Genesis 45:16-50:26 Jacob joins his son Joseph in Egypt. Joseph centralizes the power and wealth of Egypt in the person of the Pharaoh. Israel settles in Egypt for a 400 year hiatus from their homeland.

Genesis 42-45:25 A famine devastates the land and Joseph's brothers come and bow before their dreamer of a brother. Joseph tests his brothers.

Genesis 41 The Pharaoh has a strange series of dreams and Joseph is pulled from the prison and placed at the pinnacle of power.

Genesis 39-40 Joseph rises up, first in Potiphar's household, then in the prison, but keeps facing suffering he does not deserve. The first truly moral of the patriarchs learns obedience through suffering.

Genesis 37-38 Joseph is sold into slavery, Judah behaves badly.

Genesis 32-36 Jacob gets into the world's strangest wrestling match, gets a blessing, a limp, and a new name. He meets his brother again, then ends up in Shechem. His family again faces tragedy and vengeance, and finally he returns to Bethel. Isaac, Rebekah's nurse, Rachel, and the entirety of Shechem all die.

Genesis 30:25-31:55 Jacob takes his family and his animals and flees toward home. Laban overtakes him, but he cannot make his wayward son-in-law return home.

Genesis 28-30:24 Jacob flees from his brother's wrath and ends up in his uncle's home. He has 20 years of work, earns two wives, has 11 sons and a daughter, and gets to feel what it's like to get cheated. The promise of God is affirmed to this grasper and cheater at the start of his journey in a place he will call the House of God.

Genesis 25:19-27 Isaac lives in the promised land. He has two sons, has some interactions with local kings, and sees the effect of favoritism on his family.

Genesis 23-25:18 The son of the promise needs a wife, so the first of two trips back to Haran takes place. Abraham and Sarah both die and God affirms the covenant with Isaac.