Gen 46:2-4, Then God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” And he said, “Here I am.” 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. 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.”
Once again God called him Jacob & not Israel. Apparently, Jacob was scared going to Egypt! Maybe he remembered the words of the LORD in Gen 26:2, ‘DO NOT GO DOWN TO EGYPT’. But the LORD reassures him of his journey!
Gen 46:29-30, So Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father ISRAEL; AND HE PRESENTED HIMSELF TO HIM, AND FELL ON HIS NECK AND WEPT ON HIS NECK A GOOD WHILE. And Israel said to Joseph, “NOW LET ME DIE, SINCE I HAVE SEEN YOUR FACE, BECAUSE YOU ARE STILL ALIVE.”
GOD CAN CHANGE THINGS FROM ONE DAY TO ANOTHER! WHEN YOU THINK HE HAS LEFT YOU THEN HE SUPPRISES YOU! JACOB IN Gen 42:36, believed he lost 2 of his kids & might lose another! Yet God had other plans!
TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, and LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING; in all your ways ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, and HE SHALL DIRECT YOUR PATHS. Proverbs 3:5-6