He received them graciously and served them as his guests, giving them a nice place to sleep and a good amount of food.
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Jacob's family consisted of 70 people when they went to Joseph in Egypt, as mentioned in Genesis 46:27.
Jacob led his family to Egypt (Genesis ch.46).See also the Related Link.Why did Jacob do so?
When Jacob went to Egypt it was because of a famine in the land of Canaan where he and his family lived. They were not exiles. Jacob had twelve sons, one of which was Joseph who was sold into slavery by his brothers and he was taken to Egypt. He was favored by God over time and became the second in Command under Pharaoh in Egypt. Jacob sent his other sons to Egypt to buy wheat so they would not starve. Eventually Joseph was made known to his brothers and so Joseph invited his father, Jacob and his brothers and their families to come to Egypt and live. Jacob and his sons and their families in total who went to Egypt were seventy persons.
Jacob and his entire family went to Egypt (Genesis ch.45-46).
Jacob took his family to Egypt to reunite with his son Joseph, who had become a powerful ruler in Egypt. There was a severe famine in the land, and Joseph had urged his family to come to Egypt where there was food and shelter available.
Jacob's 11th son was Joseph, who was sold into slavery to the Egyptians. After much tribulation in his life he was promoted to second in command under Pharaoh.
Jacob and his entire family went to Egypt (Genesis ch.45-46).
Goshen is the place where Jacob and his family moved to from Canaan when they went to Egypt to join Joesph. This area was a very fertile section of Egypt, excellent for grazing of animals and certain types of Agriculture, which was very well suited to the family as they were shepherds and farmers. This section of Egypt did not suit Pharaoh as it was a far distance from the River Nile.
There was a drought and famine in Jacob's time, so the Israelites went to Egypt because "there was grain in Egypt". Joseph, Jacob's lost son, as vizier in Egypt, has wisely built storehouses for Egypt's grain during the years of plenty to give out in the years of famine. Jacob's other sons came and requested some of the grain that Joseph had saved. When Joseph reunited with his brothers, he eventually had the rest of the family brought down to Egypt, to protect them from the famine. They stayed in the Land of Goshen as guests of the Pharaoh. Later on, in Moses' time, the Israelites had to leave Egypt and go to Canaan in order to escape their enslavement.
Joseph the son of Jacob , interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh.
jacob became the trusted adviser for the pharaoh