Gustave Doré1866

Jacob Goes to Egypt

Assured by God in a night vision, Jacob sets out with his sons, his household, and all his flocks to join Joseph in the land of Egypt (Genesis 46). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

Jacob Goes to Egypt by Gustave Doré depicting Genesis 46:1
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Depicted passages

Genesis 46:1-7Primary
Portrait of Gustave Doré

About Gustave Doré

1832-1883 · French

Paul Gustave Doré was a prolific French illustrator whose 241 wood engravings for "La Grande Bible de Tours" (1866) became the most influential visual interpretation of scripture of the 19th century.

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