When Jacob’s sons were adults, many with families of their own, a famine forced all of them to move down to Egypt where, by divine providence, Jacob’s son Joseph had prepared the way.
(‏ پیدایش ۴۵ :‏ ۵ -‏ ۱۳ ؛‏ ۴۶ :‏ ۲۶ ،‏ ۲۷ )‏ پس از گذشت چند سال ،‏ قحطی از زمین کنعان رخت بربست .‏