him in the land of Canaan.