In today's reading, we hear of the promise again. What promise? The promise God made to Abraham and Sarah. The promise God continued with their son - Isaac. And the promise that extended to their grandson Jacob. Jacob's favorite, Joseph, had been presumed dead - thrown into a cistern and then sold to foreigners. But Joseph isn't dead - he's alive in Egypt. And in Genesis 46, Jacob will make his way to Egypt.
But did you catch verses 3-4:
3 So He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there. 4 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again;and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes.”
There's the promise. The promise of being a great nation. The promise of being in the "promised land" ("I will also surely bring you up again").
Jacob is going to be temporarily in Egypt - with all his family, including the one he thought was dead. But he will be reunited. They will live in Egypt. For a period. But God has bigger plans. Plans that began way back in Genesis 12.
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